Distance Learning

Santa Monica- Malibu PTA Council has put together a reference guide to many Family Resources made available to us on the district and school webpages. There are lots of fun and engaging activities. You and your kids can watch a book come to life, teens can find a workout video or meditate, parents can listen to soothing sounds and relax. Take a look!

See the guide.

On February 15th, Superintendent Drati announced a Tentative Agreement between SMMUSD and the Santa Monica-Malibu Classroom Teachers Association for schools to reopen under the distance learning model when COVID-19 infection levels allow and following a vaccination window for teachers and staff. See the full text of Dr. Drati’s announcement on the homepage of the SMMUSD website.

On February 8th, Dr. Drati’s issued an update providing information about school reopening plans for the Fall and for an update on current plans for Distance Learning Plus. SMMSUD has since clarified that the plan is to return to in-person instruction to the fullest extent possible allowed by the state of California, this fall.

See the February 8th update.

On January 27th, Superintendent Drati emailed an update to the SMMUSD community on school reopening plans. The update deals with Governor Newsom’s Safe Schools for All plan, Distance Learning Plus plans, vaccinations and testing for district staff and more.

See the update.

Please see this January 15th update from Superintendent Drati on school reopening plans, vaccines for school district staff and a new Covid-19 live dashboard for all schools in the district.

SMMUSD’s Board of Education has approved school reopening under the District Learning Plus model, once SMMUSD is in authorized to reopen. Reopening still depends on the district being within Tier 2 (red) and currently we’re still in Tier 1 (purple), the most restrictive tier.

What does this mean for students?

Under Distance Learning Plus students would continue to learn at home, with the same classes and the same teachers as now, but with the addition of some in-person activities, such as academic support, enrichment, and grade-level or content area projects. In-person activities can be scaled up or down, to meet the demands of the pandemic.

For full details of what the Distance Learning Plus model will look like, see Dr Drati’s message of December 18th. In that message you’ll also find links to the Board of Education presentation and the December survey results that led to the Distance Learning Plus model being approved.

Saint John’s Child and Family Development Center is hosting the second of its two-part parent workshop on Wednesday, December 16th at 6pm. This workshop is specially for LMS parents. Please join us to learn tools for helping you and your child during virtual learning.

Part 1 of the workshop looked at How to Support Your Child. Part 2 of the workshop, Parent Self-care Toolkit, is on Wednesday, December 16th, 6-8pm.

The workshop will be held on Zoom. Look for Zoom login details in the Friday LMS update and the Sunday PTSA newsletter.

We hope you’ll be able to join us!