Alton R-IV School District

Alton R-IV Update: We hope this message finds you and your family well, both physically and emotionally, as we continue down this COVID-19 road that has become our new normal. Governor Parson announced on April 9, 2020 that all Missouri Public Schools would remain closed for the remainder of the 2019-20 Spring Semester, and Alton R-IV will comply with this directive. Packets may continue to be deposited at the blue drop box located at the Superintendent's Office at your convenience, including during food pickups on Sundays, but we will not be staffing this location on Sundays. All academic material from April 20, 2020 through May 14, 2020 will be considered as enrichment activities and educational opportunities for our students. For PK-6 students, weekly newsletters with grade appropriate activities and skills will be provided. For 7-12 grade students, teachers will continue to provide opportunities for students to remain engaged in academic content. We have determined the lag-time between students receiving assignments and teachers being able to grade the material is quite long. Once assigned, work then took one to two weeks for completion before returning of the packets to campus and then a mandatory quarantine time of several days before staff could sort the packets by teacher or subject area. Only then could the grading process even start for teachers. This lengthy process and time delay has led us to reconsider and adjust our strategy for student academic engagement moving forward. We do want students to be engaged and actively participate in these educational opportunities and enrichment activities! However, no formal grades will be taken for any educational opportunities or enrichment activities provided to students and families between April 20 and May 14, 2020 and there is no expectation of the work to be returned to campus. Teachers will still be contacting students and families on a regular basis and will be available via email or other contact methods to assist as needed with the educational opportunities provided and to check in on the well-being of our students. We are working on plans and methods for students to return books and other school property to campus in the near future. We are also developing plans to collect and return student items and possessions from desks, lockers, or other locations on the Alton R-IV campus to the appropriate students. Lastly, we are evaluating some alternate dates for HS Graduation, Honors Night, and Prom during the month of June and do plan for the milestone events to occur. More information on all of the topics listed in this paragraph will be provided in the coming weeks as we finalize the plans. Food pickups will continue this Sunday, April 19, 2020 from 2:00-4:00pm in the same format and location as previous weeks. Any child aged 18 and under is eligible for this meal program and does not have to be in the vehicle to receive the meals. Again, we do ask adults to be ethical and truthful in the meal counts that are requested at the point of service.

about 5 years ago, Eric Allen

SENIORS: If you received scholarship offers from colleges, churches, insurance companies, etc., that I might not have received, please send me a copy of the info. I want to make sure it is included on the Honors List. Even if you don't plan to attend that college, but want it announced, send it to me!