Back to School 2020

Happy Monday SJF Families! 

I hope you are all enjoying your summer. The leadership team and I have been working on our reopening plan and are pleased to share it with you today!  We are looking forward to welcoming everyone back to campus as soon as possible :) 
 
“Lay all your cares about the future trustingly in God’s hands, and let yourself be guided by the Lord just like a little child.”
-Saint Edith Stein 
 
IN THE MEDIA:
The announcement by LAUSD to not reopen has nothing to do with our school or the decisions made here as we are not part of LAUSD.
However, as I'm sure you're aware, Gov. Newsom announced on Friday that schools cannot reopen until the county of LA is off the COVID watchlist for 15 days. This means we will need to be off the watch list by August 3rd to reopen in person on the 18th. 
 
Our Plan: 
Preschool, TK, and Kindergarten will be starting in person on August 18 under our preschool license regardless.
1st -8th grades will reopen in person as soon as we are given the green light. Our teachers are prepared for both scenarios. Our first day of school will be on August 18th, as planned whether in person or on zoom. 
 
Our plan is to resume in-person instruction as soon as we are told it is safe to do so.  
 
As always, we respect the rights of the parents to make all decisions regarding their children, so if you are not comfortable with in-person instruction after reviewing everything, please continue with Distance Learning. You can rejoin us on campus at any time.  

Please see the attached letter from our Superintendent, Paul Escala as well as our official reopening plans (effective for August & September 2020). 
 
Have a  fantastic rest of your summer & I'll see you all soon!
Mrs. Giron