Dear CJP Families, As the days fold into weeks and weeks transition to months, we continue to be vigilant in our efforts to hold the COVID-19 virus at bay as much as is humanly possible at CJP. Usually, as I've noted here before, the vigilance takes a great deal of energy! However, our first priority, as a school always student safety. If students feel safe, then they are able to learn. Student learning across the province has been a huge topic of conversation this week. We must say, there was a huge sigh of relief when we learned K-6 students would remain in the schools learning this December. We truly believe this is best for our students and families who have chosen in person learning. As you know, this week, Premier Jason Kenney announced additional health measures to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. One of those measures includes having students in grades K-6 move to online learning for the week of January 4-8, 2020. We are working together to plan that week for our students, and will provide you with more information about what you can expect as soon as we have updated information from Alberta Education and our system. We continue to seek clarity on many questions we have, will teachers be teaching from school or home, what about specialized classes...as we learn more we will certainly keep you updated. If you believe that you may not have the technology required to support your child during the week of online learning in January, please contact your child’s teacher directly. If you do not have access to wifi at home, please contact the office as we have access to specialized programs for those who may need subsidized assistance. There continue to be many questions and concerns from families regarding Covid-19; online delivery of education to our students in the first week of January and what online learning could look like if a class at CJP went into isolation. Also, there continues to be questions about the process and procedure we follow should we find ourselves with another case of Covid-19 amongst our population at CJP. I urge all families to attend our school council meeting this coming week as we will certainly address these questions as part of our leadership report and we hope to have plenty of time to respond to your questions and concerns. As a leadership team, Helen, myself, and our Admin team strongly believe communication and transparency with the community will make the next weeks and months better for all of us. We look forward to talking with you at school council on Wednesday. Dr. Bettesworth and Ms. Sharpe
