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Cambria-Friesland Elementary School
Parent and Family Letter
May 1, 2020
End of a School Year, Like No Other
To: Our Hilltopper Parents, Families, and Students
Entering the month of May, none of us could have predicted the events of the last several months and the impact it’s had on all of our lives. More so than anything else, all of us as Cambria-Friesland Schools miss our students, our classrooms, and education as we once knew it. As we’ve said many times before, “This didn’t come to stay, it came to pass.” Some may see that as “just a saying,” but if we have faith in better days to come, I think it’s more a message of hope and inspiration. As my mom would say…
“This too shall pass.”
Going into May and the summer months, the district has been working to coordinate and plan as best possible. Given the circumstances, all plans are based upon the course of the pandemic and our Safer-at-Home limitations, but shared with you below are some things for you to know about. Please note:
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Grades will be calculated through March 12, 2020. As shared from the beginning of our Continuity of Learning Plan, grading would be limited to the end of the Third Quarter.
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No Elementary students will be held back going into the next school year. If there are issues of deficiencies in a student’s progress, the Cambria-Friesland Elementary Response to Intervention Team and individual teachers will work to move students to proficiency.
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Kindergarten Graduation: Mrs. York and Ms. Krueger are coordinating efforts for a Kindergarten graduation and more information will be coming soon.
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Fifth Grade Transition: Mr. Lindert and Mr. Tramburg are working to build a Fifth Grade Transition “Boot Camp” this summer. The purpose of the Bootcamp will be to assist our Fifth grade students and parents in the transition into the Middle School. More information will be provided as we move into summer.
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Summer School 2020 has been cancelled. At this time there are no plans to have summer school.
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Summer activities at school - Through June 30th all CF School events are cancelled. Beginning July 1, and the ease of restrictions, access to the school may change.
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Summer Lunch Programming: At this time CF Schools is working to continue it’s daily lunch delivery program through the summer months. As we finalize logistics and resources more information will be forthcoming.
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Chromebooks, library/textbooks, etc. - Students will be able to keep their electronic devices over the summer months. As we plan for school next year, the district will be working on plans to have a return of all other district materials such as library books and textbooks. Once those plans are finalized, those communications will be sent and shared.
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Cambria-Friesland Schools will be ending our Continuity of Learning Plan, on Friday, May 22nd. On Friday, May 1st, it will be 50 days, since we last had children in our building for education and learning. 50 days. In that time our teachers became online educators, our students became online learners, and our parents became homeschool teachers. As we draw closer to an ease of restrictions of our safer-at-home orders, it will be good for our students and staff to close their chromebooks, and for our parents to put away the stress of homebound education. To walk away that Memorial Weekend and focus on life without online learning, and hopefully less restrictions for staying at home, may be the best medicine against this disease for all of us.
Proud to serve, and proud to be a Hilltopper,
Timothy L. Raymond Ed.S.
CFSD Superintendent, Elementary Principal
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