How We Respond

Responding with Faith, Hope, Love

Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic and closure of schools has focused on three key goals:

• To maintain focus on our mission to serve students first and ensure their continual growth in our schoolwide learning expectations: Reverent Spirit, Open Heart, Courageous Character and Knowledgeable Mind.
• To be flexible and creative in providing continuous, live instruction to our students and updated communication to their families
• To keep a safe, healthy and joyful environment

Our successful Distance Learning Program launched on March 16, 2020 without a break in continuity of instruction. As the County of Sacramento continues to enforce the guidelines for students to remain at home until certain conditions are met, our Distance Learning Program is in place:

• Daily live class meetings in AM and PM for check in and prayerful closure
• Daily live instruction in core content highlighting essential standards
• Daily independent work and small group instruction with the classroom teacher
• Access to check-out devices if needed at home chromebooks or ipads

In the meantime, we are preparing for students to return to campus under the guidance of the Catholic School Department, and the County of Sacramento Health officials. We have prepared a preliminary: Return to School Plan with extensive details for:

• social distancing
• use of PPE and daily health checks
• Intensive and continuous hygiene practices
• Ongoing deep cleaning of frequently-used and frequently-touched areas

We acknowledge that even with all these in place, some parents may not choose to send their children back into classrooms. We honor the choices and decisions of all our parents and will therefore continue to serve our students regardless of their location with a blended learning experience and live streaming of instruction.