The CCA administration and our consultants have launched a helpful User Guide to orient our parents and students with Canvas, CCA's new learning management system. The guide covers how to create a Parent observer and Student user accounts, viewing grades, viewing and submitting assignments, and adjusting notifications.
To download and review the guide, click here. The CCA Re-Opening Advisory Panel, in concert with the administration and CCA Board, has produced a detailed
Re-Opening Guide. This document sets forth policies and procedures for this unique school year. They have been developed with the counsel of a group of faithful, thoughtful members of the CCA community representing a variety of interests and points of view. They are intended to reduce the risk and spread of COVID-19, to permit high levels of participation in on-campus learning, and to support at-home learning until all students are able to return to campus. These policies will be temporary and will likely change periodically as conditions change.
To download and review the guide, click here.
June 26, 2020 Update
Christ Classical Academy's leadership is working hard to plan for a safe and healthy school year. We intend to start school on campus on time, August 12, 2020. To do this wisely requires careful planning, sensitivity and respect for the members of our community, and responsible adherence to public policy and guidelines. We are preparing a COVID-19 policy manual that will provide specific procedures for the safe operation of our school during the 2020-2021 school year. Until its publication, we have included a list of our priorities, plans currently in development and additional resources available below. A weekly message updating you with the most recent plans and decisions will also be published in our weekly newsletter.
KEY POINTS
● All teachers, students, and guests will be screened for symptoms and receive temperature checks.
● Classes will be grouped into pods: K3 - K5; Grades 1 - 3; Grades 4 - 5; and Grades 6 - 8. Classes will share lunch, recess, and bathroom visits with their pods. Students will wear face masks when they encounter students from other pods, for example Morning Prayer and dismissal.
● Students will either wash or sanitize hands at transitions from one room or playground to another.
● Cleaning professionals will disinfect students' desks, door handles, and light switches every day after school.
● Any student or faculty member testing positive for COVID-19 will stay home from school for 14 calendar days.
● All CCA families will be notified in the event of a student testing positive for COVID-19.
● CCA intends to remain open for on-campus classes as long as absenteeism remains below 40%.
Priorities
● The health and safety of our students and faculty and their families
● Cooperation with our community to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus
● Fulfillment of the mission and vision of Christ Classical Academy
● Delivering the highest quality classical education and Christian formation possible by whatever means are appropriate and available
● Partnering with parents in ways that support their long-term goals for the education and formation of their children and their short-term circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic
Ongoing Planning
● Daily protocols—screening, use of face-coverings, limiting students’ contacts, training and practice of personal hygiene, cleaning and disinfecting
● Response to symptomatic people or positive COVID-19 tests
● Academic policies—instruction, assessment, and support for students absent for extended periods; contingency plans to deliver high-quality content and support remotely in the event schools close again
Staffing
● Training for teachers in daily protocols
● Training for teachers in best practices for remote learning
● Daily support for teachers—IT, sanitation, remote learning
● Well-trained, on-call substitutes to step into classrooms in the event teachers are symptomatic or COVID-positive
