Dear Parents and Guardians,

Recently school districts in New Jersey received the following information from the NJ  Department of Education in reference to virtual ceremonies:

“We recognize that the sudden disruption to the normal operating procedures could be jarring for school communities at all levels. The resilience and adaptivity required to thrive in the face of unprecedented situations are characteristics embodied by the Class of 2020. Recognizing that high school graduation is certainly a milestone for students and families, the Department has compiled ….suggestions for holding virtual graduation ceremonies and related celebratory activities to honor this year’s graduating class while ensuring the health and safety of the school community during the COVID-19 emergency.”

We  at ACS would like to extend the virtual ceremonies to the elementary school as well by including a virtual ceremony for fifth grade and virtual celebrations for Pre-K and Kindergarten in order to celebrate our students.

This year we will be creating a video for the 5th Grade Moving Up Ceremony.  The video will be shown at the time that the fifth grade moving up ceremony would have taken place.  The video will be available for all to keep.

  • Each classroom teacher will email parents and ask for a picture of their 5th grade child they want to be included in the video. Please prepare a picture of your 5th grade student dressed for the ceremony that you would like in the video. Each child's picture will be shown with their name on the video.

  • All pictures should be in by the end of May. Each student will create an audio recording of the 5th grade class song.  The recording request and instructions will come from Ms. Jufer and Mr. Babos. The students and parents will be able to upload the picture and audio recording to the 5th Grade Technology Google Classroom, by the end of May.

  • Each teacher, Mr. Saco, and I will also record a short speech for the class, as we would have read in real life moving up.

  • The pictures, audio recordings, and videos will be made into one moving up movie.

Please choose a picture of your student and upload your picture to the Google Form, https://forms.gle/sHzCNkgyYiaXLBa47.

If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Ryu at Jenny.Ryu@leoniaschools.org.

Mr.. Babos and Ms. Jufer have provided instructions for recording and uploading audio clips:

https://classroom.google.com/c/ODMyMTQ1NTYwODBa/a/MTI0MDU3NjA4MDg2/details

If you have any questions please email Mr. Babos at connor.babos@leoniaschools.org or Ms. Jufer at rachel.jufer@leoniaschools.org.

We will also have virtual orientation for the fifth graders going to LMS, which is currently being planned collaboratively with the LMS staff.

The P.E. department  will host a virtual field day from their Google classrooms-- details to follow.

We will have a virtual clap out  in which the names of the fifth graders are called out. We will create a video showing the hallways which students walk during the clap out, with clapping and  the names of students recorded in the background. 

Kindergarten from Ms. Jufer:

This year we will be creating a video for the Kindergarten Moving Up Ceremony. We will be compiling videos of students singing the song "Hello to All the Children of the World". This is a song that all Kindergarten students have worked on in their music classes. If you wish to participate in this event please send a video of your child singing the song to Ms. Jufer through email or via google drive. There are specific instructions located in the shared google drive folder. 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RNdPLCMV3_lMuBBHWidml398J28eyNUR?usp=sharing

Thank you for your participation in this exciting project. I look forward to seeing the videos!

Please email Ms. Jufer with questions about the song at rachel.jufer@leoniaschools.org

Pre-Kindergarten from Ms. Jufer:

This year we will be creating a video for the Pre-K Moving Up Ceremony. We will be compiling videos of students singing the song "We Are Family" by Jack Hartmann. This is a song that all pre-k students have worked on in their music classes. If you wish to participate in this event please send a video of your child singing the song to Ms. Jufer through email or via google drive. There are specific instructions located in the shared google drive folder. 

Thank you for your help, and I look forward to seeing your videos!

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1TZxqMaePVbHhXhAWJNJkoYasJDHhb4ii

Please email Ms. Jufer with questions about the song rachel.jufer@leoniaschools.org

Thank you for supporting the students and each other during this challenging time. We will work together to keep each other safe and to honor our students as well.

Please email me with any general questions at maria.martinez@leoniaschools.org and please email the teachers with specific questions about your particular child.

Thank you,

Maria Barcelo-Martinez

 

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