Buena Vista School District

The next Board of Education meeting is Monday, June 8th. If you would like to join via Zoom, please be aware, that the actual Board Meeting will start at 7:00 pm, after Board members tour the new Middle and High School building. The following Zoom link, Member ID and Password will be the same from now on for every Board Meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88559550869?pwd=dnYyZDdFK0puK2FkYkpVVmdGMDh1dz09 Meeting ID: 885 5955 0869 Password: 1fs7uy One tap mobile +16699006833,,88559550869#,,1#,595266# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,88559550869#,,1#,595266# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) Meeting ID: 885 5955 0869 Password: 595266 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbSL13RsHU

Superintendent Lisa Yates will provide a weekly update each Monday to families regarding the re-opening of schools in the fall. Families can also join a virtual meeting by Zoom each Monday at 5:00-5:45 pm to exchange information and ask questions. Click here for the update: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1svMSyZpWY5xPO-md8IekpJymaOKF4WPq/view?usp=sharing

The BVSD will continue to provide meals through June. There are changes to the program for summer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Q9si3SCCk&feature=youtu.be Congratulations BVHS graduates!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxLGnpD9XY4 Watch the BVHS class of 2020 graduation ceremony tonight! Live stream starts at 8:30 pm!

Join us tomorrow for a parade honoring our 2020 BVHS graduates!

Come celebrate our 2020 BVHS graduates on Saturday, May 23 at 7:30 pm! There will be a car parade from Avery Parsons to Comanche Drive In. Community are invited to park along Main Street (the street will not be closed) and parallel park up West Main to honk and cheer as the graduates pass. Congratulations Class of 2020.

Congratulations to our CCHS graduates! #bvschoolsthepeak

Memorial Day breakfast and lunch will be included in your Friday pickup!

An update from the Buena Vista School District:

We recently completed evaluations of our science, PE, professional learning,and gifted and talented programs. These will be available on our district website in coming weeks. This summer, we will begin evaluation of our English Language Arts and Industrial Arts/Business program. An important part of the evaluation process is feedback data from our students and families regarding each program. We encourage your participation in the survey links below regarding these programs. If you have students at multiple grades, please complete the survey specific for a grade level. You are welcome to complete the survey more than once, with responses matching the grade level you enter. These surveys are for parents/guardians. Students had the opportunity to complete through their distance learning. ELA Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewCl-38ZN0ACJQN579vj6et7F5-jZUfiVIdAxzyosCBYLg0A/viewform Industrial Arts Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-EGqz5Yw-6tEBhmSoLTpwZHuA8v7fL_4RV3Nwf5yHtv8Myg/viewform

Mr. Oharah brings together the 6th grade Rising Voices with a reminder we all could use...Here Comes the Sun. Thank you for letting your voices bring us so much joy, singers! https://youtu.be/MPBSAOwvxmA

To honor the retirement of: Laurie Hancock – 23 years Bill Fabian – 12 years Marvin Douty – 5 years Please join the Buena Vista School District and Chaffee County Sheriff's Department for a parade/drive by past Laurie Hancock's and Marvin Douty's homes to honor their retirement and years of service in the Buena Vista School District. We will meet at 6:30 p.m., Friday May 15th, in the parking lot at the former Paw Paw Billies Restaurant. We'll proceed out to Hancock's, come back to town on Hwy 24 to Gregg Drive then out to Mr. Douty's. Please stay with the procession back to town to participate in Friday Nigh Lights past the BVHS Football Field to the Baseball Field. Please feel free to decorate your cars, make up signs and bring cards for the retirees. Also, to honor Mr. Fabian there will be a 30 minute Zoom meeting at 3:OO p.m. on Friday the 15th. Lisa Yates will set it up. Please bring a favorite memory to share and bring a book title that expresses our hopes for him in retirement.

Welcome to Kindergarten! Take a moment to watch the Kindergarten welcome video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tnnfrUV8RtUDXLl0oOwDBSmz-XnLZy2o/view Kindergarten welcome letter, readiness calendar, and registration form are found here: https://www.apptegy.net/s/resources-bvsd/browse/130464#

The next virtual Board of Education meeting is Monday, May 11th at 6:00 pm. Join by using Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88986475943?pwd=RE9WTi9WRXVWSXlXMUEzU1Y1Y0lIUT09 Meeting ID: 889 8647 5943 Password: 9cDCVd One tap mobile +13462487799,,88986475943#,,1#,941409# US (Houston) +14086380968,,88986475943#,,1#,941409# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) Meeting ID: 889 8647 5943 Password: 941409 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbGXSAdY9v

The BVSD will continue to provide meals through June. There are changes to the program for the summer, please see the attached flier for more information. Our food service department will continue to provide meals through Friday, May 29th, and will send an extra lunch home on Friday, May 22nd, as they will be closed on Memorial Day.

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Don't forget to #ThankATeacherCO by sharing a photo or video. Tell us how your child's teacher has gone above and beyond to support their students during #COVID19Colorado or share something you learned from a teacher that you will never forget.

COVID UPDATE 5.01.2020 BV Schools Families: There is limited information to share at this time, so this message comes as connection to our community and encouragement to stay the good course with remote learning. We understand the mixed and changing emotions this disruptive time evokes. Our natural desire is to know with certainty what the days ahead will be, including as far reaching as the fall. Our best foot forward is to stay grounded in today. Our district is full of hope for a return to school in the fall. We know this is the best for the academic and overall growth of our students. This time has also highlighted the critical role schools play in the economic and psychological health of our communities. Our district team energies are being invested in how to return safely. We are working closely with our county public health. I am on several state level education committees with our Commissioner of Education and Governor regarding the re-opening of schools and our labor and workforce overall. I meet weekly with area superintendents to navigate the changing environment. As well, I serve on the Board of the Rural Alliance, meeting weekly with other rural Colorado districts regarding the impacts of COVID on our schools. Please be assured I am studying, collaborating, and remaining very connected to other leaders to create the guidelines and opportunity for our staff and students to return to the strong, flourishing and challenging learning environments of our BV Schools. Please find below some highlights of upcoming activities and supports from the schools: • Friday Night Lights – tonight at 7:30 pm! Seeing faces and giving and receiving waves is good for the soul. • Two of our BV Staff, Michelle Cunningham and Robin Fritsch, represented our staff in a special segment produced by Chalkbeat (Jan Wondra of ArkValley Voice the contributing journalist), COVID Diaries Colorado: Education under coronavirus. Truly, they represent how staff are showing up in new ways and highlighting what it means to be an educator and parent, spouse, friend, caregiver, during this time. What a beautiful testimony. Thank you to Michelle and Robin for being who you are for our district. The public has an opportunity during this time to see what public schools are doing all the time…just more poignant and noticeable during this time. https://co.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/26/21235412/covid-diaries-colorado-education-under-coronavirus • We will have closing activities at each of our schools the week of May 18-21. Our seniors will have the first and special closing on May 15. Your child’s principal and teacher(s) will be sharing these plans with you in coming days. The purpose is two-fold: 1. Practically, we need to collect devices and other materials and students need to gather any personal belongings still in the schools; 2. Safe, in-person gatherings, seeing some of the people and spaces that were formative for your children this year is important in ending well. We understand not all families will be comfortable with this yet, and that is absolutely ok. We will get items to you through a drive up or delivery model. We will have either small groups or individuals come to classrooms/lockers. We will use the large spaces like practice fields and lawns for outdoor staging and the opportunity for kids to see some of the masked faces of their peers! More to come from your principals. These plans are being developed in collaboration with Chaffee County Public Health. We are also in communication with Sol Vista Health who is supporting us as we welcome and walk together as community through smaller returns to school. • Graduation ceremony plans and other ways to celebrate our seniors are in the works. Our principals and staff have been planning new ways of honoring the Class of 2020 in light of them missing so many traditions. Look for banners, signs, parades, and a hopeful outdoor ceremony (for only students and hopefully families) coming soon. These plans are being developed in collaboration with Chaffee County Public Health. • Our local businesses are slowly re-opening! This is such good news for so many who have been enduring this Great Pause with a burden we cannot imagine from our positions. Our county has done a tremendous job of collaborating and communicating to make this possible. Cheer them on with me. • And to end, a message of hope from amazing talents including our SoundScapes students. Whatever you do today, let it include enjoying this. Don’t miss it. A project requiring incredible commitment from music director, Tanner Ohara, that will be memorable for our students while inspiring each of us. Spring is here… there is hope. https://youtu.be/1pUYMa2cD4c We are with you all in holding up hope for our future together. Stay connected to one another. Ask for help when needed. “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” Be well. Lisa Lisa Yates, Superintendent

The Buena Vista High School Soundscapes and Friends virtual choir performance of "We Sing of Golden Mornings" composed by Neil Ginsberg and text by Ralph Waldo Emerson. https://youtu.be/1pUYMa2cD4c

Join us for the next Board of Education meeting on Monday, April 27th at 6:00 p.m. Time: Apr 27, 2020 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/93981138558?pwd=cTl1NkpjbkVwS3ZRbkdod1FkNVRFQT09 Meeting ID: 939 8113 8558 Password: 015356 One tap mobile +13462487799,,93981138558#,,#,015356# US (Houston) +14086380968,,93981138558#,,#,015356# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US +1 301 715 8592 US Meeting ID: 939 8113 8558 Password: 015356 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/adkNvPgX62