Keyport High School

Return to School

Parent and Student Guide

2020 - 2021

Preparing for Opening Day

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1:1 Device Distribution

Every student in 9th - 12th grade must pick up their Chromebook and charger on

Wednesday, September 2nd.

Pick up times are from 9am-2:30pm at Central School

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In order to receive their device, all students and parents must access, complete, and submit all required forms in the Genesis Portal when it becomes available beginning August 27, 2020.

● Read and sign Parent Device Agreement (Parent Genesis portal - Forms tab)

● Read and sign Parent Acknowledgements/Authorizations (Parent Genesis portal - Forms tab)

● Read and sign Student Device Agreement (Student Genesis portal - Forms tab)

● Read and sign Student Acknowledgements (Student Genesis portal - Forms tab)

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Preparing for Opening Day

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School Supplies

Please refer to the KHS teacher websites for a list of recommended school supplies.

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Genesis Parent Access

• Usernames and passwords for Genesis Parent Access will be emailed to your primary email address.
• If you do not receive this document, please contact our Guidance Office at 732-212-6100 ext. 3257 or guidance@kpsdschools.org.
• When you receive this information, login to Genesis Parent Access to review and modify important information regarding your child.
• Please update your Primary Contact, Parent/Guardian Contacts, Emergency Contacts, Publicity Information and Automated Alert Preferences.
• In addition, please ensure that your email and phone information are up to date.

Getting To and From School

(Bus, Parent Transport and Walking)

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Bus Drop Off / Pick Up

• Bus students will arrive on the Monroe Avenue side of KHS and will enter through the Main Entrance.
• At dismissal, bus students will exit the building through the Main Entrance only and report to their bus on the Monroe Avenue side of the building.
• Bus students are reminded that they must take their regularly scheduled bus to their assigned drop-off point.
• Bus students may not change routes to go home with friends nor get off the bus at a stop not designated for them.
• In addition, students may not invite non-bus students to ride home with them. No exceptions can be made to this policy.
• Reminder, all students MUST wear their masks.

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Getting To and From School

(Bus, Parent Transport and Walking)

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Student Drop off Zone

• Parents who are driving their children to school can drop off on either Monroe Avenue or Broad Street. ***Parking at these locations is prohibited.***
• Please do not park in the staff parking lot, as these are assigned spots for faculty and staff.

Pick-Up Zones

• Parents who are picking up their children from school at dismissal must wait in their cars on Monroe Avenue or Broad Street.
• Students are expected to walk on the sidewalks down to the front of the school building and may only cross the street at a designated crosswalk.
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Walking to School

• Students who plan to walk to school must line up in the designated socially distant areas at the Main Entrance to the building and must wear masks at all times.

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The Opening of School

Hybrid Cohorts & Schedules

To ensure social distancing while still promoting opportunity for students to engage in a social setting students have been placed in cohorts alphabetically as follows:

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Placing students into cohorts (full remote and hybrid students mixed) allows for continuity and greater flexibility and options in the delivery of instruction; so while students will be expected to log in to class daily, classroom instruction, assignments, and projects can be differentiated and cohorts.

This may include synchronous and asynchronous learning.

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To bring the information together in a coherent organized manner, the next slide is the calendar for September and early October.

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The Opening of School

Hybrid Cohorts & Schedules

• We will monitor our plan over the course of the first month of school and make adjustments, as needed, with the ultimate goal of increasing our school capacity in a safe manner.
• We will reassess the situation in our secondary schools and the State of New Jersey in hopes to move into our second phase.

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Remote Learning Plan

• Keyport High School will be operating in a Hybrid Learning Environment.
• Students will split into 2 cohorts (AA and BB), these cohorts will operate under the following schedule.
• Keyport High School students that take classes in the Monmouth County Vocational School District will be in Cohort A meeting in person Monday’s and Tuesday’s.

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Cohorts will, to the best of the district’s ability, be split by last name. Please note however, the split may be at different points in the alphabet in each grade level in order to balance class sizes.

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If we start the year remote or the need arises to move to all remote learning, KHS will follow the schedule below.

Remote Schedule September 14th - Ongoing

IF WE RETURN TO FULL DAY IN SCHOOL

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Bell Schedule for Full In-Person School Day

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Period 1 7:55 - 8:45

Period 2 8:48 - 9:38

Period 3 9:41 - 10:31

Period 4 10:34 - 11:24

Period 5A Lunch 11:26 - 11:56

Period 5B Class 11:59 -12:49

Period 5A Class 11:26 - 12:16

Period 5B Lunch 12:19 - 12:49

Period 6 12:51 - 1:41

Period 7 1:43 - 2:34

Intervention

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• All students will have the opportunity to attend Intervention Sessions in the afternoon virtually.
• Teachers will post in their Google Classroom their availability to meet for one-on-one sessions.
• Students that would like to attend a session with their teacher, may sign-up for a time slot using the Google Form provided in Google Classroom.
• Teachers will also reach out to individual students and give them a time slot and a Google Meet link for intervention if needed.

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Protocols and Procedures

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Daily Health Screening

• Protocols will be in place for daily health screenings of students, teachers, secretarial staff, administrators, and all other staff members.
• This screening will be used to complete the necessary mandates as per the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protocols for in-person school.
• Please refer to the Student Daily COVID-19 Symptom Check Letter.
• This check-in system must be completed by all students/parents/guardians prior to departing for in-person school.
• A second, in-person screening will occur on school grounds prior to entry into the school building.
• This second screening will be a temperature check at the Main Entrance to KHS.

Hallway Movement, Lockers, and Restrooms

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Hallways

• In order to allow for safe spacing in hallways between classes and during entry and exit into the building, we have developed a two-way traffic system of the building’s hallways and a one-way system for all staircases.
• Additionally, lockers and locker rooms will not be used in order to prevent clustering of individuals in secluded spaces.
• As changing clothes for physical education class will not be possible, students should wear appropriate attire to school to participate in physical education class.

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• At no point during the school day should students use the hallways for any other reason than movement to and from their classes unless they have a pass to do so.
• When entering the building at the beginning of the day, students will report directly to their Period 1 classroom.
• At the end of the school day, using a staggered approach for dismissal students will leave the building through the Main Entrance with bussing students leaving first.

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Hallway Movement, Lockers, and Restrooms

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Restrooms

• Restrooms will be closed during the passing time between classes.
• Students will be excused from class individually to use the restroom.
• Teachers will only allow one student to leave class at time to use the restroom.
• Restrooms will be monitored for capacity as only one student will be permitted into each restroom at a time.
• In the event of an emergency, please use the restroom in the nurse’s office.

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Social Distancing and Mask Protocols

• As students arrive on school property and enter the building, they must maintain appropriate social distancing and wear a mask.
• All students and staff will be required to wear masks throughout the instructional day both inside the classroom and during transit in the building.
• It is expected that parents will provide masks for their children.
• Students should wear clean masks each day.

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Hallway Movement, Lockers, and Restrooms

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Drinks

• Students must bring their own water and/or refillable water bottles as water fountains will not be utilized.
• Drinks will be incorporated into “Mask Breaks” throughout class time.
• Just a reminder that vending machines will not be available at this time.

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Building Security and Communication

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School Visitors

• All doors are locked for security reasons.
• Visitors will not be permitted into the school building.
• Students who arrive late to school will need to comply with screening procedures prior to entry.
• With the exception of medication, we will not be able to accept deliveries or drop-off materials for students.
• Please contact the nurse’s office for medical-related deliveries.

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Communication

• We kindly request that all parents call, email, or make appointments with teachers regarding academic issues.
• Parents may contact staff by phone or via email using the first initial and last name of the staff member.
• Teachers will typically respond to email communications within 24 hours.
• If you email a teacher on a Friday or weekend, the teacher will respond to your email by the end of the next school day.
• Each teacher has a phone extension which is listed in the staff directory on our website.
• Parents must dial the main number 732-212-6100, and then will be prompted to dial the appropriate extension.

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Student Attendance

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As mentioned above, students have been placed in alphabetical cohorts for their in-person rotation through classes. We cannot accommodate changes to cohorts and students are not able to attend school in-person on a different day if they are not available on their cohorts’ day for any reason.

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• Attendance will be taken each period, both virtually and in-person.
• When students are in-person, teachers will take attendance traditionally, as students enter the room.
• When working virtually, it is expected that students adhere to the class period schedule.

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Parents who are opting to keep their students home for a full-virtual experience, are expected to follow the schedule of their assigned cohort.

***These students may be asked to remain in the video lesson for the entire duration of the class period on the days that their cohort is in-person.

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Student Attendance

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Attendance Procedure

• As always, if a student is unable to attend school on a given day due to illness or appointment, the parent is required to report the student’s absence to the Attendance Office at 732 212 6100 ext. 3099 or email: hsattendance@kpsdschools.org.
• If a child is going to be absent or late, parents are required to leave a message on this extension before 8:00 am.
• At the same time, if a student is scheduled to attend in-person on their scheduled day and is unable to attend school due to a mild illness or a need to quarantine, but is able to participate virtually, that student may participate in their classes through video conference.
• In this scenario, that student will be considered present as long as a parent contacts the attendance office in advance.

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Student Attendance

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Late Arrival and Early Dismissal Procedures

• Given the complex logistics of screening and the policy of no visitors, the safe management of entering students at all different times will be challenging.
• As a result, we request that parents please make every effort to ensure that their children arrive at school on time.

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• Students may not be picked up early unless it is an emergency.
• Please schedule doctor’s appointments, dental and orthodontic appointments, or other related types of services after instructional time whenever possible.
• If appointments must be scheduled during the school day, please do so at a time when students are home for virtual instruction.
• If, in a rare case, a student needs to be picked up during the day, the parent will be asked to wait outside the school and the student will be brought outside.

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Student Attendance

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Virtual Learning

• On days when student cohorts are not meeting in-person at KHS, students are expected to participate in their scheduled classes.

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• This includes, but is not limited to,
• signing onto video conferences
• working on individual and group class projects
• submitting assignments
• engaging in independent learning and study time.

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As mentioned above, students will be held accountable for their attendance on a period by period basis, both in school and virtually.

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Questions from Audience

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Q - What online platform is being used for virtual?

A - Google classroom will be utilized along with other instructional platforms like Nearpod.

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Q - When will we be receiving student schedules?

A - The portal will be open for schedules 8/27

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Q - When students are not in school for their cohort, are they watching the teacher live in their classroom?

A - Yes. Students will be learning in both a synchronous and asynchronous environment.

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Q - Do students have choices for electives?

A - Due to COVID, we tried keeping students together in cohorts. As a result some student choice has been limited.

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Q - By when should we expect to receive the login information for Genesis.

A - All Parent Portals will be open on Thursday, August 27th. Current students of the district will continue to use their existing login information. New students to the High School and all Incoming Freshmen from Union Beach can call Kelly Ann Applegate at 732-212-6100 Ext 3250 between 8:30 am and 2:30 pm to verify their information and get their login information.

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Additional questions continued

Q - Do the kids have to wear masks in the classrooms

A - Yes. Mask wearing is mandatory at all times.

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Q - If we are doing 7 periods, does that mean gym everyday?

A - Physical Education class will take place everyday. It is recommended that students wear comfortable clothes and sneakers to school daily as the locker rooms will be off limits.

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Q - Do you have air conditioning in the building?

A - This summer KHS underwent major upgrades and now has Air Conditioning throughout the building.

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Q - What about drivers ed? What do students do who were in Drivers Ed when covid hit?

A - Last school years sophomores will be given an opportunity to take the test here at KHS if their Driver Education class was interrupted last Spring.

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Q - Can a student that has chosen to work remotely be allowed to attend in person, if we change our mind?

A - No, this is a marking period by marking period decision. Once decided, changes can be made at end of MP1

Additional questions continued

Q - all Union Beach kids need a new Genesis log in or just 9th graders?

A - Only new students will need new login information. That includes new transfers and all freshmen Union Beach students. Call Kelly Ann Applegate @ 732-212-6100 Ext 3250

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Q - What is the policy with missing school? Are you still locked 18 day max for the year? Quarantine is 2 week period.

A - Our district attendance policy still stands in place for this school year until further notice.

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Q - I understand we will receive info shortly but has it been determined if Rising Stars is group A or B?

A - Rising Stars will adhere to the same A-K and L-Z Cohort so they will be split

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Q - Any in person orientation for 9th graders?

A - Tentative date of September 3rd @ 1 pm (virtual)

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Q - Student orientation Dates for grades 10-12?

A - September 4th, 2020

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Q - As of now, do we know if there will be a basketball season?

A - No decision yet!

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Q - Will there be virtual clubs?

A - We will address clubs and activities during the month of September. School will start without any.

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Q - So is the first day of school the 14th for remote

A - Yes the First day of school for all students is 9/14

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Q - Will the teachers send out Google Classroom codes to join their classes prior to the first day of school? This would be important for the virtual students.

A - Teachers will be sending out codes