Dear Logan Families, 

This Weekly Update includes information about: 

• Safety First! - COVID 19 Updates

• Support the Logan PTSO Fun Run

• Curriculum Night Recordings Available

• Important Upcoming Dates

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 

Sincerely,

Will Wright

Safety First! - COVID 19 Updates

The AAPS COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols have been updated.  Changes include updates to the daily student questionnaire about when to keep a child home from school and when to quarantine.  Please check these periodically as the updates occur frequently. 

Support the Logan PTSO Fun Run

Join us for the Logan Fun Run! Parents are welcome to attend this year's Fun Run in person on Wednesday, October 6! Come cheer on your student(s) during their class's scheduled running time. We'll have a live DJ, a large balloon arch for the kids to run through, and pom-poms for you to waive while they run! Please help us keep this event safe by wearing your masks and following social distancing recommendations. 

The Fun Run is also an important fundraiser for our school. Money raised during the Fun Run pays for classroom supplies, teacher grants, enrichment activities at school, PTSO events, field trips, and so much more. Please check out the latest PTSO eBackpack for ways to donate. 

Curriculum Night Recordings Available

Thank you to all of our Logan families for joining us for our virtual curriculum night. We hope you found the evening informative. We recorded all the presentations. If you missed one of the sessions and want to view it, you can! My curriculum night presentation is posted on our webpage at www.a2schools.org/logan. If you missed one of the teacher presentations, please reach out directly to the teacher, and they’ll share it with you. 

Important Upcoming Dates

• Wednesday, September 29 - PTO Meeting, 9:00am

• Thursday, September 30 - Picture Day

• Wednesday, October 6 - Logan Fun Run

• Wednesday, October 6 - Count Day

• Wednesday  October 20 - Early Release Day, Dismissal at 1:18pm

Dear Logan Families, 

This Weekly Update includes information about: 

• Changes to Logan Staffing
• Curriculum Night - Reminder
• Early Release Reminder
• Logan is Hiring - Teaching Assistant Positions
• Important Upcoming Dates
• AAPS Student Lunch/Food Service Communication to Families: A Message from Chartwells

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 

Sincerely,
Will Wright

Changes to Logan Staffing
Jessica Singleton, Logan PE teacher, resigned last week for personal reasons. We will miss her greatly and wish her luck in her future endeavors. I am working to find a replacement as quickly as possible. We hope to fill the position with a substitute teacher initially while we interview and hire a permanent replacement. I will keep everyone in the Logan community informed as we progress through the hiring process. 

Curriculum Night - Reminder
Curriculum Night will be this Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 6:00pm-7:30pm. This event will be a virtual event and it will take place via Zoom. Zoom links were shared last Friday. Please refer to my Friday email for details. 

Early Release Reminder
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 is an Early Release Day. Students will be dismissed at 1:18pm. Lunch will be served prior to dismissal. Please make plans to have your child picked up from school early on Wednesday. Bus service will be available for students who ride a bus. 

Logan is Hiring - Teaching Assistant Positions
Logan is looking for strong candidates to fill two teaching assistant positions. Our teaching assistants work closely with students to support their learning throughout the day. If you or someone you know is interested, please consider applying. The application can be found here. Please apply for job ID 12479. 

Important Upcoming Dates

• Wednesday, September 22 - Early Release Day, Dismissal at 1:18pm 
• Wednesday, September 29 - PTO Meeting, 9:00am
• Thursday, September 30 - Picture Day
• Wednesday, October 6 - Count Day
• Wednesday , October 20 - Early Release Day, Dismissal at 1:18pm

AAPS Student Lunch/Food Service Communication to Families: A Message from Chartwells
We are thrilled that so many students have opted for the free lunch program available to all students throughout the 2021-2022 school year. Remember this includes breakfast as well!! As a reminder we must provide milk to students with a fruit or vegetable. The USDA does not allow us to only serve milk alone so please encourage your students to grab a lunch or a milk/ fruit/veggie bag!

You may have noticed the posted menu changes frequently. This is due to issues along the supply chain that negatively impact the availability of many food items we serve. We apologize for the changing menu but we must be nimble and respond to what is available to us to serve, which can change with each delivery we receive. Here is a link to the  Food Service page on the website where you can find menus, Free and Reduced Lunch applications and nutrition information. Continue to complete and submit Free and Reduced Lunch applications to be eligible for any related services such as P-EBT cards.

We thank AAPS families for their patience as we make strides in hiring more food service staff for our schools during this time of nationwide labor shortages.
Thank you for supporting us in providing tasty and nutritious meals for your students!

Sincerely,
Jill Minnick, Assistant Superintendent, Finance and Operations 
Liz Margolis, Executive Director, Student & School Safety
Victoria Davis, Manager, Chartwells

Dear Logan Families, 

Most of the items in this weekly update are reminders from last week’s update. I have included one additional note about our pick up and drop off procedures. 

• Arrival and Dismissal 

• Student Device Deployment - Device Contract

• Zoom Licenses

• Lunch Volunteers Needed

• Curriculum Night - Save the Date

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 

Sincerely,

Will Wright

Arrival and Dismissal Procedures

First, thanks to everyone for your patience as you move through our arrival and dismissal lines. You are all doing a great job! You can read a detailed explanation of arrival and drop off in our Family Handbook found here. I’m sharing a few really important reminders based on our observations of the process so far below. Following these guidelines will help ensure a safe arrival and dismissal from school for all of our Logan Leopards.  

• Please pull all the way forward to the end of the driveway during arrival and dismissal. There is a sign at the bottom of the driveway telling you where to stop. During dismissal, we will send your kids down the hill to meet you. This keeps our car line from backing up onto Traver Blvd and Nixon. 

• Do not leave your car if you’re in the pick up or drop off line. If you want to walk your child to class, or if you need to get out of the car to help your child get buckled, please park in the parking lot or in the street instead. Be prepared to keep moving in the pick up line.

• All children should load on the passenger side of your vehicle.  

• When walking to and from the parking lot, please cross at the crosswalk. Do not cut between cars when walking through the parking lot. It is both unsafe and slows down our car line. 

Student Device Deployment - Device Contract

We have distributed Chromebooks to all 2-5 grade students. We’ll distribute Y5-1 grade devices as soon as they are delivered to Logan. All students will be receiving a Chromebook. We are asking all families to sign the AAPS Device Contract. You can find the link to the contract here.  Devices will travel between school and home regularly. We ask that you charge your student’s device every night and help them remember to send it back to school. 

Zoom Licenses

Zoom has a new security feature that will impact all families. When attending a virtual meeting at school (PTO meeting, special ed team meeting, parent conferences, etc), parents will need to navigate this security feature. You will only be able to access the meeting if you have a zoom license or log in from your child’s Chromebook and AAPS user account. In order to ensure that you are able to log into meetings, we encourage families who do not currently have a Zoom account to 1) create a free Zoom account to access meetings more seamlessly, or 2) use your child's Chromebook and AAPS user account whenever attending meetings. 

***Parents will need to do one of these two options to attend curriculum night. If you already have a Zoom account, you may login to your existing account prior to joining Curriculum Night Sessions. 

Lunch Volunteers Needed

Lunch is one of our busiest times of day, and our COVID-19 safety measures add an extra layer of complexity. Having a large number of volunteers really helps lunchtime run smoothly. Thank you to our PTO for putting out a volunteer sign up. If you are available to volunteer in the lunchroom, we would love to have you. Volunteers must be fully vaccinated (two weeks from your second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or two weeks from your single dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine), and all volunteers must wear a mask at all times. Please consider signing up!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C4CA8AF28A4FD0-lunchroom

Curriculum Night - Save the Date

Curriculum Night will be on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 6:00pm-7:30pm. Save the date! This event will be a virtual event and it will take place via Zoom. We’ll share the zoom links to classroom presentations later this week. 

Dear Logan Families, 

This Weekly Update is coming a little late, but has some important information about: 

• Student Device Deployment - Device Contract

• Zoom Licenses

• NWEA Testing - Letter from Dawn Linden, Assistant Superintendent, Teaching & Learning

• Fall into After-School!

• Youth Volleyball Opportunity

• Lunch Volunteers Needed

• Curriculum Night - Save the Date

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 

Sincerely,

Will Wright

Student Device Deployment - Device Contract

We have begun distributing devices to all of our Logan Leopards. By the end of this week, we hope to have distributed devices to all 2-5 grade students. We’ll distribute Y5-1 grade devices as soon as theft are delivered to Logan. All students will be receiving a Chromebook. We are asking all families to sign the AAPS Device Contract. You can find the link to the contract here.  Devices will travel between school and home regularly. We ask that you charge your student’s device every night and help them remember to send it back to school. 

Zoom Licenses

Zoom has a new security feature that will impact all families. When attending a virtual meeting at school (PTO meeting, special ed team meeting, parent conferences, etc), parents will need to navigate this security feature. You will only be able to access the meeting if you have a zoom license or log in from your child’s Chromebook and AAPS user account. In order to ensure that you are able to log into meetings, we encourage families who do not currently have a Zoom account to 1) create a free Zoom account to access meetings more seamlessly, or 2) use your child's Chromebook and AAPS user account. 

 

***Parents will need to do one of these two options to attend curriculum night. If you already have a Zoom account, you may login to your existing account prior to joining Curriculum Night Sessions. 

 

 

NWEA Testing - Letter from Dawn Linden, Assistant Superintendent, Teaching & Learning

AAPS and Logan will be administering the NWEA Measures of Academic Progress assessment (MAP) to all students in grades K-5 this fall. Please see the attached letter from Dawn Linden, Assistant Superintendent of Teaching & Learning, for further information. 

Fall into After-School! 

AAPS Rec & Ed is excited to offer several after-school classes focused on fun, learning, movement, and discovery. For the health and safety of all participants, the AAPS Covid-19 Protocols will be followed. Registration is now open, and spots are filling quickly! Click on each class option below or visit www.aarecedonline.com. Many scholarships are available! Please call (734) 994-2300 ext. 0 for details. 

Logan

Day/Time	Name of Class	Dates	Ages	Class ID#
Mon, 3:48-5:30PM	Be a Nutty Scientist! @ Logan	10/4-11/8	K-5th	1315.107
Tues, 3:48-5:30PM	Build a Play @ Logan	9/21-11/30	1st-5th	2303.103
Wed, 3:48-5:30PM	French @ Logan	9/29-12/8	K-5th	1403.101
Thurs, 3:48-5:30PM	Chess @ Logan	9/30-11/4	K-5th	1321.108

Youth Volleyball Opportunity

Youth Volleyball is back for both boys and girls grades 4-9. Registration is now open through September 14! Practices start the week of Oct 11 and games start October 23 (Saturdays only). Find all info at https://www.a2schools.org/Page/4393

Note: Masks required for all in youth volleyball, regardless of vaccination status. Youth coaches must be fully-vaccinated.

Questions? contact Karen at draves@a2schools.org.

Lunch Volunteers Needed

Lunch is one of our busiest times of day, and our COVID-19 safety measures add an extra layer of complexity. Having a large number of volunteers really helps lunchtime run smoothly. Thank you to our PTO for putting out a volunteer sign up. If you are available to volunteer in the lunchroom, we would love to have you. Volunteers must be fully vaccinated (two weeks from your second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or two weeks from your single dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine), and all volunteers must wear a mask at all times. Please consider signing up!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C4CA8AF28A4FD0-lunchroom

Curriculum Night - Save the Date

Curriculum Night will be on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 6:00pm-7:30pm. Save the date! This event will be a virtual event and it will take place via Zoom. We’ll share details in the coming days.