Beginning this Friday, Nov. 6, students in Grandville Middle and High schools will move to a remote, asynchronous school day every Friday through the end of the semester.
The move comes as the district has identified a need to better support students who may be struggling with this year’s model of teaching remote and in-person students simultaneously.
Under this new plan, teachers on Fridays will send out assignments or learning activities via Google Classroom for their students to complete on their own, at their own pace. This will allow teachers, counselors and other service providers to have dedicated time that day to meet with students who need additional support or re-teaching opportunities.
Monday through Thursday school days will remain the same, with students attending in person or remotely via livestreamed class time.
“This plan was developed out of the urgency to respond to the need for some students to have additional support/intervention time to master the things we want them to know and be able to do,” said Superintendent Roger Bearup. “This model still allows parents the option for their student to participate either in-person or remote, it provides experience for our students with remote learning should we need to move to all-remote for portions of the year, and it allows our staff time to support every student who may need additional opportunities to grasp concepts and skills.”
On Friday mornings, teachers will hold 30-minute virtual meetings with individual students or small groups of students whom the teachers identify as needing extra support. This will give these students extra time to ask questions on the subject matter or return to a lesson they may have struggled with.
Those students who are not identified for extra support will work on the remote assignment their teacher has given them for the day. Parents will have the choice to keep them at home to complete the assignments, or send them to school to do the work in a designated classroom or open space. Students who go to the school building will be monitored and will still have access to breakfast and lunch.
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