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Consider both pre-pandemic and this year

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Consider both pre-pandemic and this year

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Remember:  Think about supports for

Academics:  Language Arts, Math, Science, History, etc.

Health & Wellness:  Social-Emotional Learning; Mental & Physical Health

Family engagement/communication

Focus student groups:  English Learners, Students with IEPs, Foster & Homeless Youth

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Personally working with my child and
small learning pods for academics.  We interacted with 2-3 other families with kids of same age for social interaction which helped kids play together and was overall good for their wellness.

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When teachers have had the ability to teach in smaller groups, it greatly enhanced my children's academic understanding and progress.

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Art, music, literacy weeks, art & science day, science camp, after school enrichment programs, clubs

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There seems like a lot of effort goes into Reading and Literacy (which is great!) and that shows in my children with their ELA scores and abilities.

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When the teachers are able to make the subject seem real (for instance, pretending to purchase a Rancho in 4th grade Social Studies and making a mission), this helps a lot.

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Having counselors push in to provide SEL lessons

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Better after school support in immersion programs

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Better after school support in immersion programs

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I see students who do not have native language support at home have more challenges in the Mandarin immersion program, would like to see additional support for those students in and out of the classroom so they can be successful.

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Both of my daughters ended up in lower-elementary (3-5 grade) classrooms where there were very few girls in their same grade in the same classroom. This didn't seem to matter at all to the principal when it was brought up (and it happened to both girls!). This made is incredibly difficult for my girls to connect with and make other female friends. (We are at a small school - North Shoreview Montessori).

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Counselor services for all

Having the counselors offer lunch bunch groups for all ages so they can talk about their feelings. They were able to do SEL lessons during that time. (This was during DL and pre-covid times).

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We need to shift to an inclusion mindset for all students in all schools. Not just a few and not just focused on kids with IEPs, but English Learners as well.

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Needs to be offered at EVERY school, including the Montessori schools. Why aren't 5th grade Montessori students allowed to take a band instrument? Especially in the year of Covid when everything was taught virtually anyways?

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Small class size - I think it would help all students and teachers, and help them catch up on any lost time this year with more individual attention. Teachers will have option to break the classroom in fewer smaller pods and work with them.

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PE so that teachers can pull small groups

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While it's great that much focus has been put on reading and literacy, it doesn't appear like enough has been addressed in Math (or Science).

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Hands on experiences

Both in DL and now in person both of my children’s teachers continue to support the students with hands on experiences (manipulatives) to better support their learning

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Extra curricular activities that will also free up the classroom teacher to provide small group instruction

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Ideally, I would like more attention to Maths too not for just next year but every year.

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Our teacher was great at working with smaller groups and shuffling between breakout room during DL.

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Additional PE so students get more movement throughout the day and teachers can work with students more in small groups

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Find opportunities for learning in outdoor spaces.