We Press Forward and Carry On...
Greetings Crossan Community:
I hope that you all have enjoyed your summer! We will continue the 2024-2025 school year under the slogan, “We Press forward and Carry On”supported by our school vision of, “ Embracing positive change today, to create a new future tomorrow”. The Crossan instructional team will continue to deliver top-notch instruction in the way we have always done, while acknowledging the importance of meeting the needs of the whole child. This year our school-wide focus will be: joy and mattering, character development through our Crossan GEM program, as well as integrating our new ELA and Math curricula into our school’s instructional culture. We will also focus on developing and deepening our community partnerships to expose our leaders to new experiences before, during, and after school.
School will reconvene to in-person learning for all students on Monday, August 26, 2024 from 8:30 am to 3:09 pm. On this day, students will be required to enter through the Bleigh and Palmetto gates to connect with their teacher. Conversely, the first four days of school, August 26th-August 30th, will be half days for our Kindergarten leaders ONLY. This slower transition into full day learning will give our youngest leaders the time they need to adjust to the normal routines of school and the half days are designed to grant our Kindergarten team of teachers time to meet with families in the afternoon.
Our leaders will still be expected to utilize google classroom and some learning will continue with the use of laptops. Laptops will be distributed and assigned during the first week of school to all leaders, but will not be sent home unless needed to complete classroom projects. We will continue to communicate through Class Dojo with parents to provide important information, so please make sure that the office has your updated email address. Your child’s teacher will invite you into their dojo classroom, so please respond to this invite or you will miss important school-related announcements.
I encourage you to visit the School District of Philadelphia website on a regular basis for the most up to date information on our return to school at: www.philasd.org/ringthebell. Also, follow us at @Crossan_School on Instagram for updates and important information. I will continue to share school-level reminders with you as well as we approach the first day of school. Please enjoy the rest of your summer. We cannot wait to welcome your children back to school on August 26th! We look forward to the start of the new year and we will continue to do our best to make sure that this year is full of learning and community building. If you have any questions, or immediate needs, please feel free to send an email to crossan@philasd.org or call the school at 215-400-3160.
Sincerely,
Dr. Khadijah Bright, Principal