Paschal Sherman Indian School

September 11, 2020

Dear Parents and Families,

Way’. My prayers continue to go out to all our PSIS families for health, safety, and peace of mind.

• First Day of School: September 23^rd –First day has been postponed to the 23^rd due to many families without electricity and Internet. We are currently troubleshooting to help families. Your child’s teacher will be contacting you as soon as possible for a conference to find out your technology needs. Our goal is to assure that all students have a Chromebook or IPad and a mobile wi-fi device. If the teacher hasn’t contacted you yet, they may be having their own issues with communications. If so, please call me, Principal Lori Falcon, at 509-634-1207 so I can put you in contact with your child’s teacher. If you are experiencing loss of electricity and Internet, we may be able to provide a study space or develop a learning plan that doesn’t rely on Internet. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this difficult time.

Important Announcements

• September 15th: 9:00 – 3:00 Parent Tech Support/Training and Welcoming Address
• These trainings will also include brief welcome addresses from Principal/Int. Supt. Falcon; SpEd Director; Mr. Michel; and Student Services Director, Ms. Coronado. This will be general Q and A time as well. For all sessions, go to psischiefs.org to the training link (under the heading, “helpful links” and it will take you straight to your Zoom training.
• September 18^th: We will have a repeat of Parent Training for those who do not make it to the first training. SeeSaw, 9:00 – 12:00, Google Classroom, 1:00 – 4:00
• Meal delivery resumes: tentatively September 17^th. We hope to have access to our building within the next few days. These will be door to door deliveries for all enrolled students.
• If you still need to enroll your child, please go to psis.org for the application or call 509-422-7587 next week. Please leave a message. We are doing phone-in enrollment.
• School Supplies will be delivered door to door within the next few weeks.
• For online learning, parents and students will go to psischiefs.org to start Zoom capability and to access schedules and assignments. All will be explained at the Zoom training on Tuesday, Sept 15th.

Good news: Incident rates of Covid are going down! When incident rates are at 75 per 100,000 PSIS can move to Phase 2 with Hybrid instruction. Please let your children know we at the school think about them every day and miss them. Limlimt for all you do as our students’ first and most important teachers! 

Sincerely,

Lori Falcon

Principal/Interim Superintendent, PSIS