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Important Communication Update from Head Of School, Mr. Alonzo

October 21, 2020

 

Dear Wonderful ECP Families,

 

It is hard to imagine that we are now at the end of October, over seven months of working through the challenges the pandemic has brought us. I know it is not said enough, but thank you for all that you are doing during this time. This letter provides an update on readiness factors that will ground our decision for any potential return to in-person learning, in addition to providing an update on the extension of distance learning.

 

5 READINESS FACTORS IMPACTING OUR RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING

ECP continues to monitor State and local health guidelines, evaluate county COVID-19 indicators, and work towards ensuring that all appropriate health & safety systems are in place at school. We would like to share how we are evaluating both relevant external and internal factors that will impact the timing of our return to in-person learning. As such, please review the detailed information below on how we are preparing and ensuring we meet all readiness factors before reopening for any potential in-person learning.

 

Importantly, and in consideration of the state of readiness related to the 5 factors that will be reviewed below, we are now extending 100% distance learning, with a target return date of February 1, 2021.  This does not mean that we will definitely return to in-person learning on February 1st. More information explaining our readiness preparation and planning will be explained below. 

 

Though interrelated and operating on independent timelines, each of the 5 ‘readiness’ factors outlined below will all play a role in helping us to determine if and when it is safe to return to in-person learning. To be clear, we need to meet all five of these factors in order for us to return to our campus within a hybrid learning environment.

State-Ready

The first factor we need to consider is the new California statewide county monitoring tiered-framework, the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, which governs decisions as to when schools might be eligible to re-open in-person. Schools are eligible to re-open for in-person learning once the county is off Tier 1 (‘widespread’) for two straight weeks and can advance to Tier 2 (‘substantial’). 

 

The way it works is that the California Department of Public Health assesses all indicators, and makes risk tier determinations county by county each week. Counties must remain in the Tier their indicators dictate for three weeks before improving to a more advanced Tier; the county must also then meet the criteria of the advanced Tier for two weeks prior to progressing to the more advanced Tier. Essentially, there is a 5-week window to progress to a more advanced Tier.

 

Currently, Los Angeles remains in Tier 1 and is not ‘State-Ready’ at present.

 

County-Ready

The State guidelines represent only a minimum bar. Individual counties can choose to be more restrictive than the State framework, with local public health officials setting supplementary re-entry criteria that the county must achieve before reopening schools.

 

Once our counties have met any additional requirements set by local public health officials, we will be in a ‘County-Ready’ position to re-open to an in-person hybrid learning scenario.

 

School-Ready

Since the pandemic began, our Operations Team has been implementing necessary health & safety measures to minimize health risks to our students, families, and team members.

 

Once the LA County Department of Health provide safety guidelines for schools on how to re-open and all these health & safety measures are in place, then we will then be in a ‘School-Ready’ state to re-open to an in-person hybrid learning scenario, if and when we return to campus this school year.

 

Family-Ready

While we work to prepare our school for a safe return to in-person learning, we are also aware that the pandemic has affected each of our families in many different ways. To this end, if and when we announce plans to return to in-person learning, families will have the ability to select a 100% distance learning OR hybrid learning option for their child.  Until then, please continue to communicate the importance of washing hands frequently and keeping masks on around others: two important actions to combat the virus.

 

Once our families are ready for us, we will then be in a ‘Family-Ready’ position to welcome them back to our school within an in-person hybrid learning scenario they are comfortable with.

 

Practiced & Ready

And finally, once all health & safety measures are in place and our teaching, learning, & scheduling plans are finalized across the school, we will ensure that our team is well-practiced, and prepared to implement the new operational and instructional systems we will have in place to return to a safe learning environment for all.

 

Once we have well-rehearsed our hybrid learning scenario, we will then be in a ‘Practiced & Ready!’ position to re-open to an in-person hybrid learning scenario.

 

To reiterate, while these factors are interrelated, and will likely progress along different timelines, we must be in a readiness state for all five factors before we will return to in-person learning.

 

SO, WHEN MIGHT WE RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING?

As you know, we previously announced that we extended 100% distance learning definitively to at least December 18th. In consideration of the state of readiness related to the 5 factors 

 

reviewed, we are now extending 100% distance learning with a target return date of February 1, 2021. Again, this does not mean that we will definitely return to in-person learning on February 1st. Rather, while we cannot predict the future, we do feel it is important to set timelines to inform our planning and provide some predictability for our team members, families, and students.  Our School Leadership Team will meet in early January to make a re-entry decision. If we have not met all external and internal readiness criteria at that time, we will set a new target timeline for ECP’s return to in-person learning.

 

As always, thank you for all that you do for our students, families, and community. I hope each of you continue to stay safe and healthy.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call our office at (323) 800-4125.

 

Ruben Alonzo

Head of School

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English Learner Advisory Committee

October 21, 2020

ECP families please join us for this month’s DELAC
English Learner Advisory Committee meeting.

Thursday, October 22, 2020
Endeavor College Prep

Zoom Information
https://zoom.us/j/93159510878?pwd=dm91c3M5QkpLb2YvUEU0WldHellNQT09

 

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High School Fair 2020

October 6, 2020

Endeavor College Prep invites you to attend the High School Fair events occurring every Thursday starting October 15 to November 19 from 5-6 PM.

This is a great opportunity for students and families to become more familiar with a variety of high school options including application procedures.

Come and hear presentations from different representatives from a variety of public, and charter schools. Ask about their academic programs, their enrollment process, athletics programs, and much more!

Date – Fecha Time – Tiempo High School – Preparatoria Zoom Link – Enlace
       
10/15/2020 5:00 – 5:30 PM MSTMA Presentation #1
10/15/2020 5:30 – 6:00 PM Boyle Heights STEM Magnet HS Presentation #2
       
10/22/2020 5:00 – 5:30 PM Collegiate Charter High School of Los Angeles Presentation #1
10/22/2020 5:30 – 6:00 PM Roosevelt HS Presentation #2
       
10/29/2020 5:00 – 5:30 PM East College Prep Presentation #1
10/29/2020 5:30 – 6:00 PM Esperanza College Prep Presentation #2
       
11/5/2020 5:00 – 5:30 PM South LA College Prep Presentation #1
11/5/2020 5:30 – 6:00 PM USC Hybrid High College Prep Presentation #2
       
11/12/2020 5:00 – 5:30 PM Oscar de la Hoya ACHS Presentation #1
11/12/2020 5:30 – 6:00 PM Brio College Prep Presentation #2
       
11/19/2020 5:00 – 5:30 PM Alliance Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School Presentation #1
11/19/2020 5:30 – 6:00 PM Mendez HS Presentation #2

 

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Virtual Open House Recap

September 29, 2020

Grade Homeroom
Kindergarten UCI
Kindergarten CSUF Passcode: Titans
Kindergarten – UCSD UCSD 
1 CLU 
1 CSULB 
2 Chapman
2 CCU Passcode: 854731
3 Cal Poly Pomona 
3 Occidental 
4 CSULA
4 CSUDH
5 Harvard 
5 University College Cork 
6 Soka 
6 UCB 
7 Brown 
7 Cornell 
8 UCLA 

8 USC 
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Suicide Prevention Worshop Recap (Spanish)

September 22, 2020

September 22, 2020 – Suicide Prevention Workshop

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Important Communication Update – 9/21/2020

September 21, 2020

Hello Families,

I hope this message finds you well.

From the start of the school year, we have committed to ensuring the safety of our students, both physically and emotionally.

For the last month, we have been using GoGuardian to help monitor student’s online activity as well as proactively address behavior issues or concerns.

On September 24th, we are excited to announce that we will enable GoGuardian Parent, which is an app that gives parents and guardians the opportunity to also monitor their children’s browsing activity, as well as control over school-issued devices during out-of-school hours.

It is our goal that by providing parents with additional insight will spur a greater sense of accountability with students and nurture continued responsible browsing habits at school and at home by:

  • Providing a bird’s eye view of students’ browsing habits
  • Providing controls during out-of-school hours
  • Facilitating a collaborative role with school educators based on a student’s best academic interest.
  • Encouraging parents to engage with their children’s online activity.
  • Creating a path for open and honest conversation around topics that occur in a child’s browsing behavior.

So what exactly are we giving guardians access to?

  • Top 5 summary of student browsing – apps, extensions, documents, and websites visited
  • Teacher interventions – showing how often teachers locked screens, blocked sites, and opened and closed browser tabs on their students’ classroom devices
  • 30-day view of websites, videos, documents, apps, and extensions
  • Ability to block websites on school-issued devices during out-of-school hours
  • Ability to pause internet access on school-issued devices during out-of-school hours, either on-demand or at a scheduled time

You can expect to receive a notification today so you can download the app and begin viewing your student’s information.

If you have any questions, you can contact our Director of Operations, Robert Vidana, by email at rvidana@endeavorcollegeprep.org or by phone at (323) 399-2601.

Sincerely,

Ruben Alonzo

Head of School

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Important Communication Update from Head Of School, Mr. Alonzo

September 15, 2020

Dear Wonderful ECP Families,

I hope this letter finds you and your family safe and well.  Thank you for your unwavering commitment to support your student’s learning during this challenging time.

 

As of last week, we had an average of 92% of students attend class daily!  This achievement is due to your hard work and active involvement in distance learning.  We are excited to continue this online journey with our students where we will all connect, learn, and grow along the way. 

 

STATE GUIDELINES FOR RE-OPENING SCHOOLS 

 

As of 8/28/20, Governor Newsom replaced the State’s County Monitoring list with a new tiered framework, a ‘blueprint for a safer economy,’ that continues to monitor County movement and lays out the process for tightening or loosening restrictions on activities and businesses. 

The State will observe a 7-day average of a daily case rate and test positivity within each county as the leading indicators, reassessing the tiers every Tuesday: 

 

  • Tier 4: Minimal (Yellow) – Less than 1 new coronavirus case per 100,000 people, and a test positivity rate under 2%. 
  •  Tier 3: Moderate (Orange) – Between 1 and 3.9 new cases per 100,000 people and a positivity rate between 2 and 4.9%. 
  • Tier 2: Substantial (Red) – 4-7 new cases per 100,000 people, and a positivity rate between 5 and 8%. 
  • Tier 1: Widespread (Purple) – More than 7 daily new cases per 100,000 people, and a positivity rate above 8%.

 

Important to note that counties can only move one tier at a time, have to wait 21 days before they can do so, and have to meet metrics for the next tier for 2 straight weeks before they can shift tiers. The State has set guidelines that will allow, but not require schools to physically re-open for in-person instruction once the county has reached the ‘Red’ Tier 2 for at least (2) weeks. 

 

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ENDEAVOR COLLEGE PREP?

 

Health and safety for our entire community continues to be our top priority. Earlier this summer, Endeavor College Prep announced that we will not return to in-person learning until it is safe to do so.  While the health data in Los Angeles County has generally improved, our county remains in the “widespread” tier – the most dangerous level for transmission of the disease. This means that schools, including Endeavor College Prep, are not authorized to open for in-person learning.  We have also previously communicated that we will not return to any potential in-person learning until the end of the fall. 

 

Given where Los Angeles County currently stands on the statewide tiered framework, we can now say that we will NOT be returning to in-person learning before October 14, and have made the decision to remain in distance learning until we break for winter vacation on December 18th.  Health experts are predicting that counties will fluctuate between these tiers, especially with the likelihood of a second wave of infection this fall.  We believe our students’ health and academic interests will be best served through a stable, high-quality distance learning program, rather than an unpredictable cycle of opening and closing.

 

We will be using the next three months to continue to strengthen the delivery of our online programming and to prepare for a safe and strategic in-person return. We wanted to provide context for how we are currently evaluating the situation, and how we will make decisions moving forward, if and when local health data improves.

 

Our incredible team continues to monitor health guidelines and prepare for all scenarios, ensuring that appropriate systems are in place before any potential return to in-person learning.  Rest assured, we will not return to in-person learning until it is safe and ECP is ready to do so. If and when it’s safe to return to school in-person, we are committed to giving at least two weeks’ notice before we resume. As well, if and when it is safe to return in-person, ECP will give families the option to have their own children continue with 100% distance learning, when the rest of the school begins in-person instruction.

 

As we work diligently to finalize guidelines for a safe learning environment at all our schools for our community, please see the latest measures we are taking to minimize health risks to students, staff and families, if and when we do return to campus this school year, centered around the following systems:

 

  1. Intensified Cleaning, Disinfecting, Ventilation & Facility Upgrades
  2. Physical Distancing Routines, Protocols & Procedures
  3. General COVID-19 Health & Safety Measures

 

Of course, we will continue to keep you informed of our reopening plans as local health conditions evolve. We appreciate your patience and partnership as we continue to navigate this unique season of learning.

Sincerely,

Ruben Alonzo

Head of School

 

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Weekly meals to all students

September 10, 2020

Endeavor College Prep will be providing weekly meals to all students 

on Friday, September 11th, 2020 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m..

This will be available at the alleyway entrance. Please enter through Short St. and exit on 8th St.

A week’s worth of shelf stable and/or frozen meals will be provided for each ECP  student that picks up meals. All meals will be free of charge provided through our Community Eligibility Provision.

The following are set dates for distribution: 

9/11, 9/18, 9/25 and more days to come.

Stay connected for updates on the meal program.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

 

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September Cafecito

September 8, 2020

September Cafecito

September Cafecito – 9/8/2020 – Presentation

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Notice of Change in Office Hours

September 3, 2020

Effective next week our office will only be open on the following days:

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

8am-4:00pm

 

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