Accepted offer for Kindergarten at Francophone
Hi my son is currently in Kindergarten at our home school district.. zoom meetings once a day and once a week small groups are not enough for him. Me and my wife decided to hold our son back and enroll our son at Francophone for Kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year. We can't afford private school so I think this should help him in the long-term. Anyone have any examples of class schedules during the pandemic? How many different zoom meetings are there? I'm curious to see how they have handled online learning during the pandemic.
Mar 30, 2021
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For that grade level, school is only from 8:30-12pm with a 30min break from 10:30-11am. Initially I thought it was too short for them to effective learn the language and other academics, but having overseen my child's learning since August I have come to understand that for online it was better than many other online curriculums. (Also significant exposure to screen time is something I am concerned about in terms of eyesight/health.) Student are placed in small groups daily to do activities, such as art, math, writing, story time, etc...--some are with a teacher some are done alone with instructions provided online. Weekly assignments are turned in online to ensure that the students are keeping up with their workload. In addition to the predominantly French lessons, the students have 1.5hr of English classes per week with an amazing teacher & teachers' assistants, all of whom are extremely engaging and interactive. There are also weekly extra activities that are available in the afternoon via zoom, either headed by one of the teachers or a French-speaking parent (typically for 30-45mins per session). Decisions regarding the 2021-2022 school year has yet to be determined, so I'm not sure how the online teaching will adjust. Starting May, students are expected to have the option to spend 1 day a week in school (for K-2, it will only a grade level in school per day) or remain online. I think the unprecedented challenges schools have faced has been difficult to balance, but the staff have been doing their best for the students. The curriculum has evolved over the months to best fit the children's needs and academic progress.
My son also got accepted for 2021 -2022 kindergarten. And the location for lower grade will be held in 2620 pleasant st , Oakland. I don’t know they will have the zoom class or not. Hope to see any updates soon
Last year, I was so excited that we got a spot but after school started, it was a disappointment. Before the school starts, they sent out the curriculum that they planned out. The curriculum looks amazing but the actual class was such a disappointment. I pulled my child out from this school due to the lack of communication during zoom class. I didn't like the fact that teacher put the kids in groups and just leave the students there. I am not French speaking so me and other non- French speaking parents have no clue what the kids supposed to do, we kept asking "so what are we supposed to do". We had to relied on parents that speak French and give us some instruction on what to do. Some of the activies were some online games, matching the sounds to the pictures. I want to give it a try but eventually feel the best thing is to pulled my child out. I think in person will be totally different but I feel they are lacking in zoom class