Binkley Elementary Charter School

How is your family? Need emotional support? Our counselors are here for you. The RVUSD WarmLine is open. The number to call is (628) 777-3577. Parents or students can call and request to have a school counselor call them back. Messages can be left in English or Spanish.

Please see an update for parents from RVUSD: https://www.smore.com/p9s0v

Dear RVUSD Families, Meal service will resume 10/2/20 at Village Elementary. Please visit us at our drive up location at 900 Yulupa Ave during the hours of 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM on Friday October 2nd to receive a hot meal or cold items for the weekend. For lunch on Friday we will be serving you a choice of turkey hot dog, cheeseburger and fries or a protein pack for the vegetarian option. Multiple weekend meals will also be available if requested. We are serving student (0-18 aged children) meals to all families in our community regardless of your home school location or district of enrollment. _______________________________________________________________________ Estimadas familias de RVUSD, El servicio de comidas se reanudará el 2 de octubre del 20 en Village Escula. Visítenos en nuestra ubicación en el 900 Yulupa Ave durante el horario de 10:30 a. M. A 1:30 p. M. El viernes 2 de octubre para recibir una comida caliente o alimentos fríos para el fin de semana. Para el almuerzo del viernes, le serviremos una selección de hot dog de pavo, hamburguesa con queso y papas fritas o un paquete de proteínas para la opción vegetariana. Varias comidas de fin de semana también estarán disponibles si se solicita. Estamos sirviendo comidas para estudiantes (niños de 0 a 18 años) a todas las familias de nuestra comunidad, independientemente de la ubicación de su escuela o el distrito de inscripción.

Good morning Bobcats! Click the following link for the 9/30/20 Wednesday Video Message from Principal Kjaer. https://www.loom.com/share/383b15cf55324e65803381107054377d

September 29, 2020 Here are a few more RVUSD updates as we move through this week: School (Distance Learning) will be canceled for the remainder of this week. We will use this time to assess the health and safety of our staff and families. With so many families evacuated and trauma levels so high within our community, we must give time to repopulate and recover. This is a timeline that none of us can control. We will have an additional update to you by the end of this week, once we know more about the situation. This update will include a timeline/process for resuming Distance Learning. We will also have a cleaning timeline for our campuses so teachers and staff can return to campuses to work on site. If conditions allow, we will begin serving free meals to families starting on Friday, October 2nd. We will be serving meals from Village Elementary. Look for more information coming to you soon. Over the last couple of weeks we have sent home PSPS packets and/or learning plans. If you would like to jump into those packets/learning plans, please feel free to do so. However, there is no obligation or expectation at this point in time that this work be completed. Please let your principal know if there is any way we can support you or your family in these continued difficult times. -Dr. Tracy Smith Superintendent

Dear RVUSD Staff and Families, We wanted to give you a few brief updates: 1) Due to the continued evacuations and uncertainty of the current threat of fires in our community, all RVUSD schools will remain closed for tomorrow, September 29, 2020. There will be no Distance Learning (Zoom, school work, etc.) required of students. 2) From the reports we have received, all of our school sites are still standing - thank you to our first responders!! 3) The Board Study Session on Distance Learning planned for Tuesday, September 29th will be rescheduled. A special shout out to our transportation and maintenance team for moving all of the district vehicles to an off-site location in Petaluma, where they are safe. We are extending out virtual hugs to all of our families especially those who might have lost their homes or have had to evacuate. Please reach out to us if there is anything we can do to support you. We will be in touch in regards to the conditions necessary in order to return to Distance Learning. With care and support, Principal Kjaer

Dearest Binkley Community, Please know that we are thinking of you during this challenging time. Click the following link for the 9/28/20 Binkley Family Newsletter https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UmyUJit2_8HbaYuEepYKPnUDuci5xFDIXIsaECGgV_k/edit?usp=sharing Stay safe and alert. All my best, Principal Kjaer

Dear RVUSD families and staff Please make safety a priority. All schools in the district and RVP are closed to Distance Learning until further notice. We will continue to monitor the situation and keep you posted if status changes.

Due to the quickly evolving fire threat to our district we will be closing school for Monday September 28th. Please stay safe. This will be considered an emergency closure and this closure is for all RVUSD sites. Las escuelas de RVUSD estarán cerradas el lunes 28 de septiembre debido a los incendios cercanos.

Good morning Binkley Bobcats! We will see you today, September 25, for Materials Distribution anytime between 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. Bring your blue Bobcat folder inside your ziploc and we will trade you for 3 weeks worth of new supplies!

The Board of Education is holding a special study session on Tuesday, September 29th at 6:00pm. This is a public meeting and all are welcome to zoom in. Our topic of discussion is Distance Learning. District staff will be presenting recent findings from parent and staff surveys and several focus groups.  The Zoom Link to the meeting is below and can also be found on our district website calendar. https://rvusd.zoom.us/j/95789527559

The Board of Education is holding a special study session on Tuesday, September 29th at 6:00pm. This is a public meeting and all are welcome to zoom in. Our topic of discussion is Distance Learning. District staff will be presenting recent findings from parent and staff surveys and several focus groups.  The Zoom Link to the meeting is below and can also be found on our district website calendar. https://rvusd.zoom.us/j/95789527559

Join us TONIGHT, September 23 from 6:30-7:30, for Families Supporting Families, a space for conversation and problem solving with Principal Kjaer and the Binkley Counseling Team. Click the following link for Zoom access. https://rvusd.zoom.us/j/92258927280?pwd=blhUSnZlN1VOVzludHM3dXEvRGVrdz09

Happy Monday, Binkley Bobcats! Please click the link below to view the 9/21/20 Family Newsletter from Principal Kjaer! https://docs.google.com/document/d/106IDC-1fsnw9lG-7dTaTAlNitQ54oZUDVFzLwFxJ5dE/edit?usp=sharing

Dear RVUSD Families, Please see the announcement below regarding our upcoming District English Learner Advisory Committee meeting https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zam508MyXH4GYHwUwEfHgfiYBe2mDtBQU6AFsER8AcE/edit?usp=sharing

We have confirmed with PG&E that the power will be out at Binkley for the remainder of today, Wednesday, September 16, for a power pole replacement. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and look forward for resuming regular instruction tomorrow morning promptly at 8:30. Enjoy Wednesday Enrichment! Free lunches will still be available in the front parking lot. Yet another perfect opportunity to practice...BE Flexible, BE Binkley!!

Dear RVUSD Parents, We have been in distance learning for approximately one month and we want to hear from each of you about your experience. Please complete this survey for each of your children separately. The information collected from staff and parent surveys and various focus groups will be presented to the RVUSD Board of Education on September 29, 2020. https://forms.gle/jzt7PfFSDATyM9qs9

Dear RVUSD Families, Please visit us at any of the RVUSD school sites to pick up your student’s free breakfast of blueberry muffin and a hot rib-b-q sandwich for lunch. All school sites will be open on Thursday 9/10/2020. As always, you can pick up meals for multiple days, just ask the staff when you arrive at location. We will be serving meals Monday thru Friday from 11:30-1:30 PM. If you have any questions please contact Ali Smith, Food Services Coordinator by email: asmith@rvusd.org Estimadas familias de RVUSD, Visítenos en cualquiera de las escuelas de RVUSD para recoger el desayuno gratis de muffin de arándanos y un sándwich de rib-b-q para el almuerzo. Todos los sitios escolares estarán abiertos el jueves 09/10/2020. Como siempre, puede recoger comidas para varios días, solo pregunte al personal cuando llegue al lugar. Serviremos comidas de lunes a viernes de 11: 30-1: 30 PM. Si tiene alguna pregunta, comuníquese con Ali Smith, Coordinador de Servicios de Alimentos por correo electrónico: asmith@rvusd.org

The power is back on at Binkley! However, we understand that many of our families still may not have it. We will be sticking with the original learning schedule for this week, that was provided to you by your teacher on Monday afternoon/evening. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow morning, Thursday, September 10th for regular, live, distance learning instruction! Be well, Bobcats!

The regularly scheduled RVUSD board meeting for this evening via Zoom will continue to be held at 6:00pm. However, due to the current power shutdown event, we will be moving important celebratory items (honoring employees of the month) and informational items of interest to a special board meeting to be held on Wednesday, September 16th at 6:00. We will be sticking to basic district business this evening.