May School-wide Seminar

Join us next Friday, May 22 for our final school-wide seminar of the year.  We will be reading the text "lessons" by Jacqueline Woodson from Brown Girl Dreaming.  You can find the text below as well as a link to sign up for your seminar.  I will send out a Zoom invitiation as well as the schedule next week.  You can join your grade level's seminar or find another one that fits your schedule.  

We look forward to hearing your thoughts about the text during seminar!  "See" you soon, Mrs. Gisler

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lessons

BY JACQUELINE WOODSON

My mother says:

When Mama tried to teach me

to make collards and potato salad

I didn't want to learn.

She opens the box of pancake mix, adds milk

and eggs, stirs. I watch

grateful for the food we have now—syrup waiting

in the cabinet, bananas to slice on top.

It's Saturday morning.

Five days a week, she leaves us

to work at an office back in Brownsville.

Saturday we have her to ourselves, all day long.

Me and Kay didn't want to be inside cooking.

She stirs the lumps from the batter, pours it

into the buttered, hissing pan.

Wanted to be with our friends

running wild through Greenville.

There was a man with a peach tree down the road.

One day Robert climbed over that fence, filled a bucket

with peaches. Wouldn't share them with any of us but

told us where the peach tree was. And that's where we

wanted to be

sneaking peaches from that man's tree, throwing

the rotten ones

at your uncles!

Mama wanted us to learn to cook.

Ask the boys, we said. And Mama knew that wasn't fair

girls inside and the boys going off to steal peaches!

So she let all of us

stay outside until suppertime.

And by then, she says, putting our breakfast on the table,

it was too late.

Jacqueline Woodson, "lessons" from Brown Girl Dreaming. Copyright © 2014 by Jacqueline Woodson. Used by permission of Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

Source: Brown Girl Dreaming (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2014)

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RICHLAND ONE TO PROVIDE WEEK’S WORTH OF MEALS

FOR STUDENTS ON MONDAYS STARTING MARCH 30; 

PARENTS ASKED TO COMPLETE ONLINE FORM

While schools are closed, Richland One is providing “grab-and-go” breakfasts and lunches for students on weekdays at designated locations. Starting March 30, families will receive a week’s worth of meals on Mondays. 

“The change will reduce the number of trips families have to make to the pick-up locations for meals. The meals will be picked up once a week for the entire week,” said Richland One Nutrition Services Director Tracy Dixon.  

Along with offering curbside meal pick-ups, the district also has been making bus deliveries to a limited number of sites. With the new meal distribution process, bus deliveries will end after Friday, March 27, Dixon said. Richland One is working with community partners to provide home deliveries to parents who are unable to pick up meals for their children from one of the 10 sites.

To help the Nutrition Services staff know how many meals to prepare, Richland One parents are asked to complete an online form. Parents can access the form directly at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R1Meals or via the district’s website (www.richlandone.org). Parents will receive a follow-up email after they complete the form.

All children 18 and under are eligible to receive the free meals. Parents can drive to any of the locations, remain in their vehicles and staff will distribute the meals curbside. The pick-up hours will be 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Mondays. Children must be present to receive the meals.

Meal Pick-up Sites Starting March 30 (MONDAYS ONLY – 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)

Carver-Lyon Elementary School
2100 Waverly Street
Columbia, SC 29204

Hyatt Park Elementary School
4200 North Main Street
Columbia, SC 29203

Caughman Road Elementary School
7725 Caughman Road
Columbia, SC 29209

South Kilbourne Elementary School
1400 South Kilbourne Road
Columbia, SC 29205

Edward E. Taylor Elementary School
200 McRae Street
Columbia, SC 29203

St. Andrews Middle School
1231 Bluefield Drive
Columbia, SC 29210

Southeast Middle School
731 Horrell Hill Road
Hopkins, SC 29061

Eau Claire High School
4800 Monticello Road
Columbia, SC 29203

Lower Richland High School
2615 Lower Richland Boulevard
Hopkins, SC 29061

Richland One Central Kitchen
1224 Whitney Street
Columbia, SC 29201

Helpful Resources

Please visit the Helpful Resources page under the eLearning tab often.  Documents and resources are being added as soon as teachers find/create them in order to assist students during our eLearning time.  

March 16: Please find folders with eLearning plans for each grade level and content area in our eLearning tab at the top of this page.  Packets will be available for pick up TODAY 3/16 from 4:00-7:00 p. m. and TOMORROW 3/17 from 7:00-10:00 a.m.

March 16: The Information Technology (IT) Department will provide technical support to all staff, students, and parents of Richland School District 1 on eLearning Days.  The IT Support Team can be reached by calling 803-231-7436.  This number will be active Monday through Friday from the hours of 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

March 15, 2020

GOVERNOR ORDERS ALL SCHOOLS TO CLOSE THROUGH MARCH 31;

RICHLAND ONE TO IMPLEMENT E-LEARNING PLAN, PROVIDE FREE MEALS FOR STUDENTS

Governor Henry McMaster has ordered all South Carolina public schools to close through the end of March to help mitigate and control the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Afterschool programs, child care programs, athletics practices and games, school events, field trips and all other activities are canceled until further notice.

Teachers and all other district employees should report to work Monday, March 16 as normal. Students and parents may pick up medications and any other personal items students may need from 9:00 a.m. – 1 p.m. Monday.

The district’s eLearning plan will be implemented to allow students to do assignments virtually while they are at home while schools are closed. Learning packets also will be distributed to students as part of the plan, which was approved by the S.C. Department of Education. Principals and teachers will provide details to students and parents.

Richland One will provide free breakfast and lunch for students while schools are closed, starting Monday, March 16. Breakfast will be available for pick-up from 8:30-10:30 a.m., and lunch will be available for pick-up from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the following sites: Carver-Lyon, Rosewood and Webber elementary schools; Southeast and St. Andrews middle schools; and Eau Claire, Lower Richland and A.C. Flora high schools.

“This is an unprecedented time for the U.S. and other countries around the globe, requiring changes to our daily lives that we would not have imagined, but we can get through this together,” said Richland One Superintendent Dr. Craig Witherspoon. “As a Richland One family, we’ve weathered many storms before – literally and figuratively – such as the historic flood of 2015. That’s what we mean when we say we are ‘Richland One Strong.’”

Identified essential staff may be needed to report to work while schools and offices are closed. Additional information will be forthcoming.

Information, updates and resources are posted on the district’s website at www.richlandone.org/COVID19.

March 16: RICHLAND ONE PROPORCIONA COMIDAS GRATUITAS A LOS ESTUDIANTES

MIENTRAS LAS ESCUELAS ESTÁN CERRADAS

Richland One está proporcionando comidas gratuitas para los estudiantes, mientras que las escuelas en todo el estado están cerradas hasta el 31 de marzo por orden del gobernador.

El equipo de Servicios de Nutrición del distrito proporcionará desayuno y almuerzo "para llevar" de lunes a viernes en ocho escuelas designadas. El desayuno estará disponible para ser recogido de 8:30-10:30 a.m., y el almuerzo estará disponible para ser recogido de 12:30-2:30 p.m. Las comidas también se entregarán en tres comunidades de apartamentos. Los sitios de recogida y entrega se enumeran a continuación.

Todos los niños menores de 18 años pueden recoger comidas, sin importar que asistan o no asistan a una escuela en Richland One. Los niños pueden ir a cualquiera de estos lugares para obtener comidas.

• Carver-Lyon Elementary School
  2100 Waverly Street
  Columbia, SC 29204
  
   
• Rosewood Elementary School
  3300 Rosewood Drive
  Columbia, SC 29205
  
   
• Webber Elementary School
  140 Webber School Road
  Eastover, SC 29044
  
   
• St. Andrews Middle School
  1231 Bluefield Drive
  Columbia, SC 29210
  
   
• Southeast Middle School
  731 Horrell Hill Road
  Hopkins, SC 29061
  
   
• A.C. Flora High School
  1 Falcon Drive
  Columbia, SC 29204
  
   
• Eau Claire High School
  4800 Monticello Road
  Columbia, SC 29203
  
   
• Lower Richland High School
  2615 Lower Richland Boulevard
  Hopkins, SC 29061
  
   
• The Colony Apartments
  3545 W. Beltline Boulevard
  Columbia, SC 29203

Nota: El desayuno se entregará de 8:30-8:50 a.m.; el almuerzo será entregado de 12:30-12:50 p.m. 

• Bayberry Mews Apartments
  100 Cardamon Court
  Columbia, SC 29203

Nota: El desayuno se entregará de 9:00-9:20 a.m.; el almuerzo será entregado de 1:00-1:20 p.m. 

• North Pointe Estates Apartments
  100 Ripplemeyer Avenue
  Columbia, SC 29203

Nota: El desayuno se entregará de 9:30-9:50 a.m.; el almuerzo será entregado de 1:30-1:50 p.m. 

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