Our mission is to educate all learners to reach their full potential as contributing and productive members of our ever-changing global community.
Under the governor’s executive order, all districts must offer an equitable distance learning model to all families who choose not to attend in-person or hybrid learning due to medical risks or other safety concerns. Families are not required to provide documentation of risks. PLSAS has implemented a Distance Learning Academy where students can learn entirely from home.
The elementary DLA is a separate, online school with an enrollment of more than 600 students, and teachers who are only assigned to classrooms of DLA students. The elementary DLA model is structured this way to provide students with as much teacher and schedule continuity as possible.
The secondary DLA is different from the elementary DLA. It is not a separate online school but is structured so that we can maintain full class offerings with a 6-period schedule and course-specific PLSAS teachers. During the school day, secondary teachers maintain their schedule and class roster of students and provide instruction to in-person students, home hybrid students and working with DLA students remotely.
Math/Reading Workshop: watch pre-recorded lesson; assigned small group (Google Meet); independent practice
* Flexible School Time could include: additional assigned small group time, independent practice, brain breaks, additional specialist choices, etc.
Math
English
Science
Lunch
Elective
Social Studies
Elective
K-12 early release day. Continue school day Distance Learning.
Math
English
Science
Lunch
Elective
Social Studies
Elective
PLSAS Teachers, PLSAS Support, PLSAS Rigor
Learning will be facilitated by highly qualified, highly trained PLSAS teachers
Each Distance Learning Academy student will be issued a district device and will have access to all district-provided online resources
Elementary: access to reading intervention, social-emotional support and specialists
Middle/High School: Secondary students will be assigned a Distance Learning Coach
Students are expected to attend all synchronous (online at the same time) class sessions and check-in with teachers daily on asynchronous (on your own) work. Teachers will take attendance daily.
Students enrolled in the Distance Learning Academy will be graded in the same ways and using the same methods as their peers.
Distance Learning Academy teachers and students will make use of the same district technology and learning tools.
Due to a significant number of new cases of COVID-19 in Scott County and our school district, elementary students will transition to a full-time Distance Learning model beginning Monday, November 30. Secondary students in grades 6-12 are currently in the Distance Learning model.