If a family chooses to pivot their pre-K through second grade student to the hybrid learning model, he or she will have two days per week of in-person instruction and three days per week of online learning.
The new schedule would take effect the week of April 5 after all pre-K through second grade students who are already enrolled in the hybrid learning model have successfully begun some in-person instruction.
If a family does not respond to the survey, their student will continue with all-remote learning. Families are also permitted to remain all-virtual or revert back to online-only instruction after originally choosing to partake in the hybrid learning model.
The School District of Philadelphia gave Action News a behind-the-scenes look at the new safety measures in place at one elementary school as some students return to in-person learning next week.
It s not the first day of school, but it is the first-day in-school for dozens of hybrid students at Juniata Park Academy. I m going to make some friends from school, said student Adrianne Martinez. You can go to the gym and do gym and that stuff. On a computer, you can t do gym, said 5th grader Zohaib Khan.
School district Superintendent Dr. William Hite and Mayor Jim Kenney welcomed students.