October 9, 2020
Dear HOPE Community Academy Families,
We are excited to provide for you a Free bag of Groceries and a Gallon of Milk for your K-12 student/s. We will be delivering your free specially prepared 7-Day breakfast and lunch grocery bag between 9 am and 12 pm every Tuesday to your home. Community pick-up for students 18 & under will be on site at HOPE Community Academy every Tuesday between 9 am – 12 pm.
We worked with our Food Service Company to provide USDA requirements for K-12 nutrition standards and create a special Hmong Influenced breakfast & lunch menu.
CKC Good Food has created simple recipes you can use for quick meals, or have fun creating a favorite family recipe of your own. You will receive a different grocery bag each week for 6 weeks before rotation starts again.
Please see a sample picture of a 7-day grocery bag. Recipe suggestion for this bag is “Make Khaub Poon”.
PLEASE NOTE: Spices, Broth, condiments, and other alternatives not provided. Only Meat and grain will be provided. Recipes included.
Sincerely,
Your HOPE Community Academy Kitchen Team
Sincerely,
Your HOPE Community Kitchen Team
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October 9, 2020
Starting today and every 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month are Independent Learning Days. This means that there will be no scheduled classes for students to attend. However, they must complete their assigned work from their teachers and be on the learning platform at 1:15 PM for attendance. If students have work that they need to catch up on, these are also the days to do them. On Independent Learning days, teachers will also allocate a time for students to reach out and ask questions if needed–please speak to your child’s teacher when that is.
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October 1, 2020
You are invited to attend our in-person Town Hall meeting to discuss the pre-k and high school building expansion project.
We will be meeting in the HOPE cafeteria and gym.
To support social distancing, please wear a mask. This will be an adults only event.
If you are unable to attend in-person, but would like to join us, please follow us on Facebook & YouTube for when we go live @hopecommunityacademy. Our social media links are at the bottom of our website Home Page.
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September 15, 2020
Dear Parents/Guardians,
HOPE Community Academy will be doing Home Delivery for all HOPE students instead of curbside pick-up starting OCTOBER 6th, 2020.
If you would like to get students’ meals delivered to your home, please review and sign the School Nutrition Program Consent for Home Meal Delivery Distance Learning School Year 2020-21 and mail it back to the school. PLEASE NOTE: If we do not receive the consent form back from you, we will be unable to deliver to your home.
If you choose not to receive home delivery, you don’t need to do anything. However, please know that we will no longer be doing curbside pick up, which means you will no longer be able to pick up at the school.
We will be sending home a postcard that will let you know when your student’s or students’ meals will be arriving. Please note that the bus will arrive around that time frame.
Please mail/email/ bring in the consent form by SEPTEMBER 25, 2020.
Email: cindyyang@hope-school.org
Address: HOPE Community Academy, 720 Payne Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55130
Any questions: call Cindy Yang at 651-796-4587.
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August 31, 2020
INTRODUCING: CURBSIDE MEAL PICK UP!! CORRECTION: Pick up time is 9 AM NOT 8 AM as previously posted. The post below has been updated with the correct time.
The school will be providing 1 week’s worth of breakfast and lunch meals for HOPE students, starting tomorrow Tuesday, September 1st. Parents/guardians, please pull up to the curbside to pick-up at the school every Tuesday, from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm.
Please
click here see the map of how we want parents/guardians to enter and exit the school’s parking lot to pick up meals.
• ENTER from Minnehaha Ave E and EXIT out on Payne Ave.
• Stay in your vehicle and you will be approached by our staff.
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August 13, 2020
Please join our UPCOMING Town Hall Meeting on AUGUST 13th at 6PM via the ZOOM links below. If you missed our ZOOM meeting last night, you can either join the session today starting at 6PM for Karen/English Session or 7PM for the Hmong/English Session. You can also watch the live stream on Facebook or the recordings at your convenience.
Topic: Distance Learning Fall 2020 (Karen/English Session)
Time: Aug 13, 2020 6:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting via the link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87110988499?pwd=aFVKS2lUMUo0ZkxBYWt0dWNEWEdnQT09
Meeting ID: 871 1098 8499
Passcode: 273Edu
Topic: Distance Learning Fall 2020 (Hmong/English Session)
Time: Aug 13, 2020 7:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88691213223?pwd=Q0NzeVBKTWs0VG04bjdiWDFMZGRQdz09
Meeting ID: 886 9121 3223
Passcode: Fiw4AE
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August 6, 2020
COVID-19 SCHOOL PLAN FOR FALL 2020
Dear Parents & Community Partners:
We understand your feeling and anticipation about the new school year. The safety of students and staff is our top priority. Due to the recent news reports of increased cases of COVID-19 in the United States and in Ramsey County, we want to ensure our families and community partners that HOPE Community Academy is working closely with the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Health to maintain a safe school. The Administration Team also surveyed our families and staff. The overwhelming majority feel that Distance Learning is the best option for this fall.
In conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Education’s expectations, HOPE Community Academy Administration Team has prepared an improved and more academic engaging Distance Learning for the fall.
Therefore, students will begin Distance Learning at HOPE Community Academy beginning on Monday, August 31, 2020. A detailed schedule for each grade level will be communicated to every family. For example, the new and improved Distance Learning will provide more personalized experiences, more synchronous learning with peers and teachers, and more specific support from each grade level.
You will hear from our Parent and Community Engagement Office about training schedule for parents and students. We strongly encourage you to attend those training to help you understand the expectations for Distance Learning. In addition to parents’ training, the HOPE Community Academy Administrative Team will conduct a few town hall meetings via ZOOM. The schedule will be communicated to parents via phone calls, emails, and letters. Please call us if you have any questions. We appreciate your feedback and support of HOPE Community Academy.
Thank you very much for supporting our young scholars.
Sincerely,
Administration Team
Maychy Vu, Executive Director
Dr. Chai Lee, Principal
Juavah Lee, Program Development Director
Sandy Vue, Operations Director
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July 31, 2020
Dear HOPE Families and Staff:
Yesterday, Governor Walz announced a comprehensive back-to-school plan. My administrative team and I are reviewing the details and guidance from the state. Since this information was just released, we need additional time to review and will update all within the next week.
The health of our children, families and staff remain our number one priority. We will be conducting a very short survey to get family input. At the same time, we acknowledge the uncertainty that adds to the stress on our families and staff. We truly appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to work through this process.
Sincerely,
Maychy Vu
Executive Director
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Please read information on the Pandemic EBT program here. A letter from our food and nutrition coordinator will be sent home to all HOPE families. You may also read it by clicking on this link. The link to apply is available here, starting June 8th at noon: https://mn.p-ebt.org/en/
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HOPE will be no longer be distributing school meals during the summer school period. If you need help getting connected to food resources, please call our main office and someone will assist you.
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John Yang, one of our School Board members was featured in the Star Tribune! Thank you John for your work during this pandemic! Click the link above to read.
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On May 13th, 2020, our School Board of Directors hosted our Annual Board Meeting via Zoom. Please click this link to view the meeting. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us!
