{"id":6709,"date":"2020-08-07T10:35:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T18:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=6709"},"modified":"2020-08-07T10:35:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T18:35:32","slug":"new-returning-student-update-forms-online-portal-is-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2020\/08\/07\/new-returning-student-update-forms-online-portal-is-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"new: Returning Student Update Forms online portal is now open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2020\/08\/2020-08Returning-Student-Information-Update-Packet-v3-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6710\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Dear\nKPBSD parents and guardians,<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/students_parents.aspx?id=39221\">\u201cReturning Student Update Forms\u201d<\/a> online portal is open to you now!<\/strong> This will streamline the required annual paperwork for your child, and where you will indicate your choice about how your child will begin school in August.<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Your\nKPBSD instructional teams and school staff are working to prepare for school\nbeginning Monday, August 24, 2020* for most of our 42 schools on the Kenai\nPeninsula. Our school principals and secretaries are available to answer your\nquestions, or you can contact the KPBSD help desk during business hours with\nquestions about COVID19 and schools. <\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-medium-font-size has-light-green-cyan-background-color\"><strong>ACTION NEEDED<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>To assist your school\nto put plans for safety and instruction about who will attend school onsite, or\n100% remote, or shift to homeschool, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/students_parents.aspx?id=39221\">kindly complete\nyour online forms<\/a> and school choice as soon as possible, and no later than\nFriday, August 14, 2020.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/2020\/07\/23\/weekly-update-three-kpbsd-school-solutions-during-a-pandemic\/\">Parent Choice:<\/a> <\/strong>Parents and guardians\nfilling out the form packets will be prompted to answer a question about their\npreferred learning environment during the COVID19 global pandemic. We invite\nevery family to choose the plan best for their circumstances. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/content.aspx?id=41923\">KPBSD 2020 Smart Start\nPlan<\/a> offers three options:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>ONSITE at Your KPBSD\nSchool<\/strong><br \/>\nLearning <em>at <\/em>your neighborhood school,\ncharter school, or non-traditional KPBSD school<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/li><li><strong>100% Remote with Your\nKPBSD School<\/strong><br \/>\nLearning <em>with<\/em> your neighborhood\nschool, charter school, or non-traditional KPBSD school<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/li><li><strong>HOMESCHOOL: Enrollment\nin KPBSD Connections Homeschool program<\/strong><br \/>\nLearning is designed by families with a Connections Teacher Advisor and\nfacilitated by parents<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>If you have questions about these three\noptions, contact your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/schools.aspx\">KPBSD school<\/a>\nfor help to discern what is best for your child and family.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your time to complete these student updates.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Begin your online student updates in PowerSchool (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.kpbsd.org\/guardian\/login?returnUrl=%2Fguardian\" target=\"_blank\">Begin your online student updates in PowerSchool FORMS portal<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>*Links<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/2020\/07\/23\/weekly-update-three-kpbsd-school-solutions-during-a-pandemic\/\">Three\nFlexible Solutions for School in 2020-2021 during a Global Pandemic<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/students_parents.aspx?id=41540\">KPBSD and\nCOVID19 webpage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/content.aspx?id=41923\">KPBSD Smart Start\nwebpage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/communications.aspx?id=42007\">COVID19 Risk\nLevels in KPBSD webpage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/students_parents.aspx?id=20403\">Variance Calendars<\/a>\nfor Kachemak Selo, Nikolaevsk, Razdolna, Voznesenka, Port Graham, and Nanwalek\nschools<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kpbsd.org\/\">www.KPBSD.org<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear KPBSD parents and guardians, The new \u201cReturning Student Update Forms\u201d online portal is open to you now! This will streamline the required annual paperwork for your child, and where &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2020\/08\/07\/new-returning-student-update-forms-online-portal-is-now-open\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;new: Returning Student Update Forms online portal is now open&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[748],"class_list":["post-6709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kpbsd-district-stories","tag-online-forms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}