La Merced Elementary

Good Afternoon La Merced Families and Staff! Just a reminder there is NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 18th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr..day. Students DO NOT need to log into Schoology or attend "live" classes on Monday, We will resume with remote instruction on Tuesday, January 19th. Thank you!!! ---Mrs. Montoya

Good Morning La Merced Families! Some of our I-pad cases have arrived! If you received an I-pad without the case, please either come by ASAP to pick one up. Unfortunately, we did not receive our entire order of cases yet, so these will be distributed on a first come first served basis. If you have any questions, please call the front office at (505)966-2100. Thank you!

LME: La Merced Families: Just a reminder that students resume with remote learning on Tuesday, January 5th. We will continue following the same schedules for instruction that we were on before break. Please make sure your student logs on for their live instruction. I hope everyone had a wonderful break!!!

January 3, 2021 Confirmed Case of COVID-19: Belen Consolidated Schools has confirmed an employee at La Merced Elementary School in Belen, NM has tested positive for COVID-19. There was no close contact exposure. All the appropriate steps as per NMPED guidance have been completed. If you feel you have any symptoms of COVID-19, please contact the Department of Health Coronavirus Hotline at 1-855-600-3453. If you have any concerns, please call the district at (505) 966-1271.

December 16, 2020 Confirmed Case of COVID-19: Belen Consolidated Schools has confirmed an employee at La Merced Elementary School in Belen, NM has tested positive for COVID-19. The areas the employee was in were deep cleaned. There was no close contact exposure. All the appropriate steps as per NMPED guidance have been completed. If you feel you have any symptoms of COVID-19, please contact the Department of Health Coronavirus Hotline at 1-855-600-3453. If you have any concerns, please call the district at (505) 966-1271.

Good afternoon Third Grade Families! We want to share with you what daily work will be used for attendance. Monday - Reading, Writing, Grammar, Math, and I-Station Math Tuesday - Reading, Writing, Grammar, Math and Reflex Wednesday - I-station Reading, I-Station Math and Reflex Thursday- Reading, Writing, Grammar, Math and Reflex Friday - Reading, Writing, Grammar, Math and Math I-Station. Students are still required to complete Vocabulary and Morning Workbook daily. They WILL be used for grading purposes just not tied to attendance. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you, Mrs. Bussell and Mrs. Knight

La Merced Families! I apologize for sending out that previous letter before double checking to make sure the information was correct! I clarified the blue section a bit more! I think I have been in front of the computer too long! Sorry about that! Have a wonderful weekend! From: Mrs. Montoya https://www.beleneagles.org/o/lme/browse/182151

Good Afternoon La Merced Families! Just a friendly reminder that the end of the semester is coming to an end next week! The end of the grading period ends Wednesday, December 16th. Grades must be finalzed by Friday, December 18th. I am attaching the link to the 2020-2021 Student Calendar for you to reference for upcoming dates. Thank you! From Mrs. Montoya https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/842891/Student_20-21_.pdf

Happy Sunday La Merced Families: We have had trouble with finding ways to get beginning of year forms completed since many students were full remote and were not at school for us to send the packet home with them. One form WE MUST have on file is the Technology Form, especially since we are conducting classes remotely. Please take a couple minutes to complete this form. It is very short and should take less than 2-minutes to complete, IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ALREADY COMPLETED THE FORM, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THIS FORM AGAIN. You DO need to complete a different one for EACH student you have at La Merced. Thank you for your assistance! From: Mrs. Montoya https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=tpWbNBVyTk2gQASUxmP7NJvxSjj__gRArXAr8yEPb5NUN0E0OVQ5M01ZVkFGUzQ1SzhVWksyMDZESy4u

La Merced Parents and Guardians: We will be starting our Quarterly Illuminate Testing next week. Here is a letter with instructions that the district has provided. Please remember that this is an assessment in which students should complete on their own with NO assistance. This will help us identify learning gaps for your child so we can see how we can best help them moving forward. This is the first time we are adminstering the test school-wide from home so we are depending on you to ensure our data is as accurate as it can be! Thank you all!!! From: Mrs. Montoya https://www.beleneagles.org/o/lme/browse/180824

Good Morning La Merced Families! Here is a link to access a letter from Ms. Messer, our music teacher. She includes information on grading, participation and assignments in the link below. Thank you! https://www.beleneagles.org/o/lme/browse/179822

November 29 , 2020 Confirmed Case of COVID-19: Belen Consolidated Schools has confirmed an employee at La Merced Elementary in Belen, NM has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual has not been on campus within the last 10 days and there was no close contact exposure. All the appropriate steps as per NMPED guidance has been completed. If you feel you have any symptoms of COVID-19, please contact the Department of Health Coronavirus Hotline at 1-855-600-3453. If you have any concerns, please call the district at (505) 966-1271.

Good Afternoon La Merced Families: I am including the link to our La Merced Remote Learning Schedule. As you can see, there is a bit more information I need to include such as teacher office hours. I will send out a completed schedule at a later date (hopefully before end of day tomorrow). However, THIS schedule includes the times in which your student will need to access their “Live” instruction. Again, “Live” instruction, which I highlighted in yellow, is when students should be on a TEAM meeting with their teacher. Teachers will also have set “office hours” in which any parent can contact their child’s teacher for help. I am also going to ask that parents respect that teachers work day ends at 3:40 pm. I am asking parents if you have issues after the teacher’s workday that you either contact them the next day during their office hours OR email them and they will respond during their office hours. This has taken a toll on all of us. Just because we are teaching remote does not mean we are on call 24/7. Thank you for respecting that. Also, the district has set up a HELP desk for technology issues. The number to call if you are having issues is (505)966-2070. Here is the Remote Learning Schedule. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding as we move ahead with FULL REMOTE LEARNING! From: Mrs. Montoya https://www.beleneagles.org/o/lme/browse/179788

Good Afternoon La Merced Families! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! As mentioned before, we will be moving to full remote instruction for the entire school. We will begin our “Live” instruction tomorrow, November 30th. Students are expected to log into their Schoology accounts as well as participate in “Live” instruction. I know there are some instances where it is not possible for students to join the “live” instruction so for those cases teachers will be recording and posting ALL “live” lessons to their Schoology pages for students to access later. Remember, attendance will be taken based on WORK COMPLETION for the week. I am going to be working with the schools Leadership team to create more specific criteria on attendance which will be sent out later. I am including a link below which provides step-by-step instructions on how your student can access their Schoology page as well as access TEAM meetings that begin tomorrow. I know there are going to be problems as we begin to move to full remote, but we will work on fixing those problems as quickly as we can. You can help by making sure your student can log into Schoology and TEAMS today to eliminate those types of issues. I will be sending out the La Merced Remote Schedule by grade level next. Thank you!! From: Mrs. Montoya https://www.beleneagles.org/o/lme/browse/179787

November 24 , 2020 Confirmed Case of COVID-19: Belen Consolidated Schools has confirmed a student at La Merced Elementary in Belen, NM has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual has not been on campus within the last 10 days and there was no close contact exposure. All the appropriate steps as per NMPED guidance has been completed. If you feel you have any symptoms of COVID-19, please contact the Department of Health Coronavirus Hotline at 1-855-600-3453. If you have any concerns, please call the district at (505) 966-1271. For more information, please visit the following link https://www.beleneagles.org/o/lme/browse/179424

Good Afternoon La Merced Families! As you may already know, starting Monday, November 30th, the school board voted that ALL students will be participating in Remote learning. This means we will no longer be offering the hybrid learning model to any student until further notice. It is important to us that we make this transition as smoothly as possible for our students. Because of the class sizes for our remote teacher, some students will be reassigned to another teacher within the grade level. We are in the process of reorganizing our class rosters and your student’s teacher will be in contact with you. We will also be sending out a schedule that each grade level will be following as we move forward with remote learning. Also, we are out of devices and are currently waiting for our next order to arrive for those of you who have let us know you still need a device. Unfortunately, these devices are on back order and are taking a lot longer to come in. We will be contacting you when they arrive. If you need internet services, the district has sent out a survey for you to respond to. It is important that you complete that survey, so the district knows what your needs are. I am including the link to this survey for those of you who have not completed it yet. The link to the survey can also be found at beleneagles.org. As we move forward, please make sure your student is logging into their Schoology account for further information from their teacher. During the remote learning, students will be expected to participate in “live lessons” as attendance will be taken based on participation and work completion. Thank you for your patience as we get all of this figured out. Sincerely, Mrs. Montoya https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=tpWbNBVyTk2gQASUxmP7NNaU9P-gu5RFp7zv0GjqZeRUREdNV0xHUEVUSlBKSTdKSzBRQjFFWEJFSS4u

November 12, 2020 Confirmed Case of COVID-19: Belen Consolidated Schools has confirmed a student has tested positive for COVID-19. The student attends La Merced Elementary School, which is located in Belen, NM. The areas were cleaned several times. Individuals that were in close contact have been placed in quarantine. All the appropriate steps as per NMPED guidance has been completed. If you feel you have any symptoms of COIVD-19, please contact the Department of Health Coronavirus Hotline at 1-855-600-3453. If you have any concerns, please call the district at (505) 966-1271.

November 9 , 2020 Confirmed Case of COVID-19: Belen Consolidated Schools has confirmed an employee at La Merced Elementary School in Belen that has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual has not been on campus within the last 10 days and there was no close contact exposure. All the appropriate steps as per NMPED guidance has been completed. If you feel you have any symptoms of COVID-19, please contact the Department of Health Coronavirus Hotline at 1-855-600-3453. If you have any concerns, please call the district at (505) 966-1271.

Hello La Merced Families, This year our Book Fair will be completely virtual. What does that mean? That means you can still purchase books for your students and help raise money for La Merced's Library in comfort and safety of your home. Please click on the following links to explore our virtual book fair. Deadline to order books is November 22nd. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/lamercedelementaryschool1 https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/360fair.html

La Merced Families: Here is a link to a letter from our music teacher Ms. Messer explaining work expectations for both hybrid and remote students. Click on the link below to and then “view” to read her message. Thank you! https://www.beleneagles.org/o/lme/browse/175105