Dear Yellowstone Families,

We hope that your week has continued to go smoothly. As we prepare to enter our first week after spring break, there are a number of important updates to share and you can expect more messages in the days ahead. Thank you for your patience, flexibility, and participation as all of this ramps up. Here are the updates:

1. If you have not done so already, please take a moment to fill out this brief survey online: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B8KQ9L7.
    
2. Food Distribution Begins Monday. There are three ways that your family can receive food resources:
    
   • From Monday, March 23 to Wednesday, March 25, the Houston Food Bank trailer will be parked in our main parking lot starting at 10:00. You will be able to pick up food items and we will have staff/volunteers on site to assist you with the food distribution.
      
   • Every day the week of March 23, from 10:00 to 1:00 we will have a drive up food station on the Hadley Street side of the campus at the cafeteria gate. At the station, you will be able to pick up a prepared breakfast and lunch meal box. This meal will be available for any child under 18 and they must be with you in order for us to hand out the meal.
     
   • Starting Monday, March 23 at 10:00, we will be using our buses to distribute student meals at our bus stop locations. Click here to see the route information and timing for these stops. The program will run from 10:00 to 1:00 on Monday through Wednesday on a trial basis to see if this delivery method is feasible. Like the campus station, this will be a grab-and-go meal for your student. The student must be present and we will only be able to pass out one meal packet per student. Please continue to maintain the City’s request to stay at least six feet apart from other families if a line forms while we are delivering the meals. Please be patient with us, as we will be trying this delivery method for the first time and it is possible that we may run out of meals or the times may have to be adjusted as we get used to the routes and the system.
     
3.  Our teachers will begin meeting on Monday and Tuesday next week to build our academic program and get trained on our distance learning initiatives. On Wednesday, we will be reaching out to all students to check in with them and complete a short “assignment” as we assess your needs and the best way for us to deliver our learning program across all of our grade levels and subject areas. Look for more information early next week about the ways we will be reaching out to you and our expectations for student learning. Your early survey responses make it clear that you want to partner with us to make sure that learning continues to happen this semester and we are committed to making sure our students continue to grow academically even while our campus is closed.
   
4. We are continue to add new resources to our COVID19 page on our website. Here is the link: https://yellowstoneschools.org/. Please check back here often as we add more resources once spring break concludes. If you do call the school, starting next Monday, while it will go straight to voicemail, we will be checking messages and will respond to you within 24 hours. Please make sure to leave a clear name and number so that we can call you back accordingly. 

Thanks again for continuing to partner with us through this difficult time. Even through this crisis, our mission remains the same: to inspire, empower, and invest in your student so that they can achieve their highest potential and fulfill their intended purpose. We hope you have a good weekend and we look forward to following up next week.

The Yellowstone Team