Welcome Back

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New School Year


We are so excited to start the 2020-2021 School Year! We wish we could have everyone back on campus, but we will do everything we can to make this the best year possible. 

On Monday, July 20, our Governing Board determined that our district will begin in Phase 1. This decision was primarily influenced by the announcements made by Governor Newsom on Friday, July 17. His new guidelines mandate that schools located in counties on California’s Monitoring List must be closed for in-person instruction until their county has been off of the Monitoring List for 14 consecutive days. Solano County is currently on the Monitoring List and expects to remain on the list for an extended period of time. 

The school district will stay in Phase 1 until October 16, 2020. On October 8, 2020, the Governing Board will have an opportunity to review the latest information and determine whether or not to change the phase that we are in. 

At ECHS we will be 100% online in Phase 1 and Phase 2. Once we get to Phase 3 ECHS students will be able to return to the SCC campus 50% of the time and once we get to Phase 4 we will be able to make a full return with safety precautions. Solano College has determined the fall semester will be online and hasn't made a determination at this time regarding the spring semester that begins in January 2021.

We will review the class times and specific Distance Learning schedule during orientation with the students.  




Orientation

Monday 8/10 is our online orientation.  I will be using the Google Meets for the students to log into.  I will also record the sessions in case anyone misses it.

9:00am (New ECHS students)

Here is the link to the session:
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10:30am (Returning ECHS students)

Here is the link to the session:
meet.google.com/yoi-zjbu-pnx







High School Textbooks

Many of our textbooks and high school class resources will be online.  Seniors have no high school textbooks to pick up.  Students in grades 9-11 will have materials that need to picked up at school.  We have arranged to have drive thru textbook pickup times.  We will be in the Solano College parking lot outside of building 300.  We will be wearing masks and ask that you wear a mask as well when rolling the window down to get your materials.  If you can't make your scheduled time, it is okay to come at a different time within the pickup window, we just want to do our best to limit the amount of people on campus at one time and maintain safe social distancing.

Here is the schedule:

Tuesday, 8/11
11th grade pickup 

Last Names A-H 3:00-4:00
Last Names I-P 4:00-5:00
Last Names Q-Z 5:00-6:00


Wednesday, 8/12
10th grade pickup 

Last Names A-H 3:00-4:00
Last Names I-P 4:00-5:00
Last Names Q-Z 5:00-6:00


Thursday, 8/13
9th grade pickup 

Last Names A-H 3:00-4:00
Last Names I-P 4:00-5:00
Last Names Q-Z 5:00-6:00





College Textbooks

During the first three days of school we will be working with the students on the procedures for ordering and picking up their college textbooks.  College textbook pickups will take place by appointment only.  All books will be provided to the students at no cost and we will do our best to get everyone their books as soon as possible during the first week of college classes.




ECHS Staff

The ECHS staff is so excited to welcome everyone back!  Click this link to check out our Flipgrid videos.







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