Beginning April 6th, Searcy elementary schools will partner with DESE (Department of Elementary and Secondary Education) and Arkansas PBS to provide AMI (Alternate Methods of Instruction) for our K-3 students. Your classroom teachers will be sending out more information through Google Classroom and School Status later this week. Again, we will not be starting AMI lessons with Arkansas PBS until the week of April 6th. We do encourage you to watch some lessons this week. Grade levels K-2 will be 8:00 am and 3rd grade will begin at 9:30 am. This will allow you and your child to see how the lessons will work.
\r\nTo find the channel, look for your local PBS station, not the national channel. It's available on ARKANSAS PBS. There is a list for providers and corresponding channels on the ArkansasPBS website. Otherwise, its posted on https://www.myarkansaspbs.org/ArkansasAMI/k-2 after 4 pm each day.
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The daily schedule beginning weekdays at 8 a.m. will be divided into the following programming blocks:
\r\n8-9:30 a.m.: Grades Pre-K-2
9:30-11 a.m.: Grades 3-5
Viewers statewide can tune in to the following channels, depending on their location, over the air using an indoor or outdoor antenna:
\r\nNorthwest Arkansas – KAFT, channel 13.
North Central Arkansas – KEMV, channel 6.
Northeast Arkansas – KTEJ, channel 19.
Central Arkansas – KETS, channel 2.
Southwest Arkansas – KETG, channel 9.
Southeast Arkansas – KETZ, channel 12.
Arkansas PBS is also available through select cable and satellite providers. More information about how to watch can be found at myarkansaspbs.org/channelinformation.