Sunday, August 23, 2020

August 24


Celebrations!

  • Successful first week of orientation 

  • Supply Pick-ups were successful 

  • Great to see our kiddos in Meets and in-person for pick ups

  • IA’s supporting the childcare room!

  • Kesha (our very own), Angel and Yessika!!  They are new staff to Underwood that will be supporting the childcare room.  

  • We have approval from HR for Mrs. Brett Pesce to be our interim school Counselor starting on September 14th 

Wishing Well

  • Amy Schnitzer 


Important Upcoming Dates

  • August 24-28 Week 2 of Orientation 

  • 8/24 - Business Meeting at 11:30 am

  • 8/25 - Leadership Meeting at 8:00 am

  • 8/26 - Wind Down Wednesday 8:30 pm (optional for staff) -- Accessing your child’s online learning, Technology Tips for Parents, Q&A

  • 8/28 - Student Service Team meeting 8:15

  • *Be sure you have this WCPSS 2020-2021 calendar to reference for the year.



Communication 

Collaboration

  • It’s important that you know who in your 

classroom doesn’t have Memberhub.  For 

those students, you will will need to establish 

another way to communicate that 

information through Google Classroom, 

email, etc.  If families want to join 

Memberhub (new students, incoming siblings)

they can join here.  If they have been 

receiving communication, no need to re-sign

 up (our Memberhub chair) will move the 

Child up to the next grade level.

  • Leave Options 2020-2021 School Year-  

We know there are so many questions in regards to leave this school year.  Please review this document the county has provided in regards to leave options. 

  • Contacting Spanish-Speaking Parents by PhoneWhatsApp Simple, free way to communicate with families.  You can download it to your phone and computer.  Many of our Spanish speaking families utilize this app and it is an easy way to stay in communication with them. 

  • Morning Screening:  If you arrive after the “wellness screening check-in” at the front door, please ring the doorbell (regardless if you have your badge) and tell Holly or Cindy that you are just arriving.  They will meet you at the door and do the screening.  Do not come in the building until your screening is complete.  The expectation if you are working in the building for the day is to arrive between 7:45-8:45. 

  • Elective update:  This week Ashley will work on uploading classes into SOCR and creating 1 page “mini” elective brochures and grade level google forms.  The goal is to get elective brochures/google forms to teachers on Friday, August 28th.  Virtual elective sign up would be August 31st-September 4th for students. 

  • Chromebook or Hotspot Needs:  The county is working to get these devices to all students.  As of Thursday night, they only have done highschool.  If parents ask, please let them know where the county is in the process.  The parent/parents will receive a message from School Messenger when they can pick-up.  

  • Donors Choose- Teachers, if you've never created a DonorsChoose project, next week DonorsChoose can help you get some extra learning resources for the year ahead. From Sunday, August 23 to Saturday, August 29 only, When you submit your first Donors Choose project, your project will receive an automatic $50 kickoff donation from the Donors Choose Team. You’ll also receive a shareable promo code, doubling additional donations made during your project’s first week on the site. Whether you need books for your students, a new coding kit, or something else entirely — this can be an extra tool to help out. Already a DonorsChoose pro? You can earn $25 for every teacher you refer, so don't hesitate to help other teachers get set up! Get started here.

Critical Thinking 

Connection 

  • If you have a family who is having tech 

problems that are not resolved by sending

 them the appropriate video in Spanish,

 please have them call (919) 694-8100 and 

choose option 2.  This will connect them 

directly to a Spanish speaking agent that will 

help them. If the issue is not resolved they 

will fill out a heat ticket and someone from 

tech support who also speaks Spanish will 

call them back.  They can also fill out the 

student technology assistance form https://www.wcpss.net/domain/17256 

(switch the language to Espanol) and a

 member of the Helpdesk will reach out via

phone.

  • Communicate with Jessica the students who did not pick up their supplies.  If you are willing to drop off supplies to students, please also let her know.

  • Check-out Olivia’s email about the Sunshine Squad’s “new” event!!! Tie Dye the white masks!!!  


  • Technology Updates/Highlights

    This week’s Media/Tech blog post….

    • WCPSS Approved Websites and Apps/Extensions

    • 3 Ways to See Your Students While Presenting in Google Meet

    • Integrating Seesaw into Google Classroom

    • How to Force a Copy of a Google Doc

    https://ugtmmediatech.blogspot.com

    atrowell@wcpss.net   919-272-5592