Inspirational Quote:
“ Do no harm and leave the world a better place than you found it. ” - Patricia Cornwell
This Week's Schedule
COVID Survey - every morning before 7:30
Monday, January 11, 2021 Clinical Meeting, School Site Council Meeting
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 First Response Meeting, Wellness Team, Staff PD
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 First Response Meeting, Wellness Team, Staff PD
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Dr. Parker- Day 2- Progress Monitoring Meetings
Thursday, January 14, 2021 Glenda - Superintendent Meeting, Dr. Parker - Gr. K-2
Friday, January 15, 2021 Dr. Parker - Gr. K-2
Friday, January 15, 2021 Dr. Parker - Gr. K-2
PLT's are MATH w/Katie Landino this week
Things to Consider
Please read the weekly update carefully.
- Next School Week - Glenda will be in the building every day. If you would like to come to school, please connect with her so that she can set up safe protocols and routines for the builidng.
- ELE Meeting - Rania would like all staff to join the ELE Meeting on January 20th.
- ACCESS Window Extended - it will now be January 7th - May 20th.
- Due to COVID - 19, ALL staff get trained in preparation for supporting our testing schedule.
- Colleen Flick and Pam Huyser will be presenting information on the upcoming ACCESS testing days during our Staff PD on 01/13/21.
- Dr. Parker Days - Grades K-2, please refer to the schedule for Dr. Parker Days. He will also be at Connery to observe teachers next Thursday, 01/14/21 and Friday, 01/15/21 in Grades K-2. A schedule of observations will be sent soon.
- ClassLink is Live: Please take the time this week to teach students how to use the single sign on. You must use this email address: https://launchpad.classlink.com/lynnschools. If you or students are missing apps, please email: bansfields@lynnschools.org, mowerj@lynnschools.org, wryd@lynnschools.org, and colellac@lynnschools.org
- Schoology will be added once there are more students signed into ClassLink. Please don't forget to report any issues.
- Videos - English https://youtu.be/s0X6ZQPwzUI Spanish https://youtu.be/cv7nnLPjnDM
- Update Zoom Links - Most Zoom links have expired or will this week. Please make sure that all students and families have the most updated zoom links. Also, please add them to our zoom links file.
- District Handbooks - for a second year in a row, handbooks are digital. They can be found in English, Spanish, Khmer, Arabic, Hatian Creole and Portuguese at: (http://www.lynnschools.org/resources/students.shtml?gpm=1_2).
- Teacher Absences - Please post all absences on Aesop and connect with your CIT and your Sub before your scheduled day.
- Evaluation - The district shared that they are pushing back the evidence submission for Non-PTS from January 5th to January 22nd.
- Artifacts - Please do not place artifacts in PowerPoints. Please use the guidance document emailed during the week.
- Report Card & Grades - Please download and send Glenda your report cards for verification. Thank you!
- iReady - Calendar invites have been sent out to all grade levels. K will be at a different time due to schedule, and 1-2 and 3-5 will be in two separate groups. Please look out for email invitations and don't forget to register prior to the event.
- Special Ed Compensatory Services - The team chairs will hold the CCS meetings for students that have an annual due between Sept. 1, 2020 - Jan. 4, 2021 and between Feb. 26, 2021 - June 17, 2021.
- Observations - The second round of observations has begun and we will focus on Whole Group ELA and Math structure.
- RazKids - Please keep in mind that in small group instruction, we are doing guided reading and all students should be accessing RazKids for instruction. There should not be any students in 1-5 that are not utilizing RazKids.
- Imagine Learning / ST Math - Please reach out to families whose children are not logging into Imagine Learning and ST Math. This is asynchronous work for all grades.
- Small Groups Instruction - At this point, it is the expectation that we are transitioning our students to use buttons for small groups.
- Laptops - Please make sure that all students have LPS issued devices. Please have families call helpdesk to receive LPS devices.
- Homework - Please look over usage of ST Math, Imagine Learning, and RazKids.
- Schoology - Please place your class zoom and buttons on Schoology.
- Attendance - Please post attendance on time and everyday. There have been lots of staff members on the non-submitter report.
- Extra Curricular Clubs - We can still take submission for Spring activities!
- We can do a club that focuses on tech support for students and parents!
- Book Inventory for Professional Development
- Current Login Information - Zoom Logins - Connery Share Drive
- No Contact List - Like last year, we ask that you add no contact or no attendance students to the following form:
District Updates
Technology Department
Testing
- HelpDesk will notify principals when they have devices ready to swap out old student laptops
- All student devices have been updated with the most recent version of Windows 10.
- Principal iReady training will be on 1/7/20 at 9:30 am
- Diagnostic Testing window will be 1/25/21 – 2/12/21
- Please remember to submit all technology issues to the Helpdesk by emailing: servicedesk@lynnschools.org . Be sure to provide as many details as possible including name of user having issue (email or stu#), problem, program being used, etc.
- Please enter tickets for EACH problem they encounter with as much information as possible included.
- Zoom Authentication Video - Set Zoom Only Authenticated Users can Join.mp4
- Resource - Electronic Office Referral
- Updated Class Assignments - Click Here (There are changes!)
- Connery School Calendar - Mentor dates are updated.
Looking Ahead
- January 18 - No School! Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day
- January 19 - Staff PD Meeting
- January 20 - Student Study Meeting, ELE Meeting
- January 21 - N/A
- January 22 -N/A
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