Weekly Update #22

  Inspirational Quote: 

"Read, Read, Read, never stop reading. 

And when you can't read anymore... WRITE." ~ James Baldwin

                                     

This Week's Schedule

COVID Survey - every morning before 7:30

Monday, February 8, 2021                Clinical Meeting, School Site Council Meeting 

Tuesday, February 9, 2021                Staff PD, First Response Team

Wednesday, February 10, 2021         SST Mtg.

Thursday, February 11, 2021           Glenda - Superintendent Meeting, Mentor Mtg.
Friday, February 12, 2021               

                                                     

                                              PLT's are MATH with Katie L. this week

Things to Consider

Please read the weekly update carefully.

Next week, Let's Celebrate Winter!

Next Friday, February 12 from 12pm -1:15pm, 

feel free to celebrate Winter, Hibernation, Love (Valentine's Day) and/or President's Day. 

Some ideas are: read a special winter or hibernation story, do a snowflake art project with your students, play winter games, listen to a guest reader read a story about one of our Presidents, etc.   The idea is to have a break from academics and have FUN! 

Invite your students' families to participate, too

• Next School Week - Glenda, LeeAnn, Carolina Candice, Liz R. and Liz D. will be in the building every day.  All other staff will report to the building based on our previous two day structure that ended on December 23rd.   A new MOA was signed and is in effect until February 12. If you have any concerns about your report days, please contact Glenda and Liz. 
• School Reopening Plan - Please refer to the Superintendent's communication and the most recent School Committee meeting about Quarter 3's school plan.

Technology:

• iReady - The diagnostic testing window will be 1/25/21 – 2/12/21. Login is your LPS login (mine is colong) and password Lynn2021. This will be on your ClassLink LaunchPad.  The deadline for the iReady diagnostic testing is 2/12, after 2/12 the district will open the tools in iReady to use.
• The district is pushing out the iReady app onto iPads this weekend. Your students should still use ClassLink to access iReady after it is pushed through.
• Expectation - Every student should log into Schoology and RazKids daily.  If this is not the case for EVERY student in our school, please contact me with information on the student and a plan on how we can rectify this.  (Special considerations for PreK and K) --- We are aware of students placed in interventions for 40 minutes and ESL.
• Subs - Please update sub folders.
• Update Your Zoom Information - Zoom Information
• Student Laptop Passwords - New passwords Schools2021$$
• Zoom Authentication Video - Set Zoom Only Authenticated Users can Join.mp4
• If you did not complete the form about ClassLink, you may email me directly about apps that you'd like to see added.
• 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.
• Homework - Please look over usage of ST Math, Imagine Learning, and RazKids. Use this information to contact families about the usage.
• Laptops - Please make sure that all students have LPS issued devices. Please have families call helpdesk to receive LPS devices.

Staff Information:

• Spelling Inventory - Please read the guidance that was shared by Dayna.
• Observations - The second round of observations continues and we will focus on Whole Group ELA and Math structure.
• Lesson Plans- Please put all lessons plans (PPT for most) into your grade-level folders on SharePoint. You access your grade-level folders on SharePoint through the Unit Plans folders.
• ACCESS - we are hard at work preparing for ACCESS testing. FYI: during testing. please return testing folders to Colleen Flick's mailbox in the office after each days testing is completed.
• Para and Teacher Absences - Please post all absences on Aesop and connect with your CIT and your Sub before your scheduled day.
• Small Groups Instruction - At this time, it is the expectation that we are transitioning our students to use buttons for small groups. Hybrid learning is fast approaching and this detail will be very important after we transition.
• Attendance - Please post attendance on time and everyday.  There have been lots of staff members on the non-submitter report.
• Resource - Electronic Office Referral
• Updated Class Assignments - Click Here (There are changes!)
• Connery School Calendar - Mentor dates are updated.

Misc. Info:

• 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.
• 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
• No Contact List - Like last year, we ask that you add no contact or no attendance students to the following form: 
• Limited Contact List

                                                                District Updates

 

Progress Reports/Report Cards

• Trimester Two Progress Reports due: February 12th and distributed by February 26th (schools will determine distribution dates)
• Trimester Two Closing Date for grades: March 26th ***no change from original schedule
  
• Trimester Two Report Card Distribution via School Messenger: April 9th ***no change from original schedule

ClassLink

• If  staff or students cannot access ClassLink or if they are missing apps, please email servicedesk@lynnschools.org, bansfields@lynnschools.org, mowerj@lynnschools.org, wryd@lynnschools.org, and colellac@lynnschools.org
• After much thought, we have decided not to add Schoology to ClassLink. We are recommending that all teachers add the ClassLink URL, https://launchpad.classlink.com/lynnschools to their course pages so students will be able to access all resources both from within ClassLink as well as through the link pushed out by the Help Desk.
• We have requested the Helpdesk push the link and chrome browser extension to all laptops and the app to iPads.

Teams

•  Teams messenger has been turned off for all students. Please let the helpdesk know if problems continue with students accessing.

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.

iReady

• Diagnostic Testing window will be 1/25/21 – 2/12/21

Technology Issues

• 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.

Looking Ahead

• February 15-19 - Winter Vacation!
• February 22
• February 23 - Staff PD, Dr. Parker Data Meetings with Grades K-2
• February 24- Monthly Staff Meeting
• February 25
• February 26
• March 1 - PreK, DD (room 100) & II (Room 220) students return to school!