Weekly Update #26

                                    

                                                    This Week's Schedule

COVID Survey - every morning before 7:30

Monday, March 15, 2021                   Clinical Meeting

Tuesday, March 16, 2021                   Staff PD (2:30-3:30pm) 

Wednesday, March 17, 2021              Student Study Team

Thursday, March 18, 2021                Glenda - Supt. Meeting
Friday, March 19, 2021               

                                                     

                                           PLT's are Math with Katie L. this week

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Things to Consider

Please read the weekly update carefully.

•  ACCESS Testing  for grades 1-5 is complete!  Thank you for all of your support!

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Glenda, LeeAnn, Carolina, Candice, Liz R. and Liz D. will be in the building every day.  Monday, 3/15 & Tuesday, 3/16, Liz D. and Cyndi will be out of the building attending a Fountas & Pinnell PD through Lesley University. Please connect with Glenda or Tracey G. if you have any issues or concerns.

All support staff will report to the building 4 days per week. 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.
• Reopening- Rooms 100, 220 & G1 (PreK) students have arrived!!
• Cleaning will occur in between sessions, and teachers must step out of their classroom for 15 minutes.  This is a mandate.
• Updated Teacher Assignments - Please click here for an updated teacher assignment structure.
• Please note that all teachers in shared space, will be given a personal workspace to work at.
• Connery Parent Decision Document
• Teacher Script for Parent Questions
• Timeline for 1-2
• Timeline for 3-5

Technology:

• Please submit tickets to helpdesk for staff computer issues, even if you are calling helpdesk.
• iReady - The district opened the tools in iReady to use. The instructional side is open for teachers to use as well.
• 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:

• Observations -  The final round of observations has begun. We will be coming into your Zoom meetings to observe Small groups and/or Guided Reading lessons.
• Artifacts/Evidence - For Non-professional status Teachers: All artifacts are due to Glenda and Liz by April 20. Professional Status Teachers submit their evidence by May 1st. If you have any questions regarding evidence, artifacts and/or TeachPoint submissions, please connect with Glenda.
• Family Engagement- Please continue to log all your communication with your parents. This on-going connection helps us continue to work towards achieving our Student Learning Goal.
• You should use this as evidence in your TeachPoint in order to support your goal.
• 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. Lesson Plans should be shared with your team and then put onto SharePoint at least 1-2 days before they will be taught.
• 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 (This has been updated as of 3/5/2021 to include bathroom assignments for both adults and students at Connery.)
• 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.

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

• March 29 & 31 - Soft Opening for Kindergarten
• March 30 - ESL Staff Meeting 8:30-10:00am
• April 1 - Kindergarten students return to school
• April 2 - No School - Good Friday