Report Cards

As you know, trimester 3 grades will look a little different this year. Grades for report cards should be entered by June 5 for homeroom teachers and June 8 for specials teachers. You can begin working on them now as you have time. If you have families who have not participated in the remote programming, please reach out to them this week as part of your student contact to let them know that their child will be marked NP, "not participated" based on their current status. Remind them of the ways they can participate so they still have the opportunity to receive a “P.” Students need to have participated for a minimum of 4 weeks to have an overall score of “P” on their report card.

As I mentioned in my 4.27.20 Phone Cast, there are four ways that students can receive participation credit:

    1.   Google Classroom: some teachers are uploading materials from the home learning packets directly into Google Classrooms for students to complete and submit online. If your child’s teacher is using this method, you can choose to submit online OR you may choose to complete the paper packets.

    2.   Live Meeting: some teachers are conducting a live meeting with students through Google Meet. They may ask students to show completed workbook pages during those sessions.

    3.   Pictures: If your child is not participating in the virtual options above, your child’s teacher may ask parents to take some photos and submit them over text or email as evidence of student participation.

    4.   Conversation: Your child’s teacher may ask your child to talk through some of their answers when they are doing a regular phone check in with your child.

NHA informed us that every subject will be shown on the Trimester 3 report card, so teachers will need to put a “P” or “NP” for every subject. Please start inputting “P” or “NP” into gradebook now. There will be one overall grade for the 8 weeks of Remote Learning instruction. If a student participated 4 of the 8 weeks, then they will receive a “P” in every subject.  If a student did not participate in 4 of the 8 weeks, then they will receive a “NP” in every subject.  4^th-8^th grade teachers must communicate through email or a meeting to identify and list the students that will be getting an overall NP. Please make sure to share the list with specials teachers because their grade will be the same as core subjects. We will discuss this further during our staff meeting.

Tentative "Save the Dates"

As you know the end of the year is a VERY busy time and that is still the same during this closure. Much of what we have planned will be dependent on the decisions made by the State and Federal government. These are "projected" dates that we are providing you to help you plan for these final weeks. They may change or be adjusted based on the "Stay at Home" order.

During the week of June 1:

Classroom teachers can anticipate being asked to come into the building to pack up student materials from their classrooms to prepare for families to come during a designated block of time to do a "drive through" materials distribution/collection.

On June 1 and 2, we will provide teachers with plastic trash bags to put student materials in. You will package up ALL student materials and label with student name and driveline number on the neon colored notecard that we will provide you. We will also provide you with a list of driveline numbers. You will then move these items to the gym where you will sort them out numerically into rows that we have pre-labeled.

When completed with student materials, you may begin to prepare your room for the summer by taking down everything from the walls, desks, etc. Please see End of the Year Checklist for more information. This will be provided to staff on Wednesday via email.

    ·  June 1: Y5s, K, 5, 7, 8 teachers, Special Ed, ABSS, and EL prepare student materials for pickup and prepare their classrooms for the summer. Staff members report at 9 AM and can leave when dean signs off that both tasks are completed. Latest time to complete both tasks is 3 PM.

    ·  June 2: 1,2, 3, 4, 6 teachers, specials, and Interventions prepare student materials for pickup and prepare their classrooms for summer. Staff members report at 9 AM and can leave when dean signs off that both tasks are completed. Latest time to complete both tasks is 3 PM.

    ·  June 3: Y5s-4 families will pick up student items and drop off Chromebooks and other school materials (library books, classroom books, sport jerseys, etc.).

    ·  June 4: 5-8 families will pick up student items and drop off Chromebooks and other school materials (library books, classroom books, sport jerseys, etc.).

o   We are asking the following staff members (Tricia, Theresa, Jeannie, Tabitha, Ellen, Cindy, Jena, Andrea, Melissa, Sarah M., Jen H. Sarah Z., Jen D., Sarah D, Brian, Emma, Kelly, Lisa, Kim, Sandy, Laura, Stephanie, and Ashley to assist the admin team on June 3 and 4 with distribution of student items and collection of student materials (library books, text books, Chromebooks, etc.).

Please note:  Families with multiple students will be asked to come on the day that correlates with their oldest Keystone student.

The week of June 8:

We plan to open the building on June 9 and 10 for staff members to complete the packing up of their room (whatever wasn’t done last week), as well as the completion of end of year checklist items. The Board will be providing lunch on both days.

    ·  June 9: Y5s, K, 5, 6, 7, teachers, specials, and Intervention report to the building. Staff members report at 9 AM and can leave when dean signs off that both tasks are completed. Latest time to complete both tasks is 3 PM.

   ·  June 10: 1,2, 3, 4, 8, Special Ed, ABSS, and EL report to the building. Staff members report at 9 AM and can leave when dean signs off that both tasks are completed. Latest time to complete both tasks is 3 PM.

June 10: 8th grade promotion (Rain date is June 11)

We are requesting that ALL STAFF join us for a celebration honoring our 8th-grade scholars on June 10, time to be announced. We are asking that staff help make this promotion celebration special while lining the curb (following social distancing guidelines) to cheer as our scholars arrive for their drive-through celebration. More details to come! We hope you will save the date and join us!

June 11: "Aloha" Celebration

Aloha means hello AND goodbye, so it seems like the perfect theme for an end of year celebration. Due to the abrupt closure of school and the fact that our kids desperately want to see you one more time, we are planning to schedule a drive through event that will help us to create a sense of closure for our Y5s-7^th grade students; since we already said goodbye to the 8^th graders the day before. The Aloha Celebration will take place from 3:00-5:00 pm and will be a drive through parade of families. ALL STAFF are required to line the loop (following social distancing guidelines) and wave and cheer as our families drive through the loop to say goodbye to this year's teachers. Families must remain in their car and are encouraged to dress up to match the Hawaiian theme, decorate their car, make signs, etc. Families will follow the schedule below:

First Initial of Last Name	Time
A-F	3:00-3:30
G-L	3:30-4:00
M-R	4:00-4:30
S-Z	4:30-5:00

The admin team will be providing all staff members with hats and leis to join in the fun festivities.

Please note: if a family has students with multiple last names within a household, they will use the last name of the oldest siblings.

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Staff Updates

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     As you heard during one of our staff meetings, Samantha Maynard will be moving and teaching at the new NHA school in Colorado and Kelly Vandeguchte will be moving to Seattle. We are going to miss them both and wish them much success in their future endeavors. We will also miss Melissa Henderson as she will be staying at home to help family next year and not returning to Keystone. We are fortunate to still be able to see her around as her son still attends Keystone.

    Congratulations to Andria Lumbardo as she transitions to her new position as one of our Academic Specialists! We are also excited for Megan Reaume and Mandy Layton for transitioning to new positions within the building. Megan will be teaching Kindergarten and Mandy will be teaching 1^st grade.

End of the Year Checklist

There are several things that you can be working on over the next few weeks to prepare for the upcoming school year. We will be emailing you the End of the Year Checklist on Wednesday. All those items will be required to be completed before you are officially "checked out" for this school year. However, you can begin working on some of the items prior to Wednesday. 

     Welcome letter - You need to create (or revise an old version) of a grade level welcome letter that will be mailed out to students at the end of June. Please save the letter on the U-drive --> Year End Docs --> 2019-20 --> Grade Level Welcome Letter.

    Supply List - You need to revise your grade level supply list. Please keep in mind that you may already have a plethora of items left over from this year that were never used. Since many of our families may struggle financially in the months to come, I ask that you please try to reduce the list to only necessary items. For example, if you have plenty of markers already in your classroom, please remove that from your list for next year to help save money for families. Please save your supply list on the U-drive --> Year End Docs --> 2019-20 --> Supply List.

Shout Outs

Stacey

The intervention team has been reaching out to classrooms teachers to support shared students.  They've been joining grade level meets and meeting with small groups and individuals to provide support.  I appreciate their consistency, flexibility and availability.  Keep up the great work, I love hearing the stories!

Robyn

Our Special Education paras have been supporting their teachers with amazing communication and reaching out to “OUR” students for extra support!  A few teachers have offered an evening Google Meet for fun engagement!  Talent Shows, Direct Drawings, Game Night, Show and Tell, are a few ways they are keeping the engagement high!  Third Grade is super excited to share Market Day videos!  So proud of all these teachers for stepping out of their comfort zones!

Jamie

The specials teachers are doing their Google Meets on Fridays and each week they focus on a specific special area. This week they focused on technology and the students played a Kahoot game. Next week, they will be focusing on music and doing a fun activity with items around the house. Jill created escape rooms for the 5th grade students, Steve engaged his students with the Blue Angels flyover and Diane did a scavenger hunt on her Google Meet. So proud of all the hard work everyone is doing!

Staff Appreciation Week Recap

The admin team enjoyed showing you our appreciation last week. Check out the video below recapping all the fun we had together and the winners of the crossword puzzle. We really miss interacting with all of you on a daily basis, so we valued the time that we got to spend with you.

Staff Meeting

There is a staff meeting next Tuesday, May 19 from 4-5 PM. All staff members are invited to attend, but all salaried staff members are required.

Agenda

    1.   Good News

   2.  Gradebook Updates

   3.  Remote Learning PD

   4.  Student Participation and Contact Tracking

   5.  End of the Year Checklist 

   6. Launch

Google Classroom and Meet

We ask that you continue to strongly encourage your students to log into Google Classroom and Meets using their Clever account, as opposed to their parent’s personal email by resharing the following PDF with your families. Thank you for everything that you do to support online safety!

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No School-Memorial Day

Please inform families that there will be no school/remote learning on Monday, May 25 in recognition of Memorial Day!

Shout Outs

Stacey

Samantha, Sandy and Mandy were busy dropping off packets to their students this week.  Sheila is still awaiting her supplies to deliver.  Each teacher is doing some sort of special package for their students. They kept their "social distance" but were able to capture some smiles!

Robyn

Melanie invited Johanne to a Google Meet to share all the amazing things our students are doing and provide a sense of community!  Christina included Tabitha in a Meet as she knew of student connections and the show and tell object would excite her!  Teri invited Robyn, Mechelle and her team in an evening Meet focused on a directed drawing!  I love how you are reaching out to each other to continue building relationships outside the classroom!

Jamie

5^th-8^th grade teachers are continuing to find fun and creative ways to engage their students. 7th grade is working on a Goosechase. Tully posted a fun video of her doing a dance. Julianne has set up different books groups and Tracy is posting videos of her teaching math. Mechelle is creating fun games for the students to complete.

Happy Birthday

Michelle- May 17

RL Tracking Tool Update

Thank you for taking the time to track and input teacher connections and student participation for Remote Learning 2.0. During my weekly principal meetings, Nancy will be reviewing our data in comparison to her other schools. This is what she shared this week.

Please make sure that you are at 100% for teacher connections on a weekly basis. Also, it’s important to input student participation by Friday. I know some parents, like myself, will submit it after Friday and that’s okay. Just enter it shortly afterwards. Lastly, participation is NOT based on students completing all the work. Instead participation is given if the student did some of the work! Thank you for being supportive and understanding of our families’ needs during this time.

Google Voice

If you are interested in making personal phone calls to connect with your students, I encourage you to use Google Voice. Google Voice allows you to make and receive phone calls from your cell phone without using your personal phone number.

Monique recommended watching this short video to get you started.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELXvfhP7Keo

Report Card

I wanted you to be aware of the communication that NHA drafted to parents about report cards. I will be including the message below in my Monday Night communications. 

Our year-end report cards will include different details for the last trimester. Here’s what you will see and what it means for your child:

• Your child’s last trimester grade will be either a “P” = participated or “NP” = did not participate in remote learning. You will see these letters under the last trimester column. 
• A “P” or NP” is NOT considered a letter grade since we are not grading remote learning.
• The last trimester will not be included in your child’s overall grade for the year. This will include only the trimesters before we began remote learning.
• Your child’s final grade will be the average of the first two trimesters.

Please continue to make every effort to participate in remote learning through the end of the school year to reinforce and introduce your child to priority standards in preparation for next school year. Our goal with these plans was to keep your child connected to learning by providing enrichment opportunities that give them continued opportunities for growth.

RL 2.0 Student Behavior and Technology Rollout

NHAhelp

A dynamic help tool that contains a variety of technology tutorials for many NHA platforms.  Tutorials come in the form of step-by-step how to guides, interactive tutorials and video trainings.  NHAhelp must be activated for the first use but will be automatically launched after that.  A blinking lightbulb notifies you when a tutorial is available for the active screen.  Simply click the lightbulb to see a list of tutorial titles associated with the page. Instructions for activating NHAhelp are below.

NHA Schoolwide Behavior System for Live Online Learning

Teachers use the Schoolwide Behavior System for Live Online Learning to document student behavior and teacher responses to those behaviors, during live online learning sessions. Managing the virtual classroom requires teachers to establish and communicate the classroom expectations, monitor student interactions in class, and hold students accountable to the Student Code of Conduct and all related policies.  NOW you will also be able to record student behavior in myNHA Behavior!  You can find the Schoolwide Behavior System for Live Online Learning below. 

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Shout Outs

Stacey

Jennifer DeMolen took on the challenge from last week's blog and created a video for her students teaching reading strategies. This week she has posted a Moral Focus Flipgrid challenge for students!

Robyn

Monique has shared a recording of each week's read aloud.  She also recorded herself teaching multiplication strategies for her parents!

Jamie

Sarah D for organizing the Chromebook survey that was sent to our families and getting technology into our students’ hands