FFMS Flash
Preparing for Digital Learning - Thursday, August 13th
Hello Five Forks Families,
Thank you for your patience as we navigated our first day of digital learning! The teachers were delighted to meet their students and spend time acclimating them to their virtual classrooms.
Today, you received an email from the county regarding the plan for having students log in tomorrow to the GCPS Portal. A portion of the email from Gwinnett County Public Schools stated:
In preparation for tomorrow, our technology team is working to anticipate and address any issues. There is an immediate way parents can help us, too. Please have your student log-in to the portal as early as possible tomorrow, not waiting until their first class begins. With staggered log-ins we believe we can bring our students and teachers online and start the day smoothly. Thank you for your patience as we work together to make digital learning successful for everyone.
To support this direction from the county, we ask that you have your child log in to the GCPS portal as soon as they are able to in the morning, but please know that your child will not be able to access the Zoom session link until closer to the start time of the first academic time which is 9:35am. If they do try to click on the link ahead of the time, they will get a message stating that the session has not yet started or that they are in a "waiting room" until the teacher admits them. Additionally, in case that there are issues with the portal tomorrow, your child's teachers should have sent an email today to prepare your student to access Zoom. This is our "Plan B" should the portal not work out.
As always, I am so thankful to have the tremendous support of this outstanding community! We are better together...and I am confident that that in the coming days--things will get even better!
Have a great evening!
Christine Douthart
Proud Principal, Five Forks MS
Click the link below for access to the Parent Guide to Digital Learning
Five Forks Middle School
Email: five_forks_middle@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Website: fiveforksmiddleschool.org
Location: 3250 River Drive Southwest, Lawrenceville, GA, United States
Phone: 770-972-1506
Facebook: facebook.com/BuckyConnects
Twitter: @BuckyConnects