On Monday, you should have received the 2021-2022 Scheduling and Placement Newsletter. It is extremely important that every Bobcat Virtual parent/student complete the appropriate form for each K-11th grade student by Sunday, March 14, 2021, at 11:59pm.

We will begin looking at our enrollment numbers across the district in the coming weeks so that we can ensure that staff is distributed appropriately across our buildings for the 2021-2022 school year. At the secondary level, this will also allow us to make sure that we have appropriate courses scheduled based on student interest.

We understand that this may be a difficult decision for some of our families, but we need you to make your best guess about where your student will be attending classes next year. If you change your mind over the coming months, you can just reach out to us to request a switch. Changes can be made through July 31, 2021.

As always, please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Jeff Neall

Bobcat Virtual Director

jneall@gbcs.org

Allyson Walroth

Secondary Curriculum Director

awalroth@gbcs.org

810-591-6649

• Book Cover Contest - Draw a picture of your favorite book cover and submit a picture of it here. Contest entries can be submitted through March 31, 2021, and we'll have prizes for the winners! This is open for students of all ages, and prizes will be awarded in grade bands.
• Book Talk - Use this Flipgrid to tell us about your favorite book. Every student who submits a book talk will be entered into a Book Raffle!
• Virtual Story Time - Join us on Zoom for virtual story time. We will have a different Mystery Reader read a story each Wednesday at 7:00pm for the rest of the month (March 10, March 17, March 24, & March 31). You can access the story time at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8072191939?pwd=M3JGT3JHQzNpNG8waWdvY25ydjN4dz09

  (Meeting ID: 807 219 1939, Passcode: 385980). All students are invited to attend, but the story will be appropriate for lower elementary students.
  

  
  

• Elementary - Wednesday, March 10 & Wednesday, March 24 6:00pm-7:00pm
• Secondary - Thursday, March 11 & Thursday, March 25, 6:00pm-7:00pm

A link to the Zoom address will be sent out in a separate email.

If you were not able to make the virtual scheduling meetings we held this past week, here are the presentations we used:

• Incoming 6th Grade Presentation
• Incoming 9th Grade Presentation

For parents of students moving back to GBHS next year, here are a few more resources that may help your student through the scheduling process:

• Scheduling Presentations - 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
• Course Selection Guide - including live links to many elective options so that you can "see" what they have to offer
• AP Course Guide

If your student would like to try to test in to one of these classes, he/she should join the appropriate Google Classroom listed here:

• Honors English 10 - qikztdj
• AP Language - ojtorsu
• AP Literature - 7es3xnd

Google Classrooms will have a writing prompt available on March 8, and students will have until March 12 to finish. Once essays are evaluated, students will be notified by email of their placement. Please contact Nick Popadich (npopadic@gbcs.org) with any questions.

We are currently in the planning stages for exactly when and where the elementary and middle school testing will take place. Testing for 3rd-7th grade students will likely be split over two days and will be in various locations across the district. Testing for 8th grade students will likely take place in both the morning and afternoon of April 13, 2021.

High school students should plan to take the SAT/PSAT and M-STEP sometime during the week of April 12-16. Exact dates for the various grades are still being determined. These tests will take place at the High School East with the rest of the high school students.

Please keep an eye out for further, more detailed communication on spring testing in future newsletters.

If you have questions or concerns about this testing process and requirements, please contact Mrs. Walroth at awalroth@gbcs.org.

The Grand Blanc Board of Education provides a program of instruction in human growth and development. As a component of the Human Growth and Development program, concepts relating to the onset of puberty and reproductive health will be taught to 4th grade students in a synchronous lesson offered after Spring Break, followed by a few asynchronous assignments.

By law you have the right to excuse your child from the class, if you choose. Please visit the GBCS Human Growth & Development website to see sample resources and explore the topics covered during this program.

Please take time to review the information on the website. If you do not want your child to participate you need to complete the Opt-Out Form found at the top of the website or linked here. If you have not opted out by Friday, March 12, your child will be included in the sex education unit.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at 591-6649.

Sincerely,

Secondary Curriculum Director

The Grand Blanc Board of Education provides a program of instruction in human growth and development. As a component of the Human Growth and Development program, reproductive health will be taught to 5th grade students in a synchronous lesson offered after Spring Break, followed by a few asynchronous assignments.

By law you have the right to excuse your child from the class, if you choose. Please visit the GBCS Human Growth & Development website to see sample resources and explore the topics covered during this program.

Please take time to review the information on the website. If you do not want your child to participate you need to complete the Opt-Out Form found at the top of the website or linked here. If you have not opted out by Friday, March 12, your child will be included in the sex education unit.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at 591-6649.

Sincerely,

Secondary Curriculum Director

The Grand Blanc Board of Education provides a program of instruction in Human Growth and Development. As a component of the Human Growth and Development program, HIV/AIDS and other serious communicable disease prevention as well as sex education will be taught.

Due to COVID-19 and the adjustments made to school in the spring last year (19-20) the Human Growth and Development courses were not provided. We are making the following adjustments for this school year (20-21):

• 6th graders will receive the 5th grade program
• 8th graders will receive the 7th grade program
• 7th graders will also be receiving the 7th grade program this year

By law, you have the right to excuse your child from the program if you choose. Please visit the GBCS Human Growth & Development website to see sample resources and explore the topics covered during this program.

In Bobcat Virtual, students will be added to a Google Classroom or a Canvas course that is pre-loaded with the Human Growth & Development content appropriate for their grade. They will work through this content at their own pace and with your support.

Please take time to review the information on the website. If you do not want your child to participate you need to complete the Opt-Out Form found at the top of the website or linked here. If you have not opted your student out of this unit by , he/she will be automatically loaded into this course.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at 591-6649.

Sincerely,

Allyson Walroth

Secondary Curriculum Director