White Oak Middle School
Updates Week of November 30
Important Updates
Parent Check-in- We completed our first quarter! We will like to hear from you to help us plan for continuing our 2nd quarter and the next semester. Please complete this Parent Check-In Survey. Thank you
Personal Body Safety Lessons- They will begin this week. Please see our letter for more details and also see below on Counselor's Updates.
Parent Conferences - Thanks to all parents that participated in our conferences. We are learning a great deal about our platforms. We will be using Parent Vue to set up future conferences.
Family/Parent Preference Survey- Thank you! As of this Friday we went from 175 to 306 responses on this survey. We still need about 560 responses. White Oak, we need all parents to respond in order to help our school system plan for in person learning in January (small groups) and February. Please remember to complete the survey indicating your preferences. Please complete the survey by December 3, 2020.
Report Cards- Report were posted on Parent Vue by November 24. They will be mailed to parents that have not activated their Parent Vue Accounts.
WOMS Website- We have updated our website! We will continue to make more frequent updates.
Parent Vue- Here are all of the reasons parents should activate their accounts as soon as possible.
Here is a video to help you activate your Parent Vue account. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f3wDGM-FMI&list=PLgLV4LUSPzBakhI--IXM51wL_fHzlTuPp&index=2
Connect-Ed calls for Absences- Connect Ed calls will be made for students marked absent in any class. The calls will be made at 2:00pm daily. To inform us of absences, please complete the WOMS Live Virtual Lesson Absence Form.
MAP Reports- They are expected to be on Parent Vue sometime during the month of November. You will see your student's MAP reports and track their progress on math and literacy skills. The MAP Student Progress Reports are be posted in ParentVUE for all students who took MAP Growth Reading (Grades 3-12), MAP Growth Mathematics P (Grades K-2), and MAP Growth Mathematics (Grades 3 - 12).
Instructional Materials Pick-up- If you have not picked up your student’s instructional materials, you may do so daily between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm.
Community Service Hours- Students that have completed community service hours can send them to Ms. Fitts. She will work with families to gather logs from last semester. Please email her at Kim.L.Fitts@MCPSMD.NET
Zoom Community Expectations- As we are eager to with build and establish virtual communities, teachers really want and need to see students with cameras on. All students need to have their cameras on when entering a Zoom session. Once they are in the sessions, teachers will work with students if there are concerns about keeping the cameras on for the duration of each class. Although teachers will work with students to be a little flexible, there are times that students will be required to have cameras on such as in entering a Zoom session ; during assessments; and for certain assignments. Students may not use avatars at any time. Students can have pictures of themselves, their names, but no avatars.
Technology- Students with Chromebooks issues can send emails to Peter.V.Crable@MCPSMD.Net or Terrell.A.Zimmerman@MCPSMD.Net. Los estudiantes con problemas con Chromebooks pueden enviar un correo electrónico a Peter.V.Crable@MCPSMD.Net o a Terrell.A.Zimmerman@MCPSMD.Net.
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MCPS Resources & Community Resources
Meal Distribution Sites As many of our families are struggling with finances and managing student learning schedules, the meal services can help everyone take something off their plates. Meals are prepared so that students (and parents) can focus on learning. Please follow the link to learn about the days, times, and locations for meal services.
Completing Lunch Forms- If you are having trouble completing lunch forms, please see these videos to help you.
Media Center Office Hours
Mr. Amnott is available for drop-in office hours on Thursdays from 12-12:30 for students and staff (Zoom Link). If you have any questions related to the media center stop by and get them answered. This might be especially helpful when students start working on projects that use media center resources.
From Our Counselors...
Updates
Congratulations- Ms. Flores was able to help over 98% of our students complete their high school choice forms. She was able to use a variety of methods to help our students and families. Thank you Ms. Flores!
After School Activities
The following sports are available from October 26th through November 20th:
Girls' Basketball
Boys' Basketball
You may email Mr. Desmin Wade if you have any questions about athletics or signing up
Desmin_Wade@mcpsmd.org
This is a reminder that After School Activity Sign-Up is currently underway. If you would like to sign-up to an activity, go to the link below and click on the list for 2020-2021. Please email the teacher/sponsor of the activity that you are interested in. The sponsor will then send you an invite to join their activity's Canvas/Dashboard page.
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/whiteoakms/activities/
Here is a message from Mrs. West about our Drama Club!