SBUSD Virtual Academy
Rise and Shine~August 29, 2021
Greetings families
Thank you for joining us during our Student Celebration! We had excellent attendance for our first student assembly. I look forward to highlighting students soon with our BeeAwesome class awards. I will highlight students every six weeks in the following areas: completion of their assigned work, attendance, and percentage complete in their platforms.
Happy learning,
Mrs. Syverson
School Site Council - SSC
Thank you, Parents and Community members, who expressed interest in the V.A. School Site Council. Our voting for the SSC concluded on August 27, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.
Please join me in congratulating Brittani Thiel as our new SSC representative.
Student Platforms
Raz Kids
Raz-Kids is a comprehensive leveled reading resource for students. It has hundreds of eBooks offered at 29 different levels of reading difficulty, it's easy to put the right content in every student's hands. There are over 800 ebooks available for students to read anytime.
Every eBook is available in online and mobile formats and allows students to listen to, read at their own pace, and record themselves reading. Students then take a corresponding eQuiz complete with an extended answer response to test comprehension and determine future instruction needs.
Once a child has read ten or more of the leveled eBooks and passed each of the corresponding eQuizzes on their own, they advance on to the next reading level where they have access to the lengthier and more difficult text.
Signing Master Agreements electronically - while using a district issued device
From www.sbusd.org, select School, then SBUSD Virtual Academy
On the main page under our school, select documents then Master agreement in the blue box on the right-hand side. Click on either the English or Spanish version.
If you were using a district-issued device and the student is signed in, when you click on the VA Master agreement, you'll be given the option to use Kami. It is located in the upper right-hand corner, look for a purple box with the letter K.
When using Kami, use the text box to fill in the information located at the top of the document then when you get ready to do signatures use the signature feature
Once complete, you can either download the document or share.
If you download, save with annotations or markups.
If you share, save to google and share with msyverson@sbusd.org and morigel@sbusd.org
Changes in Meal Distribution - Reminder
Thank you to all that completed the Google Form listed below. You will receive an automatic email confirming your pick-up date/time starting this week. If you have not had a chance to sign up for meals, please complete the form below.
Meals will be available for pick up at the Virtual Academy campus only, located at 525 3rd Street Imperial Beach, CA 91932. Meal service is a drive-through operation and we accept walk-ins. Please complete the Google form below to let us know your preferred day and time for pick up.
Google Form You only need to fill out the form once.
If you have any questions or concerns about the meal distribution, please contact either Michelle Syverson msyverson@sbusd.org or Mariel Origel at morigel@sbusd.org
additional information:
Update to Attendance - Reminder
Beginning July 2021, ALL attendance items should be directed to Mariel Origel.
We start class at 8:30 am, students are considered tardy if arriving (logging in) between 8:45 am and 9:00 am. We will begin calling families at 10:00 am if a student is not in class and/or if we haven't heard from families of the student that is absent.
To expedite reporting absences, we've created a Google Form located on our website under Our School - Contact Us - Attendance. and listed below.
Everyday Counts
Mariel Origel morigel@sbusd.org 619-628-8900
SBUSD Virtual Academy Location & Social Media
Email: msyverson@sbusd.org
Website: https://sbusdva.sbusd.org/
Location: 525 3rd Street, Imperial Beach, CA, USA
Phone: 619-207-8361
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VAcademySbusd
Twitter: @VAcademySbusd
Upcoming Dates - New
September 2 - SSC meeting 2 pm
September 6 - Labor Day Holiday - no school
September 7 & 9 - Distributions
September 9 - Board Meeting
September 20 - October 4 Fall Break
October 14 - Board Meeting
October 22 - Conference Day, No School for Students
October 29 - Report Cards go home