TMHS Weekly Update
June 1, 2020
While School is out...
This video was done by our teachers for our seniors!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j7pJUaVAyuFfcLRUpPytIR-kRLCV7hkR/view
Technology Information- Chromebooks
You are receiving this email because you have borrowed a Chromebook from the District. You will be expected to return the device in the Fall, but for now you can hold onto the device. It is recommended that you try to keep it charged. If you want to return the device before school resumes, please follow the directions listed below. Please remember that the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14zGaYAIF745HtbMxONrMJcJtYRGMvq2LJ3U-WY3JK3E/edit">Visit W3Schools.com!</a>AUP still applies through the summer.
Directions to return the device early:
Please email helpdesk@tewksbury.k12.ma.us to schedule a time to drop the device off at 139 Pleasant St.
IT staff will collect the device and charger from you and record the return.
You will receive a receipt via email for your records.
Have a great summer!!
Drop Off of School Items
We will send out a schedule next week. Stay tuned.
Parking Fee Refund
Optional Third Quarter Assignment
Remote Learning Week of June 8-12th
- All teachers will allow students to use the week of June 8th-12th to make up any Remote Learning assignment(s) that students may not have been able to complete, for whatever reason. There will also be an optional assignment that week for students who may want to complete an assignment that week. Students can find information on their teacher's google classrooms.
Semester 2 Grading
Understanding that we will now be in a Remote Learning Environment through to the last day of school on June 15th, we have worked out the following grading plan:
Grade Semester 2 as Credit/No Credit:
1. Eliminate Quarter 4 & Final Exam for Semester 2 grading purpose
2. Semester 2 elective courses will be graded Pass/Fail(Credit/No Credit).
3. The Semester 2 Credit/No Credit Grade for spring 2020 will not be factored into calculating a student’s overall GPA.
Semester 2 (Q3-Q4) elective courses (2.5 credits)
Students’ final grade will be calculated based on two components:
Work completed prior to March 13, 2020
Work completed during the Remote Learning period
Students will receive credit for completing the work described above. Students who do not complete the Remote Learning activities, will most likely not receive credit.
4. GPA Calculations
For courses taken during the 2019-2020 school year, GPA calculations will be based on final grades for full-year and first-semester courses. Half-year (2.5 credit) courses taken during the second semester will not be factored into the GPA calculation.
Colleges and Universities are all aware that circumstances for this school year are unlike any other in our lifetime and are adapting their admission processes. Remember every school in the country and around the world has been impacted.
TMHS will note any changes on our academic profile so that all colleges will continue to know what a rigorous academic program we are continuing to provide.
The following have not changed:
Only Final year end grades appear on Transcripts and are shared with Colleges.
Only Quarter grades are used when calculating GPA.
Only final year end grades are used in determining: National Honor Society; High Honors; Honors; etc..
Semester 1 Grades are the last grades used to calculate Seniors’ GPA as it pertains to recognizing top performing students for recognition nationally, regionally and locally.
Utilizing a Credit/No Credit Grading Model for 2nd Semester accomplishes the following:
Complies with the Department of Education Commissioner Jeff Reilly’s recommendation for Remote Learning to be graded Credit/No Credit.
Stays consistent with Tewksbury Memorial High School’s awarding of a Semester Grade & accompanying credit towards graduation.
Is equitable and fair to all students.
Recognizes that ⅓ rd of 3rd Qtr. and all of 4th Qtr (12 ½ weeks of the 18 week 2nd Semester) will have been spent in a remote learning environment ( Credit/No Credit)
Creates a unified platform for grading where all students will be graded as Credit/No Credit.
Physical Education/Wellness Activities
Here is the link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_bJZ_Q1i4aifdMb14AcxgbT_uwWcIwuAhxrBigAq3Qk/edit?usp=sharing
District Remote Learning Plan
Here is the link to the TPS Remote Learning Plan.
https://sites.google.com/tewksbury.k12.ma.us/tps-remote-learning/home
Family Resources
Grab and Go Lunch
A Grab and Go Lunch plan has been established for all students in the district. Starting this week lunches will be distributed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.