MIT October Newsletter
Message from Principal Fanourgiakis October 2020
Dear McKinley Families,
I hope everyone is safe and healthy and has had a good month in September. There is a lot of information below on the October Newsletter so you may see me send it out multiple times. (More text from the school Yes!)
Survey
I want to start by thanking all the families and students who completed our school survey last week. Over 110 families complete it and over 200 students awesome. Admin has been calling each and every student and family who had questions or had a comment that we needed to address. If you have not received a call yet we hope to be done by Friday 10/2.
Snapshot results of the parent survey are below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KIu52Wt7QI3Knc2aozNXwffasWZ_oNv6/view?usp=sharing
Snapshot of results are below: (Students are still completing)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gq1_ylZxdtnzx8Mv4j6HH8Hv6xq3j9Kt/view?usp=sharing
If any adjustments are to be made to the schedule they will be made starting the week of October 5th. I will be sending another survey in November to check in again.
Counseling
Distance learning has been challenging for everyone and has made it more challenging for teachers and students to communicate on issues that are not always school-related. Families if you feel the need to have a counselor check-in with your child during the week please call our office or complete the form below. Counseling helps a lot of our students each and every week.
1st Trimester:
1st Trimester ends November 13th. Please remind students to turn in all assignment s and do the very best that you can. More information below on progress reports..
Zoom
Those who are not familiar with Zoom our district and the school has been slowly rolling out Zoom as a replacement for Google Meet in our virtual instruction. Teachers will be given the choice of what interface they are going to use. As with any new program, there will be issues with student connectivity. If that is the case please email or call the office so we can assist and excuse the absence. We have about half the teacher using Zoom as of Monday 9/28.
District wide Minimum Day Tuesday October 6th (School lets out at 12:00)
1= 8:30-9:00
2- 9:15-945
3- 10:00-10:30
4- 10:45-11:15
5- 11:30-12:00
Let's have another good month
Go Bulldogs
Nikolaos Fanourgiakis
Principal
The tentative schedule is below: (tentative because we have made the order and are waiting for the materials to arrive)
8:00-10:00 6th Grade families
10:00-12:00 7th Grade families
1:00-3:00 8th Grade families
3:00-4:00 Anyone who couldn't make it.
The movies will air on youtube and will start at 6:00-pm that evening. The link will be sent to students and families the week of October 26th.
Below is the schedule and flyer:
6th-grade Movie Prince of Egypt Rating for students Students 8 +
7th-grade Movie El Dorado Rating for students 6+
8th Grade Movie TV-14 Rating (permission slip will be sent out)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kt8d1lsqtbpwtJgsiejL7pagTWKA8bKn/view?usp=sharing
IReady Tests
MIT teacher will all have completed the first round of assessment by the end of the 1st week of October.
Principal's Coffee
Thanks for all of you who participated in Principal's coffee in September. I will be holding 3 Principal's coffees for the month of October.
Below are the dates times and the grade level we will be observing:
October 5th, 8;30-9:30 visiting 6th grade
October 19th, 9:30-10:30 visiting 7th grade
October 26th, 8:30-9:30 visiting 8th grade
Hope to see you then
Progress Reports
Progress Reports will be sent digitally to all students the week of October 13th -16th. Progress reports are meant to inform parents of students' progress with enough time for students to. improve their grades before the end of the trimester which is November 13th
Citizen School schedule for students is 4:00 pm,-5:00 pm everyday sign -up if you are interested.
Also on Wednesdays, they provide tutoring and homework support from
10:00-12:00 in English and math and from 1:00-2:30 in History and science.
Contact information below:
Phone 925-766-6131
or Email Jacobperez@citizenschools.org
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Citizen School Sign-ups
Teacher Lessons / Student Work September
6th Math Krause
6th LA Reyna
October Calendar
October 5th, Principal's coffee 8;30-9:30 visiting 6th grade
October 6th, Super minimum Day District-wide School lets out at 12:00 pm
October 7th, Student check-in with Principal during the day
October 12th No School
October 14th Material pick-up
October 15th Parent Technolgy Workshop 8:30 am-9:30 am
October 19th, Principal's Coffee 9:30-10:30 visiting 7th grade
October 26th, Principal's Coffee 8:30-9:30 visiting 8th grade
October 27-29th Movies Nights
October 28th. Site Council #2 6:00 pm -7:00 pm
McKinley Institute of Technology
Email: nfanourgiakis@rcsdk8.net
Website: https://www.rcsdk8.net/mit
Location: 400 Duane Street, Redwood City, CA, USA
Phone: 650482-2410
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MITMiddleSchool/