The 2020-21 school year has begun, and we are excited to be learning with our students once again. While health conditions call for remote learning at this time, we look forward to holding classes in person as soon as conditions allow.
Regular school attendance is crucial to the development and education of students, and this is especially true during remote learning. Daily engagement through the first weeks of school will ensure students are on track and prepared, especially as we look toward a return to in-person learning when it is possible.
Attendance is being taken each day for each student. If your student will be absent, even for remote learning, please contact the school's attendance secretary before 7:40 a.m. for secondary students and 8:50 a.m. for elementary students. If you leave a voicemail, please include your student's name and the reason for the absence. We appreciate your partnership and support and look forward to learning together in person soon.
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Email Account Take time each night to go over emails with your child. Outlook is also where you can reach out to any teachers together. A teacher's name will auto-populate once you start typing it in. | Agenda Help your child get their assignments organized for the week. Teachers update the Buffett website's homework pages, every Monday. Here's the link to our website. | TEAMS chat Check out the TEAMS chat to see what your child was learning in classes that day. Look over feedback from teachers on assignments that were turned in as well in TEAMS. |
Email Account
Agenda
TEAMS chat
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Sit up & Stay FocusedStay awake and nap on a break! | No TV!Turn off the TV! That includes the screen you're using for playing video games. | Cell Phone Free ZoneSet phone on times and phone off times! At school, phones aren't allowed in class; put them away during. Use your phone during your breaks and lunch. |
Sit up & Stay Focused
Stay awake and nap on a break!
No TV!
Turn off the TV!
That includes the screen you're using for playing video games.
Cell Phone Free Zone
Set phone on times and phone off times!
At school, phones aren't allowed in class; put them away during. Use your phone during your breaks and lunch.
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Do Your Apps Look Like This?When apps get stuck loading:
| Is the T-Mobile Service Too Slow in Your Area? First thing to try:
If nothing improves, call T-Mobile at | Need Some 1:1 Help Reach out to your teacher to set up time during Office Hours. You will be able to share your iPad screen in a meeting with your teacher so he/she can troubleshoot with you live. |
Do Your Apps Look Like This?
When apps get stuck loading:
- tap and hold the app
- choose "cancel install"
- Go to the Manager App
- Find the app you cancelled
- Tap "update/reinstall"
Is the T-Mobile Service Too Slow in Your Area?
- Turn the iPad on airplane mode.
- Wait 10 seconds
- Then turn mobile data back on.
If nothing improves, call T-Mobile at
Need Some 1:1 Help
Mrs. Campbell has been working with your ELA teachers to remind students to take advantage of SORA, our on-line library. Students will find both e-books and audiobooks in SORA. Many ELA students will have to complete either a reading log or a reading BINGO for their classes, which makes SORA the perfect place to go to find books while we are remote learning. SORA offers books of all genres, grade levels, and reading levels. Check it out! For directions to get in to SORA, click here.
Mrs. Campbell has also created an "ask the librarian" button on the Buffett Library page. Simply click on Mrs. Campbell's Bitmoji, a Microsoft Office Form will open, and students can fill it in and send it to Mrs. Campbell. For access to the Library Page,
Finally, if you have questions about assignments, book suggestions, or how to use SORA or any of our other library resources, Mrs. Campbell has created a Buffett Middle School Library Teams page. To find it, go to Teams and search All Teams. You will need a join code for the Library Team. Please e-mail Mrs. Campbell at victoria.campbell@ops.org for the join code.
An additional page was added to the Handbook this year to address remote learning. If you would like to read the information, click here.
Update on Meals2Go: Meal Pickup Procedures
We are happy to support student success through our Meals2Go program. We have some important program updates to share, designed to make pick up easier for our families.
Click here to request meals for Aug. 31 through Sept. 25. We ask that you complete the request form by midnight on Wednesday, Aug. 26 to allow staff time to prepare.
After Wednesday, Aug. 26, if your family would like to request meals or alter their meal order for September, please call Nutrition Services at (531) 299-0230.
Alice Buffett Magnet Middle School