Sunday Notes
March 7, 2021
Message from Dr. Ramirez
A BIG shout out to our office staff and long term substitutes for their incredible understanding and flexibility as we navigated absences and coverage when students came back. As you know, any staff member can get quarantined suddenly and finding coverage can become a quick priority.
I hope you like the attached video from various students, staff, and parents. We saw lots of excited eyes! Thank you for taking part in making our orientations successful.
This week is School Social Worker Week. Help us celebrate our very own social worker, Mrs. Avery Barnes, for all great things she does for many families in our district.
Some important bits of information:
1. Progress Reports will not be sent out. Instead, parents will be asked to check the parent portal.
2. Ridge Time- We use Ridge Time to impart important messages. At the moment, registration is our main priority. Please impress upon your students the importance of attending and watching informational videos during this time. Nagging reminders are ok! We don't want to infringe upon our valuable teaching time to do Ridge Time business.
3. Grading- If you have a concern or question about your student's grades, the first thing to do is check the Parent Portal. This is platform is your best resource!
4. Graduation on June 11th - UNC and Duke are holding outdoor stadium graduation ceremonies, and we will follow suit. We have much work to do to plan ours. I will be convening the graduation committee, in partnership with students and parents, to plan and execute this event. I ask that you hold June 11th open. We will need all hands on deck and hope to mak it a spectacular event. The current plan is to hold the event in the early evening when it is cooler.
It will be an exciting time for our seniors!
Happy School Social Worker Week!
With appreciation,
Carlos
Calendar with Important Dates
Please note: See our website banner entitled "Parent Meetings" for meeting links.
Mar. 8: First day for all Cohort A students
Mar. 8: Department Chair meeting, 4:15
Mar. 9: ACT 2021 and ACT Spring 2020 Make up
Mar. 12: Senior Graduation Committee Staff Meeting
Mar. 15: First day for all Cohort B students
Mar. 19: SIT Meeting
Mar. 26: End of third Quarter
Mar. 26: End of third Quarter
Mar. 29 - Apr. 2: Spring Break
Apr. 5: Teacher Work Day - No school for students
Apr. 5: Staff meeting
Apr. 6: Start of the 4th quarter
Apr.10 &11: Senior Sidewalk Paint days, time: tbd
Apr. 20: Remote Learning Day
May 31: Memorial Day
Jun. 7: Last day of school
Jun. 8 or June 11: Teacher work day
Jun. 11: Graduation, PM (tbd)
June 18: Graduation Make up day
To see the REVISED OCS 2020-21 District Calendar, click here.
Ridge Time Lesson Plans for this Week
Friday's PD Schedule
Athletics Updates
Translating Resources
Check out the following OCS resources for you:
Two Translation Resources:
Talking Points: How to Use Talking Points
DeepL: Linguee's "DeepL" Translator preferred over Google Translate
OCS Translation and Interpretation Services - Guidelines
Your liaison will complete the form for the weekly ConnectEd messages.
Steps to Send Blackboard Message in English/Spanish