Herndon Happenings Faculty & Staff
May 5, 2020
EOY Classroom Clean Out - UPDATED 5/5
Due to state guidelines, we cannot have more than 10 people on campus at one time. You can sign up for a 2-hour time slot on SignUpGenius here for either Wednesday 5/6 or Thursday 5/7.
- No children or spouses.
- You must park in the front of the school and report to the office before going to your classroom.
- Your temperature will be checked and recorded. If you have a temperature over 99.6, you will have to leave the premises.
- You should report directly to your room. You should practice 6 feet social distancing at all times if possible. This is NOT a time for socializing and teachers should not gather in the hallways or classrooms.
- During this time, teachers will pack up their student belongings (as explained below).
- The only "packing up" that must be done for your classroom is - take home personal items, defrost and unplug refrigerator, unplug all items, remove ALL food and candy from the room, cover computer and projector with plastic bags.
- Teachers need to compile a list of the items students need to return (text books, instruments, library books, devices, etc...).
- Complete this EOY Google Form from Mr. Thomas
- Check-out through the office when you leave.
- Adhere to your 2 hour time limit.
Packing up student belongings K-5:
- Pick up yearbooks, pictures, and certificates from the cafeteria.
- A paper grocery bag, 3rd nine weeks report card, and address verification is in your classroom for each student.
- Label the bags in large print in black marker with the student's first and last names.
- Put the yearbooks, report card, address verification, pictures, and certificates in each student's bag.
- Place all left over supplies and belongings in the bag.
- If you have an EOY memento or letter for students, place it in the bag.
- If you have a summer packet, Bingo card, or other idea to keep students engaged in learning over the summer, place it in the bag. (Mrs. Woolfolk suggested providing students with a summer packet of ideas that included writing 3 different types of letters, reading 3 different types of books, etc... Another idea would be to make a Bingo card of things to do and when they get a Bingo, send you a picture of it and you could mail them a congratulations card or small token.)
Packing up student belongings MS:
- A flexible trash bag, paper bag, report card, and address verification sheet are in your room for each student in your homeroom class.
- Write the name of each student in print in black marker on each paper bag.
- Put the yearbooks, report card, address verification, pictures, and certificates in each student's bag.
- If you have an EOY memento or letter for students, place it in the bag.
- Place the white trash bag inside the paper bag.
- Place the paper bag in front of the student's locker in the hall.
- The lockers are open. If you have time, please clean out the locker. Throw away any trash, put library books on the cart in the hall, textbooks in the boxes on the hall, community/classroom supplies (hand sanitizer, kleenex, clorox wipes, etc...) in your classroom, and student's personal items in the white trash bag.
- PE teachers will clean out PE lockers and put the items in the correct trash bag.
Announcements
- Thanks to Mrs. Whetstone you should be getting an email from TPT about obtaining some free resources. Please follow the directions as it may be a little different that normal.
- Reading PD Opportunity - thanks to Melissa France for sharing. This is going to be a phenomenal event! These are all the experts in the reading field. It costs a minimal fee which goes to charity. Sign up here.
- Louisiana Teacher Leader Summit 2020 will be held virtually. There are still some spots to sign up for free.
- K - 4 grade teachers - Class Lists - I need you to turn in your class list or lists with your students identified as High (H), Medium (M), and Low (L). On the list (s), please describe any behavior issues, other concerns, and students that should not be placed together for next year. The administrative team will do our best to make the classes balanced with the items I am requesting.
EOY PROCEDURES
EOY Device Return and Belonging Pick Up Schedule
5/5 UPDATE NEW DATES - please email me when you are available to help!
We will need 6-8 volunteers each day to help us.
8 - 10 AM Families with students on A-wing and B-wing or MS
10 - 12 AM Families with students on A-wing only last name begins with A - L
1 - 3 PM Families with students on A-wing only last name begins with M - Z
- You must have your child's name, teacher's name, and grade written in black marker on a piece of paper to display from the car. If you have items to return (devices, library books, textbooks) you should have an additional sheet with "RETURN" printed in black marker.
- You will drive through the turn-around. Display your papers as you enter to the teacher with a radio at the end of the drive. This will allow us to get your student's bag of supplies
- Proceed forward through the turn-around. DO NOT get out of your car.
- If you have items to return, have them ready to hand to teachers as you pull forward.
- You will return items FIRST.
- Once all items have been returned, you will receive the bags with your student's belongings in them.
Tuesday, May 19
8 - 10 AM Families with students on B-wing and MS
10 - 12 AM Families with students on B-wing only last name begins with A - L
1 - 3 PM Families with students on B-wing only last name begins with M - Z
- You must have your child's name, teacher's name, and grade written in black marker on a piece of paper to display from the car. If you have items to return (devices, library books, textbooks) you should have an additional sheet with "RETURN" printed in black marker.
- You will drive through the main entrance to the back parking lot bus pick-up. Display your papers as you enter to the teacher with a radio at the end of the drive. This will allow us to get your student's bag of supplies
- Proceed forward to the back parking lot. DO NOT get out of your car.
- If you have items to return, have them ready to hand to teachers as you pull forward.
- You will return items FIRST.
- Once all items have been returned, you will receive the bags with your student's belongings in them.
Wednesday, May 20
8 - 10 AM Families with MS students only last name begins with A - L
10 - 12 PM Families with MS students only last name begins with M-Z
1 - 3 PM Make-up time for anybody that missed their scheduled time
- You must have your child's name, teacher's name, and grade written in black marker on a piece of paper to display from the car. If you have items to return (devices, library books, textbooks) you should have an additional sheet with "RETURN" printed in black marker.
- You will drive through the main entrance to the back parking lot bus pick-up. Display your papers as you enter to the teacher with a radio at the end of the drive. This will allow us to get your student's bag of supplies
- Proceed forward to the back parking lot. DO NOT get out of your car.
- If you have items to return, have them ready to hand to teachers as you pull forward.
- You will return items FIRST.
- Once all items have been returned, you will receive the bags with your student's belongings in them.
Preparing for 2020-2021
UPDATE 5/5 - If you have not done so, please email a copy of this information to jldepriest@ caddoschools.org
- Each teacher should compile a list of reading, language, and math standards that were not mastered or taught due to COVID19 closure.
- Each grade level of teachers should meet virtually via Zoom or other platform to discuss and come up with one list of standards for each subject to give to the teachers in the grade above.
- Individually, teachers in the grade above will take the list and determine if those should be addressed during RtI, mini-lessons prior to particular units, taught at the beginning of the year, or will be covered in the regular lessons but may need additional time for mastery.
- Each grade level of teachers should then meet virtually via Zoom to start making plans for 2020-2021. Will you need to make adjustments to the scope and sequence? Planning ahead is going to be critical. We cannot simply "wait and see". We cannot spend 5 weeks at the beginning of the year teaching the skills/lessons that were not taught at the end of this year.
3-8 Teachers
- Each teacher should compile a list of reading, language, and math standards that were not mastered or taught thoroughly due to COVID19 closure.
- Email your list to the teacher above you.
- Once you receive the list, you will determine if those should be addressed during RtI, mini-lessons prior to particular units, taught at the beginning of the year, or will be covered in the lessons and may need additional time for mastery.
- Will you need to make adjustments to the scope and sequence? Planning ahead is going to be critical. We cannot simply "wait and see". We cannot spend 5 weeks at the beginning of the year teaching the skills/lessons that were not taught at the end of this year.
Grading Guidance for Herndon Magnet School - Updates
- JGradebook is open for the 4th nine weeks.
- You should input grades for the first week of the nine weeks based on the work they did in class that week.
- You MUST input a minimum of one grade per week thereafter.
- The last day for online learning and deadline for assignments to be due is Friday, May 8, 2020. There should be no assignments due after this date.
- Although JGradebook does not close for grades until Monday, May 18, 2020 at midnight, your grades must be finalized in JGradebook no later than Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at midnight. This will allow administration time to run grade reports to double check for possible failures.
- 4th nine weeks grades will be calculated as follows:
- If the 4th nine weeks average is higher than the 3rd nine weeks grade, students will receive the 4th nine weeks average. If the 4th nine weeks average is lower than the 3rd nine weeks grade, students will receive the 3rd nine weeks percentage as their 4th nine weeks grade (Do No Harm).
- Please keep this in mind as we have discussed before, we do not want to artificially inflate a students grade for the year. (e.g. 1st nine weeks = 78/C, 2nd nine weeks = 77/C, 3rd nine weeks = 78/C, 4th nine weeks = 95/A means final grade of B for the year)
- If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Thomas or Miss DePriest.