Greetings Virtual Voyagers and Families,

Before we head into the weekend, I wanted to extend my gratitude to our students, faculty, staff and families for all of the support with our Count Day procedures. As we mentioned previously, this process is directly tied to our school funding and allows us to offer this learning pathway.

Now that we are well underway into the 2nd semester, we want to make sure our students are successful in their courses. Please remember that there are three different formats for our Virtual Campus:

• Brightspace
• Edgenuity (self-paced)
• Michigan Virtual/BYU (3rd Party Vendor)

In each of these cases, a certified Rochester Community Schools teacher is there as a primary contact and support for our students. We have designed our program to match a wide range of student learning styles, but there are dangers about falling behind with much of the experience comprised of flexible self-paced content. To that end, we wanted to extend an additional offer of support to our secondary students. Next week, our Virtual Campus secondary teachers are offering coaching sessions from 2:00 - 3:00PM on live Zoom calls. More specific information and our sign-up is included below.

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Jeff Frankowiak

Principal

February 8th - 1st Semester Report Cards are available in ParentVue

February 21-22nd - No School Midwinter Recess (TK-12)

Are you interested in joining a club at Virtual Campus? Then this is the place for you! Join your classmates and teachers in Book Club, Art Club, or Game Club this spring.

How can I learn more? Please complete the interest form, and we will contact you to follow up in the coming weeks: https://forms.gle/TV9PoPwsCh16wNCM7

When: Fridays from 11:00AM - 1:00PM (when school is in session)

Where: The Schultz Campus 1440 John R. Rd, Rochester Hills, MI 48307

Enter using the main entrance (on the north side of the building) and staff will direct you to the book room

We can't wait to see you! Happy Reading Voyagers!

As a reminder, all RCS students are required to have a district device for use in the classroom.

If you do not yet have an RCS device, please schedule an appointment by using this link: https://form.jotform.com/203207837751153.

Families may use this checklist to ensure an efficient device pick-up.

• Device deployments will take place at the RCS Administration Center, located at 501 W. University Dr.
• Directions and available times will be provided during appointment sign-up.
• For faster service, please arrive with a completed Student Device Loan Agreement.
• High-school students may pick up their own device, as long as the agreement form is signed by a parent or guardian.

We truly appreciate your support in providing our students with the necessary tools and resources for a productive year of growth and learning.

If you already have your Chromebook device, we strongly recommend viewing these Chromebook tutorials to remind you how to take care of your device and get signed into Zoom:

• Chromebook Do’s and Don’ts: https://youtu.be/GakzWneZqzk
• How to Sign into Zoom on a Chromebook: https://youtu.be/O6zXGySnozQ

Getting Logged Into Your Chromebook

For our elementary students or those new to the district, we have a tutorial to walk families through how to access your student’s login information on ParentVUE: https://youtu.be/R2NqkOlgQNA

For our secondary students, we have a tutorial that walks students through how to navigate StudentVUE. This will be most helpful to our 6th graders as they now have full access to the platform: How to Use StudentVUE- https://youtu.be/w8CMwxzZf9E

Technology Troubleshooting

Just like students new to middle school may get locker jams or our little friends may need help finding their classroom cubby, there may be some virtual snags that happen as we kick-off our new school year. Should you run into any technical issues (that are not Brightspace related), we recommend the following steps:

1. Visit our district Family Technology Support Page. There are tutorials and information on many of our common technology tools including: ParentVUE and StudentVUE, Zoom, Flipgrid and Seesaw.

1. If that does not solve your problem, complete a Technology Support Form and our district technology support staff will get back to you as soon as they are able.

1. If you still have questions or need assistance, please contact Julie Rains at jrains@rochester.k12.mi.us

Seniors,

Virtual Campus Seniors are invited to all of the home school building culminating events like Senior Portraits. Please be sure to stay up-to-date by checking in with your home school's "Senior Class Information" website.

Check out the links below to connect to each High School's Senior Page:

Adams HS - CLICK HERE

Rochester HS - CLICK HERE

Stoney Creek HS - CLICK HERE