Normandy Park School
Principal's Corner
April 20th to April 24th
April 20th is a D Day.
Please visit our Coronavirus Update Center, which will be updated with the latest information and resources for the district community.
MSD Virtual Learning Updates
We will begin Phase III of the Morris School District Virtual Learning Plan on Monday, April 20th. I am including a link to the presentation Mr. Pendergrast sent out on 4/17. Click here for English and here for Spanish.
Below are some key details of the Phase III plan that I'd like to highlight for you:
- The school day will begin at 9:00 a.m.
Introduction of new content in 3 subject areas each day M-Th
On Flexible Fridays students will engage in enrichment, catch-up support, social-emotional learning (e.g. reflections), and other activities
- “Live” sessions will occur 3 times a day utilizing interactive platforms, such as Google Meet. Attendance during live sessions is always optional.
- "Live" sessions will be recorded by the classroom teacher.
The teacher may post a recorded session on his/her Google Classroom. Recordings may ONLY be accessed through your child’s Google Classroom (and thus are password-protected)
Students may NOT record, screenshot, or otherwise share Google Meet sessions or recordings. This is a violation of District policy.
Parents/guardians were sent a Consent Form for Video/Audio Conferencing via Swift alert.
If you have any questions about your child's virtual learning experience, please feel free to reach out to me directly or your child's teacher.
NPS Weekly Learning Objectives for New Content
Please click here for NPS Weekly Learning Objectives for each Unit/grade level.
This document provides a general overview of weekly new content skills for each subject per grade level. For additional information on assignments, please see your homeroom teacher’s Google Classroom.
Announcements
Please check back each morning for the weekly announcements! Also, they will continue to be shared on ClassDojo! I have also listed the new content focus for each day.
- Reading (morning)
- Math (afternoon)
- Specials (D Day)
- Writing (morning)
- Social Studies (afternoon)
- Specials (E Day)
- Reading (morning)
- Math (afternoon)
- Specials (F Day)
- Writing (morning)
- Social Studies (afternoon)
- Specials (A Day)
- Flexible Friday (enrichment, catch-up, SEL activities, support)
- Specials (B Day)
Specials Schedule
Please click here for a Specials Schedule. Specials refer to Library, Art, Music, PE, Spanish, and Science. Your homeroom teacher will also share this schedule on their Google Classroom.
Specials will also host live meetings to support posted content. Google Meetings for Specials will be hosted between 1:30 and 2:30. Times for your child's class will be posted on their Specials Google Classroom. You can also view times for Google Meets by clicking here!
Please note, this schedule is to help students keep organized on which Specials activities to complete. However, students will be able to access Specials activities throughout the week. The letter day will be shared by your homeroom teacher. I will also have the schedule posted on my Weekly Newsletter.
Also, on Flexible Fridays, students will be encouraged to finish any incomplete Specials' lesson/assignment.
NPS Virtual Learning
Activities To Do At Home
Ms. Cohen forwarded me some information from the organization, Good Grief. They provided some suggestions for 35 activities to do at home. Also, feel free to utilize the resources posted for Spring Break throughout the school year for suggestions/ideas for additional activities to do at home with the family: https://www.smore.com/9t0m8
Growth Mindset
I have provided some videos from ClassDojo on Growth Mindset. They were developed by ClassDojo and the PERTS Research Center. Feel free to watch with your kids to encourage and support a growth mindset!
I provided Episode 3 of the series on this newsletter. Click the here to access all Class Dojo episodes on Growth Mindset!
Normandy Park School's 3rd Annual Reading Challenge
The Normandy Park School HSA presents the 3rd Annual Reading Challenge: Get Stuck in a Super Book!
Thank you to all who participated! Please stay tuned, we will be announcing the winners of the Reading Challenge with a special message from the HSA!
Meal Service
MSD Preschool Registration
In December, the Morris School District opened registration for free preschool for district families for the 2020-2021 school year. To register, please visit https://www.morrisschooldistrict.org/