White Oak Middle School
Updates Week of October 5
Weekly Updates
- Please enjoy memories of last year's La Feria. We can't wait to celebrate together again!
Instructional Materials Pick-up- If you have not picked up your student’s instructional materials, you may do so daily between between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm.
- Community Service Hours- Students that have completed community service hours can send them to Ms. Fitts. She will work with families to gather logs from last semester. Please email her at Kim.L.Fitts@MCPSMD.NET
- MAP Testing - Make-up sessions for MAP-R will continue to take place during English classes and in the morning of October 7, 2020. On October 7th, ALL students will begin their MAP-M from 12:30 to 3:15pm. Please be advised that our normal live check-ins will not take place on October 7th. Some students will continue working on completing their MAP-R. And all students will begin their MAP-M. Students, please make sure your devices are fully charged for the day of testing.
MAP letter 2020 Spanish.doc - 118 KB [download]
- This year, after October 14th, the MAP Student Progress Reports will be posted in ParentVue for all students who took MAP Growth Reading (Grades 3-12), MAP Growth Mathematics P (Grades K-2), and MAP Growth Mathematics (Grades 3 - 12).
- Zoom Community Expectations- As we are eager to with build and establish virtual communities, teachers really want and need to see students with cameras on. All students need to have their cameras on when entering a Zoom session. Once they are in the sessions, teachers will work with students if there are concerns about keeping the cameras on for the duration of each class. Although teachers will work with students to be a little flexible, there are times that students will be required to have cameras on such as in entering a Zoom session ; during assessments; and for certain assignments. Students may not use avatars at any time. Students can have pictures of themselves, their names, but no avatars
Technology- Students with Chromebooks issues can send emails to Peter.V.Crable@MCPSMD.Net or Terrell.A.Zimmerman@MCPSMD.Net. Los estudiantes con problemas con Chromebooks pueden enviar un correo electrónico a Peter.V.Crable@MCPSMD.Net o a Terrell.A.Zimmerman@MCPSMD.Net.
Meal Distribution Sites As many of our families are struggling with finances and managing student learning schedules, the meal service can help everyone take something off their plates. Meals are prepared so that students (and parents) can focus on learning. Please follow the link to learn about the days, times, and locations for meal service.
Completing Lunch Forms- If you are having trouble completing lunch forms, please see these videos to help you.
From our Media Center
Media Center Office Hours
Mr. Amnott is available for drop-in office hours on Thursdays from 12-12:30 for students and staff (Zoom Link). If you have any questions related to the media center stop by and get them answered. This might be especially helpful when students start working on projects that use media center resources.
TeenBook Cloud
The SLMP office purchased this for all MCPS middle and high schools. It is an online collection of ebooks, enhanced novels, graphic novels, videos, and audiobooks for students in grades 6-12. Use this direct link to access (no username or password needed).https://www.teenbookcloud.com/autologin.aspx?u=mcpsmd2&p=login. Students learned about this in English classes. It has fiction and nonfiction books, so it might be something that can be used with lessons.
One Maryland One Book
Maryland Humanities has named The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See as the One Maryland One Book this year. Maryland Humanities has an author tour as part of the One Maryland One Book program. This year all events are virtual and begin on Sunday. The author tour runs Oct. 4 – 7. Event website: https://www.mdhumanities.org/programs/one-maryland-one-book/
After School Activities
This is a reminder that After School Activity Sign-Up is currently underway. If you would like to sign-up to an activity, go to the link below and click on the list for 2020-2021. Please email the teacher/sponsor of the activity that you are interested in. The sponsor will then send you an invite to join their activity's Canvas/Dashboard page. Here is a message from Mrs. West about our Drama Club.
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/whiteoakms/activities/
If you are interested in signing up for a team sport. Use the link below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0V-OSu5DIFUNmgI6Vmd7F6IihI3oc_rmb7c0Y9X_DGuaRHQ/viewform
The following sports are available from October 6th through October 22nd:
Cross-Country
Girl's Softball
Boy's Softball
You may email Mr. Desmin Wade if you have any questions about athletics or signing up
Desmin_Wade@mcpsmd.org
Counseling Corner...
Updates
High School Choice
To learn more about which high school regional/countywide application programs your student is eligible, review the personalized program eligibility report available in both the StudentVUE and ParentVUE – in DOCUMENTS (located on the left navigation bar of Synergy). This report includes programs for which your student is eligible along with program descriptions and directions to access the application. The deadline to apply is November 6, 2020.
To stay well-informed, visit the High School Programs At-A-Glance at this website:https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/specialprograms/high/
Save the dates- NEC Open Houses all begin at 7:00 pm
Springbrook HS
Thursday, October 15
Paint Branch HS
Thursday, October 22
James Hubert Blake HS
Tuesday, October 27