Placerita Prospector

This Week at Placerita 8.16.20

Good Evening Placerita Families...

We made it through the first week last week and we look forward to our first full week starting tomorrow. Last week's Prospector was really jammed with information so we are just adding a small amount of new information this week so you will not have so much to look through.

However, we are including some of last week's information so you can review if needed.

This is the first full week on the Regular Weekly Schedule as shown above. The schedule is available in PDF format that you can print and post if you wish.

If you are having technology difficulties please call the school (661-259-1551) and let us know so we can help you get them fixed. If you still need a Chromebook please call as well so we can get you set up.

In case you missed this last week's edition, below is a summary of the most important facts about how Distance learning works.

1) Each student's Hart District Google Account is what drives their communication with school. This account is in the form of an email address that allows students to access their classes through Google Classroom.

2) Each student and parent has an Infinite Campus Account where Schedules, grades and attendance can be viewed. See the video below about how to log into Infinite Campus.

3) Each student will access 6 Google Classrooms (One for each period) to access assignments as well as Google Meet or Zoom locations for class. Some type of live instruction will be taking place every day in every period.

See the School Lunch information through the button below from the District. There is a lot of great information there.

This week is looks like it will be a hot one with highs in the triple digits everyday. If your power were to go out please be patient. We are aware that could happen and we will verify with Edison where we have outages. If your community is affected we will warrant your absence.

Take care and be safe. We look forward to seeing you online.

Kid Flix Productions

Kid Flix is Placerita's award winning video production club. Even in the online learning times, we are finding ways to keep Kid Flix going. Kid Flix is responsible for our Remote Miner Morning TV broadcast, our Miner Details Podcast and will enter into a variety of contests. Students will learn how to put a feature story together, edit their productions and produce a newscast.

Our meetings will be held on Monday afternoons on Zoom from 3 pm to 4 pm. Students interested in joining Kid Flix should join our Google Classroom group using the code i6uaemo. Zoom information will be posted there.

Parents, if you want to follow our broadcasts, follow us on YouTube at Placerita TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/placeritakidflix

For more information, email Kid Flix at pltv@hartdistrict.org

Counseling Corner

Our google classrooms have been set and ready for students to join. Here is the breakdown. These codes below are for students to join our Counseling Classroom. We would like for our students to start adding themselves to this classroom already. We have also started an instagram page for the counseling department. It is "@placeritajhcounseling". This info is also on our counseling webpage. Encourage your students to join the classroom and follow the counselors on instagram. See the codes below.

1) Very Important - Online Registration

This is very important that you complete this process. You will keep getting emails until we get it complete so everything is all set in our system. If you have not, more instructions are included below. You may have received an email from our registrar Sonia Martinez about completion. If you are having difficulty please email her at smmartinez@hartdistrict.org and she will work with you. Everyone must complete this process before we begin school.

2) Attend Make-up Registration Day on Monday August 10

Don't Forget... Our Make-up Registration day is MONDAY, August 10th. If you were not able to make it earlier this week we look forward to seeing you on Monday between 8 and 10 AM.

Bring any paperwork with you that have completed from your packets you received. You will be getting your temporary ID, your planner and your textbooks. We will not be taking pictures until we return to school.

VERY IMPORTANT - If you did not return your textbooks last spring PLEASE bring them with you and drop them off as you get your new books.

3) IMPORTANT - Instructions for logging in to Google for the first time

View the video from Safe YouTube below to see how to log onto Google for the first time. Then you can click on the link below the video if you want to look through the slide presentation on your own. The presentation was created by our librarian Mrs. Ludlow and many students have used it successfully to log in to Google for the first time.

This is the only account that students can be logged into to do your school work so it is very important to log in before the first day of school. Also, your teachers will be emailing you information to that email account.

6) Schedules were available last Monday

Log into Infinite Campus with your Google Account. If you have not done that follow the steps below. You can start at http://www.placeritajuniorhigh.org

Infinite Campus is where we keep all our records for you for school. Students and parents will have their logins to view grades throughout the year. Parents can follow student progress.

8) If you still need a Chromebook see below

Access a form for requesting a Chromebook in the 7th Grade Button or the 8th Grade Button. We have some Hot Spots ordered and will only have a limited number. Hot Spots will have parent controls built into them and will have time limit controls. See the Hot Spot form below to request a Hot Spot.

Please consider donating to the Placerita Foundation

There was an envelope included in your registration packet that had information about the Placerita Foundation. The Placerita Parent Organization does all of it's fundraising through the Foundation and all the monies go directly back into the classrooms. There was information in your packet about all the things the Foundation does for our school. This year there will be added costs for many different things that we could use your help with. This is our major fundraiser for the year through donations at the beginning of the year. Thanks for all your help!

Placerita Jr. High School

Placerita has been serving Jr. High students in Newhall for 60 years. Placerita is just north of Los Angeles in the Santa Clarita Valley.

The William S. Hart Union High School District prohibits unlawful discrimination against and/or harassment of any student on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, immigration status, ancestry, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or sexual orientation at any District site and/or activity.

25015 Newhall Avenue, Santa Clarita, CA, USA jturner@hartdistrict.org 661-259-1551 placeritajuniorhigh.org

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Placerita Prospector

Placerita Jr. High School - August 16, 2020

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Placerita Jr. High School - August 16, 2020

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Placerita Fall 2020 Online Learning Schedule

Regular Weekly Schedule

This Week at Placerita 8.16.20

Miner Morning TV First Edition

Kid Flix Productions

Mrs. Ludlow shares how to get into Infinite Campus

District Teachers wish all our students a Happy Return :-)

Counseling Corner

Click on the link below for a form to request password reset assistance.

Here is a list of things for students to do before the first day

Addition to the Placerita Web page

1) Very Important - Online Registration

Online Registration Information

2) Attend Make-up Registration Day on Monday August 10

3) IMPORTANT - Instructions for logging in to Google for the first time

The video below describes how you are to log on to your Google Account...

7/20/2020 3:12:36 PM

5) Complete your Textbook contract in the form below. Thank you so much!

6) Schedules were available last Monday

Click on the Student Login

If you are logged into your Goggle Account on Chrome when you get to the login page it will take you into your account. You will be able to view your schedule after you have logged in.

7) Use the button below to see how to go to your Google Classrooms for the first time

8) If you still need a Chromebook see below

This is the Placerita TV YouTube page

Please consider donating to the Placerita Foundation

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