Falcon Online Learning Resources
March 18, 2020
Welcome!
We miss you! Our teachers have been working on some packets for you and are updating their websites. Please make sure you check Remind, your school email, and stay connected!
The NHCS Instructional Services Team has created lessons you will find linked below. These will need to be either printed at home or picked up from any school location meal service locations by 11 am on Wednesday, March 18.
As Students Work From Home, Please Remember:
Keep it simple
Don’t try to do every activity, everyday, all day.
Take breaks
Use outside, music, dancing, stretching, and physical activity as breaks.
Read books
Read together. Read alone quietly. Read outside. Read everywhere.
Students can check out 2 e-books using their NHCS lunch number from the NHCPL.
Amazon’s Audible is offering students free access to ebooks for as long as schools are closed. Students will be able to instantly stream stories in 6 languages. They can stream the collection to phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop.
Your family may wish to create a schedule similar to the one below:
6th Grade Resources From Murray Teachers
7th Grade Resources From Murray Teachers
8th Grade Resources from Murray Teachers
Students With Disabilities
Elective Information
Emotional Well-Being
5 Ways to Help Teens Manage Anxiety About the Coronavirus from NY Times
How to talk to teens about the new coronavirus from Harvard Health Blog
How to Manage Your Kid’s Anxiety Over Coronavirus from New Jersey Family
Community Resources
Charter to Offer Free Access to Spectrum Broadband and Wi-Fi For 60 Days For New K-12 and College Student Households and More
Information on the Coronavirus for NC can be found by accessing the link. NC State Public Health has established a phone number for public novel coronavirus questions: 1-866-462-3821. This is intended for non-emergency general questions from the public and is encouraged to be shared and publicized.
Food and Resources:
Diaper Bank of NC (Lower Cape Fear)
Feeding the Kids (Encore Magazine)
Wilmington Food Bank (1314 Marstellar Street Wilmington, NC 28401, Phone 910.251.1465)
There is a grass roots effort to deliver food to families who need it. Anyone who is asking for delivery or to volunteer should contact (910)502-5850 or advocateinaction007@gmail.com
Meal information for our island families:
Please contact Mr. Sutton or Brian Jones by phone or email if meals are needed. NHCS will deliver pre-ordered meals to St. Paul's United Methodist Church at 300 Harper Ave. in Carolina Beach. Families should contact their local school by 4:00 p.m. to pre-order meals for delivery to St. Paul’s the following day.
Meals provided will include lunch for that day and breakfast for the following morning. Meals will be delivered and distributed from a bus in the parking lot beginning at 11:30 a.m. Verification of the meals being distributed to children 18 years or younger is required and parents and/or guardians may pick up meals.
Health and Human Services
The county’s Health and Human Services is open, and residents are asked to call ahead at 910-798-3500 to determine if services can be conducted over the phone prior to coming to the building. Currently applications and assessments for emergency assistance for heating and cooling costs and childcare can be conducted by phone. C. Residents can apply for Medicaid and Food and Nutrition Services online at Epass.NC.gov, or call 910-798-3500 to have an application mailed to them.
Visitors to the Health and Human Services building are being screened for fever and respiratory symptoms by a public health nurse before entry, and waiting areas promote social distancing, if one-on-one services are needed.