Extended Leave from CCA
Friday March 13th return Monday April 6th
Extended Leave
March 13, 2020
Good morning families and friends of Corpus Christi Academy we have an abundance of information that we need to relay to you. We will continue to do it in an effective and efficient manner but we also need your patience as there are some issues that we do not have answers for yet. Much of the information we will be sharing with you today will be related to the period from today, Friday, March 13th, until we resume school on Monday, April 6th. Presently, we do not know how this extended leave will impact our Easter Break from April 10th until April 20th, if anything changes with Easter Break or the extension of the school year you will be notified promptly. Please understand that we will continue to keep open lines of communication with our school community, so please be on the lookout for EBlasts for the duration of the extended leave. Thank you for your understanding and patience during this time, we will be working with you to ensure that you are informed and that the children are actively engaged in substantive educational endeavors.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
No School Monday March 16th
Normal aftercare hours today, Friday March 13th
If your child is absent today you may stop in the office to pick up their work between 1:00pm and 2:30pm
The office will close promptly today at 2:30pm
E-mail correspondence with faculty and staff will be checked over the Extended Leave but response time will not be 24 hours, instead it will be 4-5 business days
If you do not have an internet-accessible device at home, please let us know.
You are able to access the internet for free at your local library.
Chromebooks will NOT be sent home with students.
There will be no optional Spring Pictures Scheduled for April 2nd
Please understand that we will continue to keep open lines of communication with our school community, so please be on the lookout for EBlasts for the duration of the extended leave.
Presently, we do not know how this extended leave will impact our Easter Break from April 10th until April 20th, if anything changes with Easter Break or the extension of the school year you will be notified promptly.
No Paper Versions of Report Cards will be sent home; Please Check Option C for your 3rd Quarter Report Card; they should be available online by March 21st -any outstanding balances must be paid otherwise Option C will be blocked - outstanding balances can be paid at the Business Office
Students will be advised to bring home all personal belongings
All students will have substantive academic work throughout the Extended Leave do not wait until the last days to complete the work; each teacher will be informing the students of the work expected and the ways to access the information have been in place for over a week now; some students will receive packets of work as well.
The School and School Office will not re-open until 7:40am on Monday April 6th
How to Login to the Google Classroom
Technical Help - Logging into Google Classroom
Here are some things to know if you need technical help.
Either use Google Chrome (preferred), Firefox or Safari web browsers. Microsoft Edge does not work with Google Accounts. If you have purchased an Edge Book you will need to take it our of Smode in order to load Google Chrome.
Go to https://classroom.google.com - Click sign in
All Google accounts are first initial last name@corpuschristiacad.org - example Suzy Smith would be ssmith@corpuschristiacad.org - there are cases where if you have multiple children with the same first initial it may be ssmith1@corpuschristiacad.org or ssmith2@corpuschristiacad.org
Enter your password and press Next.
All students use their passwords to log into their Chromebooks at school. If your child does not remember their password or you need a password reset please contact rbandfield@corpuschristiacad.org
Google Classroom will load and your account will be exactly like it is at school. If the account asks you to sync your data please click yes so that the account runs exactly like at school.
If you have multiple children here is how to use multiple accounts https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1721977?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QX5XCfqp9I
Here is some other helpful information
https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6072460?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en