Truitt Middle School
January 2021
A NOTE FROM MS. GARCIA
Dear Parents,
Happy New Year! We were happy to see our face to face and connect students.
We hope you all had a nice holiday break and are ready to start out the new year!
Below you will see Diagnostic Testing dates for this month. These tests will guide instruction to ensure your students are successful. Please try to not make appointments on testing dates.
Our remote learning day is January 15th. There will be no live instruction on this day. Students will be responsible for completing their packet of assignments/Schoology work online.
Please review the COVID guidelines in this newsletter in order for all of us to have a safe and healthy spring semester.
Yvette Garcia
IMPORTANT TESTING DATES
Students must bring their fully charged CFISD laptop with charger to campus daily. They will complete their daily work, all assessments and State tests on their computer. This will free up room in their backpack.
Diagnostic Testing
Language Arts/Reading : January 14th
Math : January 19th
Science: January 12th
Social Studies: January 20th
Fine Arts January 11th
- Beginning Theatre Arts (Full Year), 6th Grade Full Year
- Intermediate Theatre Arts
- Advanced Theatre Arts
IMPORTANT ATTENDANCE INFORMATION
- Remote Students:
- Connect direct instruction participation expectations are that students are to be on the screen for live 2-way real time instruction.
- Students MUST log in on time and participate in live instruction each class period with their teacher and classmates.
- No choice. Students will be marked as either Present or Absent.
- There will not be absence reconciliation for remote students.
- Exception would be if the student has contacted teacher with internet issue.
- On Campus Students:
- Face to Face students that are quarantined, isolated, etc. must follow the remote student expectations and must log into and participate in live 2-way real time instruction as stated above.
- Exception is that a student does not have a device. We will contact the parent/student with an alternative until device arrives.
- Exception would be if the student has contacted teacher with internet issue.
COVID GUIDLINES
If someone in the family is experiencing any COVID symptoms, please keep your student(s) home until you know definitively the family member is not COVID positive.
If a student is experiencing ANY of the below symptoms, please keep your student home. To return to school, the student will need to provide either a dr. note clearing the student for return or a negative covid test. Under an abundance of caution, per district policy, any absence due to any of the symptoms below will need to follow this protocol.
• Feeling feverish or a measured temperature greater than or equal to 100.00F
• Loss of taste or smell
• Cough
• Difficulty breathing
• Shortness of breath
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Chills
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Shaking or exaggerated shivering
• Significant muscle pain or ache
• Diarrhea
• Nausea or vomiting
If someone in your household is COVID positive, the whole family must quarantine for 14 days.
- Please submit information to healthservices@cfisd.net
Remember, if a student is sent home to quarantine due to exposure, please keep them at home and away from others for 14 days. They can not participate in or attend extracurricular activities that could expose others.
Find Your Bus!
IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE
Your child's safety and the safety of our staff is important to us.
Please do not stop on Addicks Satsuma to drop off your child.It is dangerous for your child and others not expecting you to stop. You also are slowing traffic flow for the car riders.
Thank you.
Reminders
At this time we are not receiving visitors or accepting lunch or item deliveries for students.
4 YEAR PLAN--8th GRADE
Video Presentation:
https://www.loom.com/share/908788985e9f42fcbd5e0064acf62fb5
The Red Book
https://www.cfisd.net/download_file/view/31375/1524
CTE Videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxR_ftN8RCZIuwIQvNk5-rA?app=desktop
Google Form for Questions