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Mark your calendar:

• September 2: Picture Day and course material pickup for virtual classroom students

• September 3: First Day for F2F 7th Graders (only)

• September 4: First Day for F2F 8th Graders (only)

• September 7: Labor Day - No School

• September 8: First Day ALL Students

• September 14: F2F Picture Day

Dear Parents and Guardians:

Thank you for your patience! Our team has been hard at work re-creating schedules for all our students - both Virtual and Face to Face classrooms.

Students will be able to view their schedules on Blackboard on August 29th.

Please use the following steps to access schedules:

STUDENT ACCESS:

1. The student should log on to his/her Blackboard account at https://bb.sycamoreschools.org/

2. Navigate to and click on the my eBackpack tab (SEE IMAGE BELOW)

3. There you will find the schedule PDF.
4. Open and print and/or download to your device.

1. Go to www.sycamoreschools.org.

2. Click on Parent Portal

3. Log into Blackboard/Parent Portal there or go directly to: https://bb.sycamoreschools.org/

4. Select your student

5. Click on My eBackpack (see image below)

6. FInd the PDF of your child’s schedule
   

7. Open and print and download the schedule to your device.

COUNSELOR AVAILABILITY

Counselors will be participating in professional development on Monday, August 31, and may be unavailable. If you have questions, you may email your child’s counselor, but we do appreciate your patience in allowing them time to get back to you.

Our Counselors are:

Last Name A-K: Ben Brenner brennerb@sycamoreschools.org

Last Name L-Z: Kristen Suter suterk@sycamoreschools.org

All Virtual Classroom Students: Rachel Morris morrisra@sycamoreschools.org

COURSE AVAILABILITY

With the offering of both Virtual and Face to Face classrooms, our intention all along was to try to offer as many elective courses as possible in a schedule that would allow each student to be enrolled in his or her first choice elective. However, the complexity of some student enrollment profiles meant that some requests could not be honored. In these cases, students may have been enrolled in an alternative elective or in a study hall. Virtual classroom students will see “Screen Break” in their schedules. Students may use this time as a study hall, screen break or movement time.

News Crew: Unfortunately, due to low demand by students enrolled in the virtual classroom, a virtual version of SJH News Crew will not be offered.

In addition, select subjects/teachers require additional items. Please consult the TEACHER SPECIFIC SUPPLY LIST for these items.

The Ohio Department of Health requires all students prior to entering the 7th grade to have (1) dose of MCV4 (meningococcal) and a Tdap (Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis) booster.

Immunization documents can be brought to schedule pickup, dropped off, or mailed to the JH, emailed to the JH Nurse Amy Bonham at jhimmunization@sycamoreschools.org or faxed to (513) 792-6192. If immunization records were previously given to EH Greene another copy will not need to be sent.

Questions regarding immunizations may be directed to the school nurse, Amy Bonham at bonhama@sycamoreschools.org.

September 2: Virtual Classroom Students

Sept 14: Face to Face Classroom Students

October 6: Retake Day

Virtual Families: We look forward to seeing you on September 2nd for Picture Day and Item Pick Up.

September 2nd, 2020: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Where: Sycamore Junior High New Gym

Who: Students with last name A through L: 8:00 - 11:00

Who: Students with last name M through Z: 11:00 - 2:00

Procedure: Students will arrive during their assigned window. Parents, please park your vehicle on the east side of the building - closest to Interstate 71. Students, and students ONLY, will come into the gymnasium and get their picture taken. Students will enter door number 13 - which is to the left of the black gate - and have their temperature taken upon entry. Please arrive ready to go for your picture. Once students have taken their picture, there will be tables with materials for them to pick up. Materials will be sorted by teacher and by grade (when possible) so please have your schedule with you, so you know what to pick up. Parents, please wait in your vehicle for your student as we cannot allow any parents into the building. Once students are finished with their picture and have located their materials, they will exit door number 14 which is at the far end of the building.

Students with the following teachers will have items to pick up:

Abbas-Lee

Bendgen

Brewer

Callahan

Dean

Dworkin

Farkas

Farroh

George

Hamilton

Harper

Hunt

Janik-Landgraf

Lamb

Laudemann

Loewenstine

Rutledge

Sheehy

Sheldt

Stein

Stubblebine

Teets

Toerpe

Wolfe

Wolfford

Zhang

Questions: If there are any questions regarding this, please feel free to contact building administration.

Thursday, September 3rd: Item Pick Up Makeup

If you are unable to make it on September 2nd, you may pick up items on September 3rd anytime from 4:00-6:30 in the New Gym. There will be no pictures taken on this date. Item pick up procedures are the same as the above, with the exception of the time frame based on last name. Come when you can.

Tuesday, October 6th

Picture Retake Day-At Sycamore Junior High- More information will be forthcoming.

If your child cannot participate in picture day, they may have a picture uploaded to the yearbook. Please email a photo go SpeelmanM@sycamoreschools.org.

If you have any questions regarding these procedures, please contact Molly Bernosky, SJH Assistant Principal, at BernoskyM@sycamoreschools.org.

Sycamore Junior High looks forward to welcoming 7th and 8th-grade Aviators back into the school building for the 2020-2021 school year. For 7th graders, the building and staff will be brand new! For our 8th graders, the building will look familiar, but expectations may be different. In order to keep everyone as healthy and safe as possible, we have instituted new procedures, routines, and behavioral expectations.

Previewing uncertain or new situations may help decrease anxiety or concern while promoting expected and safe behavior. We at Sycamore Junior High would like to share some images of what students may expect when they arrive for Face-to-Face learning.

This presentation is not exhaustive of every new routine or procedure. Please utilize these slides in conjunction with other information from the Smore communication.

Please take a minute at your convenience to watch this with your student: PRESENTATION

We also want to discourage students from bringing valuable items to school, including iPods or other expensive Bluetooth earbuds. While every student will need headphones or earbuds for class we ask that you only send basic ones for your student to use during the school day.

Even if your student rides the bus, there may be occasions when you need to pick up your child at the conclusion of school. These tags and the new process will help ensure a safe pickup.

Please see the PDF below for the procedure information. If you do not receive the letter and tags in the mail by next week, please contact the JH.

• General Supply List
  
• Bell Schedule
  
• Healthy Back to School Family FAQ
  
• Special Education, Gifted, ESOL FAQ
  
• Final Forms
• Parent Portal
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You should have received a message from our District regarding Chromebooks. Highlights include:

1. Students in VC will need a Sycamore Schools issued Chromebook for testing purposes.

2. Families must register to receive a device for handout on Aug 31 and Sept 1

3. The 1-4 grades must bring back their device from April and get a different device due to operating system compatibility.