This Is How We Lakeview
December Edition
Welcome to December!
Well we have made it to December and are well into the start of Trimester 2. Look for some information coming from teachers about make up/late work as they are trying to keep students up to date and not working on assignments from 4 weeks ago. If your student is absent, remember that they have 1 day for every day they were out to make up the work.
We are trying to celebrate some positives with our students and recognize them for all their hard work. One of the ideas that the staff came up with is the iReady Incentive Cart which we rolled out this week (see picture below). Each week, the E/I class with the highest average of iReady lessons passed gets a visit from the cart. We are also rewarding the top 3 students per team as well so ask your student how they are doing with their lessons this week. If you would like to donate something to the iReady Incentive Cart (box of fruit snacks, individual bags of chips, oatmeal creme pies, etc), you can send it in with your student or drop it by the main office.
Rachael Hanagan
Principal
Canned food drive
New Horizons - Suicide Prevention Program
Pickerington Schools are again partnering with New Horizons Mental Health Services to provide the SOS: Signs of Suicide Prevention Program to Lakeview students. Please see the attached letter for more information about the presentations, including information about the depression screening tool used by New Horizons.
The next presentation will take place in all of Mrs. Collins' 7th grade Science classes on Monday, December 7th (Cohort A) and Thursday, December 10th (Cohort B).
Feel free to contact Mr. Max or Mrs. Geiger if you have any questions about this program.
MVP - Making wise choices, Valuing our Role, Planning for the Future
If you would like to find out more about the MVP group for your student please contact your School Counselor (7th grade - Ryan Max; ryan_max@plsd.us | 8th grade - Sarah Geiger; sarah_geiger@plsd.us)
ROX - Ruling Our Experiences
If you would like to find out more about the ROX group for your student please contact your School Counselor (7th grade - Ryan Max; ryan_max@plsd.us | 8th grade - Sarah Geiger; sarah_geiger@plsd.us)
Important Change to Calamity Day Procedures
Information on Calamity Days has been updated to the district website: https://www.pickerington.k12.oh.us/calamity-days/.
Calamity days are not school closure days as they have been in the past. Calamity Days have been converted to virtual learning days. You will note that students are still required to attend school virtually from home on Calamity days.
All students need to log in for attendance through Infinite Campus on the Calamity day. Note that Infinite Campus may be slightly delayed for a student who would be “in person” on the calamity day.
Students will be able obtain assignments via Google Classroom in grades 5-12 starting at 10:00 AM. Specifics about the assignments, due dates and logistics will be sent out by the buildings and classroom teachers.
Virtual work will be issued for students who were scheduled to attend in-person classes (example it is Tuesday and Cohort A should have attended in person); however, students in the other cohort should already have direction on what work needs completed as they are already scheduled for a virtual day.
Want to donate to Holiday Help?
Trimester 2 VLA Art Items Ready for Pick up
Explaining the Unfill vs. Staff Absentee Rates on the COVID-19 Dashboards
We’ve had a few questions come in about the staff absentee rate as listed on the COVID-19 Dashboards. Below is a detailed explanation, using the numbers on our current Dashboards:
For Monday, November 30, 2020, we have a total of 35.5 total absences for teachers, parapros and duty aides where we do not have a sub.
We have 34.5 absences for teachers, parapros and duty aides that are filled with a sub.
We have 23.5 absences where no sub is required.
This is a total of 93.5 absences across the district for teachers, parapros and duty aides.
There are 863 total teachers, parapros and duty aides in our district. Our absentee rate is nowhere near 42% — it is only about 10.8%; this is calculated as (93.5 / 863) x 100 = 10.8%.
We are clarifying the Dashboards to show that the UNFILL RATE is not the same as the absentee rate — we believe that people are indeed misreading the unfill rate as the absence rate.
P.R.I.D.E Special Edition Holiday Newsletter
The P.R.I.D.E committee would like to present our first Special Edition Holiday Newsletter to end the 2020 off right. We would not have been able to make this happen without the help of our amazing committee, teachers, and parents in our community. Thank you to everyone who reached out to us with your wonderful ideas!
The PRIDE committee will continue to provide a newsletter every quarter and its contents will align with events and activities that are going on in our community and our world. For the Holiday Edition, we did not include a PLSD spotlight but will make sure to include a Staff and Student spotlight when school resumes in January. Once again, please continue to reach out to our PRIDE committee to provide suggestions or topics you would like to have featured in the newsletter.
We hope you enjoy this edition and have a wonderful holiday season!
Safely Celebrate the Holiday Season from the Ohio Department of Health
The Community Corner
Upcoming Change Chat
eVoLV (Every Voice of Lakeview)
Updates from the Family Feedback Form
- One question was brought up regarding the way teachers load assignments into Infinite Campus and how those assignments appear to students and families. Teachers have been encouraged to post assignments in Infinite Campus as soon as they are assigned, even before they are due, so they show up under the “Today” tab so students have an idea of when the work is due. Some teachers/departments use the “Missing” mark as another reminder to students that they have an assignment to complete. While all work for the week is due until Sunday 11:59 pm, work is still assigned throughout the week, and students are encouraged to complete Monday’s work on Monday, for example. If a student has not completed Monday’s work by Tuesday, you may notice it marked as “Missing” to remind the student that they still need to complete it. Regardless, as long as the work is completed by the Sunday deadline, the grade will not be impacted.
The Lakeview Family Feedback Form
Technology Help for December
Sign up for Meals on Virtual Days
Breakfast and lunch are free for ALL students on their virtual days!
Virtual Learning Academy link - https://forms.gle/GDUD99SzVPxeKmG66
Cohort A link https://forms.gle/M3tMsDDnUdk12PWq8
Cohort B link https://forms.gle/51mAnzb5Mqbjs9Xv7