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Placerita Jr. High School - August 30, 2020
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This Week at Placerita 8.30.20
This Week at Placerita 8/30/20
Good Evening Placerita Families…
Welcome to week four of the school year. We have several items to review this evening.
First, the District has made some very small adjustments to our weekly schedule. The new schedule is shown in the newsletter above. There is also a black and white PDF version just below it so if you would like to print the schedule it is easy to read.
Our Back-to-School evening is this Thursday, September 3 at 7:00 PM. This will be a virtual event with a YouTube premiere on the Placerita TV Channel. The opening will only be a few minutes and then you will be able to go to a page where you can view all your teachers' messages for the evening. If you miss the opening at 7:00 it will be available there for you for several days. On Thursday, during period 2, we are going to have teachers work with students to complete their class information. It is laid out in the order they will move through the Back-to-School Night website that Mr. Kass is creating for us. See the sample below. For our students who may have both Explorers team teachers and a teacher from a different team, we put a section for team name for students to fill out to help parents navigate that on the website. Every student will have an assignment for 2nd period Thursday to complete their schedule and give it to their parents for Thursday evening. Below is a copy of what that form will look like. The Website is currently under construction but will be complete before the premiere on Thursday.
If you got a notice this past week about your student’s immunizations please take a look in Infinite Campus in the health tab and see what is needed. If you have completed them then follow the directions in the letter. If you did not receive a letter then you are all good.
Please take a look below at information about how your students can check out a book from the library as well as the latest information from Miner Morning TV.
Finally, if you are a 7th grade parent and are interested in participating in our School Site Council please click HERE to see the form and enter your information.
That’s it for tonight. Have a good week.
Mr. Turner
SCV Libraries still working for students
Students, parents, and teachers in your school can access FREE resources with a library card, including: live tutoring, test preparation, language classes and more. All of these services can be found on our eLibrary.
Physical library materials are still available through our Curbside Service, Monday-Friday, 10:00am-5:00pm or Saturday 1:00pm-4:00pm. You can also request your materials to be placed in our new Locker system, which can be accessed 24/7!
Furthermore, we can help teachers fulfill reading lists for their classes by purchasing additional copies of required reading material or pulling from our current collection.
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Remote Miner Morning TV Latest Edition
Kid Flix Productions
Kid Flix is Placerita's award winning video production club. Even in the online learning times, we are finding ways to keep Kid Flix going. Kid Flix is responsible for our Remote Miner Morning TV broadcast, our Miner Details Podcast and will enter into a variety of contests. Students will learn how to put a feature story together, edit their productions and produce a newscast.
Our meetings will be held on Monday afternoons on Zoom from 3 pm to 4 pm. Students interested in joining Kid Flix should join our Google Classroom group using the code i6uaemo. Zoom information will be posted there.
Parents, if you want to follow our broadcasts, follow us on YouTube at Placerita TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/placeritakidflix
For more information, email Kid Flix at pltv@hartdistrict.org
Questions about Technology
If you are having any type of tech issues please call the main school line at 661-259-1551 and we will give you a time to come in to work on fixing it.
In order to clarify a few questions that we have regarding attendance and students being present on either Zoom or Google Meet let's discuss a couple things. First, for students to check in to be counted present they should be present on screen for the teacher to see them. Second, they should mute their mic unless class is in a discussion mode, direct questions are being asked or if they are greeting or saying hi to their friends during designated times during class. It is important to remember that participation is a very important part of any learning environment. In some classes like PE, dance, art or music, participation through visual connection is a part of the grade. We would not want anyone’s grade to be lowered for participation or be counted absent because they were not visually participating. Some teachers are having students respond in the chat to show presence in class. Please encourage your students to participate fully so they can get all the credit they need for participation. We understand there are some exceptions and teachers are working with students in those areas already.
Very Important - Library is still lending books! But please read all instructions below for directions and times for pickup.
How to place a hold on a book from Placerita’s Library
2. Click on “Destiny Catalog” in the left menu
3. Click on the green Destiny icon
4. Click “Log in” in the upper right hand corner
- Username: student ID number
- Password: student 6 digit birthday (MMDDYY)
5. Click “Catalog” in the upper left
6. Make sure material type says “Book” in the middle of the screen
7. Search by subject, title, author, genre
8. Click on any blue title to learn more about the book
9. Click “Hold it!” on the right
10. You will see a pop up message that a hold was requested
If you would like to watch a how-to video for placing books on hold, click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbYuma3sne8&feature=youtu.be
You will receive an email from the library telling you when your book is ready. Pickups will occur at the library door on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-3, during Flex Time.
This is what it should look like when you get into Destiny.
This is what you should see from # 9 above.
Important Information from the Counselors
Counseling Corner
Our google classrooms have been set and ready for students to join. Here is the breakdown. These codes below are for students to join our Counseling Classroom. We would like for our students to start adding themselves to this classroom already. We have also started an instagram page for the counseling department. It is "@placeritajhcounseling". This info is also on our counseling webpage. Encourage your students to join the classroom and follow the counselors on instagram. See the codes below.
Information about School Lunches
Mrs. Ludlow shares how to get into Infinite Campus
Click on the link below for a form to request password reset assistance.
Addition to the Placerita Web page
Complete your Textbook contract in the form below. Thank you so much!
If you are in need of a Hot Spot please complete the request below.
Click on links below for information about COVID-19
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Placerita Jr. High School
The William S. Hart Union High School District prohibits unlawful discrimination against and/or harassment of any student on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, immigration status, ancestry, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or sexual orientation at any District site and/or activity.
Email: jturner@hartdistrict.org
Website: www.placeritajuniorhigh.org
Location: 25015 Newhall Avenue, Santa Clarita, CA, USA
Phone: 661-259-1551
Twitter: @placeritajhs