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Appreciation
APPRECIATION
ap·pre·ci·a·tion
/əˌprēSHēˈāSH(ə)n/
noun
recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone or something.
Thank you, teachers and staff for all your support of the Big Idea Fair! The STEAM projects were spectacular and were displayed beautifully! Everyone could tell that a lot of work and learning went into each of the projects for each grade level. Students were so proud of their accomplishment and those students present talked proudly about what they had accomplished when explaining projects to parents and guests. What a great experience!
In the Know...
- Daylight Saving Time begins over the weekend. Set your clocks forward 1 hour on Saturday night before going to bed. Spring is almost here!!!!!
- MISA begins for 5th graders on Monday, March 11th-March 14th. Please keep noise to a minimal when moving students through the hallways. Intercom use will be minimal. Thank you!
- Phishing Alert - Information Technology has noticed a recent rise in suspicious emails being sent to employees within our network and wanted to remind everyone of some tips to help keep our school system secure and your personal information safe.
If you receive any suspicious emails, please forward them to spam@smcps.org so that the IT department can investigate immediately. More information can found at the Phishing Email Guidelines page - Early Warning Indicators in Unify - For a description and explanation of how to access Early Warning Indicators in Unify and what they mean go to the SMCPS Unify Support Site. These indicators can be used to identify at-promise students.
- Planning on Retiring? The Board of Education has approved the offering of an early announcement of retirement incentive. Deadline for application is March 29, 2019.
- Updates to Unify/Performance Matters:
-Unify is once again called “Performance Matters”. The site has been updated to reflect the name, as well as the new PowerSchool branding and logo. video
-A new response option was added in Online Scoring for “Did Not Answer”. If a student skips a question, selecting this response will score that question as incorrect. video
-A new test setting option is available to allow for larger bubbles on scan sheets. video
-A few minor updates will enhance usability within the site. video - Remember for Performance Matters recommended assessments you must first assign the test to students to make it available in Online Scoring. Locate the test in Test Center, then from the ‘Select’ menu select Release: Online/Paper Based to open the dialog box to select students. Then you must choose the class(es) or student(s) and select Preslugged Sheets. You can then either save or cancel the download of sheets. Click here for more information.