MONDAY MORNING MUSTANG
May 18 - May 22, 2020
Join us for a Staff Meeting this Friday
Here is a rough agenda for our staff meeting on Friday:
- Classified Employee of the Year
- Division Teachers of the Year
- Mustangs of the Year
- Golden Mustangs
- Honor our Retirees
- May 28 Gameplan
- Closing out the School Year
Mustang Schedule This Week:
MONDAY - May 18
English Block: 9:00 - 10:30 am
Social Science Block: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Elective Block: 1:00 - 2:30 pm
TUESDAY - May 19
Math Block: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Science Block: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
PE/Performing Arts/Athletics/CTE/ROP/Directed Studies Block: 1:00 - 2:30 pm
WEDNESDAY - May 20
Social Science Block: 9:00 - 10:30 am
English Block: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Elective Block: 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Kevin Wendland Tech Q & A: 2:30 - 3:30 pm (Must be a part of WHS Staff Google Classroom to access)
THURSDAY -May 21
Science Block: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Math Block: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
PE/Performing Arts/Athletics/CTE/ROP/Directed Studies Block: 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Last Day of Instruction for Seniors
FRIDAY - May 22
- Virtual Staff Meeting: 8:00 am - 9:00 am
- Office Hours / Tutorial: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Department Collaboration: 1:00 - 2:30 pm
- Kevin Wendland Tech Q&A: 2:00 - 3:00 pm (Must be a part of WHS Staff Google Classroom to access)
- Grades due for Seniors
IMPORTANT INFO
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WEEK!
Classified employees perform essential work, but it is often behind the scenes. To all of our custodians, front office staff, instructional aides, EL aides and security we truly appreciate all that you do and all your hard work! THANK YOU CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES!
Important Dates as we Wrap up the Semster
- May 21 - last day of instruction for Senuors
- May 22 - Grades due for Seniors
- May 22 - Staff Meeting @ 8 am
- May 28 - Last day of School
- May 28 - Virtual Graduation Ceremony and Parade
- June 4 - Grades due by 3 pm
FINALS WEEK ... STAY THE PATH
The results are in!
- 63.5% (73) Stay with the same Distance Learning Schedule
- 36.5% (42) Modified Finals Schedule
We will stay on track with our current distance learning schedule for the week of May 25th! Please plan accordingly and remember, students will not work on Memorial Day, so plan accordingly.
Textbook Returns for Seniors
On May 22nd, 26th and 27th, Walnut High School will strategically allow seniors to return to campus to vacate lockers, turn in textbooks, pay any outstanding balances, pick up medication, return Chromebooks, and pick up cap and gowns.
Senior student accounts must be cleared to ensure there is no delay issuing diplomas and final transcripts. Please check your “Parent Portal” under “Fees and Fines” to see any outstanding balance. All textbook fees must be reconciled by cash, check, or money order.
Seniors may only arrive during their designated block times as shown in the schedule.
Please review the chart below for your assigned day and time. Specific stations for textbooks, medication, Chromebooks, and cap and gowns will be located in the cafeteria lunch table area. Anything left in the lockers on Thursday, May 28th will be discarded or donated.
Security and staff will be on campus to supervise and enforce strict social distancing protocols.
All visitors are required to wear a face mask/covering to enter campus. Gloves are not required, but are encouraged. Only one person per senior will be allowed on campus. Please do not come to campus if you are sick or have any symptoms.
EQ in your PJs
Jeanette Koh shared an SEL webinar hosted by SEL4CA- Maslows Before Zoom- and the guest speaker, Keeth Matheny, presented about his free resource EQ in your PJs. She said it was a great session and wanted to share it with our staff!
Join the Walnut High School Google Classroom
The Google classroom code to join is: c3jgixn. A video below is to show you how to join a class.
The Google Classroom is set up to help you in the following:
Q&A: We created discussion posts on different topics under "Stream" where you can ask questions during the week and the staff can help answer questions for you. The topics are the following:
- Google Classroom
- Google Meet
- Google Chat
- General Question
- Share Out - Cool Things You are Doing or Ideas
Staff Resources: Kevin linked staff resources and tutorial videos under "Classwork" for anything you may need to help with distance learning.
Weekly Assignment: We will have a staff challenge every week under "Classwork" to post and have fun. It will even show you what it looks like as a student submitting an assignment.
DISTANCE LEARNING GUIDELINES
Below is the attachment describing our Distance Learning Guidelines. Some key points include:
- Provide a weekly student learning plan that may include learning objectives, assignments, lessons, activities, enrichment, resources, etc.
- At a minimum, teachers connect with their classroom and/or individual students 2-3 times weekly via email, Google Classroom, etc.
- Communicate with and provide timely feedback to students, as appropriate.
- At a minimum, reply to parent and/or student emails within 2 business days.
- Recommended that staff remove out of the office auto-replies beginning April 20
KEVIN WENDLAND TECH Q & A: WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY
Department Support Crew
WENDLAND TECH UPDATES
Phase 2 Announcements
Just a couple announcements as we get ready to roll into Phase 2:
- aeries.wvusd.org is live. I sent directions this morning on how to access it, here is a screenshot of the directions
- The district flipped a switch that took away the students' ability to make a Google Meet.
- This means they can't go into the room without you starting it first. So you can just use the code generated by Google Classroom for your Meet room. Post the link before the Meeting or just tell them the time to be there. The link stays live for about 1-2 minutes after everyone has left. I tested it multiple times and it was usually right around a minute and change. I made a video showing the changes, HERE.
- If you signed up for Screencastify using the promo code, access has now been extended until May 31st.
- We also have Pro account status for EdPuzzle. Use this link to activate it, HERE. EdPuzzle is a site that allows you to post videos and embed questions during the videos. There is more information about EdPuzzle on the Distance Learning Site. Thanks to Sara Bilton for getting the school registered!
Thanks again for all your hard work. Once again the Distance Resource Site is HERE. If you have any questions, message me on Google Chat.
Distance Learning Resource Site
Kevin went ahead and put together a quick resource site for you to look at during this time before we fully transition to distance learning.
The page is broken down into some categories:
- Video/Screencasting
- Online Assessments
- Interactive Lessons
- Google Classroom
- Other sites to use
Try not to be overwhelmed during this time. Take a few minutes, read a description and then watch a few videos. When we have the Q&As next week, you can ask questions about some of the things you saw. We are still working on a webinar schedule as well that will focus on each of the topics. We'll get through this together!
Distance Learning Resource Site - HERE.
Once again, I recommend using Google Chat for messaging teams during this time instead of email or texting. It is through your Google account and can be accessed online or through an app on your phone. Information for Google Chat is HERE.
MUSTANG MARVELS
mar·vel
noun
a wonderful or astonishing person or thing.
Shoutout to our Mustangs going above and beyond!
So Hee Tan & Steadfast Magazine
Lisa Lopez & our Choir Kids
Katie Takahashi and Corey Wicks - Virtual Pomp & Circumstance
Shoutout to Mr. Clean ... I mean Corey Wicks!!
MUSTANG MAY BIRTHDAYS
5/1 Maisha Shepherd
5/2 Sara Bilton
5/2 Olivia Madrid
5/8 Andrew Chavez
5/10 Chris Belcher
5/11 Duy Tran
5/13 Aaron Cornell
5/13 Winnie Lee
5/17 Don Lindsay
5/18 Monique Estrada
5/19 Candice Marsano
5/20 Michael Moore
5/25 Jessie Chen
5/26 Tamar Landin
5/27 Michael Yamashiro
5/29 Nelson Chen
5/31 Saul Huerta
5/31 Maureen Lacey-Pope
A WORTHY READ
A lot of Accountability Has Been Taken Away but Teachers Continue to Go Above and Beyond
About Us
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Phone: (909) 594-1333
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