EDMS Staff Summer News
July 20th, 2020
#ToroFamily
And another Monday is upon us. Anyone else out there feeling a little like Phil Connors lately? As much as this has not really been a summer break, I am looking forward to getting to work and ready for this upcoming year. We will be getting our ReOpening Teams together this week and I will be sending out a separate email to all of you who volunteered to participate. If you haven't already volunteered and you would like to, please sign up for one of our EDMS ReOpening Teams here.
If you haven't already heard, the board gave the district the OK to go ahead and pursue the Distance Learning model for the start of the year. While they didn't conduct a vote, we are all moving forward with planning for DL starting in August. More and more information will be coming out weekly, if not daily. I would encourage you (if you're not already) to be checking your email at least a couple of times a week to make sure you have the most up to date info.
Updates for the Week...
Staffchat
Our Staffchat this week will be for any and all to participate and we will be breaking out into our ReOpening Teams. We will be meeting a little later than usual on Thursday, 7/23 at 1:30pm. I hope to see you there. Link to the meeting is below.
Yearbooks
Yearbooks arrived last week and we will be distributing them on Thursday, 7.23 8-12. We will be doing this drive thru style just like our materials drop off in June. Please let any students who you are in contact with know about the pickup time.
MDUSD Updates [REPOST]
The district has posted the first draft of our Reopening Plan. I would encourage you the check it out and let me know if you have any thoughts. (I'm sure you will) Also be thinking about how the plan will look specifically for EDMS. More info from the district can be found here on the district website.
Email Migration [REPOST]
We have officially made the move over from Exchange to Gmail. I think mostly everyone has been able to make the switch easily. If you are having difficulties please let me know.
Please don't hesitate to call, text or email as needed if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you all for everything you are doing.
Stay safe, stay well,
Clausen
Learning Together
Challenge of the Week...
EDMS Summer Book Study
Staffchats
Events, Updates, Links, Etc
August 5th: 7th/8th Grade Walkthrough
August 6th: 6th Grade Walkthrough
August 10th: First Teacher Work Day
August 12th: 6th Grade WEB Orientation
August 13th: First Day of School
What we are working on...
Beginning of the Year
Online/Remote Learning Resources
What I'm Reading/Listening to
White Fragility
Color of Law
Switch
Links to Resources
El Dorado Middle School
Chris Clausen
@chrisclausen
@edmstoros
Email: clausenc@mdusd.org
Website: edms.mdusd.org
Location: 1750 West Street, Concord, CA, United States
Phone: 925.682.5700
Twitter: @edmstoros