EDMS Staff Summer News
July 6th, 2020
#ToroFamily
I hope everyone had a wonderful, albeit, unique 4th of July. This is probably one of the most unique summers we will ever have and we still have about a month left. Please really be sure to take some time to rest, unplug and not think about work. I don't know about you but it has been hard to escape the "noise" sometimes but I hope you are all finding some quiet time to yourselves. In that vein, this will be a short MM. If you haven't already volunteered and you would like to, please sign up for one of our EDMS ReOpening Teams here. We will be scheduling times to meet virtually starting next week to talk through plans specific to our site. Have a great week!
Updates for the Week...
MDUSD Updates
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.
Additionally, the board also announced a Superintendent Finalist, Dr. Adam Clark. We want to welcome Dr. Clark to MDUSD and we are looking forward to meeting him and hearing from him.
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. The only issue I know that came up was that on the Single Sign On Page, you needed to change your login from .net to .org. I would be more than happy to do a Gmail or Calendar or Drive tutorial with anyone over Zoom or Google Meet if needed, just let me know.
Staffchat
We will not be holding a Staffchat this week. If you need anything let me know by email or text.
Yearbooks
We are hopeful that Yearbooks should be coming in this week. Once we have them we will schedule a day for distribution. If you are around and able to help let us 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...
EOY/BOY
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