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Weekly Newsletter (Oct 28- Nov 3, 2020)
Parent Notification
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Integrity- Wear mixed up clothes
Thursday, October 29, 2020 Caring -Wear Jersey
Friday, October 30, 2020 - Leadership - Wear PJ'S
Friday, October 30, 2020 - 1st Quarter Award Ceremony
Sunday, November 1, 2020 - National Family Literacy Day
STRONGER TOGETHER, LEARNING TOGETHER!
From the first day we opened our schools, we always placed a great emphasis on character
education in our schools. Our core ethical values at SST Sugar Land were chosen all together.
We would like to build our community all together!
We built OuRCIRL together which represents the followings:
R: Responsibility: We will to do what we are expected to do and we will accept the
consequences of our actions
C: Caring: We will feel and we will show concern for something and we will always put an extra effort for this!
I: Integrity: We will do the right thing no matter what!
R: Respectfulness: We will interact with others in a way that shows we care about their
well-being and how they feel! We will be respectful to all creatures.
L: Leadership: We will try our hardest to help others and participate in helping our community.
We are going to build this loving and caring learning community together by sticking our core
ethical core values.
We will be highlighting our core ethical values daily!
Responsibility : Monday
Caring : Tuesday
Integrity : Wednesday
Respectfulness : Thursday
Leadership : Friday
Red Ribbon Week
We encourage you to take a photo of your favorite drug-free activities and post on social media with #sstsugarland
I hope all of you and your students will
wear mixed up clothes on Wednesday,
wear Jersey on Thursday,
wear PJ's on Friday.
Red Ribbon Week is a week dedicated to making mindful choices about how we treat others, and how we treat ourselves. Our theme for this week is: Respect Yourself. Respect Others. Respect is thinking and acting in a way that shows others you care about their feelings and their well-being.
So, while all of us may be very different from one another, I think we all share one similarity: we want to be respected. However, to earn respect from others, you must show respect. What We want all students to think about next is how can students show respect for others…even when they may be different from us. I look forward to hearing more about what you all think! Teachers, be sure to you and your students ( or parents) post to social media with #SSTSUGARLAND next week.
We hope to get everyone’s post pictures and some words with #SSTSUGARLAND to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter by the end of the next week!
Because at SST SUGAR LAND, we respect ourselves and we respect others!
Award ceremony -Friday, October 30, 2020.
Award ceremony information- Please join us at our virtual award ceremony which will occur on Friday, October 30, 2020. TIme and zoom links will be shared by our homeroom teachers.
National Family Literacy Day
Sunday, November 1, 2020
HOW TO OBSERVE #FamilyLiteracyDay #sstsugarland
Celebrated across America, this day focuses on special activities and events that showcase the importance of family literacy programs. Attend a program or activity at a school or library near you. Get together with family and read a book together. Other ways to celebrate National Family Literacy Day include:
Visiting the library and getting a library card.
Creating a reading nook in your home.
Starting a tradition of reading time at home.
Explore new genres with your children. Sometimes a different topic is all it takes to get children excited about reading.
Have a spelling bee night.
Play Scrabble or other word games.
You can also share your favorite ways to encourage reading in your family. While you’re celebrating, be sure to use #FamilyLiteracyDay #sstsugarland and to post on social media.
#CreateForUNICEF
SST Sugar Land highly recommend our students' participation
Please encourage your students and friends to participate in this event series
Good evening.
We hope all is well with you.
We hope we support UNICEF's good cause below.
Students may participate in the challenge when they have spare time. It is fun and joyful. They may use one of their current posters.
We highly support and recommend our students' participation in these activities for representing them and our school SST-Sugar Land.
"We hope you submit your 'ARTivism' into the #CreateForUNICEF and #SSTSUGARLAND initiative.
To participate, simply post on any social media (see more examples under the hashtag on Instagram, Facebook , and Twitter)
and add #CreateForUNICEF and #sstsugarland
as well as a message about your submission in the caption. We welcome all types of submissions from all ages and all skill types,
so please feel free to post and tag any creative expression you come up with!
If you are posting on Facebook, please be sure to set your post to ‘Public’ so we can find it and add it to our collection of posts.
Please encourage your students and friends to participate in this event series and in #CreateForUNICEF as well! "
#CreateForUNICEF
When: Virtually Now-Nov 1, 2020Where: Social Media
Live Event & Competition Awards: Nov 19th, 4.30pm
Please review SST-Sugar Land arrival and dismissal procedures
Students should not be dropped of unattended before 7:30 AM. They should be waiting in their cars or outside on the porch with an adult present. This policy is for the safety of all students and staff. Please do not park in the staff parking lot and escort your student across the lane of traffic, this poses a danger to those driving as well as crossing on foot. Please park in the lot closest to the side entrance and escort your student to the covered porch. Thank you for your cooperation in helping to keep all students safe!
Transfer of Student from Online to On-Site Learning
Dear Parents/Guardians:
SST wants to provide flexibility for parents and students to transfer from online to on-site learning. The process is now in place for the transfer. Only those parents who wish to make the transfer from online to onsite
learning need to take action by following this process:
SST Transfer of Student from Online to On-Site Learning
1. Parents who want to transfer their students from online to in-person
education must submit a request to the campus through Skyward during
the first two weeks of the month. Parents login to Skyward Family Access
and click on Student Transfer.
2. Please note that this is only for the parents who want to make a change
from online to onsite.
3. The student will then begin attending on-site learning on the first Monday
of the following month.
4. For example, parents can request for their child to be transferred to the in-
person education between October 1 and October 15. The first day of in-
person education will then be the first Monday of November (November 2).
The exceptions are Tuesday, January 5 and April 6. All dates are provided
below.
5. After the deadline to submit transfer requests has passed, parents may
contact the school administration to determine if there is any availability
based on the class size. If there is no availability, parents need to wait for
the next on-site education window.
6. TEMPORARY TRANSFER from onsite to online learning: At any time,
parents can transfer students from on-site to online learning for short
periods of time. The transfer can be for a single day and up to two weeks.
Parents are required to notify the dean of academics (For PK thru 2nd:Ms. Davis :cdavis@ssttx.org. For 3rd thru 8th: Ms. Ahmad:gahmad@ssttx.org) by sending an email with a copy to the child’s homeroom teacher. The request must be in writing through an email for documentation. The child then can return to onsite
learning without any additional action.
7. LONG TERM TRANSFER from onsite to online learning: If parents wish to
transfer a child from on-site to online learning for more than two weeks,
they will follow the same directions as outlined above. This can occur at
any time. The request must be in writing through an email for
documentation. If the parent then decides to request a return to on-site
learning from online, they must request the transfer through Skyward as
outlined above.
*Parents with multiple SST students need to complete the process for each
individual child.
November:
Submit Request: November 1-15
First Day of Class: December 7
December
Submit Request: December 1-15
First Day of Class: Tuesday, January 5
January:
Submit Request: January 1-15
First Day of Class: February 1
February:
Submit Request: February 1-15
First Day of Class: March 1
March:
Submit Request: March 1-15
First Day of Class: Tuesday, April 6
April:
Submit Request: April 1-15
First Day of Class: May 3
Parents/ Guardians, Please fill out Survey by going into your skyward account!
Dear Parents/Guardians,
We would like to offer the best service for your child.
We are a Title 1 school. Title 1 school means we receive federal funding dollars to supplement the schools existing programs. These dollars will be used to improve your child’s academic achievement.
To receiving federal services we would need to collect and report data from SST-Sugar Land parents.
Please go to Skyward Account and fulfill the Student residency survey.
Estimados padres / tutores:
Nos gustaría ofrecer el mejor servicio para su hijo.
Somos una escuela de Título 1. Escuela de Título 1 significa que recibimos fondos federales para complementar los programas existentes de la escuela. Estos dólares se utilizarán para mejorar el rendimiento académico de su hijo.
Para recibir servicios federales, tendríamos que recopilar e informar datos de los padres de SST-Sugar Land.
Por favor complete la encuesta de residencia estudiantil.
Clever, Schoology, Edgenuity, or Skyward.
Please reach out to the homeroom teachers if you are having any issues with the following access
Dear Parents of 3rd-8th, our virtual school has begun and we want to thank you for supporting us through this journey. Please reach out to the homeroom teachers if you are having any issues with the following access:
Clever, Schoology, Edgenuity, or Skyward. Grades will start going into grade books starting this week, please remind students to do their exit tickets for each subject daily. Our small group timings are set into the students' schedule per day, teachers will be contacting you to let you know which subject they are to report to at what time. It is important that students attend these small group instruction times to avoid gaps in their learning.
Dear parents/guardians,
Schoology is our main learning management system, please go to Schoology for the zoom schedules and the small group information.
Thank you again and we will have a fantastic year!!!!
Submitting an exit ticket
Exit tickets are due daily
Daily Engagement / Attendance
When a Student Present? Student is present when He/she;
1) Attends live lessons or office hours with their teacher.
2) Submitting an exit ticket > Due daily
3) Submitting an assignment > Due date specified by the teacher
4) Progressing in the learning management system
WHAT CAN I FIND IN THE PARENT PORTAL?
The Parent Portal is located on our website at https://sugarland.sstschools.org/ under Parents/Quick Links. We will update this folder, please bookmark this folder to your web browser and check the folder from time to time.
- ACADEMIC CALENDAR
- BELL SCHEDULE
- SUPPLY LIST
- STUDENT HANDBOOK
- Teacher's Zoom Schedule
- AND MORE!
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUGARLAND
Email: INFO.SSTSUGARLAND@SSTTX.ORG
Website: https://sugarland.sstschools.org/
Location: 10007 Clodine Road, Richmond, TX, USA
Phone: 281-277-7923
SST Sugar Land's 5-Pillars
We are respectful
We are prepared
We are involved
We follow directions!
We make wise choices!
SST Sugar Land's Core Ethical Values
Caring
Integrity
Respectfulness
Leadership