Bobcat Bulletin
August 28, 2020
This Week's Events
Monday, August 31
Tuesday, September 1
Wednesday, September 2
- Schoology Work Day (virtual or in-person)
Thursday, September 3
- Building Work Day
- PTA provided lunch 11:30 - Individual lunch boxes from Centre Street Grill
- Flipgrid Video Due - 3:30 pm
Friday, September 4
- Schedule sent to parents with zoom links sent through Schoology - by 4:00 pm
Next Week's Events
Monday, September 7
- Labor Day - No School
Tuesday, September 8
- First Day of School
Wednesday, September 9
- K-2 Open Houses (See schedule Below)
Thursday, September 10
- 3 - 4 Open Houses (See schedule Below)
Friday, September 11
- Patriot Day
Looking Ahead
Wednesday, September 16
- Curriculum night video must be sent to families by 7:00 pm
- Virtual PTA meeting - 6:30 pm
Class Lists
Beth emailed your class lists today. Students in each of your classrooms will receive their placement via the MiStar Parent Portal, which will be viewable in the Parent Portal after 4:00 PM on Wednesday, September 2nd. Please DO NOT communicate with your families until these placements go live on the 2nd. You can send communication to your families anytime after 4:00 PM on Wednesday.
Flipgrid Welcome Back Video
Just like last year, I want to send out a welcome back from our staff via Flipgrid. Please upload a brief introductory video no later than, Thursday, September 3 at 3:30 pm.
Professional Development
- Optional AM K-3 F&P PD Monday - (Location of your choice)
- Optional PM 4-5 F&P PD Monday - (Location of your choice)
- District PD Tuesday AM - (Location of your choice)
- Building PD Tuesday PM - (Location of your choice)
- Elementary PD Tuesday PM - (Location of your choice - Password ELEMPD)
- Schoology PD Wednesday- (Location of your choice)
- Building Work Day Thursday - Amerman
Here is a copy of the PD agenda sent out by the district which includes the expected outcomes for Wednesday's Schoology workday.
Return to work guide
Virtual Open House Dates and Time
This year we will be hosting a virtual open house the first week of school. Please plan on hosting a 30 minute zoom where you can give them an overview for the school-year. You may also want to include some basic Schoology information as well. This is a time to get parents and students excited about the year ahead. You will be zooming from your classrooms, however, please feel free to go home in-between the work day and your zoom time.
Wednesday, September 9
- Kindergarten - 6:00 pm
- First Grade - 6:30 pm
- Second Grade - 7:00 pm
Thursday, September 10
- Third Grade - 6:00 pm
- Fourth Grade and Combination Classes - 6:30 pm
- Fifth Grade - 7:00 pm
Asynchronous Curriculum Night
You will also create a "Curriculum Night" presentation that families can watch on their own time. You will include grade level curriculum information and some advanced schoology. Additionally, in-person teachers should include procedures for returning to the classroom.
These need to go out on Thursday, September 16th, no later than 7:00 pm.
Schoology
Students - Check out Schoology
Please take a few minutes with your child to review this student video that provides a basic overview of Schoology, instructions for accessing and using Schoology, a video tutorial specific to NPS on getting started with Schoology and other important information to get students acquainted with the platform.
Parents - Check out Schoology
A video introduction to how NPS will use Schoology is available online. Parents can test out the platform by logging into Schoology using the following sign in credentials:
username: npsparent
Password: student1
Select Northville High School in the “School Code” dropdown
Great News! We have been able to identify Schoology Implementation Coaches who will be providing support, training, and resources for NPS teachers this year. Ken Turner and Jen Lawson will be your Schoology Coaches this year and they will be ready to help you learn, troubleshoot, build content, and much more. Ken and Jen are both NPS teachers who are teaching their own courses this year in Schoology, but also stepping up to provide this additional layer of support. If you would like to contact them, you can reach them at turnerke@northvilleschools.org or lawsonje@northvilleschools.org. Thank you for reading with comprehension this far. If you read this please email me the word zoom by noon on Monday and you will be entered into a drawing to win a prize at lunch on Thursday. A wealth of training videos and documents have already been created and this will be shared with all staff prior to the September 2nd PD day.
Random Useless Facts
40 percent of Americans suffer from shyness.
- 99 percent of Americans own a television.
- 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Less than 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
- 65 percent of your body is water.
- 90 percent of a tree is made of air with the rest being made up of minerals from the soil.
- 2.2 percent of American households do not have complete plumbing facilities.
- 66 percent of Americans have hemorrhoids.
- 12 percent of an eggs weight is its shell.
Happy Birthday
September 11 - Tim McMaster
- September 12 - David Wayne
- September 15 - Christine Parnin