OCS Online Academy Weekly Update
November 19th, 2021
Thanksgiving Holiday
Orange County Schools will be closed for students from Wednesday, November 24th through Friday, November 26th. We will not take attendance on these three days. Edmentum will not hold live classes the entire week, Monday through Friday! Students are still expected to log in to Calvert or Courseware and work on assignments on Monday and Tuesday.
ACT WorkKeys (some 12th-Grade students)
Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 09:00 AM
Orange Middle School, Orange High School Road, Hillsborough, NC, USA
Attendance!
The past week, we had many students that were absent. It is so important that you log in and complete work each school day! We follow Orange County's traditional calendar. If you do not, it is easy to fall behind and miss important information. In order to be counted present, you MUST log in to Calvert or Courseware and work on assignments every single day. Attending a Zoom lesson is not enough.
Please read the OCS Board Policy on Student Attendance here.
If you have any questions about your attendance, please contact tami.zubler@orange.k12.nc.us
3rd-8th Grade Spelling Bees
This year, we will use the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s online testing platform to hold our grade-level spelling bee for grades 3-8 via an online spelling test the week of December 13th, 2021.
The first step to spelling bee participation for your child is registering for the online testing platform by visiting https://online-test.spellingbee.com. Our school's zip code is 27278. Be sure to select "OCS Online Academy." I encourage you to watch this video tutorial that will walk you through the registration process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ThKRsffiFc
Once you have registered, I will be able to assign the appropriate test to your child and send them study materials. Your child must complete the test between Monday, December 13th, and Friday, December 17th. Tests can be taken on any device with a web browser, including desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge are our preferred browsers. We do not support Safari for desktop or Internet Explorer.
The two students from each grade with the highest scores will move on to compete at the school level. We will hold an elementary school spelling bee for grades 3-5 and a middle school bee for grades 6-8. This year, our school-level competitions will be administered via an online test the week of January 10th, 2022. Our school champions will then move on to represent OCS Online Academy in the next level of the regional spelling bee program, which also may include online tests in lieu of in-person spelling bee events.
Remember, the first step to spelling bee participation is to register at online-test.spellingbee.com. Please register your child at your earliest convenience as I will begin assigning tests to students soon. If you have already registered in the online testing platform for another child, you can log in to your account and add an additional child to that same parent account. There is no need to register a different email address for each child in your household.
Please reach out to Ms. Fournier if you have any questions about our school spelling bee program. I look forward to having your child compete to represent our school!
Upcoming Dates
- Nov. 24-26 - No school for students
- Dec. 1 - ACT WorkKeys
- Dec. 3 - Student Meetings with Ms. Fournier
- Dec. 7 - School Improvement Team Meeting
- Dec. 8 - Online Family Q&A Meetings, 10:00 am and 6:00 pm
- Dec. 10 - Student Meetings with Ms. Fournier
- Dec. 13-16 - Spelling Bee for 3rd-8th Grade Students
- Dec. 13-16 - PreACT for 10th-Grade Students
- Dec. 21- Jan. 2 - Winter Break - No school for students