Remote Online Instruction April 22
Rolland-Warner 6/7 Campus
Principal's Message
All students will return to Remote Online Instruction tomorrow, Thursday, April 22 through Wednesday, May 5.
What does this Mean?
In short, this means that teachers will push content into their Google Classrooms DAILY. Teachers will also host Zoom meetings on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday according to the below schedule.
What do I need to do?
Student:
- Access your Teacher's Google Classrooms. Click on the Classwork Tab. The missing work or to do tabs do not always include all the materials you will need to fully understand the concepts and your work!
- Set a schedule to have the work complete for the Zooms if necessary.
- Keep up on your work. There are only a few short weeks left in the school year including testing. That leaves little time to get caught up at school upon return.
- Be sure to completely fill out and answer any work prior to hitting submit or turn in.
- Use the instruction the teacher provided, along with other resources such as .edu or .org sites. Don't be afraid to search out answers.
- Respond to your mentor teacher in an appropriate, thoughtful, and timely manner.
- Contact your teachers if you have any questions!
Parent:
- Have your student show you their Google Classrooms.
- Help them to set a schedule to be successful. We find consistency and structure are paramount. Set a work time for students and expectations for the amount of work to be completed (daily).
- A quiet work area away from distractors is a luxury with multiple students in the house but also sets the tone for work, rather than other items.
Have your student open and show you Google Classroom. Each classroom is similar but can be set up differently with possible instruction in the Stream and assignments in Classwork.
Ask your student about their weekly responses to their mentor teachers.
Finally, call or email the teachers. They are there to assist!
Check PowerSchool to ensure work is being completed and graded.
Ask your student to have work completed upon your return home and after checking if complete, then let them submit. Some students just hit submit without completing the assignment and then it appears to be turned in when you check as a parent.
- Please see below if Internet is an issue at your house.
We understand the difficulty transitioning to an online learning environment and the stress this puts on families, including many of our own children. Remember the teachers are there to help, please reach out. Their goal is to ensure that students are successful and learning content.
Students currently in quarantine will continue to work in Google Classroom and now have access to Zooms as well.
Family Life Class for our 7th graders will occur upon our return to Face-to-Face instruction on May 6th.
Finally, the office hours for RW are adjusted to 7am- 4pm during the Remote Online Instruction period. Contact the office should you need assistance with Google Classroom Codes or Zoom links at 810 538-2334.
Wyatt
RW MSTEP Updated Letter and Dates
Due to our recent COVID-19 related online period, we are moving our M-STEP testing dates. This means that any bus letters that zero-hour students may have received have inaccurate dates, however, the times of pick-up are accurate for the new dates. New bus letters will not be mailed. The pick-up times for all other traditional schedule students are simply 4 hours later than typical pick-up on your half days.
Virtual Students' dates and times DID NOT change.
Please see below for updated dates for Face-to-Face students and the Updated RW Parent M-STEP Letter for more information.
RW Mentors/Attendance
This check-in may occur via Google Classroom, telephone, email, Remind, etc., and gives the student an opportunity to request assistance in not only the teachers' classroom but in all classes. The Mentor Teacher is listed in PowerSchool on your student's schedule. Utilize the document at the end for contact information.
The Mentor Teacher will be contacting parents of their students if they see them falling behind, however, with the short time frame of this Remote Online Instruction period, the best measure is to be proactive with your students on turning in items.
Remember as in the fall attendance is taken during the Zoom, however, it is not taken into consideration in the grade. Obviously attending the Zoom increases the student's chance to be successful but truly completing the assignments is what is graded.
RW Supporting Students W/O Internet
We have the following systems:
- Teachers are updating Google Classroom daily, however, one can come to the building parking lot and download the assignments to their device over the weekend. They may leave the tab open, complete the assignment over the week to then return to the building and "submit" the assignment and download the next week's assignments. This only requires ONE trip to the building once per week at your convenience.
- Students may come to the building starting Thursday, April 20. We are going to follow the below schedule, which allows for parents to drop students off to sit in the cafe with their own technology or district borrowed technology (recommended so they can download the lessons). Students may sign up for multiple blocks per week, but must call back each week to sign-up. Students must leave with parent after each block to allow for disinfecting of the spaces. Students must abide by all student handbook expectations and wear a mask at all times or will negate the ability to attend these sections. All sign-ups will go through our Dean of Students, Mr. Kent Meister, and can be reached at (810) 538-2334.
Online Remote Learning Student Schedule
Please note Zero Hour is for PLTW students, whether their first hour is PLTW, SpringBoard, or Social Studies.
RW Teacher Contact Information
RW Sports Update
Spring Sports will continue as scheduled during the remote learning period. Contests start next week (Week of Apr. 26th).
COVID-19 Testing
Per the latest MDHHS Order, all current student athletes must be tested for COVID-19 weekly using a rapid test. All 6th/7th Spring Sports student athletes will be tested this week at Rolland-Warner beginning at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 22nd. Please plan to have your student athlete at the Athletic Events Entrance by no later than 2:45 p.m. Once testing has been completed, student athletes may remain in the RW Cafeteria until practice starts.
Communication regarding future testing dates (Week of Apr. 26th and beyond) will come from the individual coach(es) of your respective sport. Please contact your coach(es) if you have any questions.
Coaches Contact Information Girls Track – Ken Baginski – kbaginski@lapeerschools.org Boys Track – Kevin Moses – kevinmoses@lapeerschools.org Softball – Andy Wadsworth – sanwadsworth@charter.net / 810.358.1435 Baseball – Jac Faith – jacfaith@icloud.com
Other Important Spring Sports Information
April Newsletter Athletics Update https://lapeerlightning.com/2021/04/08/6th-7th-grade-spring-sports-update/
Spring Sports Parent Meeting Presentation/Slideshow https://lapeerlightning.com/2021/04/08/middle-school-spring-sports-2021-parent-meeting-presentation/
If You Are a Quarantined Spring Sports Student Athlete https://lapeerlightning.com/2021/04/15/6th-7th-quarantined-spring-sports-student-athletes/
As always, please stay tuned to www.lapeerlightning.com and our Rolland Warner Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RollandWarnerMiddleSchool for Spring Sports updates.
GO LIGHTNING!!!!
Washington DC Fundraiser Update
Change of Date: Little Ceasars Pizza kit fundraisers will be due on Friday, May 7th by lunch.
Orders will arrive the week of May 24th, however, we will not know the exact day of that week until May 14th. Once we know the exact date of delivery, that information will be communicated.
LCS Food Service Update
Visit LCS Food Service page for more information.
Rolland-Warner 6/7 Campus
Wyatt Stevens, Principal
Rich Cross, Associate Principal/Athletics
Kent Meister, Dean of Students
Renee Shrontz, Head Secretary
Email: rshrontz@lapeerschools.org
Website: rw.lapeerschools.org
Location: 3145 West Genesee Street, Lapeer, MI, USA
Phone: (810) 538-2334
Facebook: https://facebook.com/RollandWarnerMiddleSchool