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This is National School Psychologist Week!<\/strong> Did you show appreciation for your School Psych? Link to org chart<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year’s theme, “Finding Your Path<\/strong>,” reflects the ways that school psychologists help students, families, and school communities set and achieve their goals. Join us by taking this week to chart your course to explore how each person can celebrate the work of school psychologists and learn how school psychologists make a difference every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Kinsey \u2014 Office of Policy and Advocacy<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transgender Awareness Week<\/em><\/strong>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week.  Next week your building will receive a kit with ideas and supplies<\/a> for simple ways to support your transgender students or colleagues.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please connect with your Advocacy ICCL representative (or watch your mailbox) for those kits, and encourage your staff to participate.  <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HS Administrators only: <\/strong>With the new cell phone policy being implemented in January, we know there have been some concerns about students\u2019 access to college applications, FAFSA, and similar platforms that may require authenticator or password retrieval. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After meeting with IT, we confirmed that students in grades 11 and 12 do<\/em> have access to their personal email accounts on their iPads<\/strong>. This means they can retrieve verification codes or reset passwords as needed without relying on their school email or phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students in grades 11 and 12 can access their personal email through\u00a0logging into Safari<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ensures students can continue accessing essential college and financial aid tools while allowing us to uphold the new \u201coff and away, bell to bell\u201d cell phone policy and maintain focus during class time. It might be worth a quick advisory lesson to walk students through accessing their personal email on their iPad before January\u2014especially since they won\u2019t be able to use their phones for password retrieval when they add their personal email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please work with your counselors to support students to access their personal emails prior to the January cell phone implementation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Jessica Houser:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please make sure employees at your site are aware of this important payroll update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the November and December payrolls, all employees will receive a paper paystub (or a live check if not enrolled in direct deposit) mailed directly to their home address on file. Payday remains the last business day of each month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This change ensures every employee can easily access their pay information during school breaks when most staff are off-site or not connected to the district network. From now on, paystubs and paychecks will no longer be routed to school sites for pickup or distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to Know<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n