Good Morning Golden Eagle family!<\/p>\n
We are only a few short days away from beginning this school year! The first day for teachers was on Tuesday and we spent the day together getting ready to make the launch of the 2020 school year as seamless as possible for everyone at Pacific Crest. Everyone is so excited and our Golden Eagle team can’t wait to meet all of you and get started Learning, Caring, and Inspiring each day.<\/p>\n
For those of you who don’t know, I try to consolidate all the information I can for families into one notification each week in order to limit the e-mails that you receive. This week will be an exception to this rule. Because there are events and information that will unfold throughout the week, you will receive more communication in the days to come than a typical week at PCMS. This allows us to send the most up-to-date information with specific support directions. Below there are a number of things you should be aware of as well as information you will expect to come later this week.<\/p>\n
Getting Ready with Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n This year in all grades 6-12, students and families will become familiar with a platform called Canvas. Just like anything new, it will take some getting used to. Our teachers are designing ways to support our students as they learn about navigation and there are several parent supports as well. Please check out this\u00a0Canvas Information Letter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to help you and your student be as familiar as possible with the program going into our new year.<\/p>\n Getting an iPad (students new to BLP Schools)<\/strong><\/p>\n All new students to Bend-La Pine Schools will be issued an iPad. Please refer to the\u00a0New Student iPad Pick-Up Letter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n ALL STUDENT Acceptable Use and iPad Insurance<\/strong><\/p>\n All parents and their students must complete the four steps outlined in the\u00a0Acceptable Use and Insurance letter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by September 18, 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n New Students<\/strong><\/p>\n We are looking forward to meeting\u00a0all of our new 6th grade Golden Eagles on WEB day from 9-10:30<\/strong>.\u00a0All new 7th and 8th grade students will also have orientation from 11-12:30 on Friday.\u00a0<\/strong>Please meet in Liza Huet’s webex room at your respective times to start the fun!\u00a0https:\/\/bls.webex.com\/meet\/liza.huet<\/a><\/p>\n Student Schedules<\/strong><\/p>\n Student schedules will go live on Wednesday of this week. Students can access them via Student VUE and parents via Parent VUE. The work of creating a master schedule for 700 students with 7 different classes and varying constraints is highly complex. This is even more challenging considering the few elective options for students in this age group. For this reason, it is common that students do not end up with their first choice electives but rather alternates and making changes to schedules is very difficult. We will NOT be accepting changes for students based on preferences (teacher, friend groups, etc). However, if you believe that there is a glaring error (i.e. they are missing Language Arts, or they are in Advanced Orchestra but have never seen a stringed instrument) please contact your student’s counselor to ask for a change consideration. Andrew Krauthoefer is the counselor for students with last names A-K and Sarah Girard is the counselor for students with last names L-Z.<\/p>\n Advisory and IEP\/504 supports<\/strong><\/p>\n This year you and your student will develop a relationship with your student’s Advisory teacher. To get this connection started, you can plan to hear from this person near the end of next week. They will be asking some general questions and this is also a time to express any specific needs that your family may have that our school can support through our Family liaisons or other supports. This person will be connecting with you frequently throughout the year in an effort to provide a consistent support for you and your student.<\/p>\n Students with an IEP or a 504 will be contacted this week as well by case managers to help create a solid transition for your child.<\/p>\n As I said, more will continue to come out this week. Thank you for your support and please continue to reach out if you have questions.<\/p>\n Go Golden Eagles!<\/p>\n Lisa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good Morning Golden Eagle family! We are only a few short days away from beginning this school year! The first day for teachers was on Tuesday and we spent the day together getting ready to make the launch of the … Continue reading