As of today, schools are closed until April 28th. We are not attempting to recreate school remotely. School and learning just look differently right now. Essential staff will be working beginning March 30. The best way to contact us is through email.
Please reach out to me via email or cell phone (541.598.5993) if I can be of service and support to you during these uncertain times. Internet access for you at home is an example of something I’d like to support with if this is a need for you.
CALL FORWARDING Below is a link that will lead you through the steps on connecting your work phone to your cell phone. Since the Call Forwarding feature requires that a physical button be pushed on your classroom/office phone, email Paul and he will do this for you. Include in the email the phone number you want your HDMS phone to transfer to. There are privacy supports in the link below if you want to call students and families but not have your home/mobile number appear on the other device. https://blogs.bend.k12.or.us/instructionaltechnology/phone-text/
Below is the info that will be sent out bilingually this weekend to families.
- In order to pick up student materials the follow process will occur only on Wednesday April 1st. Parents will drive up. While parents are waiting in their car they will call the school and give their students name. Staff will search for students locker number, go and collect all belongings in the locker, place in a plastic bag, label and deliver to the vestibule. Musical instruments will be available for pick up at the back Band room door, only at specific times. Orchestra instruments from 9-11am, Band instruments from 12-2pm. Families will wait in their car and staff will bring out the plastic bags from lockers labeled with student name for kids to then come and retrieve the bag from the vestibule. Parents should allow 10 mins for this process to happen.
If staff need to come to the building to gather supplies etc, you can, we just ask that you respect social distancing, 6 feet apart. This will support our custodial staff continue to sterilize and clean our building. The fewer people that come through our doors, the cleaner/safer we will all be.
All staff report to work Monday, March 30 – remotely. (I will send out a WebEx invite for these content team meetings. click here for the entire schedule)
March 30th and 31st are remote staff work days to prepare two weeks of online learning for their students that will begin on April 1st. Here is a link for district direction on this. Here is another.
- Read this link to hear from our district with some F A Qs
- Read this link to hear about our expectations moving forward
- Here is a link for district Continuation Learning Plan.
- Here is a link for Remote Learning Tools.
- Our tech support person is Christie McCormick. Please reach out to her via email with any and all techy questions or concerns.
- During this time, her responsibility will be to support classroom teachers in the creation of content, the delivery of remote instruction, and the communication with students and families. From this point on each coach will view themself as an instructional coach who supports teachers across a variety of topics.
- Quarter 4 will start as we had originally planned. Friday April 10
- Starting April 1st, our focus will be providing learning opportunities to our students, expectations follow:
- Communicate a learning plan to students and families
- Hold regular virtual office hours (Webex, Google classroom, email) to answer questions and provide instruction or feedback.
- Monitor who is participating in remote learning; reach out to and try to engage students who are not participating. (If after repeated attempts to engage them, students still aren’t accessing the learning, please send me their names and I will work on home visits, etc. to support them getting the access they may need)
- HDMS block schedule: Keeping in mind that students will be receiving numerous remote learning opportunities. We do not want to overwhelm or discourage students from engaging in these learning opportunities. HDMS will be working on a “block schedule”. (hot link above)
AVAILABLE FREE RESOURCES BELOW:
Reading Stories, Book 1: 92 high-interest stories with comprehension questions originally published by Educators Publishing Service, now open source marshallmemo.com/articles/Reading%201.pdf
Reading Stories, Book 2: 94 high-interest stories with comprehension question, originally published by Educators Publishing Service, now open source marshallmemo.com/articles/Reading%202.pdf
English: 36 Cumulative Units in Grammar, Writing Skills, and Word Analysis, Book A, originally published by Educators Publishing Service, now open source marshallmemo.com/articles/English%20Book%20A.pdf
English: 36 Cumulative Units in Grammar, Writing Skills, and Word Analysis, Book B, originally published by Educators Publishing Service, now open source marshallmemo.com/articles/English%20Book%20B.pdf
Math: 35 Cumulative Units in Concepts and Skills, Book A, originally published by Educators Publishing Service, now open source marshallmemo.com/articles/Math%20Book%20A.pdf
Math: 35 Cumulative Units in Concepts and Skills, Book B, originally published by Educators Publishing Service, now open source marshallmemo.com/articles/Math%20Book%20B.pdf
math resource
Teacher guides to the English and Math workbooks are available at www.marshallmemo.com
The Story of Life, from the Big Bang to You: Written for middle- and high-school students (with illustrations by Ingrid Johnson), this is a comprehensive history of the origins of the solar system, the Earth, and life on Earth (originally published by Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, the updated 2019 edition is open source) bit.ly/38ZI6ov
ELL links and resources:
WebEx Information
The district is working to offer ‘live’ tutorials as staff are reporting back to work next week. As soon as I have details on time and days I will update this information. We ask all staff to practice setting up a Webex meeting. (Watch this video) in preparation for HDMS content team online meetings on March 30th.
When you want to schedule a meeting:
WebEx quick start guide:
Virtual Learning/Teaching Live + Recorded Classes:
Transition to Virtual Learning/Teaching Resources: