SLHS Parent Coffee Class of 2021
Agenda ● Academics and Grading ● Belongings Retrieval Looking Forward ●
Goals for Distance Learning Fairfax County Public Schools remains committed to creating learning environments that foster creative thinking, a culture of caring, and personal connections. Through our Distance Learning Plan, FCPS will provide students with diverse learning experiences that prepare them for academic success as teachers creatively challenge and inspire their students with engaging and meaningful learning activities. Students are strongly encouraged to stay engaged- teachers have made efforts to identify key skills and knowledge in planning the lessons through the end of the year. https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/FCPS%20Distance%20Learning%20Plan.pdf
Daily Schedule for Remainder of the Year
Remainder of year for underclassmen ● Week of May 4 - Blend of Review, Practice, and New Learning ● Week of May 11 - Blend of Review, Practice, and New Learning Week of May 18 - Blend of Review, Practice, and New Learning ● Week of May 25 - Blend of Review, Practice, and New Learning ● ● Week of June 1 - Review and Culminating Activities ● Week of June 8 - Review and Culminating Activities Last Day of Classes: Underclassmen: June 12th (Seniors : May 28th ) ●
How to best support your child Everyone learns best in different ways. This way of learning is new for everyone. Consider helping your child try different strategies until they find what works best. Remind them to be kind to themselves and others as we all learn and grow! Families can help guide students through learning activities by suggesting your child use the following strategies: ● Use your home language to help you understand and process your ideas. Connect to what you already know to help you learn something new. ● ● Make a schedule for your day. What will you work on and when? Check it off as you finish! Set a timer for focused work time. Increase the minutes when you feel you can do more. ● ● Break long tasks into smaller parts. Complete one part at a time. Schedule brain breaks and physical exercise into your day. ● ● How do you learn best? Use your strengths, be creative, and have fun learning!
Grading Third quarter grades are available on Saturday at 9:00 am through ● StudentVue and ParentVue ● Final Grade is highest of the following: Avg. of Quarters 1, 2, 3 (Rolling Gradebook - Just 3rd Q) ○ ○ 1st Semester Grade Avg. plus 1 grade distribution increase from 4th quarter work ○ ● 4th Quarter in ParentVue ○ See assignments and grade of “Proficient”, “Attempted”, or “Not Attempted” ○ Work is designed to teach material, minimize gaps and can only positively impact grade ● Already heard from some students “I am happy with my grade, I am not going to do the work.”
Driver’s Education Students in Driver Ed Q4 will be taking the course online. Our Q4 teacher has communicated directly with her students. Partners for Safe Teen Driving(PSTD) Night --4th quarter Drivers Education students will have the opportunity to attend sessions with their teacher over the next few weeks. Please look for information about the sessions. Any student who is not currently in Drivers Education and has not attended PSTD will have an opportunity to take it sometime this Summer through ACE. FCPS will also offer sessions but that schedule has not been finalized. Pink Cards -- DEC cards cannot be issued while buildings are closed. If this changes at some point, it will be communicated.
MYP Certificates Update The FCPS MYP Certificates will be awarded in September 2020 rather than June 2020. The MYP coordinator will send a letter to Sophomores indicating that they are eligible to earn the certificate. Students have until August 24 to complete service learning activities. Reflections are due to coordinators no later than September 11, 2020.
Student Retrieval of Belongings The county is working in conjunction with the Health Dept on a process. Personal belonging pick up will likely not be happening before the end of May. Belonging pickup and return of school items (textbooks, laptops, etc.) are part of the same conversation and more information will be provided when we have it.
Senior Info: Caps and Gowns The county is working in conjunction with the Health Dept on a process to both collect and distribute items. It is likely going to be in early June. Senior fees are being monitored - stay tuned to whether there might be a refund for those who have already paid as expense are recalculated. Students who have not yet paid should expect to pay some amount of a senior fee.
Senior Info: Final Transcripts Final transcripts are sent via results of Senior Survey. The Survey should be completed by May 14th. Instructions and link to the survey can be found here: https://sites.google.com/view/slhs-2020-senior-surveys/home
SAT/ACT Information - While not in the purview of FCPS, there are many questions about it and we know it affects our students - Monitor information at the College Board website (SAT) and the ACT Website - Tests cannot be held in schools as long as schools are closed - June 6th SAT is canceled at SLHS - Please check the college websites that students are interested in, some schools are waiving the testing requirement for this reason
Graduation FCPS Leadership consults regularly with the Health Dept & the Governor’s office. The email asks for input on the following options: ● Face-to-Face Graduation ● Virtual Celebration ● Individual Graduate Photo Recognition Opportunity Please note that there are lots of awesome ideas out there. For consistency across the Class of 2020, FCPS will determine what events will take place for graduation / celebrations. Schools are not authorized at this time to host individual experiences.
Summer School Online summer classes (new credit) will go on as planned this summer through the online campus as originally planned. The dates are on the FCPS website and registration information can be found here: https://www.fcps.edu/academics/summer-learning/online-programs There will need to be some modifications made for in-person components to the summer courses. Credit recovery and skill booster options are under discussion. Any offerings are expected to be online in July. There is no registration possible at this time.
More places to find information ● FCPS Covid -19 Site ( https://www.fcps.edu/news/coronavirus-update ) ● SLHS Website (https://southlakeshs.fcps.edu/ ) SLHS Athletics (https://southlakesathletics.net/ ) ● ● Follow twitter for more frequent updates, student highlights…. @southlakeshs FCPS College & Career Planning ●
What’s To Come Next School Year : May 11th School Board meeting - the agenda ● is focused on proposals for the summer and next school year. Fall Sports: No decision on fall sports has been made at this ● point. Please check southlakesathletics.net for updates. Many coaches are posting workout suggestions on Twitter. ○
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