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Help us reward your students:

At McCord, we try to catch our students when they are behaving extra kind or when they are working extra hard at academics and reward them for that. We are looking for small items that can be used as incentives for students on Reward Days or for Paw Prints. Please consider donating small items that can be used as rewards. Donations can be turned in to the office.

Examples of prizes: rubber ducks, pencils, candy (jolly ranchers, lollipops - no peanut butter.)

Digital Citizenship entails the responsible and ethical use of technology, equipping students to navigate the digital world safely, fluently, and ethically while being purposeful, resilient, curious, and kind participants in a digital environment.

Digital Fluency: The ability to discover, evaluate, communicate, and use information through digital technologies effectively, ethically, and efficiently.

Digital Safety: Making safe, ethical, and responsible decisions when using digital technologies.

Digital Balance and Wellness: The importance of maintaining a healthy relationship with digital technologies in the classroom and personal life.

Digital Equity and Inclusion: Affording access and addressing barriers to digital technologies, giving opportunities to all stakeholders to participate fully in the digital world.

Students are growing up in a complex world, and our role as educators is to guide them to explore and engage in their interests while providing strategies to problem-solve and manage their behaviors, emotions, and thinking. Students should engage in authentic learning, producing meaningful work while positively contributing to our community.

From Jeff Collett:

Be sure you receive email from Worthington Schools!

Worthington Schools is planning a change in how our Infinite Campus email is delivered. We plan to make the change before the end of this calendar year.

Prior to the change, all parents of students in Worthington Schools should view the brief parent guide linked below to ensure that emails continue to get delivered to your email inbox.

Parent Guide to Ensure Email is Received

Worthington Ski & Board Club will be having their information meeting at WKHS on Thursday, October 3 at 7:30 in the auditorium. If your son/daughter is interested in this club and you want to find out more information, please plan on attending this meeting. Cost, dates, sign-up procedures, rentals, lessons, etc. will be discussed at the meeting. Ski & Board Club is open to all 6th, 7th and 8th graders.

I have heard about the Worthington Hills Elementary bike bus. I believe I have even seen a video at Convocation. I wanted to find out a little bit more and I always enjoy the opportunity to get on my bike. I decided to join the bike bus this week. When I finished the ride on Wednesday morning, I was incredibly impressed with how organized it is and how many students, parents and neighbors participate. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of what I heard was the largest group of riders.

Schoology is used by Worthington Schools students in grades 6-12. It is an application that provides access to lesson content and assignments for each of their courses.

Check out the Parent Schoology Guide for more information on creating a parent account and logging in which can be found here:

https://www.worthington.k12.oh.us/studentsparents/academic-resources/schoology-guide