On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, students will have a total of two and a half hours a day of face time instruction in the morning (Advisory, plus two other subject matter periods). They will also have two more hours of "asynchronous/off screen instruction" time when they will have check ins or be assigned work to complete by their instructor for those subject matter periods to be credited for attendance. During this time, I believe teachers will make themselves available to support students needing help with those assignments (1:1) or they will be working with students in small groups that need additional support. The assigned work will generally have a due date/time that informs the instructor whether or not they should mark the student engaged/present for the day. Should a student be unable to complete an assignment they should email their instructor and that will count as engaged/present as well as they are essentially reaching out to teachers for help with assignments as they should be available via email. Should a student be marked absent for not turning in work or engaging, in theory, the teacher is supposed to go back and change the absence to engaged if the student complete the work or becomes engaged. This is a new process and one that does not seem sustainable for teachers (constant corrections around attendance)...this is the last thing they need to deal with on top of everything else. Again, please bear with us and simply have your child email their teacher if they are marked absent for missing an asynchronous assignment due date/time and the teacher should correct the matter.

Based upon the language in the recently agreed upon MOU between the OUSD/OEA, it has now been determined that Wednesdays (Starting 8/26), they will go to all of their class period for a 15 minute check in with teachers before moving to their next class. This is a change from our initial thoughts that each period on Wednesday would be 30 minutes each. suppose teachers will do a quick review or clean up around any issues from previous days lessons.

While I know there are some who may take issue with the schedule in terms of how much time their child is spending in class and have concerns round how they are being prepared for the next level, the reality is we know this is far from perfect. However, despite what color the county is on the state's opening spectrum, we are living during a pandemic and things are not going to be normal so we have tried to accommodate both students first and then teachers as well while following state educational guidelines. I do know that the 9th grade team of teachers and staff that I work with will most definitely do their best to prepare your child regardless as we recognize the importance of this transition year to HS and value the work that we do with your children. Please be patient with us as this is a learning experience for all. The new Grade Reporting Calendar can be found below as well.

Respectfully,

Martel Price

Assistant Principal/9th grade pathway

Oakland Technical High School

During the virtual party we played a trivia game related to Oakland Tech History and staffing. The top ten winners in each party were awarded digital gift cards for a vendor of their choice from Amazon. Here they are!:

JANUS HOUSE TOP TEN!

1)Tristan West

2) Ruby Donaldson

3) Alyssa Danner

4) Berit Wimmer

5) Elena Erasquin

6) Reba Gamson-Knight

7) Jessica Waltzer

8) Kamayah Riley

9) Zamiel Atenga

10) Mia Fassi-Fihri

SOL HOUSE WINNERS

1) Lucas Meynell
2) Hattie Bradshaw
3) Beatrice Kizziah
4) Buteina Cherkaoui
5) Summer Hedrick
6) Finnegan Doherty

7) Samantha Shayne

8) Stacey Chen

9) Ruth Belayneh
10) Unidentified-played under an unknown alias even though we specifically asked students not to so we could identify winners.

NEPTUNE HOUSE WINNERS

1) Harrison Liang

2) Jessica Pan

3) Inderjit Fuentes Cifuentes

4) Christopher Rodriguez

5) Beatrice Drekmeier

6) Mekilet Gebregiorgis

7) Kya Tobias Clarke

8) Thomas Bautts Day

9) Lilah Young

10) Duaa Musaleh

What did you like best about your Virtual House Party?

Elena Erausquin - "Kahoot!"

Ming Li - "The speed that stuff was explained."

Reba Gamson-Knight -"I liked that we could meet new people even though we are doing distance learning"

Sarah Turley- "The kahoot and break out rooms

Will Klatt-Breed-"The MCing by Mr. Price."

Patrick Ho- "Talking to other people.

Maritza Padilla-"Mr Price's jokes!"

Alyssa Danner- "The Kahoot was fun!"

Ian Staley-"The kahoot game!"

Buteina Cherkaoui- "Something I liked best was the Kahoot game! i enjoyed it a lot! I got 6th place :)"

Jason Jones- "That we played games"

Jimmy Mendoza- "It was cool to see everybody!"

Lucas Meynell- "Kahoot"

Evaline Flamer "the Kahoot!"

Jamill Shelby-"Meeting new teachers and resources.

Addison Liang- "I liked the enthusiasm and interactions during the party!"

Daisy Fountaine- "The teachers made it personal by talking to individual students."

Elias Benitez- "That I got know about other people a little more."

Rafael Cortez "[it was] chill and got to talk to people."

Huan Bao- "the chat"

Corrie Anderson-"We were able too talk as much as we wanted."

Damisi Chambers-Wright- "The vibe"

Liam Irwin- "It was interesting"

Jacob Yim- "The Quiz"

John Reinhart- "Being able to see and talk to some of my new classmates."

Samina Elias "It was fun! it wasn't just a bunch of talking and explanations."

Cesar Carmona- "Everyone was hyped"

Charlene Li- "That I got to talk to other people in this house and I got to make friends."

Kentavis Jackson-"The activities we did."

Ben Garcia-"I liked the breakout rooms."

Dagoberto Cuevas- "It was fun!"

Scarlett Nolan - "The breakout rooms"

Christopher Rodriguez- "The enthusiasm the teachers brought"

Lucas Morrish-"All the teachers were on"

Thomas Worthington- "Breakout rooms"

Lucas Wagner- "I saw some familiar faces."

Henry Eckert - "Seeing my friends and teachers."

Kennedy O'Neil- "The breakout rooms!

Ratia Naggayi- "How free everyone was, and how entertaining the chat was."

Meklit Gebregiorgis- "The game"

Abdullah Musleh- "It was fun and the games were amazing"

Moana Levenfeld- "I liked the break out rooms, it made it easier to get to know people better.

Talia Brady "The game"

Lilah Young- "There were a lot of people"

Jordan Woods- "Arguing about Xbox and PS4"

Sesan Tesfazion "I liked everything about the Virtual House Party."

Shana Yu- "I liked the breakout room because there was less people and people showed their pets. There were also people from my middle school."

Tiana Grace- "The game that we did."

Amba Beattie- "Taking the Quizizz."

Aditi Macaraeg-Nathanson- "I liked the quiz even though i did kinda bad."

Elena Erausquin-- "Ms. Langston and Will helped my break out room less awkward."

SarahTurley-- "Mr. Price for hosting!"

William Klatt- Breed--"Alyssa Danner and Mrs.Langston"

Maritza Padilla-Torres--"My twin sister for always being their for me and never leaving me behind."

Alyssa Danner-- "Will Klatt-Breed"

Ian Staley--"The teachers."

Buteina Cherkaoui--"I appreciate Ms.Nord we had a fun conversation during the breakroom!"

Jamill Shelby--"I want to shout out to my friend Daisy for being at Tech for me."

Addison Liang--"I like to thank the teachers and admin for setting this up and making the first party exciting and fun!"

Elias Benitez--"Shout out to the top 10 people who got on the leaderboard on Kahoot because the questions were difficult."

Rafael Cortez--"Ms. Nord."

Damisi Chambers-Wright--"My boy Israel L!"

Benjamin Garcia--"All the teachers/co-hosts/host there."

Scarlett Nolan--"Mr. Price, he is a really cool teacher :)"

Christopher Rodriguez--"Mr.Bautista!"

Lucas Morrish--"Tamar, she led the breakout room well"

Lucas Wagner--"The staff and administration for putting this together!"

Henry Eckert--"Wally T."

Kennedy O'Neil--"All the teachers for being so energetic and setting this up :) also Dr. Cunningham for being so helpful with my schedule."

Ratia Nagayi--"I appreciate everyone for making it fun."

Abdullah Musleh--"Ms.Donaldson for giving me the link. Mr Price for making it funny."

Moana Levenfeld--"I appreciate the 10th graders who came, it was really nice of them to talk to us. "

Lilah Young--"The teachers and organizers"

Jordan Woods--"Myself"- (I appreciate you Jordan for coming!!--Mr. Price)

Sesan Tesfazion--"All the teachers because they were really funny and made the whole thing very fun."

Shana Yu--"I appreciate the teachers and the other staff right now."

Amba Beattie--"All the teachers and people who made it possible."

Aditi Macaraeg Nathanson--"All the teachers for making it fun ;)."

JANUS HOUSE:

• Dr. Augustine-Biology
• Mr. Walker-Algebra 1,
• Mr. Barrett-English/Calif. Studies
• Mr. Fraters-English/Calif. Studies

NEPTUNE HOUSE :

• Ms. Langill-Algebra 1
• Ms. Donaldson-Biology
• Mr. Okeke-English/Calif. Studies
• Mr. Bautista-English/Calif. Studies

SOL HOUSE:

• Ms.Vaughn-English/Calif. Studies
• Ms. Nord-English/Calif. Studies
• Ms. Schneider-Algebra 1
• Ms. Hare-Biology

• Pick up is available on Monday from 2 PM-4PM.
• Enter through the 45th Street gate located between the Main Building and the Girl's Gym. If it is drive up/drive by, volunteers will meet you outside; If no volunteers are present you will have to drive in and park. Please wear a mask and observe social distancing protocols. If there is someone in the textbook room please wait outside in the hallway or outside the building doors (depends on air quality)

Still need Technology???

• Chromebooks and/or hotspots can still be picked up.
• We have one more scheduled day Monday August 31st from 1 PM- 3 PM.
• Please email philip.williams@ousd.org to set up and appointment and to get instructions for pickup.

http://undivided.techexchange.org

We need to hear from everyone!

Ms. Davis, Physical Education instructor: "I love how distance learning has challenged everyone to give a lot more effort from everyone involved as students, parents, teachers, staff, and administration"

Ms. Nord, English/CA Studies (SOL HOUSE): "The Sol House Party on Thursday was great fun!"

Ms. Schneider, Algebra 1 (SOL HOUSE): "It was fun to learn about students through their venn diagrams this week. Next week we will be representing situations using variables!"

Mr. Bautista (NEPTUNE HOUSE): "Students are sharing their own personal stories in class. It's really great to see students jumping right in and relating their personal experiences to the material."

Mrs. Langston (Counselor A-Lew): "Students and parents were extremely understanding about class balancing! Thank you!"

Ms. Schneider (SOL HOUSE): "Monday/Tuesday we planned pizza parties as a way to introduce modeling and variables. First period made sure to account for plenty of disinfectant, masks and other PPE in their models!"

Ms.Vaughn (SOL HOUSE): "Students started reading American Born Chinese!"

Ms. Nord: Add to the Sol House 20-21 Padlet if you missed the party! (It's on my Google Classroom stream)

Ms. Schneider: The Act of Kindness Homework is was due last weekend. All students should have a class notebook by now.

Mr. Bautista: We're starting American Born Chinese soon! It's one of my favorite graphic novels (digital copy provided on Google Classroom for those who were not able to get it at textbook pickup).

Mrs. Langston: Counselors are no longer accepting class change requests, if a student would like to change a class they must get administrative approval.

Ms.Schneider: I assign three classwork assignments a week for students to complete during off-camera time. They are due at 11:59 PM the same day that I see them for Zoom.

Ms. Vaughn: Submit a Sol House T-Shirt design by September 4th!

Ms. Nord- "Tia Moll for representing Sol House colors Thursday! Wyatte Ezakovich for always having his camera on (and others who do this too)! Jonas Ackerman for always joining Zoom early! Ruth Belayneh, Mona Medina-Safir, and Essence Brown for fabulous self-portraits in Advisory. Joseph Keys, Minh Tran, and Remy Caballero for great questions in Advisory. All our students for making it through 2 weeks of distance high school!"

Ms.Schneider- "I would like to recognize Zef Hopkins for being an amazing chat moderator! I would also like to shout out my advisory for being a lot of fun!

Mrs. Langston- Shout out to all the students recently added to Tech for being so patient about their schedules. Especially, Camila Leiva Ferrera for being proactive, communicative and understanding about her schedule!

Ms. Schneider- Shout out to my advisory for being a really fun group. You all bring a smile to my face which is not easy early in the morning!

Mr. Price- Chandler Mullins, Desi Evans, Jack Carson, Aviana Becerra, Claire Hoeffel and Abdullah Musleh for having their cameras on or being willing to share their voice in class. In general I would like to recognize all of Mr. Okeke's students for being patient during the absence of their teacher.

Mr. Price--All of the 9th grade students, parents, and teachers/staff members for demonstrating a high level of resilience and pushing through despite the difficult times (tech issues, social isolation, teachers learning how to teach using new mediums/platforms, lack of communication/the unknown, etc). Lets make the best of it y'all! That's all I want for the students!

Ms. Hare-- "We got near perfect attendance this week. But when students aren't their they are missed. Please reach out if their is anything keeping your student from attending class so that we can help you fix it."

Ms. Davis-- "Make parents add their emails to their child's google classrooms so they can receive automatic summaries of their child's performance with turning in assignments."

Ms. Schneider--"Thank you for all the support you have [demonstrated] getting students linked up to their Google Classrooms and Zoom meetings in a crazy time! I know parents are putting in a lot of work and it certainly shows!"

Mr. Price--"Please make sure your students are signing into their Aeries Student Portals to access here: https://student.ousd.org/LoginParent.aspx

Most if not all of their ZOOM and Google Meets class links require OUSD authentication).

Their login info follows this format generally:

s_firstname.lastname@ousd.org

Their password generally is their student ID #

with two leading zeroes: 00#####------

Email: martel.price@ousd.org
Website: oaklandtech.com
Location: 4351 Broadway, Oakland, CA, USA
Phone: (510)- 450-5400