Learning Period #1 Secondary Agenda

We are so excited to start the school year off with you! We hope you had a chance to rest, relax, and enjoy some fun over the past few months. Hopefully, you are feeling rejuvenated and getting geared up for another great school adventure. We can't wait to share with you the great events and learning opportunities we have planned for your student(s) this coming year. From school events, field trips, Learning Launchpads, and clubs, to enrichment opportunities and OSP offerings, you will be given the tools to personalize a fantastic educational plan for your child. Please read through the Secondary Start-Up Guide to become more familiar with the many curriculum options available to your student and our schools policies.

Here are a few things to think about as you prepare for the meeting with your teacher.

Student Check-In

• What is your favorite subject? Least favorite?

• What is your favorite hobby? Sport? Game? Book?

• What did you do over the summer?

• What are your goals for the year?

Parent Check-In

• What does your weekly academic and enrichment schedule look like in your home?

• Who will be giving the majority of the day-to-day instruction to your child/ren?

• What are your child’s/children’s strengths and areas for growth?

• What kind of academic support can I provide for you? Ie: reading, writing or math

We are so excited to partner with you this school year! To ensure we have a productive and successful learning period please review the learning period expectations for the school year.

Learning Period Expectations

1. The Learning Coach and all enrolled students must be present at each Learning Period meeting.

2. Please set aside 1 hour for a single student and 15 minutes for each additional student to meet with your teacher for your Learning Period meeting.

3. Teachers will go over your curriculum progress and grades.

4. RSVP to your Learning Period meeting invitation from the teacher within 48 hours.

5. After 2 attempts to schedule the Learning Period meeting, the teacher will schedule a Learning Period meeting for you to attend.

• Please review with your teacher a BODY of work for each subject. Your teacher should be able to have a clear understanding of the standards that were addressed during the learning period and the assignments that were completed.

• For each of your students, please turn in a work sample of every subject.

• Be sure your student has written their FULL NAME, CLASS TITLE, and the DATE the assignment was completed within the current Learning Period.

• Complete all non-AG elective logs by the last day of the Learning Period.

Our school urges students to conduct themselves ethically and honorably. It is expected that the grade a student earns is based upon work the student has completed. Teachers can use Grammarly or other plagiarism checker websites. Please review the definition of plagiarism as outlined in the 24-25 school handbook.

All students will take the STAR 360 test 3 times each school year. You will be provided the link where your student will log on with the username and password emailed to you by your teacher. The STAR 360 assessment windows are listed below:

• Fall - September 3 - September 13
• Winter - January 21 - January 31
• Spring - May 19 - May 30

We are excited to use this assessment tool to help us measure your child's growth throughout the year in the area of ELA and Math. Your teacher will provide you with the diagnostic and instructional report, however, we now have the feature available for you to pull the report as well. These reports will provide information regarding skills and concepts the student has mastered as well as areas for growth.

We encourage each student to not rush through the test but to focus and do their very best despite their excitement to finish the test.

• Tech needs, core curriculum and any core intervention supports must be purchased before enrichment can be ordered.

• If you are in need of tech to access your core curriculum be sure to budget your funds accordingly. We ask that you order it right away to ensure it arrives quickly.

• Laptops and Chromebooks must be ordered as a Tech Order through the OS. Laptops and Chromebooks cannot be purchased through other vendors like Amazon. Printers and Kindle tablets can be ordered through other vendors.
  

• Here is the link to the new OS website: https://orders.axiasystem.com/login. Be sure to bookmark it for quick and easy access.

• Please be sure to discuss any "outside" of the box OS orders with your teacher during your LP meeting so you can discuss how they will tie into your student's educational plan. This information is important for your teacher to know when approving orders and can save a lot of time in the process if the teacher is included in the plan before the order is placed.

• View the OSP Smore for helpful information regarding available FREE or discounted online programs.

• Middle School OSPs - logins automatically sent out the week of 8/19-8/23

• Achieve 3000

• Dreambox

• High School OSPs - logins automatically sent out on…

• Grammarly the week of 8/12-8/16)

• Gizmos the week of 8/19-8/23 (ONLY for students enrolled in Science classes)

Before ordering enrichment items please explore the Lending Library! The lending library is FULL of so many wonderful resources!

1. Books galore for kindergarten to 12th grade students. The lending library contains nearly as many novels and resource books as your local public library! You don't want to miss browsing these books that your student can check out to read throughout the year.
2. Games and activities that you can check out for free! Card games, board games, puzzles, you name it, the lending library has it!

Many of these items are brand new and have never been used. So don't delay...come in and check it out!

We hosted a virtual Back-To-School presentation on Wednesday, August 21st, from 4:00-5:00 PM. We hope that you were able to join us as we reviewed important school information that will help you get off to a strong start this year.

• Google Slides Version HERE & the PDF Slides Version HERE

• Monday, 8/12: Students who would like to be eligible to pursue college athletics should complete the NCAA survey on the NCAA page.

• Monday, 8/12: All students will receive a school-issued Gmail account. The email will come from help@centralvcs.org.

• Monday, 8/12: Students in grades 3-12 who did not receive a school-issued device previously will be eligible to receive a school-issued device. Families will receive an email on August 12th asking for address confirmation to ship devices. The emails will come from someone in the Axia Group (e.g., John Carlyle) and from the email address ship@pirateship.com, so it is possible these emails will go to junk/spam folders.

• Monday, 8/19: Secondary students can request a Student ID Card using this ID card request survey.

• Wednesday, 8/21: HSVA Live! And HSVA Edgenuity classes start (First Day of School)

• Wednesday, 8/21: Back to School Meeting from 4:00-5:00 PM

• Please join in this Zoom room: HERE (https://zoom.us/j/96456363950).

• Monday, 8/16: Our school-sponsored trips, Academic Adventures, sign-ups will open.

• Wednesday, 8/28 at 5:30 pm: HSVA Back-to-School Night. Information will be emailed to families and ISTs soon.

• Friday, 9/6: Add/drop date for HSVA classes for a full refund