Mariner Chronicle
October 2020
Marine City High School Information
Fax Line: 810- 676- 1925
Attendance Line: 810- 676-1926
Parent-Teacher Conference Dates & Times:
Wednesday, Oct 14th - 5:30-8pm
Thursday, Oct 15th - 12:15-3:30pm & 5:30-8pm
East China School District, grades 6-12, will be hosting parent-teacher conferences this year by teleconferencing, appointment only. We will be using the scheduling feature that can be found on Skyward Family Access as we have done in the past to schedule appointments. It is an opportunity for you to schedule your child’s conference(s) ahead of time with each teacher you feel you need to meet, but instead of meeting in the classroom, the teacher will call you at the set time. Included in this letter is a video link of how to schedule parent-teacher conferences.
The window for scheduling will open Wednesday, October 7th at 3:00pm.
Parent-Teacher Conference Scheduling with Skyward Family Access
Here’s how to make an online appointment:
1. Log on to Skyward Family Access. (If you have forgotten your Skyward password, you can request to have your information emailed to you by clicking the “Forgot Password” link below the login.)
2. Click the Conferences link on the left hand side. Click All Conferences to see all teachers for which you may schedule conferences.
3. To view the available times, choose Select a Time next to each teacher with which you wish to schedule a conference.
4. From the available times listed choose the date/time you want by clicking Select.
5. Confirm your time choice by reviewing the information and clicking Save.
6. Once you choose times, the space marked Status will begin to fill in with your choices. Repeat steps 2 through 5 to add more times.
7. When you have finished making your appointments, click Print All Scheduled Conferences to keep a copy for your records.
If you make a mistake or your plans change, you can remove a time from the schedule. At any time prior to the reservation deadline, you can log back in, click Teacher Conferences and click Unschedule in the View Scheduled Times window. It will ask you to confirm, so click Save if you are sure you want to unschedule that time. (If you’re not seeing “Unschedule”, click the View Scheduled Times link next to the student’s name.) This will return the time slot back to the queue and allow you to select another time for that teacher.
Conference schedule for this year (grades 6-12):
Wednesday, October 14th Conferences: 5:30 pm until 8:00 pm
Thursday, October 15th Conferences: 12:15 pm until 3:00 pm and 5:30 pm until 8:00pm
We look forward to talking to you at parent-teacher conferences.
Fall 2020 Testing
Near Pod
Laurie Gardner and Kristie Fraley have both received a three year Nearpod license, courtesy of Next Gen Personal Finance. Nearpod enables educators to make any lesson interactive whether in the classroom or virtual. A teacher can create presentations that can contain polls, quizzes, videos, games, collaboration boards, and much more.
Thank you to Next Gen Personal Finance for their ongoing support to personal finance teachers across the United States.
MCHS Student Wins Writing Competition
MCHS Sophomore, Audrey Hollenbaugh, was recently selected as a winner of the Kappy Family Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel Night Art & Writing Competition sponsored through the Holocaust Memorial in Farmington Hills. Last Winter, ninth graders traveled to the memorial and were told of the art and writing competition.
The theme for this year’s competition was “The Power of Choice.” Though 75 years have passed since the Holocaust ended, there are still instances of suffering, oppression, injustice and genocide. Students were invited to create a written or artistic response to the following questions: What does a better world look like to you? What choices can you make to make our world a better place?
In the beautiful publication that Audrey's original artwork is featured in, Audrey shared some insights about her original work, Be the Change. " One person deciding to go and try to help could have made others decide to step up. It creates a domino effect because people think, "If they can help, so can I! That is the meaning of this painting. The theme, the power of choice, is connected because either choose to step forward and help, or to watch as terrible events unfold."
Marine City High School is very proud of Audrey for sharing her talent to make a positive statement to our world. We all have the power to make GOOD choices.
TENNIS WINS DIVISIONAL TITLE
SEPTEMBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
Freshman- Grant Westrick
Sophomore- Sophie Vogler
Junior- Mackenzie LaBuhn
Senior- Kennedy Street