New Albany High School

Both students and staff want to encourage everyone to protect one another by wearing their mask.

On the days when the students are in school, teachers will be providing instruction to advance learning based on our academic content standards. Teachers will also be preparing students for their 'at home' learning day which will consist of various different activities depending on the course. All online material will be available on the individual teacher's Schoology page.

Since teachers are instructing all of their classes five days per week in the hybrid model, they will have limited availability to provide support to students learning at home. However, students have access to their teachers through email or communication boards in Schoology.

Students are expected to complete their online work each day to be prepared for their next 'in person' school day.

If your student's last name begins with a letter between A - K, they will be part of the maroon schedule. If your student's last name begins with a letter between L - Z, they will be part of the gold schedule. Exceptions have been made for blended families and those changes have been communicated.

Using a desktop or laptop computer, students can log into their PowerSchool account and look at the banner at the top of the page indicating; Track A - Maroon or Track B - Gold (Seniors: Track D - Maroon and Track E - Gold).

The September 2020 instructional calendar image is below.

Please review the list of expectations for students returning to school on September 8th and 9th.

• Students should report directly to their first period class at 7:50 a.m.
  
• Students are required to wear their E + R = O lanyard and student I.D. badge everyday while at school. Students will also use their I.D. when signing in late or leaving early. Please review the District's Attendance Policies.
• Students should bring their own water bottles, preferably labeled with their names. Water fountains will be turned off and unavailable for refills for safety purposes. Water can be purchased at lunch.
• Chrome Books and iPads are required for all students to meet state testing requirements. If you have not yet picked up a device, you may visit the NAHS Library during school hours, tomorrow.
• Students will not be permitted to use lockers until further notice.
• No visitors or volunteers will be allowed on campus at this time.
• Office hours are offered between 7:30 am and 7:50 am, Monday through Friday. We strongly recommend scheduling this time with your teacher in advance for safety purposes.
• Masks are required for everyone unless an exemption has been approved. Exemption forms should be returned to the building. Principals and the clinic nurse will review and make determination of exemption status.

The 2020-2021 NAHS bell schedule has been revised. In order to maximize our instructional time, we will be running a seven period day schedule, everyday, regardless of what percentage of students are attending school (25%, 50%, or 100%). This will create consistency for all instructional models. House and Eagle periods have been removed in the schedule. We will continue to look at ways in incorporate these periods later this school year. We encourage students to take a picture of the new schedule so it is available to them throughout the school day.

As of September 1st, nearly all of the 250+ Course Request Appeals have been processed. If you submitted a request, please see PowerSchool for an update. In some cases, changes were not able to be made due to the max number of seats on Maroon and Gold days. We appreciate all of your patience and understanding during this process. Students have until the end of the day on September 10th to complete a Course Request Appeal if need be! Students must follow their schedules in PowerSchool until the Course Request Appeal is processed and an outcome is communicated.

Want to request opt out for your child? This application is for students who would like to apply to opt out of a specific period of the traditional instructional day. Students who opt out are required to leave campus during the approved opt out periods. Follow these instructions. Once opt out is approved, the student will see their schedule updated in PowerSchool.

For the start of the 2020-2021 school year, we are developing plans for limiting student interaction and establishing contact tracing protocols for our lunchroom. We have modified our lunchroom expectations, procedures, and spaces to respond to the social distancing requirements established by the Office of the Governor and Franklin County Public Health. Lunch will look and feel different this year. Students should prepare and expect the following in our cafeteria:

• Selection of a lunch seat on the first day of school.
• Submission of lunch table and seat number via Google Form.
• Awareness about the menu choices prior to entering lunchroom.
• Purchase of food from the lunch lines in a boxed lunch format.
• Assignment to a specific lunch line to purchase food based on the selected lunch seat - Every line will have the same offerings.
• Sitting and eating at your lunch seat everyday.
• After finishing lunch and pending weather, students must remain seated or may choose to walk around outside while socially distancing themselves.

Important Note - Lunch seat assignments will change if we move to a different instructional model. On September 8th and 9th students will be selecting their seat for our 50/50 hybrid model only. When we return to "all-in," students will select new lunch seats.

Please find all you need to know about Schoology by clicking on one of the links below.

Student Help With Schoology

Parent Help With Schoology

Our teachers have been enthusiastically planning for our virtual Eagles to begin school this coming Tuesday! A VLP newsletter will be distributed soon with updates and resources regarding the start of the year. Please continue reading email updates from Katie Morgan regarding VLP details as the semester progresses. We are excited to begin learning with you next week!

Confirmations for the 9th grade tour have been sent out to all of the student’s school email addresses. Students should arrive exactly five minutes before their scheduled tour and check in at the high school gymansium. Students are required to wear a mask while on campus and are encouraged to bring their schedules which they can access in PowerSchool. We will try to highlight student's classes during the tour which will last approximately 15 minutes. Only students will be allowed to tour the building and parents can park in the high school football stadium parking lot outside the to wait for their student(s).

At the conclusion of the tour, students will need to immediately return to the parent’s car or walk home.

On September 4, 2020, we will be hosting our Virtual High School Orientation. This information has been sent to your student's school email address. This event will take place online from 10:15 am to 2:00 pm. During this time, students and parents can attend one of three online sessions where they will be introduced to school safety protocols and other important information related to our responsible restart of the school year.

Session Times

Session #1: 10:15 am - 11:00 am

Session #2: 12:00 pm -12:45 pm

Session #3: 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm

All sessions will be virtual via Google Meets. Each student who signs up will be assigned to their 2nd period teacher for this orientation event. Meeting links will be emailed to your NAPLS email account by your orientation leader prior to the September 4th event.

All confirmations will be sent out by the end of today to the student's school email address. Parent's can use the same link if they wish to join virtually. We will also have a recorded version of the entire orientation posted on our Schoology page tomorrow.

This is a friendly reminder to parents to take a few minutes to update the Ecollect forms in PowerSchool prior to the first day of school.

Visit the High School webpage to learn more information on the PTO Supply Sale and join the High School PTO.

• September 4, 2020 - High School Orientation (9th Grade Tour Option)
  

• September 8, 2020 - First Day for Students - Maroon
• September 9, 2020 - First Day for Students - Gold
• September 15, 2020 - Senior College Planning & Financial Aid, 7:00pm - 8:30pm (virtual)
• September 14-18, 2020 - Homecoming Week

• October 14, 2020 - Parent/Teacher Conferences, 3:30pm - 7:00pm

• October 20, 2020 - Parent/Teacher Conference, 3:30pm - 7:00pm

The New Albany-Plain Local School District is committed to creating a culture of accountability that achieves the best academic and developmental outcomes for each student.

Email: news@napls.us
Website: www.napls.us/hs
Location: 7600 Fodor Road, New Albany, OH, USA
Phone: 614-413-8300
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Twitter: @napls_hs