Week 9 -- Coronovirus Plans and Procedures

Hello Parents (and Students),

While we hope that the coronavirus will not disrupt any of our learning, we are aware that it is a possibility, especially with the temporary closure of Kincaid Elementary School within our county.  

To help prevent the spread of any illness, as of today, I have ceased accepting any physical work.  To practice this, today’s assignment (a TP-CASTT of a choice of 3 poems from our Poetry Packet) should be hand-written in students’ journals, then a picture of the work is to be turned in on Google Classroom.  Students will also need access to Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Slides. If there is a concern about the availability with technology, please let me know as soon as possible.  

In the event of a school closure, all new assignments will be communicated to students through Google Classroom (as students were asked to turn on notifications, so they’ll get an alert when a new assignment is posted).  You can find the join codes for the class on my original My Login Assignment, linked on the Resources Page.

Each assignment will explain in the instructions how to submit it for grading.  Assignments will be:

• Formative (classwork, first drafts, planning documents, annotations)-- turned in on Google Classroom
• Summative Assignments (essays, projects, etc.) -- turned in on Turnitin.com (as usual)
• Tests and Quizzes -- Turned in on CTLS: link bit.ly/2NYTjhZ (it is case sensitive)

During school days, all high school teachers will be available for electronic communication between the hours of 10:30am-12pm.  The expectation is that students will have an assignment every school day.

Depending on the needs of the class and the length of our potential quarantine, there will potentially be live streams or group chats for answering questions that would benefit the whole group.  Students may be asked to post videos of their projects on youtube using their @campbellhigh.net accounts (these do not have to be public--but must be shared with my @campbellhigh.net account).

Today I had students take home their Springboard Textbooks (just in case), we will be utilizing them starting next week.  They do not need to bring them back every day--just keep them at home. I also told them the next text we will read--which is available for free online, but if you would rather get a physical copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, you can.   In the meantime, in class we will use online copies, where we have wifi.

As for yearbook, the final deadline for submission is the deadline for submission.  There is no more extra time. We discussed this in class today and made some hard choices.  We need to do our best to get everything done as well as we can. Pages that cannot get finished will receive a consequence, as outlined in the syllabus.

The main thing to remember with all of this is that we are being cautious and careful with our decisions concerning both learning and health.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free.