It was great to see so many of you at the Back to School Picnic last night. We are excited to see everyone tomorrow morning for our first day of school. There was a lot of information at the Picnic last night. We wanted to review some of it for you and give you a few more things to be watching for this first week of school.
First, this blog will be the place to check what is going on in your child's classroom. There was information handed out last night on how to access this and receive email alerts when new posts are made. If you would like the email alerts, make sure you enroll on the side of the main page AND on the page of your child's grade. For returning parents that received email alerts last year, you will need to unsubscribe to last year's grade and subscribe to the new grade. When you receive your first email alert from the previous grade, there will be an "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the email.
Friday, September 9th, the middle school will be taking an all day field trip. We need parent volunteers and drivers to go! Look for the permission slip to come home in the first couple days of school. Also, if you would like to go, you need to get your information into the office to be cleared to drive and volunteer. Even returning families need to complete this as it is a yearly process we go through.
Our Applied Skills classes take place Friday afternoons all year long starting Friday, September 16th. We are looking for volunteers to teach courses in anything from woodworking to cooking to a foreign language. If you are interested, or know of someone who might be interested, let Mrs. Moeller know. The commitment would be about 8 or 9 Fridays (classes reset at the end of each trimester).
One of the ways we keep the kids informed of major assignments and projects coming up is through Google Calendar. There was a sign-up sheet last night for parents if they want to be included in those Google Calendar reminders. If you were not there, or did not get a chance to sign up, email Mr. P so he can get you set up. If you were included on the Google Calendar last year, you should still be included this year.
The most asked question we had from students last night was, "When are we getting our Chromebooks?" The answer to this question is some time during the first week of school. When the Chromebooks come home, they will be accompanied by our school's Chromebook Acceptable Use Policy. Make sure you read through this with your child so you know what is expected. There will be a page that will need to be signed and returned.
You can check your child's grades online! This is done through a website called Gradelink. Information about how to access grades online will be coming home in the Family Folder on Friday. If you are a returning family and used Gradelink last year, your login information should be the same.
That should be it for now. Again, it was great to see you all last night, and we will eagerly be awaiting everyone's arrival bright and early tomorrow morning! God bless your day.
Mr. Plucknett - plucknettt@fhlcs.org
Mrs. Moeller - moellerb@fhlcs.org
Mr. Bauer - bauerb@fhlcs.org
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