February 22 Good Morning, I Hope You and Your Family Are Safe and Have Recovered from Last Week's Ice Storm. I Know Many Were

February 22

Good morning,

I hope you and your family are safe and have recovered from last week’s ice storm. I know many were without power for several days and that it may take a few more days to restore power throughout our communities.

This week’s schedule:

• Monday & Tuesday - Normal class schedule • Wednesday - Community Connection, Advisory meetings, and high school clubs • Thursday & Friday - Normal class schedule

Student birthdays this week - Happy birthday!!

• Jovanny, 4th Monday • Antonio, 11th Monday • McKenzie, 12th Monday • Frank, 3rd Tuesday • Xavier, 3rd Wednesday • Nikkie, 8th Wednesday • Emmitt, 1st Thursday • Juliette, Kinder Thursday • Joseph, 8th Friday • Jocelyn, 6th Saturday • William,8th Saturday • Charles, 10th Sunday

(NEW) All high school community and connection meeting - This Wednesday we are inviting all our high school students to join us for a community and connections meeting with the whole high school community. This is an opportunity to get to know as well as network with people in our program. This week we will send an email to all our high school students with directions on how to join the meeting.

(UPDATED) From Ms. Barton, our College & Career Advisor - Check out her newsletter for this week for all the latest on virtual college visits and more! Please take a few minutes to schedule a time to meet with Ms. Barton for your individual virtual one on one planning session. Parents are welcome to join if they choose to do so.

• To schedule an appointment with Ms. Barton, please use this link: https://calendly.com/bartonre/vop

(UPDATED) From Ms. Wojtak, our School Counselor - Ms. Wojtak is working with home schools on forecasting, scheduling for Q3/Q4, and working on college and career lessons for K-8. As always, she continues to work with students and families. Her office hours are:

To schedule an appointment with Ms. Wojtak, please use this link: https://calendly.com/wojtakt

• Link to her K-5 virtual office • Link to her 6-12 virtual office

(REPEAT) In celebration of Black History Month - The College Place is hosting an Historical Black Colleges & Universities Virtual College Tour Series! Throughout the month of February, they will feature virtual tours of over 30 Historically Black Colleges and Universities on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:30 PST.

All tour sessions will take place at https://ecmc.zoom.us/j/96027749366. You can link to a PDF of this information at https://sforce.co/3qZtTS3

(REPEAT) Report Cards - Report cards are available through Synergy ParentVue. If you have not accessed Synergy ParentVue before, you can follow this link for detailed instructions.

(REPEAT) K-5 report card details - K-5 report cards continue to have four grading periods/quarters. I’ve included some highlights below.

• The entire district is using these three grades: o E - Exceeding. The student exceeds end of year grade level expectations. o M - Meeting. The student consistently meets end of year grade level expectations. o P - Progressing towards grade level standards. The student is making expected progress toward end of year grade level expectations or demonstrates basic but inconsistent application of essential concepts and skills. o N/E - No Evidence. Indicates no evidence of learning due to limited participation with the standards. o N/A - Not Assessed. Indicates that standards were not assessed this grading period. • Health, PE, and Music will all receive an N/A. • The evaluation system for Social Emotional Learning (SEL) will remain the same: 1-4, N/E, and N/A.

(REPEAT) Middle and high school report card details - 6-12 report cards continue to have four grading periods/quarters. I’ve included some highlights below.

• The Virtual Online Program is using these grades: o A-F - Standard grading scale. o I - Incomplete. Less than 60% of the course was completed. o P/NP - Pass/No Pass. o N/G - No Grade. Less than 10% of the course was completed and the student has not completed any work since January 22. • All middle school electives are graded as Pass/No Pass • If a student receives an Incomplete: o We will encourage that all work should be completed by the student within 2 weeks (10 days) from the end of the final grading period. o A final grade will be added when work is completed or, if not completed, an F will be added at the end of the quarter. • We will be using the Actual Grade in Edgenuity when assigning students quarter grades. When looking at Edgenuity, you may see these three grades: o Overall Grade - This is the weighted average grade for only the completed activities. o Actual Grade - This is the overall grade adjusted for progress if a student is behind. This score doesn't assume zeros for uncompleted work; simply penalizes for falling behind. o Relative Grade - This is the grade that a student would receive if they stopped working and received 0% for all unscored, counted activities.

(REPEAT) High school forecasting - There are currently two different forecasting processes happening for our high school students. They are:

1. Virtual Online Program - Courses have been loaded for Quarter 3. If your student has not selected classes yet, please complete this Q3/Q4 class request form. 2. Home high school - our four high schools (Milwaukie, Putnam, Clackamas, and Nelson) are getting ready to forecast for next school year, 2021-2022. Each student has most likely received an email from their home high school. This email includes instructions on how to forecast for next year.

(REPEAT) From Western Psychological & Counseling Services - We are super excited about the upcoming events and activities in the next few months. Individuals can use the links directly and do not need to be screened or prior authorization. Additionally, some of our staff have put together a few videos that can be added to your weekly news broadcasts, presented in health classes, or used in community health connections classes! https://youtu.be/IwRbWt0sAeU

Provider Walk-in Times - These providers are available for meet-and-greets for students, staff, or advisors looking for support or wanting additional resources.

• Mondays 1:00-2:00pm o Jesus (Spanish Bilingual): https://westernpsych.zoom.us/j/8284297340 o Mikki: https://westernpsych.zoom.us/j/4135731008 • Wednesdays 1:00-2:00pm o Lindsay: https://westernpsych.zoom.us/j/5860651544 • Thursdays 1:00-2:00pm o Iris: https://westernpsych.zoom.us/j/2626231876 o Gennady (Russian Bilingual): https://westernpsych.zoom.us/j/3693857928 • Fridays 1:00-2:00pm o Lynn: https://westernpsych.zoom.us/j/8940712155 o Joshua: https://westernpsych.zoom.us/j/9460123344

(REPEAT) Clackamas County Resources - I have linked to their website which includes a list of resources available through Clackamas County. I have also attached the information in a PDF document.

VOP Virtual Office - Our virtual office is open Monday - Friday from 8:00 AM-3:30 PM. The telephone number is 503-353-1902. If you get a voicemail, don’t worry we will call you back.

I hope you enjoy a wonderful week. Thank you!

Joe Bridgeman