WARREN EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

November 28, 2020 DISTANCE LEARNING SCHEDULE

Warren East Middle families, Click on Schedule for a copy of the schedule that every WEMS student will be following from November 23-December 18. Click on Virtual Video for an explanation of the new schedule all WEMS students will be following until Friday, December 18th. It is important to note that the expectations for Distance Learning are much different than NTI last Spring. Students will receive invitations from their classroom teachers through their google calendar. Students are expected to sign into all scheduled Google Meets and complete all assignments in Google Classroom. Attendance in meets are tracked and students will be held accountable for completing all assignments in google classroom. Your child can find all of their learning materials in his/her Google Classroom. Please encourage your child to attend all Google Meets and complete all assignments. It is also important to remind students to check into all seven classes in Infinite Campus Monday through Friday now that students are working remotely every weekday.

Please be safe and contact the school or your child’s teacher if you have any other questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

David Cloyd, WEMS Principal EXEMPLARY LEADERS

Our school-wide expectations are RAIDER, which represents our six houses. Each week we recognize four students for being an “Exemplary Leader,” someone who’s doing a great job meeting and/or exceeding the expectations for what we expect of a RAIDER. Each of our Exemplary Leaders will be invited to attend a Leadership Breakfast the following month, where they will be recognized for their outstanding leadership and making a difference at WEMS! Listed below are the students that were recognized as Exemplary Leaders for the week of November 23-27 Monitoring Grades Click on PRESENTATION for support services and helpful strategies for monitoring and checking your child’s grades. We ask that you regularly check your child’s grades and participation by clicking on the following link: https://kycde6.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/warren.jsp. A link can easily be found on both the WEMS webpage and Warren County School’s webpage. You can use this link to check your child’s grades on a daily basis. Please contact the school at (270) 843-0181 if you would like to request for us to send home a copy of your child’s Report Card. Virtual parents need to click on Edgenuity to watch a video on how to check your child’s progress in Edgenuity. Click on Screenshots for more information about monitoring grades in Edgenuity.

Checking in on Distance Learning Days

Click on INFINITE CAMPUS to view video on how to check in on Infinite Campus. On the following slide I have included an image of what the screen looks like when you login to Infinite Campus. Many students are not checking in on Infinite Campus on their Distance Learning Days and now have several unexcused absences. All students are expected to login to Infinite Campus for all seven classes each day they are working from home. All Hybrid students must check google classroom and complete all assignments every day they are working from home. Students will be receiving a full week of instruction through the use of Google Classroom and other tools. The lessons each week will cover five days of instruction or the amount of days in the week. When your child is not at school, he/she will be required to participate in learning each day and document participation in Infinite Campus for all classes. Virtual Academy Students will complete assignments in Edgenuity each day and are also required to check into Infinite Campus daily to get credit for being in attendance.

Parent Resources ● Click on Missing Assignments for a presentation on how to check infinite campus to find your child’s missing assignments. ● Click on Parent/Family Toolkit for important information to support parents and families with tech-based resources for at-home, hybrid, and Virtual Academy students #wcpsleads ● Click on Parent Notes to turn in a parent note to the school when your child has to be absent for any reason. You will still need to provide us with a copy of any doctor’s notes. ● Click on INFINITE CAMPUS to view video on how to check in on Infinite Campus. ● Transportation changes can be made by clicking on Transportation Changes to submit a note or you can call the school directly. ○ Changes have to be made prior to 1:00 p.m. each day (This is to ensure we correctly communicate the changes to your child's teacher). ○ Only individuals on your child's emergency card are allowed to pick up your child. ○ Anyone picking up a child from the office must have a valid PICTURE I.D. (including custodial guardians). ○ To ensure the safety of your child a staff member will contact you to confirm that the information on the form is correct

WCPS Food Distribution Plan We will continue to provide food distribution to our families throughout the closure. Meals will be available for pick up at all school locations on Mondays and Thursdays from 11:00-12:30. Every child will be given three breakfasts and three lunches on each of those days. Children do NOT need to be present during the pickup of these items. Additionally, all schools will offer delivery routes for food through our Transportation Department. Click on WCPS FOOD DELIVERY LOCATIONS to see where meals will be delivered on Monday and Thursdays of each week. WEMS STUDENT BIRTHDAYS November 30-December 6

November 30 Carter Bessette December 1 Ryleigh Coon December 2 Braden Stamper Stephanie Chaffin December 3 Lukas Jaggers Nathan Tarrence December 5 Elianna Monge Camden Rushwin December 6 Robert Extine BLUE RAIDER CUP

Each week we recognize a WEMS Staff Member who does whatever it takes to help the students of Warren East Middle School be successful. The faculty and staff of WEMS goes above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of our students. For the past two years we have awarded the Blue Raider Cup to a staff member based on nominations from colleagues. This school year we would like to provide students and community members with an opportunity to nominate a WEMS Staff Member for this award. We ask if you know a teacher at WEMS who has made a difference in the life of your child that you please nominate them for this award by clicking on BLUE RAIDER CUP and tell us how he or she is doing whatever it takes to help your child be successful. Regardless if the staff member that you nominated wins or not we will still communicate to them that they were nominated and who nominated them. Please take a few seconds of your day to let one of our outstanding WEMS staff members know how much you appreciate what they do for students. COVID-19 Dashboard

WCPS Covid-19 Dashboard - In an effort to provide an overview of active Covid-19 cases in our schools, Warren County Schools has created a WCPS Covid-19 Dashboard that will be updated every Friday. The purpose of the dashboard is to inform our community of student cases that could be spread within our schools and impact our students as opposed to tracking the total cases of school aged students in our community. Our database begins with the start of school on 8/24 and the data will include all positive COVID-19 cases of WCPS students who attend school in person or participate in school activities. We will also include all staff who are working on site.

Click on Superintendent Message for a important information regarding the processes that have been put in place to safely reopen school this year. For more information check out our school website: http://www.warren.kyschools.us/~wems/Sites /Home.html Follow WEMS on twitter at www.twitter/WEMSNews and https://www.facebook.com/WEMSNews