Greetings Wildcats!
I hope this email finds you well, and that you and your
loved ones are safe and healthy. This email is to notify all students and
parents that our Online Distance Learning Program will begin this Monday, March
30th. Right now, our teachers are busy setting up Google Classrooms to
begin providing content for you next week. Many of you already have
experience with Google Classroom since many of our teachers already use it
to complement their regular classroom instruction. However, this large
scale Distance Learning program is brand new, and we know there will be
some kinks to work out. As a reminder, this instruction is meant to help
our students maintain and grow their knowledge and skill, but it will not be
used for grading or for transcript credit. Simply put, our teachers are
going to offer great instructional opportunities for learning and growth, but
this Distance Learning will not lead to a grade or credit on transcripts.
How grades and credits for the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year
will be settled has not been decided, as the Coronavirus situation is very
fluid and changes daily. I will share whatever information I
have about 2nd semester grading and spring events such as prom and
graduation as soon as I possibly can, so please be patient as this
unprecedented situation plays out.
That being said, I hope ALL Wildcats will take advantage of
the Distance Learning opportunities that our dedicated teachers will be
providing. Our faculty have been like Olympic sprinters excitedly
waiting in the starting blocks ready to go since school closed, and
now on Monday the starter's pistol will fire and they can get back to
doing what they do so well. For those of you who are new to Google
Classroom, remember, you must use your school issued Google email account to
accept class invitations or to log in.
Thank you for all the positivity and support you have
been sending towards the school and one another. Our Instructional
Services department has worked very hard to create this great opportunity for
our students to continue learning and growing throughout this difficult time,
and I sincerely hope that all Wildcats will continue the positivity and mutual
support as we move forward in this new endeavor.
Here is the message from our district's Instructional
Services department that includes some further instructions and a link to a
helpful online tutorial for those of you who are new to Google Classroom.
Dear Parents and Students,
Google Classroom courses are being created and developed by
our educators and leaders and will be made available to students by Monday,
March 30th. There are two ways to join Google Classroom, via invite or class
code. Please use the provided link as directions for accessing Google Classroom
at home. Please remember to use the same student username and password that is
used to sign into district computers when logging in. Once you are logged into
Google Classroom you may see invitations to join classes. If you see an
invitation, select “Join”. For any classes that you do not see an invitation,
you will need to contact the class teacher or the school site to receive the
class code for that particular class. For security purposes, we will not be
sharing class codes to Google Classrooms publicly. We appreciate your patience
as we work to make sure your child is enrolled within their respective
courses.
Google Classroom MUSD Log-In Tutorial: https://filecabinet5.eschoolview.com/09A1FEC7-032B-4072-B02D-60CBA3048A13/HowtoAccessGoogleClassroomfromHome.pdf
Sincerely,
Mike Ruggiero, Principal