NEW NEWS************************************************************
FLIPGRID We will be utilizing Flipgrid in a few weeks to record speeches for Language Arts Project: Oral Communication. Please help your student log into Flipgrid using their district credentials. I have added the first topic, "Hello, I am" so your students can try it out before the assignment. Please let me know if you have any questions. Below is the link:
ART KITS! The Right Brain Initiative and the Hillsboro Schools Foundation have collaborated to provide more than 9,100 K-8 students in 24 HSD schools with art kits! Called “Endless Joy,” the kits include drawing and painting supplies as well as “loose parts” bags that contain new craft items and upcycled materials, along with 25 age-appropriate lessons written by Right Brain teaching artists. At the back of each lesson booklet is a blank lesson template so students can create their own projects to share with friends and family. If you weren't able to pick up your FREE art kit this last Tuesday, just stop by the school anytime. There will be boxes of Art Kits outside the main office. You can also get a PE/Music kit at that time if you still need one.NEXT WEEK ************************************************************
Monday, March 8
9:00-9:30 Optional Weekly Class Meeting in Google Classroom
Tuesday, March 9
9:00-9:30 Drop-in Office Hour in my Google Classroom
Thursday, March 11
9:00-9:30 Drop-in Office Hour in my Google Classroom
Friday, March 12
12:30-1:00 Storytime with Mrs. Freudenthal (Google Meets link: hoa-storytime)
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STORYTIME WITH MRS. FREUDENTHAL Our Assistant Principal, Shannon Freudenthal, is hosting a story time on Fridays for students in grades 3-6 from 12:30-1:00. The Google Meets link is:
HOA PARENT RESOURCE GUIDE 2020-2021 Here is our updated Orientation Slideshow. You can access it anytime to find important email addresses or information about our program. For our families that have been with us since the Fall, nothing major has changed, we've just added more info.
WEEKLY MEETING IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM Our weekly optional class meetings will be on Mondays from 9:00-9:30am. For security reasons, we are not able to email out the meeting link but ask that students access the class meeting directly from the link on the banner in our Google Classroom, which will be available 5 minutes before the meeting starts. I want to reiterate that this is an optional meeting, and therefore, is not required. You will need your student’s HSD credentials to connect with our classroom, directions are below:
1. Go to Classroom.google.com
2. Join class (+ in the top right corner)
3. Enter code:
4. Click: "Join"
SUPPORT FROM COUNSELING REFERRAL TEAM We have a fantastic Counseling Referral Team to support you and your student's year at HOA. All requests for support should go through the Google Doc link below. Sara Stollberg is our Wellness Counselor and will primarily provide behavioral and emotional support for families, Ken Ollis is our K-12 Academic Counselor, Annette Snyder is our 9-12 Academic Counselor, and Angela Lorenzo, Homeschool Consultant, will be helping families by supporting the at-home environment with a homeschooling lens. Once a request is submitted, either by a
COUNSELOR CORNER Our K-8 counselor, Ken Ollis, has a new virtual office! You can find that link here, . In addition, his Google classroom is up and running. The classroom will house all counselor lessons and assignments (they are optional), as well as a bunch of other useful information for students and parents. The lessons are not live and can be accessed at your convenience. The class code is: . Please help your student join the classroom so they can start checking out the lessons. Mr. Ollis's office hours will be Monday-Thursday 3:00-3:30, the link will be available in his virtual office. Please note, the virtual office ( ) and the classroom (Google) are two different places.
DISTRICT MUSIC AND PE Open the link below to find your student's PE and Music classes, housed in Google Classroom!
Team 3-6 HOA 2020-2021 Facebook Group If you are on Facebook and would like to join our Team 3-6 private group, search for Team 3-6 HOA 2020-2021.
ATTENDANCE Per the Oregon Department of Education, HOA is required to take daily attendance during school days. Things that count for attendance include:
1. a student logging in and working in Odysseyware,
2. a student sending a teacher a message in OW,
4. a student attending a Google Meets with the class or teacher, and
5. an email, phone call, or Google Meets from a parent to the teacher.
HSD CALENDAR
https://www.hsd.k12.or.us/cms/lib/OR02216643/Centricity/domain/4/documents/calendars/Revised%202020-2021%20District%20Calendar.pdf
I hope you all have had a great week!