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SCIENCE FAIR The science fair is next week! Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. I have been talking up the Science Fair in our Class Meetings and the students are excited to participate in the Escape Rooms! Make sure to sign them up with the link provided from the PDF entitled Science Fair Announcements that I have attached to this email.
PARENT CONNECT Join us for Parent Connect and meet other HOA Parents and Caregivers! We will check in and share our online school wins and dilemmas. Please note that there will be no evening sessions this month.
3-6 HOA Parent Connect
Time: Apr 22, 2021 10:00 AM
Join Zoom Meeting
CHESS CLUB Does your student like chess? Would they like to play chess with other HOA students? Mrs. Kelly, one of our 3rd grade teachers, has invited our class to join her class on Tuesdays at 11:00 at the link below. Please note that you will need to help your student create an account.
To join:
1. Go to this link: https://lichess.org/login?referrer=/
2. Create an account - ask your parents for help.
- click on the word "register" and fill in the information.
- create a username and password. Use your school email address.
3. Click on the second link: https://lichess.org/team/3rd-grade-rocks
4. Type in the code: (Use all capitals and spaces)
5. Play games every Tuesday at 11:00am or play others on your own time.
ELEMENTARY NEWSLETTER Here is the link to our latest April newsletter from Assistant Principal, Shannon Freudenthal:
https://www.smore.com/ypceq
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Monday, April 19
9:00-9:30 Optional Weekly Class Meeting in Google Classroom
Tuesday, April 20
9:00-9:30 Drop-in Office Hour in my Google Classroom
11:00 Chess Club w/Mrs. Kelly's 3rd Grade Class
Thursday, April 22
9:00-9:30 Drop-in Office Hour in my Google Classroom
10:00 Grades 3-6 Parent Connect
5:30-7:30 HOA's Virtual Science Fair!
Friday, April 23
12:30-1:00 Storytime with Mrs. Freudenthal
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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
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 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 parent or teacher, the team will come alongside and support you.
COUNSELOR CORNER Our K-8 counselor, Ken Ollis, has a new virtual office! You can find that link here, bit.ly/o . 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 (bit.ly/ ) and the classroom (Google) are two different places.
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