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LEARNING & GROWING TOGETHERWe are so proud of our kids, teachers, and parents as they navigate remote learning.
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9/11, PATRIOT DAY & NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE & REMEMBRANCE |
We will always remember 9-11.
Today marks the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. More than 3,000 innocent people tragically lost their lives that day when hijacked planes flew into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field outside of Pennsylvania. Our country was heartbroken, but we gained strength as a nation through love, hope and unity.
Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance honors the memory of these men, women and children, and the brave first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Today marks the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. More than 3,000 innocent people tragically lost their lives that day when hijacked planes flew into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field outside of Pennsylvania. Our country was heartbroken, but we gained strength as a nation through love, hope and unity.
Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance honors the memory of these men, women and children, and the brave first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice.
CURRICULUM NIGHT
Thank you teachers and parents for a wonderful curriculum night at Long Meadow! Our teachers were so excited and proud to see our parents at curriculum night. They were looking forward to the opportunity for our community to get to know them, talk about curriculum and the digital platform they are using, and show they love for our kids. We feel so blessed to have an engaged and caring community.
Here are some pictures from curriculum night.
Here are some pictures from curriculum night.
Did you get a chance to check out our specials teachers curriculum night video? Take a look.
DEPUTY Z HAS A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR OUR KIDS
STUDENT ARTISTS... WE NEED YOUR HELP
PTA UPDATE
Hello Families,
We know this year is going to require some adaptability and flexibility and the Long Meadow PTA is here for you, so please JOIN US! Whether you are enrolled in RCS virtual campus or f2f/remote, we are dedicated to supporting EVERYONE. We have a new virtual tool for sign up this year: https://longmeadowpta.membershiptoolkit.com/ Remember, even if you were a member last year, we need you to resign up again for this school year. You can even pay your dues right from the website this year! We look forward to hearing from you and virtually seeing you all at our first meeting on September 16th.
-Your LM PTA Board
Angie, Nicole, Meriam, Nichole, Caterine & Elizabeth
We know this year is going to require some adaptability and flexibility and the Long Meadow PTA is here for you, so please JOIN US! Whether you are enrolled in RCS virtual campus or f2f/remote, we are dedicated to supporting EVERYONE. We have a new virtual tool for sign up this year: https://longmeadowpta.membershiptoolkit.com/ Remember, even if you were a member last year, we need you to resign up again for this school year. You can even pay your dues right from the website this year! We look forward to hearing from you and virtually seeing you all at our first meeting on September 16th.
-Your LM PTA Board
Angie, Nicole, Meriam, Nichole, Caterine & Elizabeth
HOMETOWN HUSTLE
CAN YOU FIND YOUR TEACHER?
Our staff wanted to send you and your family a special message to kick off the school year. Enjoy!
NOW A WORD FROM OUR THE SPECIALS TEAM
Hello Families,
We enjoyed getting to connect with your students this week through grade level introduction Zooms! Specials classes will begin next week and we wanted to reach out and let you know how you can expect your child to meet with us. Please see the attached rotation schedule which will help you understand live and recorded lessons. While your child’s lessons will be recorded every other week, it is still important that they complete the lesson/activity because the following week’s live lesson will build upon previous. Your child’s teacher will inform you of their specific schedule.
We are working to directly import your students into our Google Classrooms so you won’t have to worry about joining them. These will appear directly on your child’s Google Classroom “landing page.” You will find all Zoom links, videos, and resources in the Google Classroom.
When we met with students this week, we encouraged them to print out our Bitmoji’s and take us along for some fun! (Similar to Flat Stanley’s Adventures!) Please find our Bitmoji’s attached for your reference. You do not NEED to print these out, but if you would like to play along and have fun, we would love to see where we come along to! Please email us if you have any photos.
As always, we are looking forward to making this year a success for your child and hope that we can support their educational experience here at Long Meadow. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our team and we are happy to help!
Best,
Whitney Marshall – Media – wmarshall@rochester.k12.mi.us
Michael Mette – Physical Education – mmette@rochester.k12.mi.us
Andrea Piejak – Music – apiejak@rochester.k12.mi.us
Rachel Rochester – rrochester@rochester.k12.mi.us
We enjoyed getting to connect with your students this week through grade level introduction Zooms! Specials classes will begin next week and we wanted to reach out and let you know how you can expect your child to meet with us. Please see the attached rotation schedule which will help you understand live and recorded lessons. While your child’s lessons will be recorded every other week, it is still important that they complete the lesson/activity because the following week’s live lesson will build upon previous. Your child’s teacher will inform you of their specific schedule.
We are working to directly import your students into our Google Classrooms so you won’t have to worry about joining them. These will appear directly on your child’s Google Classroom “landing page.” You will find all Zoom links, videos, and resources in the Google Classroom.
When we met with students this week, we encouraged them to print out our Bitmoji’s and take us along for some fun! (Similar to Flat Stanley’s Adventures!) Please find our Bitmoji’s attached for your reference. You do not NEED to print these out, but if you would like to play along and have fun, we would love to see where we come along to! Please email us if you have any photos.
As always, we are looking forward to making this year a success for your child and hope that we can support their educational experience here at Long Meadow. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our team and we are happy to help!
Best,
Whitney Marshall – Media – wmarshall@rochester.k12.mi.us
Michael Mette – Physical Education – mmette@rochester.k12.mi.us
Andrea Piejak – Music – apiejak@rochester.k12.mi.us
Rachel Rochester – rrochester@rochester.k12.mi.us
Specials schedule for live lessons and recorded lessons are shown below
POSITIVITY PROJECT AT LONG MEADOW
Parents and Guardians,
We are so excited to be partnering with the Positivity Project again this year.
Starting Monday September 14, all children, grades Kindergarten through fifth grade will introduced Positivity in Action. Starting the following Week September 21, children will be learning about their first character strength.
This year the Positivity project has developed a family resource connection so that you can be part of Positivity in Action at home. Starting the week of September 21, each Wednesday, we will send home the family link for the character trait we are discussing at school. This resource will give families the opportunity to continue enriching discussions at home. The family link will include the definition of the character trait we are learning, a short video to watch as a family, and sample discussion questions to continue learning about Positivity in Action at home.
We are so excited to be partnering with the Positivity Project again this year.
Starting Monday September 14, all children, grades Kindergarten through fifth grade will introduced Positivity in Action. Starting the following Week September 21, children will be learning about their first character strength.
This year the Positivity project has developed a family resource connection so that you can be part of Positivity in Action at home. Starting the week of September 21, each Wednesday, we will send home the family link for the character trait we are discussing at school. This resource will give families the opportunity to continue enriching discussions at home. The family link will include the definition of the character trait we are learning, a short video to watch as a family, and sample discussion questions to continue learning about Positivity in Action at home.
What is the Positivity Project?
The Positivity Project, also referred to as P2, uses 24 character strengths to help students build positive relationships. Positive relationships are the cornerstone to health, happiness and resilience. Each week all children in grades kindergarten through fifth grade will be introduced and explicitly taught the same character strength. Everyone in our Long Meadow family will be provided with the same definition for each character strength. This common language along with classroom instruction tailored to each grade level, will help to provide students with a deeper understanding of each character trait. Children will soon be able to “see what the character trait looks like” through the use of videos, books, and discussions. Children will be able to identify character traits in themselves and others.
We are looking forward to working with families joining with us putting Positivity in Actions.
The Positivity Project, also referred to as P2, uses 24 character strengths to help students build positive relationships. Positive relationships are the cornerstone to health, happiness and resilience. Each week all children in grades kindergarten through fifth grade will be introduced and explicitly taught the same character strength. Everyone in our Long Meadow family will be provided with the same definition for each character strength. This common language along with classroom instruction tailored to each grade level, will help to provide students with a deeper understanding of each character trait. Children will soon be able to “see what the character trait looks like” through the use of videos, books, and discussions. Children will be able to identify character traits in themselves and others.
We are looking forward to working with families joining with us putting Positivity in Actions.
WELCOME WAVE.... SO GREAT TO SEE YOU!!!
ELEMENTARY DAILY REMOTE SCHEDULE
- Attendance will be taken and recorded. If a student attends a live lesson via a zoom, google meet, small group, or one-on-one... that student would be marked "Here or Present"
- Student Absent? Please report the absence in Synergy on your computer (SEE THE PDF BELOW)
| pvueabsencereporting.pdf |
- Wednesdays
- SEL check in with all students
- Grade level collaboration
- Small group instruction
- 1:1 meetings with students for instruction, feedback, support
- Follow up with students based on SEL check list responses
- Grade level collaboration with principals and LCs
- IEP / 504 planning
- Ancillary support for students
- Specials = Media, PE, Music, and Art
- Specials will begin meeting on September 8th
- Specials will be spread out during the week so all classes/students will have time with each specials class/teacher.
- The schedule shows them at the end of the day as they needed a placeholder.
- Specials will have a consistent schedule, and the your child's grade level teacher will share that information.
TEACHER GRADE LEVEL & BUILDING UPDATE
With the RCS pivoting to meet the requests for virtual learning and teaching at all levels, there was movement of staff and students. The requests by students and staff impacted the the number of sections at Long Meadow Elementary.
The following teachers are teaching at the RCS Virtual Elementary...
Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Sandrock, Mrs. Robinson, Miss. Wekwert, Miss. Chorney
**We will miss them, and wish them good luck!
Grade Level Teams Grade Team Members
Kindergarten: Mrs. Craft, Mrs. Christie
1st Grade: Mrs. Dulka, Mrs. Maurer, Mrs. Szafran
2nd Grade: Mrs. Collins, Ms. Rauch
2nd & 3rd Grade Split: Mrs. Christie
3rd Grade: Mrs. Dowell, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Thompson
4th Grade: Mrs. Salmon, Mrs. Signorello, Mrs. Corsi/Mrs. Reich
5th Grade: Mrs. Madden, Mrs. Pitchford, Miss. Lubinski
The following teachers are teaching at the RCS Virtual Elementary...
Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Sandrock, Mrs. Robinson, Miss. Wekwert, Miss. Chorney
**We will miss them, and wish them good luck!
Grade Level Teams Grade Team Members
Kindergarten: Mrs. Craft, Mrs. Christie
1st Grade: Mrs. Dulka, Mrs. Maurer, Mrs. Szafran
2nd Grade: Mrs. Collins, Ms. Rauch
2nd & 3rd Grade Split: Mrs. Christie
3rd Grade: Mrs. Dowell, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Thompson
4th Grade: Mrs. Salmon, Mrs. Signorello, Mrs. Corsi/Mrs. Reich
5th Grade: Mrs. Madden, Mrs. Pitchford, Miss. Lubinski
SYNERGY INSTRUCTIONS / HELP
SYNERGY ATTENDANCE INSTRUCTIONS
If your student is unable to attend live zooms during a school day due to an illness or other reason, you may indicate an absence in ParentVue. We have provided instructions below or you can click the link: https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/pages/141519/parentvue
If your student can attend part of a day, please let the classroom teacher know. You do not need to log an absence via parent view or phone call due to new reporting guidelines.
You may also still leave a message in the front office 248-726-3910. Absences also do not need to be reported on Wednesdays.
| pvueabsencereporting.pdf |
ParentVUE Access / Setup
To connect to ParentVUE, visit the RCS website at www.rochester.k12.mi.us and click on the ParentVUE tab in the blue ribbon at the top of the page, or click here to connect directly: https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/pages/141519/parentvue.
For questions about ParentVUE, please contact rcsvuehelp@rochester.k12.mi.us. Include your information along with your child’s name and school.
For questions about ParentVUE, please contact rcsvuehelp@rochester.k12.mi.us. Include your information along with your child’s name and school.
| parentvue_activation_and_account_setup_process.pdf |
StudentVUE Access Directions
| studentvue_access_instructions.pdf |
Forgot Student Login? Parents Can Access Their Child's Login Information
| parentvue_studentlogin.pdf |
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES
Our RCS social-emotional support teams, which consist of counselors, social workers and psychologists, will be operating in all learning environments, including in-person/temporary remote learning and the RCS Virtual Campus. These highly trained professionals are available for students and families in a variety of settings, and can be contacted through email, in-person or virtual meetings, and phone calls.
Families are invited to take advantage of the student wellness resources that have been compiled in a new website, developed specifically for the RCS community by our RCS teams. This valuable collection of tools provides crisis contacts, family activity ideas, parent resources, book recommendations, coping strategies, and contact information for the counselors and professionals in each school.
The social-emotional resource site can be accessed from the RCS webpage at www.rochester.k12.mi.us or you may go to: https://rcssocialemotionalresources.weebly.com/.
Families are invited to take advantage of the student wellness resources that have been compiled in a new website, developed specifically for the RCS community by our RCS teams. This valuable collection of tools provides crisis contacts, family activity ideas, parent resources, book recommendations, coping strategies, and contact information for the counselors and professionals in each school.
The social-emotional resource site can be accessed from the RCS webpage at www.rochester.k12.mi.us or you may go to: https://rcssocialemotionalresources.weebly.com/.
