September 17, 2020
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Hello VLA Middle School Families,
September is National Suicide Prevention Month
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The month of September is National Suicide Prevention Month. This month provides us an opportunity to engage in conversations with one another and deepen our own understanding in promoting suicide prevention and recovery awareness. Please see the communication from NUSD which provides resources for talking with children. https://nusd.org/9-8-20-announcements-information/
VLA Now has an Office Manager
We are so excited that Vivian Jensen will be joining the NUSD VLA learning community as an Office Manager. Vivian will support the program by following up on attendance, scheduling substitute teachers, and communicating with students and families. You can contact her at vjensen@nusd.org and her phone number is (415) 493-4444.
Attendance Matters!
It is crucial that your child attend every class each day. When our students are in attendance their success in academics increases as well their connection with their learning community grows. In the event that your child needs to miss class, please contact both the teacher and Office Manager, Vivian Jensen. I also recommend checking Aeries to be sure that your child is in attendance of the classes. Please note that during this time, we are marking attendance in a different way. You will see numbers indicating the way the student participated.
- 1 = PresClass – PIC – Present in the classroom
- 2 = Online – ONL -Attended an online/Zoom/Google classroom
- 3 = Assignment – ANG -Submitted an online assignment or assessment
- 4 = Contacted – CNT – Parent or student was contacted via phone conversation
- 5 = Other – OTH – other (Text box will be added by Attendance notes)
Parent Training in Google Classroom on Sept. 23 & 24
Marin County Office of Education has added four sessions on two dates for the FREE Intro to Google Classroom Sessions for TK-12 Parents and Guardians…September 23rd and 24th.
All sessions will be held in English and Spanish and will provide an overview, basics training, and time for Q&A. Attached is a flyer to share widely and below is the registration link,
In addition, below are links to the recorded sessions for any parents or guardians not able to attend the live sessions:
Link to English Recorded Session
https://www.marinschools.org/cms/lib/CA01001323/Centricity/Domain
/22/GoogleClassroomParents.mp4
Link to Spanish Recorded Session
https://www.marinschools.org/cms/lib/CA01001323/Centricity/Domain
/22/GoogleClassroomParentsSPA.mp4
Problems with devices or Wifi
If your child is experiencing trouble with the Chromebook or accessing wifi, please contact help@nusd.org
Amanda Davis and Elizabeth Olinyk
Co-Principals, Virtual Learning Academy
adavis@nusd.org
eolinyk@nusd.org
This press release was produced by the Novato Unified School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.
