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Novato Unified School District VLA Middle School Newsletter
The first set of progress report grades are now available in Aeries.
October 1, 2020
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Hello VLA Middle School Families,
Progress Grades Posted in Aeries
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The first set of progress report grades are now available in Aeries. If you do not have an Aeries parent portal account, please email help@nusd.org to get one set up. It is important to check Aeries frequently to see your child’s grades and any missing assignments. If you have questions regarding your child’s grades, I recommend that you reach out to the teacher for support.
October 9th is a Staff Professional Development Day – No School
On Friday, October 9th our NUSD teachers will be participating in a full day of professional development. There will be no synchronous or asynchronous work on this day for all students.
Galileo Benchmark Assessment
This year, Novato Unified will be administering a benchmark assessment in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. The benchmark assessment tool is called Galileo and will be given to all students at the beginning, middle and end of this school year. The information will help identify any learning loss from the Spring and will inform our teachers about how to best support each student this year. The assessment will be given remotely. The testing window opened on Monday, September 21st and will go through October 8th. Our VLA teachers will administer the assessment during this window of time and schedule it when it works best for their class. Please look for communication from your child’s teacher.
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. You can contact her at vjensen@nusd.org and her phone number is (415) 493-4444. 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)
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
This press release was produced by the Novato Unified School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.
