Zachry MS Wolverine Wire

Ausgust 28, 2020

A Message from Your Principal

Thank you all for your support and patience in making our first week of Virtual Instruction successful!

Week 2 is ahead. We see students logging in and connecting to complete work every day in every period by 11:57 pm.

Wednesday, September 2nd 5-6 pm, we will have our Annual Title 1 Family Meeting, PTSA Meeting and Town Hall to answer your questions from 5-6 pm.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/97426317531?pwd=KytjelVmS2tUanhDQXc5N1FvOVR2Zz09 Meeting ID: 974 2631 7531 Passcode: 994250

We will also have a Special PTSA meeting on October 6, 2020 5-6 pm. We will send the zoom link in a future Wolverine Wire.

Does your child need help with homework?

New Online Student Homework Support available!

Starting Monday, Aug. 31, NISD will offer Online Student Homework Support provided free of charge to all NISD students after hours and weekends. Our goal is to assist students in the academic content areas of Reading/ELA, Math, Science, and/or Social Studies. A certified Teacher Tutor will provide assistance to your child via video conferencing, screen share, or chat.

The Online Student Homework Support hours are:

Monday - Thursday

4:00 PM - 8:00 PM (Elementary)

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Secondary)

Saturday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (All Levels)

Sunday 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM (All Levels)

Students will be able to access the link beginning Aug. 31 on HAC under the school links tab, and in the students NISD portal with an icon(pictured above) that signifies Student Homework Support.

Grab-n-Go Meal Service extends meal times, adds supper program

NISD Grab-n-Go Meal Service will now offer the following:

• New Hours: operating from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at all 65 locations for added service starting Aug. 31.
• New Supper Program: adding an evening meal to approved campuses starting Sept. 8.

Parents / legal guardians may pick up all meals for enrolled NISD students at any of the 65 Grab-n-Go Meal Service locations. Bring a copy of the Printed Meal Pass or a Blank Meal Pass may be completed at the time of pick up. Under program guidelines, a student’s eligibility for Free, Reduced, or Paid status will be in effect.

For assistance, a parent may contact the student’s school cafeteria manager or the Child Nutrition office at 210-397-4501 or email at child.nutrition@nisd.net. If needed, Child Nutrition Services will make copies of Meal Passes for parents who contact them and forward their Meal Pass to the cafeteria manager and/or Child Nutrition Main Office. This process will be by appointment and copies may be handed out at the curbside location or at the Child Nutrition Main Office.

In addition, we will have a Temporary Meal Pass that may be filled out at all locations by parents at the time of meal pickup.

Returning students to on-campus, in-person instruction

As Dr. Woods shared in his message to families on Friday, "The District will begin providing some in-person instruction beginning on Sept. 8 after Labor Day using a methodical and tiered approach to bringing students safely back into schools. The plan will allow for students who are most academically in-need to return first and in small, controlled numbers. The District will continue to monitor and assess health conditions and assuming those metrics continue to trend in a positive manner, more students will be invited back to schools using the tiered approach.

There is no anticipated timeline or schedule for when groups will be allowed to return to in-person instruction as it is dependent on health conditions. However, NISD will monitor conditions on a regular basis and decisions on which students will be brought back for in-person instruction will be communicated to families.

As a general guideline, families who selected in-person instruction will have a two-week notice for when their child may return. We know that many families are excited about the prospect for in-person learning and so are we! However, we will ramp up numbers of students in buildings slowly to ensure the safety of our students, their families, and staff. Please bear with us as we try to make the best decisions for everyone.." If your student is in one of our ALE classrooms we will be contacting you.

Schoology parent accounts coming soon

Thank you for helping your student access their courses through Schoology. While we initially experienced some technical difficulties, we know parents, teachers, and students working together have been vital to student success this first week.

As we continue to work toward a smooth experience with Schoology for our students and families, we are postponing issuing access codes to create Schoology parent accounts. Please continue to monitor your student's progress through their student account. Rest assured, the information you see in the student account is the exact same information you will see in a parent account. We appreciate your patience and support as we continue to take steps to ensure our students and families are successful in virtual learning.

Additional tech help now available

Northside’s Technology Services has added two new ways to contact the Student Hotline for student technical support.

• Toll Free Number: 1- 877-768-4630
• Chat Feature: https://tinyurl.com/NISDchat
• Original Hotline Number is still available at 210-397-0020

We have added these other two easy ways to contact us in order to provide better customer service to our parents and students.