Tiger Talk

August

08/27: Teacher Assignments Visible* in Skyward Family Access

08/30: Chromebook Distribution at ESC (8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.)

08/31: First Day** of School (All Remote)

08/31: My Path Parent Info Session (5:00 p.m. for Elementary)

September 2020

09/04- No School Students or Staff

09/07- No School- Labor Day

09/08- Kindergarten Curriculum Night (5:30-6:30 p.m.)

09/09- Student School Material Pickup (4:30- 7:00 p.m.)

09/10- Virtual School Board of Education Meeting (7:00 p.m.)

09/14- WLE PTA Meeting (7:00 p.m. through Zoom)

09/15- Curriculum Night, Grades 1-2 (2nd grade, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; 1st grade, 6:30-7:30 p.m.)

09/16- Curriculum Night, Grades 3-5 (5th grade, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; 4th grade, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 3rd grade, 7:30-8:30 p.m.)

09/25- Half Day- Staff Professional Development (Please note the change from 9/23)

09/28 - No School for Students or Staff (Yom Kippur)

*Parents will not be able to access their child's teacher assignment if the online back-to-school packet has not been completed.

**Our Path Kindergarten students will begin, 8/31, with a 1/2 day. Students with the last names beginning A-L will attend remotely from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and students with last names beginning M-Z will attend remotely from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

In an effort to help with technical issues that you may have at home while learning online, WLCSD has developed a STUDENT TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT REQUEST FORM. To help with technical issues, this should be the first step in letting us know the issue you are experiencing with technology at home. We can then help you as quickly as we can.

This form is always located on our WLE web page under the FOR PARENTS tab.

There is a button below too!

Thank you to all who were able to attend our Meet & Beep this past Thursday. It was so great to see our kids' smiling faces! What a great kickoff to the 20-21 school year!

Please click HERE for a letter welcoming families that chose MY PATH. There will be parent information sessions this Monday, August 31. Please click the links below to join.

My Path Info Session (Elementary) (Aug. 31, 5 p.m.)

My Path Info Session (Secondary) (Aug. 31, 7 p.m.)

Despite the fact that we are starting the 20-21 school year remotely, attendance must continue to be a priority. It is extremely important for students to log in on time, be present in the remote setting, and remain engaged throughout the entirety of the school day. Please be reminded that our teachers will take AM and PM attendance as well as record tardies. If your child will be absent or late, or will need to end the remote day early due to illness or a scheduled appointment, you must call the attendance phone line and leave us a message to tell us. Every teaching and learning moment is crucial and we appreciate your partnership to ensure good attendance and participation.

We recognize that there will be a learning curve during these first few weeks and we promise to be flexible and understanding as we all become comfortable with the digital platforms of Google and Zoom.

Attendance Line: 248-956-4390

We are very excited for the first day of remote learning, Monday, August 31. Your child's teacher will send instructions for how to join their Google Classroom and what link to use for the first day of school. We learned late Friday that our Skyward Message system was having technical issues which impeded several staff communications from reaching you. Although the problem has since been resolved, I have included the Google Classroom Join Codes for our K-5 and ECSE classroom teachers. If, by chance, you did not receive directions from your teacher, please follow THESE DIRECTIONS and use the class join code below to help your child join his/her class. We apologize for any inconvenience the delay in messaging may have caused.

Parents can now access their child's Google login information via Skyward Family Access. Every student will need access to their Google login information for the start of school, 8/31. It can be found on the Report Cards tab as the very top report. If you are a parent of a new Kindergarten student and do not see your child's login, please check back on Skyward in 24 hours as we are continuing to process enrollments.

The week of August 31st, teachers will be spending time getting to know their students and families. They are preparing team building activities and connectors. This is also a time when we will trouble-shoot technical issues and students can start to get on a good schedule that is conducive to learning.

The week of September 7th, teachers will begin to follow a much more specific learning schedule that will include FAPES, all curricular areas, and more. Of course there will be adjustments along the way. This schedule of learning will be shared with families as well.

TYPICAL OUR PATH SCHEDULE

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Wednesday, Friday: 9:00am - 3:00pm

Lunch: 12:00pm - 12:40pm

Half Day Dismissal: 12:25pm

Chromebook DISTRIBUTION is taking place at the Educational Services Center at 850 Ladd Road, Walled Lake, (turn in at the Water Tower off of Maple Road between Pontiac Trail and Ladd Road) 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, August 30. Families may pick up their Chromebook during these times, even if they have not received an email directly inviting them to do so.

After Sunday, 8/30, if you would like to request a Chromebook, please fill out the THIS SURVEY.

We will continue serving meals to Walled Lake Consolidated School students every week while school is in session. Please visit the Walled Lake Schools Food Service website for additional details.

• Breakfast is free for students who received a free meal approval letter, $0.30 per day for those who received a reduced meal approval letter and $1.25 per day for those who are full pay.
• Lunch is free for students who received a free meal approval letter, $0.40 per day for those who received a reduced meal approval letter, and $2.85 per day for those who are full pay.

We would like to limit cash transactions. It is preferred that you place money on your students account via family access through e-funds. We are unable to make change for cash transactions but we will apply change to your student's account.

If you missed the Parent Technology Information Session, Thursday, August 27, 2020, a recording of the session can be found HERE.

· Google Classroom for Parents

· Google Classroom for Students

To help our youngest learners transition into kindergarten, WLCSD will be utilizing a staggered start on the first day of school, Monday, August 31st. Please note the following information:

Students with Last Name starting with A-K attend Kindergarten in the Morning - 9:00am - 12:00pm

Students with Last Name starting with L-Z attend Kindergarten in the Afternoon - 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Here is a list of suggested supplies for elementary students as well as a suggested FAPES (music, art, PE, media) supply list that you may want to have available for at-home learning. These are suggested (not mandatory) lists. If you are not able to purchase these supplies, please let your classroom teacher know.

In addition, it will be helpful to have a timer that your child can use for remote learning. This could be a timer on the device they are using, a kitchen timer, the timer on the microwave, a stop watch, etc. There will be times when the teacher introduces a lesson, sends the children off to do some independent work, and asks for them to report back in X minutes. A timer will help children manage this transition more independently.

Wednesday, September 9, 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Walled Lake Elementary will facilitate the distribution of school supplies for ALL students, My Path and Our Path.

Distributed Items Will Include:

• Yearbooks not picked up in June (All Students from 2019-2020 School Year)
• Every Day Math Journals to pair with Our Path curriculum & instruction (Our Path)
• Additional materials Our Path teachers may need to get to students (Our Path)
• School Supplies from families indicating a need (Our Path & My Path)

A survey will go out to families later this week to indicate which, if any, school supplies they still need for their children.

Additional details, including a map of the distribution process, will be shared next week.

Click here to learn more about our exciting news!

Walled Lake Schools has streamlined the annual registration/first-day packet process for ALL K-12 families. The District will be using the Family Access/Skyward system to automate the process for updating and completing documents such as the emergency card, Food Service application, FERPA form, fee payments, Code of Conduct, and other important annual school forms that require parent approval.

Skyward Family Access is how parents access the back-to-school packet.

A Skyward Family Access parent account is required in order to complete the Online Back-to-School Packet process for all schools. (A parent account username is alphanumeric - SMITHMAD000; a student account username is the student's ID number - 1234567.) To obtain a Family Access account, email familyaccess@wlcsd.org from your email account on file with the district or call 248-956-2190 (email is best). Please include ALL of the following information in the body of your message. You will be contacted within 3 business days.

• Guardian Name
• Your student name(s) and name of schools they attend in Walled Lake Schools
• Guardian's email address currently on file with the district
• Daytime phone number

Questions and Support

If you are having trouble with Back-to-School packet, please visit the Troubleshooting & FAQ page. If you are still having issues, please contact familyaccess@wlcsd.org. Be sure to include your name, the student's name, and the specific question you may have.

Julie Amann

Principal JulieAmann@wlcsd.org

248-956-4300

Sharon McConnell

Principal's Secretary SharonMcConnell@wlcsd.org

248-956-4302

Becky Kosaian

Building Secretary RebeccaKosaian@wlcsd.org

248-956-4304