Knox Middle School
October 2020
Welcome To October!
Hello Knox Families!
Our online program begins at 8:00 am daily. During Advisory, students participate in Social Emotional Learning, as well as community circles. Students that begin their day with Advisory are connected to school, receive support in organization and goal setting and are ready and on time to their period 1 class.
At 8:30, students attend a grade-level assembly 3 days a week (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday). During these assemblies, we celebrate student success, award brag tags, watch motivational videos, support school spirit and the Bulldog Way and build community. Our Knox ASB will also be hosting various activities during this time. We will be implementing digital Social Emotional Learning themes 3 days a week in our grade-level assemblies. The lessons will focus on: Mindsets and Goal, Values and Friendships, Thoughts, Emotions and Decisions, and Conflict Resolution.
On Wednesday and Friday (at 8:30) students can go to Office Hours with their teachers for more support with classwork and homework. Additional office hours are noted on the grade-level websites.
Student Class Schedules:
Students are enrolled in period 1,2,3 for first quarter. The Quarter ends 10/30. After that, students will be enrolled in period 4,5,6 for second Quarter. Grades for 1st quarter become final at that point.Virtual Back To School Night
Thank you to our families that participated in our Virtual Back to School Night. The slides were sent to all of our families in an email. If you need to access the virtual back to school night again, please email Ms Potter at hpotter@sandi.net.
Parent Portal
It is extremely important that parents access Power School Parent Portal to monitor grades and attendance. If you need your password, please email Ms. Kristen (kojetti@sandi.net).
We will continue to send out information to our Knox families via our Knox Social Media sites (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Smore Newsletters), as well as our School Messenger Program.
If you have changed your phone number or email, please reach out to us ASAP, so we can update our Power School system.
Thank you to all of our parents who are attending our weekly parent coffee on Zoom. Your input during those meetings is so valuable.
Thank you for your partnership and we are looking forward to an amazing school year.
Sincerely,
Principal Potter
GO BULLDOGS!!
Restorative Practices At Knox In Online Learning
Wednesday Community Circles
Virtual Circles with Jamboard
Advisory Monday Mantras
Knox Restorative Pillars
Positive School Culture and Climate
Student's Daily Online Schedule: School begins online at 8:00
Spotlights from our online classes!
Progress Report Pick Up- Drive-thru, Wear Your Mask, Social Distance
Navigate Knox's Online Learning Websites!
Knox has developed specific grade-level websites to help students navigate distance learning. These websites will help our students navigate to their Zoom classes and office hours, teacher's Canvas pages, as well as provide information about school news and events.
Click here, to learn about how to navigate our Distance Learning websites.
8th Grade Distance Learning Website
7th Grade Distance Learning Website
Online Programs For Additional Support
Support for Families
In addition, our Knox team has created a Family Corner website for parents, which contains the following:
- Technology support information
- Library of Parent Coffee Presentations
- Covid-19 Resources
- Food Distribution Information
- Supports for Distance Learning
Upac Counseling Support
Parent Portal- Grades, Schedules, & Attendance
Join the mailing list- email hpotter@sandi.net
Key Contacts At Knox:
Vice Principal- Angelica Hueso-Garcia- ahueso@sandi.net
Google Voice- 619-500-6019
Head Counselor-M-Z- Lori Watkins- lcruz@sandi.net
Google Voice-619-500-6572
Counselor- A-L- Mary Shirley- mshirley@sandi.net
619-631-8632
Restorative Practices Coordinator-Jeff Ponsford- jponsford@sandi.net
Registration/Attendance-Leticia Alva Sanchez- lalvasanchez@sandi.net
Google Voice-619-512-3532.
Site Tech- Power School Parent Portal- Kristen Ojetti- kojetti@sandi.net
Google Voice-970-919-0119
Elizabeth Harris-Attendance- eharris3@sandi.net
Google Voice-619-880-9355
Admin Assist-Linda Dozier- ldozier@sandi.net
Health Tech-Monica Diaz-mdiaz6@sandi.net
Google Voice-619 292-8817