Canaan Middle School Update

Canaan Families,

The school year is off to a great start as students start settling into their classes. As we finish up the opening few days of school and move into our regular classroom routines, it is important to stay connected by logging on to Canvas to keep up with your student's classroom assignments and grades. For login information, please see the link further down in the newsletter. Also coming up, we will begin MAP testing on Tuesday and will finish up over the next couple of weeks. These are assessments that give us a better understanding of what each student is ready to learn about. They are not graded and we just ask that students give their best effort. If you have any questions please reach out. We can't thank you enough for the support you have shown our students and staff so far this year. The partnership between school and home is so important to the success of our students.

Mr. Walter, Principal

Canaan Middle School

We are excited to share that our staff members will be using a safe and easy to

use two way communication tool called TalkingPoints to communicate with

families. Families have three easy ways to use TalkingPoints to communicate

with your children’s teachers for free! You can use text message, download the

app or use it on the web at https://talkingpts.org/families/. Once you log in to

Talking Points, you should be able to see your students and teachers.

Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media is an online tool that can help parents and students make informed decisions regarding media use. This tool can be used for many types of media, including books, movies, video games, and apps.

Canvas is a Learning Management System that is used in grades 5-12 at Jonathan Alder. You and your student will find a lot of information about the school and your student's classroom through this platform. It is VERY important to stay connected and log on to Canvas. This link should help you log on and explain Canvas.

Talking Points

We are excited to share that our staff members will be using a safe and easy to

use two way communication tool called TalkingPoints to communicate with

families. Families have three easy ways to use TalkingPoints to communicate

with their children’s teachers for free! You can use text message, download the

app or use it on the web at https://talkingpts.org/families/. Once you log in to

Talking Points, you should be able to see your students and teachers.

September 4th- Labor Day (no school)

September 11th- Picture Day

Email: walterro@japioneers.org
Website: https://www.alder.k12.oh.us/canaanmiddleschool_home.aspx
Location: 7055 U.S. 42, Plain City, OH, USA
Phone: 614-873-5621
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093654760627
Twitter: @canaan_middle