Parkrose Middle School Staff Update

Staff -

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend. We have three weeks remaining in this school year and with our Distance Learning for All plan. We appreciate the hard work that our staff have put into ensuring that all of our students and families have the had the support they've needed over this difficult time. Thank you for continuing to work to engage our students over this last three week period.

Please see below for updates on this upcoming week.

This week is staff check out week, please go to this link to find the schedule for your time to check out. The schedule has been updated to reflect our furlough schedule. Please follow your normal check out procedures this year with one exception that we are encouraging all certified staff to keep their technology over the summer. When you arrive on your scheduled day there will be staff check out lists on the counter in the main office to pick up. We ask that all staff follow social distancing guidelines while on campus.

Please remember that all teachers need to enter comments for the students in their 8th period class (7th ELA/SS please use your 7/8 A day class). Elective teachers you may use your second trimester class list to submit a comment on each student. Please enter your comment into the communication log in the orange column. We need all comments to be finalized by Monday, 6.1.2020.

Below are some important reminders:

• One comment per student for 8th period
• Comment should be 2-3 sentences in length
• Please keep all comments positive
• Include teacher name
• If you would like to do more you can add a second comment to a student

All staff are invited to attend our 8th grade Recognition Drive Thru on Wednesday, June 10th from 3:00-6:00pm. We will have a designated area for staff during this event so that you are able to see and congratulate our 8th graders who are able to attend this event. We ask that staff wear a mask to this event and follow social distancing guidelines while on campus.

We are down to three weeks of distance learning remaining. We appreciate all of the work our teachers have done to communicate with and support our students throughout this distance learning time. Please continue to use the communication log as you hear back from students. Just mark the appropriate box for this week starting May 25th. Please continue to work to reach our students who have not been engaging as regularly as others in your classes. This may look like phone calls and text messages through Remind, reaching out through Google Voice if you had previously set up an account and individual emails to students. Also as you are working with students please do not hesitate to reach out to our counselors on any student you may be concerned with in terms of mental health. This is a difficult time for all of us and our students are particularly vulnerable during this time. If you have concern for a student or if a parent is concerned about their child please contact Mara or Sonny directly.

Just a reminder that as you work with students and families and you hear of needs (food, internet, financial needs). We are working on keeping that information and those requests for support during the COVID-19 crisis in one central place. Please fill out the below form. Our team will meet weekly and work to problem solve and provide support for each family. We will input notes into the communication log as well as send communication to the student's teachers through email on a weekly basis.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMhp4KPRPqqcyQ7y8ZnrS9G63klIoM7ehiqubhixEYaBwy0Q/viewform?usp=pp_url

Below is the meeting schedule for this week. Meetings have been adjusted based on the furlough schedule. All meetings are scheduled through your Google Calendar. Please accept meeting invitations and look for the link for that meeting in the invitation. The meetings below will all be held through Zoom.

This Week:

5.28.2020 - PLC Meetings

5.28.2020 - All Staff Meeting 2:00-3:00pm

Have a good week everyone!

Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

- John Wooden

Email: annette_sweeney@parkrose.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.parkrose.k12.or.us/
Location: 11800 Northeast Shaver Street, Portland, OR, USA
Phone: 503-408-2700
Twitter: @PMSPSD