Good Morning, HDS Hawks!

Please click on this attachment for this week's video newsletter: Weekly Video Newsletter: 10/24- 10/28. You can also access it (as well as past newsletters) on my website: tinyurl.com/VHSLepp.

You will find detailed information on:

• Mandatory Zoom meeting (RACE Writing Lesson)- Wednesday, Oct. 26th at 11:00 AM (new link posted to Google Classroom)

• I am currently grading APEX assignments submitted Thursday, October 20th

• Attendance- be sure to log in every day by 1 PM! See video for details.

• Use our Paper tutor if you need help in any subject!

• I have a doctor's appointment on Thursday, so I will answer emails as quickly as possible

Please let me know if you have any questions or need support!

Alexa Lepp

TOSA, Vasquez High School

HDS & VHS Independent Study Teacher

Website: tinyurl.com/VHSLepp

Good Morning, Hawks!

Please click on this attachment for this week's video newsletter: Weekly Video Newsletter: 10/10- 10/14. You can also access it (as well as past newsletters) on my website: tinyurl.com/VHSLepp.

You will find detailed information on:

• October 14th at 3 PM is the deadline to submit assignments that you want included in your report card.

• Zoom support meeting for Virtual Academy students- Tuesday, Oct. 11th at 11:00 AM (link posted to Google Classroom).

• Attendance- be sure to log in every day by 1 PM! See video for details.

• Study Skills Nearpod video assignment- it works now! The due date has been moved to this Friday.

• New PE Log & Study Skills assignment posted on Google Classroom for this week.

• I am currently grading APEX assignments submitted on October 6th.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need support!

Good Morning, HDS Hawks!

Please click on this attachment for this week's video newsletter: Weekly Video Newsletter: 10/17- 10/21. You can also access it (as well as past newsletters) on my website: tinyurl.com/VHSLepp.

You will find detailed information on:

• Zoom support meeting- Tuesday, Oct. 18th at 11:00 AM (new link posted to Google Classroom)

• I am currently grading assignments submitted Friday, October 14th

• I am currently working on Report Card grades (see video for details)

• Attendance- be sure to log in every day by 1 PM! See video for details.

• Use our Paper tutor! See our Study Skills Google Classroom for an extra credit opportunity worth 25 points about Paper

• I can finally return to our VHS campus on Monday, October 24th!

Please let me know if you have any questions or need support!

Good Morning, Hawks!

Please click on this attachment for this week's video newsletter: Weekly Video Newsletter: 9/26- 9/30

You will find detailed information on:

• I have doctors appointments everyday at 9 AM for the next 6 school days. I will be able to support you after I am done!

• No Zoom meeting this week unless requested due to my recovery- next week we will continue Zoom meetings

• Attendance- be sure to log in every day by 1 PM! See video for details.

• I am currently grading assignments submitted on Sept. 20th- they will be entered to APEX by Monday

Please let me know if you have any questions or need support!

Hello Hawks!

Hope you’ve had a great Monday so far! Great news- I finished my radiation treatment today! I’m thrilled and this means I’ll be able to start supporting students first thing in the morning again.

This week, I will need to hold our Zoom support meeting on Tuesday. I will be out on Wednesday, so I wanted to provide it tomorrow at 11:00 AM in case any students need it! Students can find the link to join the session tomorrow on Google Classroom.

Our next report card closing date is October 14th. That means any assignment submitted to me by October 14th at 3 PM is guaranteed to be graded and included in a student’s report card grade. If students are behind in any classes, this is a great time to catch up! I will be using the “Grade to Date” for the report card.

Parents- sometimes, for some reason, APEX may stop sending weekly grade updates on Sundays. I’m honestly not sure why; however, there is still a way to access their progress using an old email! If you click on the email, and click where it says “Detail Report,” you will get a live update on how students are performing in their classes. You can access this at any time. If you don’t have the old emails, you can also email me and I’ll be happy to provide you with an update!

Finally, just a reminder that it takes me 3-5 school days to update assignment grades in APEX. I’m currently grading assignments that were submitted last Thursday, September 29th. Students may see that there is a “missing” assignment on APEX for something they’ve already turned in. I know this causes anxiety sometimes because it may cause a grade to drop, but please have no fear! As soon as the grade is entered for that assignment, it goes back up! I wish APEX had a way to show when assignments were submitted so that it wouldn’t show as “missing” and affect a grade temporarily; however, that isn’t available at this time. If there are any assignments submitted to be prior to last Thursday, September 29th that hasn’t been graded yet in APEX, please contact me to double check that it was turned in.

Have a great week and let me know if you need anything! Thank you for your time!

Good Morning, Hawks!

Please click on this attachment for this week's video newsletter: Weekly Video Newsletter: 9/19- 9/23

You will find detailed information on:

• I am not available to support students this Friday (see video for details)

• I have doctors appointments everyday at 9 AM for the next 2.5 weeks. I will be able to support you after I am done!

• Catch up on missing work if you have any (PE & Study Skills on Google Classroom & all other classes on APEX)

• Attendance- be sure to log in every day by 1 PM! See video for details.

• Zoom support meeting this Wednesday at 11:00 AM (I accidentally said 10:30 in the video, but I meant 11 AM). See Google Classroom for Zoom information.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need support!

Hello HDS Students and Families!

I wanted to send you an email letting you know that all written work that was submitted to me is graded and updated within the APEX and Aeries gradebooks. This means the APEX Coach emails being sent out tomorrow with grade reports is accurate and will reflect the grades students will be getting on their upcoming Progress Report.

I will be entering progress report grades Monday morning, so if any students wish to catch up this weekend on missing quizzes & tests in APEX (or redo quizzes & tests they got a low score on), they can and those will go towards their progress report.

Students may also work on missing written assignments (in APEX, PE or Study Skills); however, I cannot guarantee they will be included in their progress report grade since the deadline to include those assignments was yesterday. Once again though, students are not penalized for late assignments within APEX, so although I cannot guarantee more written assignments will be included in this progress report, it will help them for their future report card grade.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me! Have a great weekend!

Hello Hawks!

Hope you had a great 3-day weekend! Please click on this attachment for this week's video newsletter: Weekly Video Newsletter: 9/6- 9/9

You will find detailed information on:

• Attendance- be sure to log in every day by 1 PM!

• September 16th- Progress Report Closing Date. Any assignment submitted by Sept. 16th at 3 PM will be guaranteed to be graded and included in your progress report.

• I have doctors appointments every day at 9 AM for the next 4.5 weeks- I will be able to support you after I am done!

• Google Classroom Assignments: Students are receiving PE & Study Skills assignments on Google Classroom. Students- please be sure to join my Google Classrooms for those assignments if you haven't already!

• Zoom support meeting this Wednesday at 11 AM. See Google Classroom for Zoom information.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need support!

Good Morning, Hawks!

Please click on this attachment for this week's video newsletter: Weekly Video Newsletter: 9/12- 9/16

You will find detailed information on:

• September 16th at 3 PM- Progress Report Closing Date

• I use the "Grade to Date" on APEX for your course grades for Social Studies, Science, Math, & Language Arts

• PE & Study Skills grades can be found on Aeries

• Attendance- be sure to log in every day by 1 PM! See video for details.

• Zoom support meeting this Wednesday at 11:00 AM. See Google Classroom for Zoom information.

• I have doctor's appointments every day at 9 AM for the next 3. 5 weeks- I will be able to support you after I am done!

Please let me know if you have any questions or need support!

Hello, Students & APEX Families!

Please see my video for this week’s video newsletter: HDS Video Newsletter 8/23-8/26. This week’s video is longer than usual because we are just starting, so I apologize for the length!

You will find detailed information on:

• Pacing Guide Calendar - APEX due dates begin Monday, August 29th

• Getting Started Guide for Coach: Courses (Attached below)

• Quality of Work vs. Grade to Date (Grade to Date is used for progress reports & report cards)

• How to turn in written assignments on APEX

• Accept my Google Classroom invite! PE log assignment due this Friday

• First progress report closing date: September 16th

• Zoom Meeting this Wednesday, August 24th at 11 AM (mandatory- students need to accept my Google Classroom invitation to view the Zoom link).

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Hello Hawks!

Hope you all are having a fantastic weekend! Please click on this attachment for this week's video newsletter: Weekly Video Newsletter: 8/29- 9/2

You will find detailed information on:

• Monday: I am at a doctor's appointment all morning/ afternoon- I will respond by Monday evening to emails & APEX requests.\

• Google Classroom Assignments: You will be receiving a PE Log & a Study Skills Nearpod assignment this week. Students- please be sure to join my Google Classrooms for those assignments if you haven't already!

• APEX Due Dates- remember it takes me 3-5 school days to get written work entered into APEX. No late points are taken off for assignments showing as past due. Once your grade is entered, your Grade to Date will go back up!

• APEX Written Work- copy & paste written assignments (Practice, Journals, & Projects) into a Google Doc and share it with me or use Kami (see Google Classroom for details).

• Zoom support meeting this Wednesday at 11 AM. See Google Classroom for Zoom information.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need support!