March 30, 2020
The community of educators at OA are working diligently to develop a plan for the weeks from March 30-May 4 that will connect students with their teachers and provide engaging remote learning opportunities that are considered required. These remote learning opportunities are reinforcing skills already taught this school year and applying and deepening these skills. Please note that these remote learning opportunities are required, and we will follow up with you on what the grading will look like in the coming days. Throughout this distance learning time, teachers will be providing weekly learning plans and working to conduct weekly check-ins following the schedule below with students via their Easton Public School’s student email addresses. I need to stress the importance of students checking their emails daily. If you need help connecting to your EPS/OAHS Google email account please use the help desk helpdesk@easton.k12.ma.us. This is the account teachers are using to reach out to students.
Department Check-In Schedule Beginning 3/30:
Monday Math, Family Consumer Science, Art
Tuesday English, Industrial Arts
Wednesday Science, Physical Education
Thursday Social Studies, Business/Technology
Friday World Language, Music
On-going Special Education, Guidance
About check-ins and student work:
Check-ins can take many forms, from video conferencing using Google Meet, to discussion boards, to podcasts, to email, to virtual office hours.
Using either Google Classroom or other platforms teachers have been using with their classes all year, teachers will reach out to their classes to check-in, answer student questions and/or interact with students as needed.
Remote Learning Opportunity participation by students is required as the new format for schooling during this Covid19 closure.
If a student is in need of a Chromebook to use during this school closure, please email the helpdesk helpdesk@easton.k12.ma.us and John Sousa will help coordinate meeting this need. If you need financial assistance in setting up wifi you can visit www.internetessentials.com. The accessible website also includes the option to video chat with customer service agents in American Sign Language. There are also two dedicated phone numbers 1-855-846-8376 for English and 1-855-765-6995 for Spanish.