Hello to all my iMiddle students,

What a crazy time this 2020 year has turned out to be! These past few months changed all of our worlds so drastically so quickly.  It has been difficult for many of us to adjust and to understand what to prepare for moving forward. And now, in addition to that, there is so much hurt in our country, and in our communities, regarding the need for a voice, support, and change for our African American community.  

 Many of you have personally experienced racism, in your lives outside of school, and unfortunately, inside of school as well. As teachers, counselors, administrators, office staff, etc., we continuously address, discuss, and teach about racism and how it affects each and every one of you. Whether you are Black, Asian, Hispanic, White, Middle Eastern, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, however you identify, racism and hate affects everyone - as victims and as witnesses.  

I want you all to know that even though school is coming to an end, our support for you is not!! Mr Oscar, our School Psychologist, and I are still available to talk and for support.  Many of you may be thinking, "Ms. O'Donnell is white, how can she understand what I go through?"  And you are not wrong.  I can never understand what another individual goes through.  I do not live in your shoes. However, that does not change my ability to be a support for you and to discuss what you are feeling and going through.  The same way I support you while we are in school and you are having trouble with friends, or teachers, or with families.  My job is not to know exactly what you are feeling, but to help you work through it!

I will also be adding resources for you all on my website as well.  The links for that, as well as Mr. Oscar and my contact information, is below.  I care about each and every one of you so much!  Please do not hesitate to reach out.

Ms. O'Donnell

modonnell@sandi.net

619-354-0605

Counseling Website

Mr. Oscar

ograjeda@sandi.net

858-754-8947

Best,

Ms. Molly O'Donnell

School Counselor

Innovation Middle School

5095 Arvinels Ave, San Diego, CA 92117

P. (858) 278-5948

F. (858) 278-5758

E. mo'donnell@sandi.net

www.imiddle.org

iMiddle News: https://sites.google.com/a/imiddlesd.com/imiddle-news/ 

Content:

Teacher Meeting Times (Please check your teacher pages or emails for more information)  YOU MUST EITHER ATTEND THE MEETING OR CHECK IN WITH YOUR TEACHER ON EMAIL or you will be marked absent for the week in advisory.  Please show up or check in.

• Engan - Monday @ 10 am (see email or calendar for join code/link)

• Klinefelter - Monday @ 8:30 am

• Nusser- Monday 10:00 am (see email titled "advisory" for joining info)

• Poland - Monday @ 10:30 am (see email for join code - We will use Google Meet)

• Seager - Monday @ 1:30 pm (see email for link)

• Urbino-Monday @ 11am( see email for invitation/link)

• Vosburgh- Monday @10 am (link is in your own imiddlesd.com calendar)

English:

Please open the class sites below for daily instructions and resources.  

Ladeby 6th Grade GATE/Sem. ELA - period 2

Ladeby 6th Grade ELA - periods 3 and 4

Engan 6th Grade ELA - Periods 1 and 6

Office Hours: 

9 am Tuesdays and Thursday (by appointment); all 6th grade ELA/History Meetings at 1:00 Tuesdays and Fridays (a zoom link will be sent to your imiddlesd email) 

Please reach out on email anytime: 

• Ms. Engan: kengan@sandi.net

• Ms. Ladeby: dladeby@sandi.net

Math:

Watch this Distance-Learning video for a quick overview of how to access content and navigate the class page.

Please check Mr. Moreno's Class Page everyday. Periods 1-4, please subscribe to this HW Calendar. Period 6, please subscribe to this HW Calendar. Regular live-video meetings (using Zoom) and regular office hours are scheduled on HW Calendars. Email: rmoreno1@sandi.net

Science: 

 Learning Assignments :https://sites.google.com/a/imiddlesd.com/mr-vosburgh--science-classes/6th-grade-science

 Please complete any makeup work or missing assignments by Friday, June 5th. Remember to email your teacher if you complete any assignment marked missing.  For a faster result make sure to include the assignment name and a screenshot of the score(s). 

Remember, to login to your OneNote you need to use your StudentID#@stu.sandi.net

Email: bvosburgh@sandi.net    or   ghenry@sandi.net 

Class Period Meetings: (Using Zoom) are scheduled on Student Google Calendars. Please be on time

Office Hours : 

Mr. Vosburgh and Mr. Henry- Monday and Thursday at 2:00 pm-2:30 pm (the link is posted on your Google Calendar) Please be on time at 2:00pm.

Social Studies:

Go to Class Website for assignments. Class assignments will be completed on Canvas- Ancient Rome Continued

Office Hours: Email me with any questions at any time. 

Class Meetings: Zoom on Friday (10:00)

Physical Education:

Please visit my Website and Google Classroom for all Updates on weekly activities.  

Coach Harbecke's Website

9 Week Agenda

Wheel: There will be no wheel for the duration of distance learning.

English:  

Please continue to check our class pages and your @imiddlesd email.  If you have not subscribed to our Google calendar or signed up for Remind texts, please do so.  The directions are on our web pages under the "Calendar" and "Home" tabs.  Class meeting invitations are sent to your @imiddlesd email.

• English periods 2, 3, 4, 6

• English period 7

Please email us with any questions: aharrimangomez@sandi.net and/or klittle2@sandi.net 

Individual Help and Office Hours Request

Math:

Check your Google Classroom and Class Page for this week's assignments. You can continue to work on Fix ups to improve your grades. Fix Ups can be found a goformative.com.

1) Fix Ups Survey

Class Page

Please send any questions to murbino@sandi.net

For Accelerated Math 7: Visit Mr. Freitas' Math Page!

Science: 

Please complete any makeup work or missing assignments by Wednesday June 3rd. Remember to email your teacher if you complete any assignment marked missing.  For a faster result make sure to include the assignment name and a screenshot of the score(s). 

Office Hours - 

• Poland:  By Appointment

• Vosburgh: Office Hours are posted right to your personal imiddlesd calendar.

Class Meet -  We will meet at the start of each period to get you started and to help answer questions, once questions are done the meeting will be closed.  Please see your email for your meeting codes.

• Poland: USE GOOGLE Meet P1  Tues @ 9:00 am, P2 Tues@ 10:00 am, P4 Weds @ 10:00.  

• Vosburgh: Class Meets posted right to your own personal imiddlesd calendar.

Social Studies:

Check the history web page for upcoming learning opportunities. 

We have Zoom meetings schedule for each period at the same time each week.

We use the same Zoom Link for every class meeting: check your imiddlesd.com email.

World History Periods 1,3,4,6

GATE History Period 2

ZOOM MEETINGS SCHEDULE

Period 1: Tuesdays 9:30

Period 2: Tuesdays 10:00

Period 3: Wednesdays 9:30

Period 4: Wednesdays 10:00

Period 6: Thursdays 9:30

English:

Ladeby ELA: Please open the class sites below for daily instructions and resources.  If you would like calendar reminders please add the calendar for your class (from the class site).  

Ladeby 8th Grade GATE/Sem. ELA- period 1

Office Hours: TBD

Seager ELA: 

Please visit my teacher site for more information about this week: https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/8th-grade-english-ms-seager/agenda-and-assignments  

8th grade English weekly work menu - students should do as much as they can each week: 

• NoRedInk (2 practices per week)

• Lexia (try to do at least 10 units per week but do as much as you can)

• Weekly reading - either the class novel Refugee by Alan Gratz (link to online book and Ms. Seager's YouTube channel for read aloud videos on Google Classroom) or student choice book. 

• 1 written assignment on Google Classroom based on your weekly reading.

Ms. Seager's ELD (6-8) work:

• Students need to do at least 20 units of Lexia each week.

• Weekly writing assignment posted on Google Classroom. 

Math:

Students should select their course. Download the weekly .pdf and attend the scheduled meeting times.

Integrated I Cronk -https://sites.google.com/imiddlesd.com/cronk-201819/classwork/integrated-1 

Common Core 8 Cronk- https://sites.google.com/imiddlesd.com/cronk-201819/classwork/common-core-8 

Common Core 8 Urbino- Urbino  Check out your email and Google Classroom for this week's work.

1) Fix Up Survey

Office Hours - 1pm Monday and Thursday via zoom for Mr. Cronk. 1:30PM Thursday and Friday 11AM for Mr. Urbino.

Science: ALL SCIENCE WORK DUE MIDNIGHT JUNE 3RD.  No work accepted after June 3rd (We need time to grade and enter all of it).

Finish Natural Selection Unit.  

Check Powerschool for assignments.  Nothing new is assigned for this week.  The last few assignments from last week are:

• Labs 0-6 should be done

• Natural selection notebook check

• Natural selection Test

• Natural selection performance Task

• Any extra credit.

• Nusser- P1 meet Tue 9:15 am, P2 meet Tuesday 10:00 am, P3 meet Weds 9:15.  Please try some of activities before so you can get questions answered.  

• Poland - P6 meet Thurs@9 am; P7 meet Thurs @ 10 am.  (Please see your imiddlesd gmail for access code) 

Open Office Hours: 

• Nusser- This week Monday by appointment (Mr. N will be helping with Text book turn in and may not be available for the 1:00 pm office hours.)  Next week attendance will be filling out a feedback form for us.  

• Poland -   By appointment only

Social Studies: Greetings Young Scholars

Look for updates on Mr. Turk's teacher page linked here :  Period 2     Periods 3,4,6, and 7

Meeting links, announcements, assignments, discussions and activities are posted in CANVAS.

Advisory   Mon at 10 am                     Period 2   Tuesday at 10 am or 1 pm              Period 3  Wed at 9 am              

Period 4 Wed 10 am                             Period 6   Thurs 9 am                           Period 7 Thurs  10 am

   Stop By, Say Hi   ...    Fridays    1:00 - 1:40  pm  for office hours.

Reading Intervention: Fridays Only

Ms. Taylor: Click Here to go to Ms. Taylor's Page

GTT-Mr Nusser & Henry are teaming up to provide at home STEAM projects

 Open-ended Engineering Project(s) for GTT.  We are finishing the details, but here it is.  Mr. Henry's classes, please put your project proposal in your class OneNote.  

Mr. Nusser's classes. 

 Finish up the already assigned work.  LAST DAY TO TURN IN WORK 10:00 AM THURSDAY JUNE 4TH for Mr. N.  If you are completely done, you can do another distance learning project for extra credit.  Last time to turn in work is during class on Thursday June 4th.  We will do a rocket challenge during class on Thursday June 4th at 10:00.  Try to have tape (any kind), paper (any kind), and scissors.  If you have a straw great.  This will be our last meeting.

Turn in Distance Learning Project here-  Be sure anyone with the link can view it.

Think like a Coder Challenges.  We are getting back into programming.  Open your OneNote (http://portal.office.com and go to the distance learning folder in GTT. 

Think like a Coder Episodes 4-6-  Do it on Onenote.  Here is the slides to help you answer the questions.  (be sure you have completed Think Like A coder 1-3 First.

Scratch Coding Project due on Thursday May 28th.   Turn in the link on Google Classroom and answer the reflection question..

NUSSER Meetings Class meeting 10:00 am Thursday.  Office hours (if you need help) Weds at 11:00 until 11:10 (I will stay longer if students need more help).  Zoom links sent to your imiddlesd emails.  Same links every week.  Be sure to click on the Weds or Thursday link on the correct day.

Spanish - Ms. Engan

Please open the class sites below for instructions and resources.  If you would like calendar reminders please add the calendar for your class (from the appropriate class site). Remember, all these activities will only HELP your grade! Office hours Wednesdays 1-3 pm. Please send an email anytime! kengan@sandi.net

Spanish 1/2 

Spanish 3/4

ASL - Dr. Zernovoj

Dr. Z: Please use your google classroom for updates and classwork!

See Dr. Z's website for general information. 

Email: azernovoj@sandi.net

Office Hours Wednesdays, 1 - 2:30 PM

Physical Education 

Please visit all websites and Google Classrooms for all updates on weekly activities.

Coach Harbecke

 Coach Harbecke's Website

9 Week Agenda

Coach Adamson 

Coach Adamson's Website

Coach Klinefelter

Coach K's Website

Overall News: Please check your DHH Advisory Google Classroom for updates and links to meetings

English:

Ms. Amanda: Please use your google classroom!

Email: atempleton@sandi.net

Office Hours  TBD

Ms. Emily & Mr. Jed: Please use your google classroom!

Email: jgallimore@sandi.net

Office Hours  TBD 

Math:

Ms. Kim: Please use your google classroom!

Email: lkim1@sandi.net

Office Hours  TBD

Science: 

 Ms. Little: Please use your google classroom! 

Email: klittle@sandi.net

Office Hours  TBD

ASL:

Dr. Z: Please use your google classroom for updates and classwork!

See Dr. Z's website for general information. 

Email: azernovoj@sandi.net

Office Hours Wednesdays, 1 - 2:30 PM

Speech:

Mrs. Channing: Please use your google classroom!

Email: kchanning@sandi.net

Counseling: 

Physical Education:

Coach Adamson: Visit Google Classroom.  We have DHH PE on MONDAYS at 10am, not during your normal periods. 

Wheel: There will be no wheel for the duration of distance learning.

1. Avoid close contact. - Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too. Don't share your food or drink.

2. Stay home when you are sick. - If possible, stay home from work, school, and errands when you are sick. This will help prevent spreading your illness to others.

3. Cover your mouth and nose. - Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. You can also cough or sneeze into your elbow/shoulder.  It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Flu and other serious respiratory illnesses, are spread by cough, sneezing, or unclean hands.

4. Clean your hands. - Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs. You should wash for 20 seconds (sing the ABC's). If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.

5. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. - Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth.

6. Practice other good health habits. - Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces at home, work or school, especially when someone is ill. Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.

7. Wear a mask when you go outside.-  The CDC now recommends if you do have to go outside to wear a mask.  You can create your own.  Here is a link to a no sew design.  Remember it is better to stay at home, but the mask will provide some protection if you have to go out and help limit your ability to spread the virus if you are sick but do not have symptoms.  

1.   Find a quiet place without a glare on your screen. Please avoid sitting in front of an open window (you will look like you are in the witness protection program). 

2.   Keep your microphone on mute unless you want to talk. 

3.   Be respectful in your spoken words, chat, and video. Teachers have access to all chats.  

4.   Do not record or take any screenshots of during the meeting.

5.   Please avoid eating while in the meeting.

6.   Please be present- stay focused on the discussion at hand. Please stay focused on the conversation and our class- do not multitask and play games. You will have time at the end to show everyone your cute dogs or other cool things. 

7.   Use the chat function to ask to talk, ask questions, make appropriate comments.  The teacher will call on you and ask you to unmute your audio.  Try to remember to re-mute after so there is not too much background noise.

8.  Please do not share the zoom/meeting links publicly.  

These functions are at the bottom of your screen.

If you have a headset/ earphones/ earbuds, please use them. They help with blocking out background noise.