Parent Portal

During the school year, the best way for parents to contact the teachers is via email. If you would prefer to speak over the phone, the classroom phone numbers are also listed along with the team teachers' email. During school hours, this number will go straight to voicemail, and we will return your call as soon as possible. 

Mr. Bradley Dalzell (Language Arts) -- dalzellb@medinabees.org -- (330) 636-3669-- Rm. 409

Mr. Jeff Diesch (History) -- dieschj@medinabees.org -- (330) 636-3678-- Rm. 508

Mr. Austin Gambaccini (Language Arts) -- gambacca@medinabees.org -- (330) 636-3658-- Rm. 308

Mrs. Rachel Hornik (Intervention) -- hornikr@medinabees.org -- (330) 636-3661-- Rm. 409

Mr. Chris Kocar (Science) -- kocarc@medinabees.org -- (330) 636-3677-- Rm. 507

Mrs. Ericka Kott (Math) -- kotte@medinabees.org -- (330) 636-3657-- Rm. 305

Mrs. Kate Kramer (Math) -- kramerk@medinabees.org -- (330) 636-3676-- Rm. 506

Due to our responsibilities to our own families, messages sent/received after 3:30 pm or on the weekends will likely not be answered until the next school day.  We will respond to communications within 24 hours unless prohibited by absences or other unavoidable interruptions to communications. 

While we would be happy to talk with you whenever questions or concerns arise, seventh grade is the perfect developmental stage to help students begin advocating for themselves and taking full ownership of their learning. To support this growth, we ask that you please talk with your child first about questions/concerns. If s/he says that things aren't going well or s/he doesn't know what the problem is, please encourage him/her to talk to their teacher to sort things out, and then report back to you. 

It is not abnormal for this to be difficult for students, but it is an important part of their growth as learners.

The "red flags" that should definitely alert you to contact us after asking your child to speak with us are:

• any reports of "the teacher doesn't have time to talk to me" about what might be going on with grades or performance (We will always make time to address student concerns.)

• evidence of your child still not understanding what the problem is (We always make sure students understand our discussions.)

• any reports of your child not having a chance to talk to their teacher over a period lasting more than 2-3 days (Students can approach their teacher at the beginning or end of any class period or at lunch.)

• your child's report of what a conversation doesn't seem to make sense to you (There may be some missing information.)

Parents should have online accounts in Progress Book where students' grades can be viewed, You can also sign up to receive a weekly report from Google Classroom that will tell you about your child's work completion on the Google Classroom assignments.  

**PLEASE NOTE: Because of parent access to Progressbook, we will not be contacting parents regularly about student grades, unless we are concerned.