Middle School Connected Learning Plan
Teacher Availability
Middle school teachers will have Virtual Office Hours from 10:15-11:00 am and 1:45-2:30 pm daily. The teacher's office Google Meet will be active during designated office hours to answer questions and support students and families, and students and families will be able to make appointments to meet with the teacher as well during this time.
Teachers will meet with all of their classes daily following the posted schedule for your student's building.
Communication and Content Delivery
Google Meet will function as a virtual classroom for teachers and students daily. Just as in a physical classroom, the teacher will be present in the Google Meet classroom during class time and will provide a variety of instructional activities, including small and large group direct instruction, guided activities, short videos and practice exercises, feedback and assessments, etc.
Permission needs to be provided by parents/guardians of students in order for students to participate in any Google Meet sessions. Parents will receive an electronic form in the School Information System (SIS) Parent Portal. This form needs to be filled out prior to student participation. Students whose parents have not submitted the form will not be allowed to participate in Google Meet activities until the form has been received electronically.
Instruction will be based on the district-written curriculum which can be found on our district website linked here: Middle School Curriculum
Teachers may assign work outside of class time as well - this work may include watching posted videos, completing practice of skills learned in class, and other independent work that can be completed without additional assistance
Students with IEP's or other services required will continue to be provided based upon the goals of their IEP's and/or other service documents. Services at the K-12 level are provided by Special School District, in partnership with the Mehlville School District.
Teachers will utilize Google Classroom as their platform for digital communication to students and parents
Teachers will communicate with parents using their district email account
Teachers will communicate via phone when needed and will utilize interpreters for families that need them
Students will:
engage in daily lessons over Google Meet
complete virtual and digital assignments, projects, presentations, and assessments
communicate with their teachers and post their work on Google Classroom
At home learning tips include:
create a learning space, including a hard surface (desk or table) for students to place their chromebook and other necessary items on
remove distractions
set timers or create a calendar with times student needs to get on the computer for class
Student Feedback
Teachers will continue to provide timely feedback to students and assign grades as they would in a physical classroom. 6th and 7th grade core subjects (English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science), along with 6-8th grade Physical Education, Health, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Visual Arts will assign Standards-Based Grades to assignments in SIS, which will be converted to letter grades at the end of the semester. 8th grade core subjects and the remaining Encore subjects will continue to assign A, B, C, D, or Failing letter grades based on assignments entered into the SIS student grading system. Grades will not be assigned Pass/Fail as they were in the spring.
Middle Supply List
Here is the supply list for middle school students. This list also serves as the supply list for Mehlville@Home students.
Pencils, pens and loose leaf paper
Pocket folders (one per class)
12 pack of multi-colored pencils
Markers
Highlighters
Calculator (regular) for 6th and 7th grade; Texas Instrument (TI-30) calculator for 8th grade
Planner (optional)
Student and Family Resources
Student Guide to Google Meet: this is a resource developed specifically for students. Feel free to share this as well with families.
Middle School Student Schedule
Below you will find a typical middle school student schedule. Please note that the time from 2:30-3:20 pm (M, Tu., Th., F) is designated as student work time, which can be used for teacher conferencing with students as appropriate.
