Dear Parents,

Scroll down on this page to see Summer Learning information for your children.  

Stay healthy and Safe,

Mr. Hilling (pete.hilling@rcsdk12.org) 

Parents of 6th Graders 

Please click here for the July 6th-8th grade summer learning recommendations from the RCSD.   August recommendations will be posted on the RCSD Learns webpage in late July: https://sites.google.com/rcsd121.org/rcsdlearns/families-and-students/summer-learning 

Please click here for information on a chromebook for home use for your 6th grader.     

Please click here for a copy of the letter I dropped off with respect to summer learning.  Letter is also posted below.  

If your child's chromebook needs repair, reach out the RCSD Hotline to coordinate swapping the chromebooks.    

Digital Resources:

• How do I get into Roconnect?  Click here for directions!

• How do I get breakfast/lunch?  Click here for meal sites!

• How do I Zoom from a computer or iPad?  Click here for directions!

• How do I speak with children about? COVID-19 Click here for NYS mental health advice for parents and teachers!

• IXL - You have your username and password.  Let me know if you are stuck.  More information to come on what skills to practice.  For now, choose a skill.  

• Newsela - Read at least one article a day.  There will soon be assignments loaded in Newsela from me.  

• myOn - Reading and listening to digital books should happen throughout the day.  

Hello Parents,

To the right is the letter that was mailed home this weekend.  The two pages provide information on the work we are doing during and in between our Zoom sessions. 

The second page includes a strongly suggested schedule for your child to help them succeed with the online learning.

Dear Parents, 

Sharing a little personal and school information here on resources.  First, I hope your children, you and your families are all well.  The challenges present to you and your children are extreme at this time.  Myself and the support staff at Pinnacle School #35 are here for you and your children.  My three children are now in their mid to late 20s.  While they were in elementary and high school I told them to use their resources for information;  parents and family first, then teachers and finally friends.  I want your child to succeed in life.  Spending 6+ hours a day while school was in session, it is easy to become attached to them. They are wonderful, funny, smart and challenging.  I'm always available to speak with you by phone, text or email regarding school work and social emotional issues you may need to discuss with respect to your children.    

Some personal information: My parents emigrated to Rochester, New York in 1964, with $6 two kids and one on the way; just as the Rochester Race Riots of '64 were sweeping our city.  We lived on Remington Street where my father walked to Hickey Freeman each day for work as a tailor.  My parents left a country due to religious discrimination and while not as oppressive as the discrimination present here for African Americans and Latinos, it provided my parents and my siblings with a heightened sense of empathy for oppressed people.  

This afternoon I will share the information with your children on the Rochester Youth Zoom Meeting.  I plan to attend as a teacher, father and citizen.  I'll encourage your children to Zoom in with you.