Frequently Asked Questions

Updates for the Scranton School District can be found on the district website www.scrsd.org

All information can be found on the district Distance Learning Portal. Go to www.scrsd.org then click on "Distance Learning Portal"

Meals are served on Monday and Wednesday. If either of those days falls on a holiday or we are not in service it will be delayed 1 day. Next week we will serve on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Mondays students will be served 2 days worth of meals and on Wednesday will be 3 days worth of meals. Meals will be served at the following locations from 10AM - 1PM Scranton High School, West Scranton High School, John Kennedy Elementary, John Whittier Elementary, Neil Armstrong Elementary, Isaac Tripp Elementary. Parents will be able to pick up meals for their students.

During virtual learning, school buildings have temporarily closed down, and those schools have relocated to another location. Below is the list of where the schools are located:

• Scranton High School- Scranton High, South Intermediate, Lincoln Jackson Academy, and Monticello

• West Scranton High School- West Scranton High, West Intermediate and Northeast Intermediate

• Isaac Tripp Elementary-Tripp, Sumner, and Adams

• Kennedy Elementary-McNichols Plaza, and Robert Morris

• Neil Armstrong Elementary- Armstrong, Bancroft, Willard

• Whittier Elementary-Whittier, Whittier Annex, Prescott

Please fill out the Chromebook request form and your home school will be in contact with you. Please click link to fill out the Chromebook request form: Chromebook Request Form

An instructional video for operating your Chromebook can be found on the Distance Learning Portal under ELD Portal. Please be sure to change the subtitles to your preferred language. Instructions on how to change subtitles can be found on our ELD resource page as well.

Information regarding the ELD program can be found on the Distance Learning Portal under ELD Portal. The ELD Portal page will have updates and information for English learner families. Please also check out our Facebook page SSD ELD page for more information as well. Please click link to view the ELD Portal: ELD Portal

Your child’s email address is your child’s reverse initials, seven digit code @ssdedu.org.

Example:

Name: John Doe

Student Code: 1234567

Student Email: DJ1234567@ssdedu.org

Go to www.scrsd.org

Click: "Parent" tab

Click: "Parent home Access"

Then: type in your username and password.

The elementary students (grades k-5) will be using Accelerated Education and Google Classroom.

The intermediate level students (grades 6-8) and high school students (grade 9-12) will be using the scope and sequence of APEX and Google Classroom.

An instructional video for navigating Google Classroom can be found on the Distance Learning Portal under ELD resources. Please be sure to change the subtitles to your preferred language. Instructions on how to change subtitles can be found on our ELD resource page as well.

An instructional video for navigating Accelerated Education can be found on the Distance Learning Portal under ELD resources. Please be sure to change the subtitles to your preferred language. Instructions on how to change subtitles can be found on our ELD resource page as well.

ELD: stands for the English Language Development program formerly known as ESL-English as a Second Language.

EL: stands for English Learner.

When you registered your child for school in the Scranton School District you completed a Home Language Survey. On that survey you indicated your child speaks a language other than English as his or her first language. Your child was then given a test to determine his or her level of proficiency of the English language. (Proficiency in a language is a measure of a person’s ability to understand and communicate in that language.) The test score determined that your child needs to participate in the English Language Development Program. Your child is in the ELD Program to become more proficient in English with a goal of becoming as proficient as his or her English speaking peers.

You can find your child’s ELD Teacher on the ELD Portal under SSD Personnel Directories.

You can find a list of the language support staff, their email addresses, and what school they are assigned on the ELD Portal under the SSD Personnel Directories.

Zoom:

Open the Zoom app on your desktop

Start button - Zoom folder - start Zoom

Click on Sign in

On right side menu Select "Sign In with SSO"

Enter your USQ username and password if prompted

Click on Join, Enter the Meeting ID (this is displayed in the email invitation.

Google Meet:

Sign into your Gmail or Google Class

Open the email or class invitation

Click the invite link and the meet will start.

No. We realize that this is a difficult transition to virtual learning and want to assist you in any manner that we can. School is mandated in the state of Pennsylvania and we do not want to see your family incur court fees or magistrate filings.

Teachers are required to go live or prerecorded three times a week.

Yes. School is Monday through Friday, just as it would be before Covid 19.

Yes, the teachers will record the lessons and your child has until 11:59 at night to submit his or her work.

No, your child is not required to wear a uniform.