If you schedule a vaccination time during school hours, please complete this Google Form ASAP so we can arrange sub coverage.
Got questions? Read the top of the Google Form as there are details there.
The McLean County Health Department shared this via email on 1.15.21 near 4:45 p.m.
We will put in a final order for headsets on Tuesday, 1.19.21. Want one? Request it here.
What exactly did the letter about snow days being e-learning days mean?
Remote work day for staff
Office hour guidance:
At a minimum, staff checks email & replies to students during office hours.
Can you be available to students through a video conference instead? Yes
Synchronous instruction:
We will follow our current Wednesday timeline except all students are synchronous.
What schedule will be shared with families?
Here is a strong draft of the schedule that will be shared with families in the next family Kingsley Connection. See something needing fixed or reworded? Email Stacie your ideas.
1.22, 8a.m.-4.pm., with 2 15-minute breaks & a 30-minute lunch
PTO providing snacks in Main Street Retreat. Yum!
Certified staff may participate from Kingsley or from home.
Mr. Hill will communicate with paras regarding attendance & work on 1.22.
Some parents may misplace their conference link. A help sheet for virtual conference links will be linked to the KJHS website.
Reframing our words can help parents hear our feedback.
Families see their child as a child, one of the people they love most in the world. Families commitment is life-long & they can be fearful for their child's future. Educators know we are talking about children but we see them as students. Using the word child when talking with families can help us remember how families view the person we are speaking about.
Sometimes we need to communicate challenging topics that are hard for us to say & even harder for families to hear. Choosing different phrases (ideas here) may help parents hear our message rather than getting upset, rejecting our feedback & making the remainder of the school year difficult for you.
After conferences, record the quantity of conferences you had here by Monday, 1.25 at 4 p.m.
This was shared prior but here are directions for call masking in case you want to use it for Family-Teacher Conferences or on a remote Wednesday.
On 1.22, students will use the button above the username and password box (tech talk: The UNIT5 Google SSO button) pictured to the left to log into Infinite Campus. If students are logged into their Google account & push this button, it will log them into their Infinite Campus account.
In the IC student portal, a message about this will be posted on 1.18.
If a student tries this after 1.22 and they are unable to access IC, you may enter a helpdesk ticket or send them to Val who will enter a helpdesk ticket & send you information.
Are you passionate about connecting with students & their social-emotional wellness? The Advisory Task force is the perfect spot to shine! The posting will be coming soon. Keep your eyes peeled!
Want to help plan, design and lead KJHS PD on the personal prong of equity? Email Stacie to join the formative meeting on 1.20.
Students in the Black Student Union & Not In Our School are planning to create slides to be incorporated into the slides that are shown in the cafeteria and linked to our website. Our before-school music will showcase talented Black artists. #studentleadership
Does your class or club want to add something? Great! Let's have them join in!
Stacie is beginning to work with a local artist to develop student created & painted murals in the cafeteria. Want to join that effort? Email Stacie.
Here is a combination of all COVID procedures in one place.
There are two ways you'll have access to this information.
If you have a student, you will get an email from the nurse with student initials.
In Infinite Campus attendance area, the hybrid student could be coded as "Remote Learner/RL." This code does not count them as absent. If a hybrid student is in covid protocol, they will access learning materials synchronously if you've invited students to synch in or asynchronously; therefore, hybrid students in covid protocol are counted as present.
1.18 No School - Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday
1.22 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Virtual Family-Teacher Conferences
1.27 PLC in the AM
2.1 Kick off Black History Month
2.10 PLC in the AM
2.15 No School, Presidens Day
2.16 Inservice - A.M is district. ~ P.M. is building-based.