PLEASE READ ASAP: Important message from Lees Corner ES

Dear Lees Corner Families, 

Due to the issues that some schools had with Blackboard Collaborate yesterday, changes must be made immediately in how students access their courses. In order to give teachers time to make these changes, all FCPS Distance Learning will begin two hours late today, April 15th.  

This means that all teacher-led instruction will begin two hours late TODAY and all teacher office hours will be adjusted on April 15th.  We will resume our regular instructional schedule and teacher office hours on Thursday, April 16th. 

Please see below for the new times for today, Wednesday, April 15th: 

Instruction Time

Grade Level

11:00am-12:00pm

Kindergarten

11:00am-12:00pm

1st Grade

10:30am-11:30am

2nd Grade

11:00am-12:00pm

3rd Grade

11:00am-12:00pm

4th Grade

10:30am-11:30am

5th Grade

11:00am-12:00pm

6th Grade

 

 *Virtual Office Offices will vary for teams/teachers today, from 1:00-3:00pm

Students/families will not be using the links that were previously given to them by teachers. 

To access the instructional sessions with teachers or the office hours with teachers:

  • All students will need to log into their FCPS Blackboard 24/7 account with their student number and their FCPS password. https://fcps.blackboard.com/
  • Click on the grade level course. (i.e. LCES Third Grade)
  • Look for and click the Live Sessions button on the left menu.
  • Students will see all of teachers’ active session.  
  • Click on your teacher’s session button to join. 
  • The student’s name will automatically show up.
  • Parents are NOT able to access this on their Blackboard Parent account. 
  • Students are permitted to log in 15 minutes early. 

We apologize for the last-minute notice and we appreciate your flexibility as we learn to navigate Distance Learning together as a division during this unprecedented time. Please know that we are in this with you and we will support our students through these times as best we can.  

Our best,

VaRonica Sloan, Principal

Laura Tapper, Assistant Principal

Mike Lis, School Based Technology Specialist

JoAnne Fisher, Technology Support Specialist