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Happy Friday!
Thank you for a great week with our highly anticipated kick-off of distance learning. We have been hearing such positive feedback about our students and teachers connecting with each other through Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. Thank you for your patience as we learn this new way to work with your students together. It seems all is going in a favorable manner with connecting with our children. If your child has tech issues, please have child contact their Teacher Advisory staff member to put in a tech ticket on their behalf.
Teachers have loved reconnecting and hearing voices and seeing students’ faces. Be sure to watch this video and share with your children, who are our intended audience. It lets you all know how we feel as Lanier staff members. We miss our students!
In light of COVID-19, we would like to share some positive news from the GMU Wrestling Team. Working with GMU's Athletics Adopt-A-School program is a collaborative, mentor/volunteer, community service program with Fairfax County Public Schools and City of Fairfax Public Schools. This partnership has been selected for the Jack Wood Award in GMU's Town Gown Relations!
The Jack Wood Award in Town Gown Relations is a university and community-wide annual award program to recognize both Mason and community individuals and groups, as well as government, businesses, and not-for profits who demonstrate leadership in fostering mutually beneficial relationships between the university and the community during the past year. The Partnership category recognizes an initiative created between a Mason entity and an external organization(s) to benefit both entities.
In closing, the secondary administrators would like to share several updates with you today. Please review the information provided below:
Third quarter has been extended to Friday, May 1st. Teachers may continue to work with students to close out the third quarter and accept assignments through that date.
- Access in ParentVUE and StudentVUE to view the report card module will now be closed from Friday, May 1 at 4:00 p.m. until Saturday, May 9 at 6:00 a.m.
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Fourth Quarter Timeline: While third quarter work is being accepted until May 1st, fourth quarter work has been assigned to students. Any new work will be entered into fourth quarter gradebooks beginning Monday, May 4th.
Providing Feedback to Students/Parents and Monitoring Progress: Teachers is should provide feedback such as comments on quality of work and guidance for improvement.
- Assignment “marks” will be entered into the gradebook and will be: Proficient, Attempted, Not Attempted
- This data will be considered to positively influence the final course grade
- Students and families will be able to see “marks” in SIS, though weekly emails will not be sent since there will not be a quarter 4 grade
- For teachers using a Rolling Gradebook or a Standards Based Gradebook, students may not submit assignments/assessments from quarters 1, 2 or 3 for regrading during quarter 4. Standards that continue to be part of quarter 4 coursework, may be marked as proficient, attempted or not attempted.
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Calculating Final Grades
Final Exams: There will be no final exam and/or culminating activity included as part of the final course grade calculation this year.
Year-Long Courses - Calculating Final Grade
- Teachers have the discretion of raising a student's final grade by one grade distribution (B to B+), based on demonstrated proficiency of quarter 4 learning.
- A student’s final grade will be the highest of the following:
- Average of Qtrs 1, 2, & 3
- Average of Qtrs 1, 2, & 3 w/1 grade distribution increase consideration
- 1st Semester Grade
- 1st Semester Grade w/1 grade distribution increase consideration
- For Rolling Gradebook a student’s final grade will be the highest of the following:
- Quarter 3 grade
- Quarter 3 Grade w/1 grade distribution increase consideration
- 1st Semester Grade w/1 grade distribution increase consideration
Current Semester Courses - Calculating Final Grade
- Schools/teachers have the discretion of raising a student's final grade by two grade distributions (B to A-), based on demonstrated proficiency of Qtr 4 learning.
- A student’s final grade will be the highest of the following:
- Quarter 3 Average
- Quarter 3 Average (w/up to a two grade distribution increase consideration)
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Report Cards/Progress Reports: Report Cards/Progress Reports will be mailed centrally for both third and fourth quarters.
Parents/Guardians may opt into “Go Paperless” for report cards by following the below instructions:
- Parents/Guardians can take advantage of the paperless option, by logging into ParentVUE, then going to “My Account” and selecting "Go Paperless!". This is the only way to keep a paper report card from being generated for students at the secondary level. All parents who share the same address as the student must have a SIS ParentVUE account and must select the paperless option. This option must be selected prior to May 12th to prevent the 3rd quarter report card from being mailed.
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The last day of school for all students (except seniors) is Friday, June 12. Seniors’ last day of school is May 27.
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Additional summer offerings and support through FCPS summer learning programming are being discussed and will be shared as soon as available pending developments with the state-wide closure of schools.
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Tammy Hanna
Principal, Lanier Middle School
https://lanierms.fcps.edu/
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** If your family is worried about not being able to get food, text "food" or "comida" to 877-877 to connect with nearby resources & help. This is a resource from the state for anyone in Virginia who might need help with food. Your family and friends can also text this number, it isn't connected to school system"
Please visit HERE to find compilation of Dr. Brabrand's messages to the community.
Important Information from LMS
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Yearbook
We are down to our very last 100 available yearbooks! Josten is still accepting orders, click HERE. Yearbook will be mailed to your home, IF or WHEN ordered. Help your child to remember COVID-19 where YOU became their TEACHER!
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Teacher Appreciation Week
While we are not at school, we are still in school and want to celebrate our teachers. Teacher Appreciation Week is rapidly approaching and seeing some familiar faces, would mean the world to them. Please submit a photo or short video (no more than 15 second video) to say thank you to your teachers using this link. We will be accepting Teacher Appreciation submissions through April 29th; once that date passes, you can still use the link to recognize a teacher. We know they will appreciate hearing from you all!
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Distance Learning
The schedule below is for Lanier MS:
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Lanier Library
Please enjoy your school library books at home. No books are overdue and they can be returned when school buildings re-open. Don’t forget to check Lanier's eBooks page for a list of available reading resources.
Happy reading!
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REFUNDS
Central office is working to come up with a final plan. As we receive updates from the central office, we will communicate ASAP. This includes all MySchoolBucks.com too.
FCPS 24-7 Learning: Parent View
All parents/guardians of middle and high school students who have registered for a SIS ParentVUE Account and have a primary email address recorded in SIS ParentVUE can receive Weekly Progress Reports via email. If you do not have a SIS ParentVUE account, or forgot your login information, please fill out this form. For more information about SIS ParentVUE and Parent Blackboard accounts, please visit this website.
To activate the Weekly Progress Reports via email, login to your SIS ParentVUE Account and first verify that you have a primary email address within the system. It is listed under the “My Account” tab. If it is blank, enter the email address where you would like to receive the progress reports and click on update account. Once confirmed, parents/guardians are able to activate and select their preferences for receiving these reports within the SIS ParentVUE “My Account” tab.
Weekly Progress Report Parent Quick Reference Guide.
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FCPS Cable Channels
Learning activities are now available on FCPS cable channels. New instructional videos are currently being developed and recorded and will be added to the programming shortly. Channel 21 includes elementary school programming, Channel 25 includes middle school programming, and Channel 99 includes high school programming. This content will also be available online at www.fcps.edu.
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Free Internet Access
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Comcast and Cox are providing free or low cost internet to families in need. Click the links below to learn more: Comcast free internet and Cox free internet. |
FCPS Grab and Go Meal Service
FCPS offers grab and go food distribution sites at schools, pop-up sites in the community, curbside pickup, and meal delivery along some bus routes. Breakfast from 8-10:30AM and lunch from 10:30-2PM. All meals are available at no cost to children 18 years and under. Adult lunches are available for purchase for $2. Details on locations and time is available here.
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FCPS Mental Wellness Consultation Service
With the governor’s order that Virginia schools remain closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, FCPS has resources available to meet the academic, social, and emotional needs of students.
Beginning Monday, March 30, 2020, any FCPS parent may schedule a 30-minute phone consultation with a school psychologist or school social worker, for either themselves or their middle or high school student. This consultation provides an opportunity for parents to receive guidance on how to support their student’s emotional well-being during their time away from school. Student consultations will provide support and strategies to students who may be experiencing difficulties with anxiety, mood, behavior, or peer or family interactions during this unprecedented and challenging time. Information about community resources will also be made available. To schedule a phone consultation, parents should click the following link: https://forms.gle/WKchwGnv4LkezQwG8.
This service is not intended for mental health emergencies. If an emergency is suspected or indicated, please call 911. Additionally, students and families can access mental health support if there is a crisis of emergency during the time of the closure.
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