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Dear GFES Families,
Congratulations we’ve now completed the 2nd week of school! We’d like to send a huge “Thank You” to every parent for making sure your children are present and participating in distance learning. You are a vital link in this educational process. The average of our attendance has been amazing-this week is at 98%. Students we’re hearing great news on you too! We appreciate your attendance but even more, so we think your participation in class and your following online class rules has been fabulous. Thank you for doing your best and working hard- Keep up the great work!
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Please remember that for the 2020-2021 school year we do need your children to log into their classes every Monday. This is a learning day and we are taking attendance. Please check out the Monday schedule below. |
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9:20-9:50
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Morning Meeting
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9:50-12:20
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Asynchronous Assignments, Imagine Learning, ST Math, Small Group Instruction, Tech Support
Choice Boards, Independent Reading/Writing
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Mark your calendars for our Virtual Back to School Night on Thursday, September 24, 2020 from 6:00-7:30 pm. This is an opportunity to hear from our Administrative Team, our School Board Member, Dr. Anderson and from your children’s teachers. We hope you will join us. 😊 |
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The link for the Virtual Back to School Night is: https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/a97bfdd47a3c4c39a6a9934d719f2c28
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We understand that at times our families have experienced technology difficulties with distance learning. When this happens please know we have some easy and convenient supports for you. |
Please check out our Self-Help Hub for tech guides that can assist you with troubleshooting simple issues.
Still need help? Click on the Parent/Guardian button or the Student button on the fcps.edu webpage to submit a help request ticket, and a tech support person will be back in touch with you as soon as possible. Be sure to include your contact information in the ticket. Look for these buttons:
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Parents while you are your child’s first teacher, please know we need you to partner with your classroom teacher as well. We appreciate the tremendous support our parents provide. With distance learning it will be helpful for your child to have an area at home designated and set up for their distance learning with their teacher and classmates. This area should be well lite, equipped with the school supplies from school, free from distractions as much as possible so that your child can focus on their studies. It is also helpful to turn off computers, TV’s, video games, as this may improve the speed of the WIFI, as those devices can take up bandwidth. Parents are welcome to be ‘observers’ in the online classes; however, we need the students as ‘participants. Please allow your student only to interact with their teachers and classmates. Your teachers have ‘office hours’ that parents can use to contact with good news, questions or concerns. Let’s keep our class time just for students and their instruction.
Again, thank you PARENTS and STUDENTS for all you are doing to ensure we have a GREAT school year!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Dwayne Young, Amber Richard & Liz Manning
Be Informed, Stay Involved!
Keep your contact information up-to-date
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