RCSD Educator Blog

  Message from Jamey Schrey I just finished a book, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks .  In the book, the author repeatedly and deliberately refers to Rosa Parks as Mrs.Parks because the formal title was a proper title not given to many black women during Rosa Park’s life. If you have a chance, the book is both interesting and enlightening. I just picked up the copy of the abridged version for my children.   What I learned in reading the book and about the many accomplishments of Mrs. Parks is that much of the history I learned throughout my education provided only one-dimensional achievements of Black Americans. For example, summarizing the civil rights movement saying Rosa Parks sat down, Martin Luther King, Jr. stood up. But what I learned was that Mrs. Parks spent decades before the famous bus act and decades after fighting the criminal justice system, which began alongside her husband in 1931, supporting the defense of the Scottsboro Boys . Along with fighting the criminal ju

Message from Jamey Schrey Thank you to all of you for your hard work during the year and, most recently, trimester two. Who would have thought that almost a year ago, we would have been thinking about making our Spring Break plans, looking towards taking the CAASPP tests, and beginning track season? In the year since March 13th, your service has become invaluable to the academic and socio-emotional health of not only children but to our Roseville community.  Teachers, thank you for your work on report cards and the upcoming elementary school conferences.  Sincerely, Jamey ________________________________________________________________________ Otus Updates Assessment Activities within Lessons You are now able to embed Assessments within your Lessons.  We know this was a big request from our teachers since they didn't want students to have to leave lessons to then go to Assessments.  Below is the guide showing how to directly link an assessment to a lesson activity. Lessons: Assessm

  Report Card and Conference Week Update Reviewing Trimester 1 Grades (applies to both Elementary and Middle School) Please note, if a student was not in your Trimester 1 class, you will not be able to review any report card information within the “Information” tab in Otus.  You can find previous report card information in the following two places.  1) You can look in the school report card folder shared with you in Trimester 1. 2) You can look in the Parent Portal through PowerSchool.  You can watch this video on how to check the Portal Overview as an admin. *This video is for internal use only, please do not share with public.   Middle School Information Because grades are entered after the Trimester ends, students that either change classes at the Trimester or are in Wheel Classes will see both 2nd and 3rd Trimester classes in Otus.  The reason why is that is the only way teachers can still have access to enter grades that first week of 3rd Trimester. Elementary Report Card Reminde