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Ed Services Update Middle School IXL Pilot: Math 6th-8th Grade Teachers Interested in gathering more information about using  IXL  in your math classroom? Come get all the details about our IXL math pilot on February 28th from 3:15 pm-3:45 pm.  Zoom link here . Here  you will find some additional information about the pilot. Please reach out with any questions. Contact: Megan Spears K-5 Discovery Education Newsletter Discovery Education offers many resources right at your fingertips. Explore timely and relevant content for March!  Discovery Education March Newsletter Contact: Megan Spears Classwize Removal of Duplicate Classes and Resetting of Rules Classwize is currently showing duplicates for all classes. The only way to remove this is to remove classes and do a new sync. When this happens any rules you have set up will be removed. You will need to re-add the rules to any classes. This update will happen on Monday, February 28. Contact: Brandon Blom Dropped Students Showing in Otu

Grading Reminder A re minder that the blog from 2/3/22 has additional details regarding Trimester 2 Report Cards.  Please put 2/18/22 (or earlier in trimester 2) as the date for the rubrics or comments. Attendance will not show on any report cards until the morning of 2/23 since we have to run that report after the Trimester is over and upload it into Otus. A reminder your school site will give you specific dates on when you will receive a preview and a final PDF. If you have questions please reach out to the following people: Brandon- TK, Sargeant, Diamond Creek, Crestmont, Orchard Ranch, Middle School Jennie- Kaseberg, Woodbridge, Blue Oaks, Riego Creek Megan- Spanger, Junction, Thomas Jefferson, Brown Brandon (while Kelly is out on maternity leave)- Cirby, Fiddy, Gates, Stoneridge Joe Clark- RVA Middle School Grading at the end of the Trimester for Wheel Classes Trimester 1 there was an overlap between Trimester 1 and Trimester 2 Wheel Classes. We will no longer have this overlap du

  General Update Wellness - February is Heart Health Awareness Month EAT TO BEAT STRESS & BOOST HEART HEALTH Wednesday, February 16 5:00 p.m. LIVE Join Grokker expert and award-winning dietitian Sue Mah for an interactive webinar and cooking demonstration. Register here ResponsABLE Information A reminder that RCSD offers the program ResponsABLE to all our employees as part of the Inner Habits resource. This is a 6-week habit forming program that provides tools and practices that help you better respond to the world around you.  Each lesson is simple, short, and guided and can be accessed directly from your computer, tablet, or phone.  You can download  Inner Habits  now (on both Apple & Google) and the ResponsABLE course will automatically appear within the app. Ed Services Update K/1 Foundational Skills Please enter your data for Trimester 2 foundational skills in Otus by February 18, 2022. Please refer to the Trimester 2 section in the guide linked below for specific how-to’s

 General Update COVID-19 Symptoms Protocol Just a reminder to all RCSD employees to complete our symptom screener if you are not feeling well, stay home and isolate. In addition, please inform your supervisor and enter any absences into Frontline (if applicable). More importantly, please remember that RCSD cannot administer COVID-19 tests to individuals that are symptomatic in order to protect the health and safety of our employees. If you are not feeling well, please utilize an at-home test, and/or you may also register to get a test at LHI Testing . Thank you! Ed Services Update Trimester 2 Report Card Information Information for TK-8: If you have questions please reach out to the following people: Brandon - TK, Sargeant, Diamond Creek, Crestmont, Orchard Ranch, Middle School Jennie - Kaseberg, Woodbridge, Blue Oaks, Riego Creek Megan - Spanger, Junction, Thomas Jefferson, Brown Brandon (while Kelly is out on maternity leave)- Cirby, Fiddy, Gates, Stoneridge Joe Clark - RVA We will