2020 summer school orientation · 2020-05-14 · virtual tutoring sessions will be held on ms...
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2020 Summer School Orientation
Computers/Devices Payments Teacher Support Administration and Contacts URL, Login Information Orientation Video Grading, Grades and Dropping Courses Staying on Track / Assignment Calendar PE Information Progress Reports Virtual Tutoring Key Dates
Due to the current pandemic, students who are registered for summer school courses will be permitted to keep their school issued devices for the duration of summer school.
If your child decides to keep their device, please email Mr. Ashley Porter at [email protected] and state your intent to keep the device for summer school.
If your child is not planning to keep his or her device during this time, please follow district end of the year instructions for returning materials and devices. (No need to email Mr. Porter)
Acceleration Courses◦ $260.00 for 1 credit (full year course)◦ $130.00 for ½ credit (semester course)
Audit Courses◦ With Teacher Support- $260.00 or $130.00◦ Without Teacher Support- $40.00
If paying by check◦ Any outstanding balance should be sent to SV Academy
of Choice, 128 Seneca School Road, Harmony, PA 16037.◦ Checks should be made out to Seneca Valley School
District.
Teacher support for courses will not begin until June 9th.
The weeks leading up to that date are given as a courtesy. The official summer school dates are June 9th to July 16th .
Students may email teachers before that time; however, responses will vary depending on the teacher availability.
District Phone Number
724-452-6040
Amanda Mallin◦ Senior High Assistant Principal ext. 1002,
[email protected]◦ Contact Amanda with questions regarding 11th and 12th
grade scheduling.
Kyle Leggett◦ Intermediate High School Assistant Principal ext. 2004,
[email protected]◦ Contact Kyle with questions regarding 9th and 10th grade
scheduling.
Rob Raso◦ Middle School Assistant Principal ext. 3002,
◦ Contact Rob with questions regarding 7th and 8th
grade scheduling.
Megan Lizewski◦ Assistant Principal Haine Middle School ext. 4021,
[email protected]◦ Contact with questions regarding 5th and 6th grade
placement and scheduling at Haine Middle School.
Bridget Miller◦ Assistant Principal Evans City Middle Schools ext.
4021, [email protected]◦ Contact with questions regarding 5th and 6th grade
placement and scheduling at Evans City Middle School.
Matt Pournaras◦ Seneca Valley Academy of Choice Elementary
Teacher ext. 1015, [email protected]
◦ Contact with questions regarding K-6 cyber.
Ashley Porter◦ Seneca Valley Academy of Choice Assistant
Principals ext. 1016, [email protected]
◦ Contact with questions regarding Edgenuity (the cyber platform), the cyber lab (Virtual), and payments.
Cyber Teachers◦ Please email teachers with any questions involving
their specific courses or grading.
◦ Teachers can be emailed through the Edgenuity platform or their district email addresses on the SV webpage.
◦ All students will receive a welcome letter/syllabus from their teachers by June 9th.
SV Edgenuity Website URL (For students who attend SV)
◦ http://svsd.learn.edgenuity.com
NON-SV Website URL (For students who do not attend SV)
◦ http://learn.edgenuity.com/student
We are notified if Edgenuity is having widespread technical issues. If you are having issues at home, you can check Edgenuity’s status by going here https://status.edgenuity.com/ or calling Edgenuity Customer Support @ 1-877-202-0338.
Usernames and Passwords
◦ SV Students will use their district username and district password to login to Edgenuity.
◦ Non-SV Students have been given their usernames and passwords.
If you have trouble logging in, please call ext. 1016.
Non-SV students can call or email [email protected] login information.
Be sure to check your courses once you log in.
Make sure that you have been assigned to the course(s) for which you registered. If you registered for an Honors course, the name of the course will have Honors in it.
If your courses are not loaded correctly, please call ext. 1016.
Students who are logging into Edgenuity for the first time will automatically be directed to the orientation video before they begin their course(s).
You can always access the orientation video by following the steps on the following slides.
Select “Help Center” from the Dashboard
Select the “Student Orientation” Videos
The Edgenuity Learning Management System will grade subjective material immediately based on keywords.
That initial grade is not always the final grade. Your teachers go in and grade all subjective material and may agree or disagree with the grade given by Edgenuity. If the grade is lowered, there will be feedback given by the teacher.
Please allow 24 hours for grades to be adjusted. If you have questions about a grade, please contact your teacher.
Acceleration Courses◦ Students will earn a letter grade that will appear on their
2020-21 report card each nine weeks (SAT courses will receive a “P” or “F”).
NO LETTERS WILL BE SENT HOME REGARDING FINAL GRADES. FINAL GRADES WILL BE ISSUED THROUGH THE EDGENUITY PROGRESS REPORT THAT IS SENT ON JULY 28TH . WORLD LANGUAGE STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT THEIR TEACHER
FOR FINAL GRADES.
Audit Courses◦ Students will not receive a letter grade for courses that are
being audited. These courses will not show up on a report card or transcript.
Credit recovery students will also be permitted to begin early on May 14th this year due to the pandemic.
Prescriptive exams for credit recovery courses will not be administered this year due to the pandemic.
Students taking credit recovery courses ONLY, should work till they have earned a 60% “Relative Grade” which will result in credit acquisition.
Any course dropped on or before May 29th
◦ Families will receive a refund minus a $35 registration fee.
◦ Students entering Grades 9-12 will receive a Withdrawal “W” for the course, which does not impact their GPA.
A WITHDRAWAL SLIP MUST BE FILLED OUT AND RETURNED TO YOUR CHILD’S GUIDANCE OFFICE FOR ALL DROPS.
Any course dropped after May 29th
◦ Families will not receive a refund.◦ Students entering Grades 9-12 will receive a Withdrawal
Fail “WF,” which will impact their GPA.◦ Courses that are not completed will receive the relative
grade that appears on July 16th @ 2:00 p.m.
Edgenuity has an assignment calendar that provides a daily schedule of what should be completed in order to stay on track.
Follow the steps on the next slide to check the assignment calendar.
From the dashboard, select the course title.
IMPORTANT INFO.◦ 30 hours of fitness is required for Summer School PE.
15 aerobic hours and 15 resistance hours. Students can only record up to a total of TWO hours of fitness a day.
◦ Fitness logs can be found in the first lesson. Submit first 15 hours of fitness upon completion. Allow the teacher to review any recorded fitness hours and make the
necessary corrections. Submit the final 15 hours of fitness upon completion.
◦ Students will also be required to complete the online work and assignments within the PE course in addition to the physical fitness requirements.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students will satisfy their fitness requirements by completing activities at home and outdoors such as walking, jogging and other exercises. A parent/guardian will be required to sign off.
Families will receive daily email reports regarding their student’s grades and progress.
If you are not receiving progress reports, please email [email protected]
Virtual tutoring sessions will be held on MS TEAMS.
The sessions will require appointments and will run Monday-Thursday beginning June 9th.
A special education teacher will be available by appointment to assist students who have an IEP.
More details regarding the tutoring schedule and appointment procedures will be released soon!
May 14th
◦ All summer school students may begin working on acceleration, audit and credit recovery courses.
May 29th
◦ Last day for dropping courses.
June 9th
◦ Teachers begin grading summer work (teacher support begins).
◦ Virtual tutoring begins.
July 16th
◦ Courses must be completed by 2:00 p.m. or student will receive their “Relative Grade” at that time.
