19:36:03 From Mark Thompson : Can you provide what's app chat group info? 19:36:34 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : no problem! 19:52:16 From Kelly & Alan McCarthy : Q&A: what about newcomers who have no friend group? :-) 19:52:35 From Amos Zeeberg : What is “Act 2”? 19:52:54 From Mary Kadera : Is Canvas available in Spanish? 19:53:55 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Act 2 : 19:53:59 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Kenmore’s ACT II program is an extension of the school day and offers additional elective classes from 2:30-4:15 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. ACT II classes are semester classes (September to January and January to June). These classes operate just like those that fall within the regular school hours: attendance to class is mandatory, class work is graded and grades appear on the report cards. Please do not sign up your child if he or she has other commitments on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Priority is given to 8th graders, 7th graders and then 6th graders. Enrollment is not guaranteed. If your child plans to participate in the interscholastic sports program, games and practices are held Monday through Friday and will conflict with the ACT II program. Students can not participate in ACT II and a sport in the same semester. They need to make a choice. 19:54:43 From Kelly & Alan McCarthy : Q&A: When will students receive schedules or home room assignments? Also, will there be an official orientation to 6th grade? 19:55:21 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Yes, there will be orientation (virtual) on September 3rd 19:55:34 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : We will discuss student schedules later in the presentation - thanks! 19:55:45 From Kelly & Alan McCarthy : When would we have found out this information, @Kaitlin? Thanks for sharing! 19:55:56 From Christine Joy : Teachers will be doing a lot of community building at the beginning of the year, so even if your child is new, he/she wil be able to form connections with the class. 19:56:37 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : We will be sending a school talk out with additional information about the Orientation - currently our wonderful 6th grade teachers are planning for the 3rd - they are on this call and can speak more about what this will look like 19:57:21 From Elizabeth Reyes : How can I make sure my email is in your list for the future emails shared ? The info for tonight was shared from a friend 19:58:10 From Zoom Host 1 CCPTA : @Elizabeth - is your child registered? It was send via School Talk 19:59:04 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Information on registering for School Talk https://www.apsva.us/schooltalk/ 19:59:12 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Can also join the PTA listserv 19:59:45 From Elizabeth Reyes : Yes, she is . Thanks for the info , will double check 20:00:04 From amyeckrote To Zoom Host 1 CCPTA(privately) : Thanks for hosting this Stacey! I have another Zoom meeting starting here at 8pm, but could you email me the way to view the recording of this meeting? Just wanted you to know I’m not leaving because of being uninterested :-) 20:01:34 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Mr. Salas is checking on whether or not CANVAS is in Spanish 20:05:58 From Elizabeth Reyes : Just to double check .Will 6th graders use the same iPads from elementary ? 20:06:17 From M Soltis : What do team leaders do exactly? 20:06:19 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Mr. McBride will be addressing iPADs shortly - thanks! 20:06:25 From M Soltis : How do teams function? 20:10:04 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Team Leaders - disseminate info to grade level teachers, communicate with Kenmore Administration regarding student issues, collaborate with new and veteran staff to best support effective and equitable engagement with virtual learning - and hybrid when we return to campus, attend kenmor e leadership meetings 20:10:42 From M Soltis : So if we weren’t in COVID times would a student have consecutive periods within 1 day? e.g., 1 - 7th each day? 20:11:15 From Kelly & Alan McCarthy : Will this be explained again?? Re: the schedule? It’s confusing.. 20:11:23 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : No, this is the exact same schedule a student would follow even if we were not in covid 20:11:52 From M Soltis : So they have 3 ‘A’ days and 2 ‘B’ days per week? 20:11:57 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : A/Green Day - students have odd periods - 1, 3, 5 (everyday), 7th, and Gold Day - even periods 20:12:08 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : and period 5 20:12:17 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Monday - no classes 20:12:30 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Tuesday-Thursday classes 20:12:46 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Yes we are starting off the school year virtually 20:12:52 From Kelly & Alan McCarthy : Please mute yourselves if you are not speaking. Thanks! 20:12:56 From M Soltis : If you aren’t speaking can you please mute it is very hard to hear the speaker 20:13:22 From Rachael Schroeder : Will electives still happen during online learning? 20:13:28 From Steve Trickey : please mute your device if you are not a speaker 20:13:36 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Yes, electives will still be happening during online learning 20:13:42 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Including PE 20:14:26 From Kelly & Alan McCarthy : Could you repeat the synchronous vs asynchronous schedule? Also, will this be sent by email to parents? 20:14:44 From Carmie Talledo : how many hours per day for synchronized learning? 20:14:46 From Elizabeth Reyes : Soraya :can you please tell Ms Dinora to mute her computer or phone? I don’t think she knows we can hear her..Thank you 20:15:46 From A.J. Werner : If this 4-day model is academically sufficient during virtual, 20:16:20 From Christine Joy : APS is creating a Parent Handbook to answer many of the questions regardin 20:16:30 From M Soltis : So do the days just switch between green and gold throughout the entire year? 20:16:37 From Jean-Rene's iPad To Stacey Finkel(privately) : What is ACT Ii? 20:17:01 From Kelly & Alan McCarthy : With the entire class size? on an app or via web based teams? 20:17:08 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Yes, the schedule will rotate green/gold (A/B) throughout the entire school year 20:17:35 From A.J. Werner : is there discussion on continuing 4-day during the mixed year? 20:18:50 From Jean-Rene's iPad : What is ACT II? 20:18:56 From Christine Joy : regarding types of learning. Teachers will also be participating in professional learning in the upcoming weeks to make sure that they are chunking synch and psych learning. This will help students be able to processing new materials in smaller chunks and engage with other students. 20:19:26 From Carmie Talledo : when are students receiving their iPads? 20:19:39 From Amos Zeeberg : How much of the teaching is done in real time (with a live teacher), and how much recorded ahead of time? 20:19:54 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : I'll ask Mr. McBride to explain the hybrid schedule - it will still be learning Tuesday-Friday. When we move to Hybride there will be a Group A (Tuesday/Wednesday) and Group B (Thursday/Friday), in this model students would see each teacher live once a week 20:20:19 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : We will provide information regarding iPADs shortly - thank you! 20:20:44 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Act 2 information - was posted above in the chat 20:20:59 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Please scroll up! 20:21:35 From Jennifer Campbell : @Amos--in a 90 minute block, teachers are expected to teach "LIVE" for 45 cumulative minutes. They other 45 would entail independent work, differentiated activities, group work, etc. 20:21:49 From Jennifer Campbell : The other* 20:22:01 From M Soltis : What is the expected amount of homework per night? Will it change during COVID? What is the expected turnaround timeframe for students receiving feedback for submitted assignments? 20:22:43 From M Soltis : Will the slides be available? 20:23:00 From Mark Thompson : Is a keypad a keyboard? 20:23:01 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Yes, we can provide the presentation 20:23:09 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Yes, a keypad is a keyboard 20:23:40 From Jennifer Campbell : Teaching "LIVE" is not considered lecture based, but actual collaborative learning through discussions, problem solving, project based activities in which students and teachers are interacting LIVE 20:23:44 From Alina Zyszkowski : Will you provide a list of school supplies that are needed such as number of notebooks etc? 20:24:45 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : This is the recommended list of school supplies that is posted on our website 20:24:47 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : https://kenmore.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2020/04/20-21-Kenmore-Middle-School-School-Supply-List1.pdf 20:25:05 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : The 6th grade teachers may have more to say about supplies and what is needed! 20:25:32 From Christine Joy : @M Soltis - Students can have 20 minutes of homework per subject each night (30 minutes for high school courses). This will be adjusted because of Covid. The turnaround time with feedback varies based upon the type of assignments. Sometimes, your student will receive immediate feedback and other times, it will take longer. 20:26:50 From Christine Joy : This supply pack will be at cost. More details to come. 20:27:18 From Mark Thompson : how do we purchase this kit? 20:30:43 From Stacey Finkel : The kits are no longer available. 20:31:10 From Mark Thompson : when and where was this option made available to new families for this year? 20:31:32 From Stacey Finkel : The deadline was in June unfortunately. 20:32:01 From Stacey Finkel : Please use the Kenmore PTA website for information in the coming year. 20:32:23 From Mark Thompson : Will all students with IEP be having a review prior to school starting virtually? 20:33:37 From M Soltis : @Christine Joy - Thank you 20:34:48 From Angie Close : @Mark Thompson. Yes, case carriers will be reviewing IEPs prior to school starting. IEP teams will also reconvene to make adjustments for virtual/distance learning. Thank you for asking !! 20:35:29 From Jennifer Campbell : @Mr. McBride can you speak to the expectations of asynchronous and synchronous learning during the class periods. 20:35:47 From Mark Thompson : Now that canvas will be standardized for Kenmore, will it also be standardized for all of APS? 20:36:44 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : I think the expectation is that each school has a template for CANVAS and all teachers are expected to follow it 20:37:02 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : I apologize - I don't know how the other schools have organized their CANVAS pages 20:37:04 From Kelly & Alan McCarthy : We’ve been in this zoom at this time the equivalent of one class block, so far. :-D 20:38:32 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : September 3rd is a great day for a birthday!!! 20:38:47 From Angie Close : It is indeed !! Team Virgo !! 20:39:03 From Jennifer Campbell : TEAM VIRGO! 20:39:34 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : 🙌 20:39:42 From M Soltis : Is ParentVue school specific? 20:40:37 From Rachael Schroeder : Do we know when schedules will be sent out for 6th graders? 20:40:38 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Parents have one ParentVue Account - if you have multiple children you'll be able to access each child through that one account 20:41:51 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Here is how you access ParentVue 20:41:57 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : https://www.apsva.us/family-access-center/ 20:42:21 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : If you need to register your parentvue account please contact Emily.Harvey@apsva.us (Kenmore Registrar) 20:42:34 From Monica Bonzano : will parents have access to student’s CANVAS and a parent tutorial? 20:42:56 From Ky Johnson : As in previous years, will the students be assigned to "teams"? Or is that not relevant in a virtual environment? 20:43:20 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : We will not have teams this year 20:43:30 From Carmie Talledo : when will iPad delivery? 20:43:53 From Ky Johnson : @kaitlin -- thanks. 20:44:57 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : We will work on tutorials for CANVAS! 20:45:20 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : And post to KMS website 20:46:02 From Carmie Talledo : thanks 20:46:31 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : Please note that counselors do not work during the summer months. If you have questions about your student's schedule or any other counseling related issues please expect to hear back from them when they return after August 24th 20:46:42 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : In the meantime you can email me with questions! 20:47:11 From Stacey Finkel : Kenmore PTA website: https://kenmore.apsva.us/pta/ 20:47:29 From Yvette Zaragoza To Stacey Finkel(privately) : lo 20:47:39 From Yvette Zaragoza To Stacey Finkel(privately) : m 20:47:52 From Summer Casillas : Can you send an email when the Canvas tutorials are ready? 20:47:56 From Mark Thompson : 7035895428 puedes repetirlo 20:48:06 From Kaitlin Bresnahan : We will send it in a School Talk 20:48:25 From Stacey Finkel : Summer APS will send those out 20:49:33 From Kelly & Alan McCarthy : Will there be any clubs like in a normal year? 20:50:03 From Tamika Saunders : what is the whatsapp information 20:51:01 From Kelly & Alan McCarthy : 703 589 7428 20:51:54 From Lorelai Mishra : Will STEAM track be offered this year? 20:52:19 From Kelly & Alan McCarthy : Thanks! 20:53:06 From Lorelai Mishra : Great. Thanks 20:53:27 From Stacey Finkel : You can email me: Stacey Finkel Kenmore Middle School PTA President kenmoreptapresident@gmail.com 20:54:58 From Ky Johnson : Go Cougars!! 20:55:08 From Janeth Valenzuela : Mi nombre es Janeth y me pueden llamar al 703-589-7428