Hello families of Division 1! 

I wanted to post quickly to provide a reminder of the Grade 7 Hoodie order as some students were asking for it to be posted as a reminder. The thumbnails below show the design, created by one of our very own students! Link is below. 

Hello everyone,

This is a quick update for families of Division 1 as we near the end of the first term in the weeks ahead (how we are already here is beyond me!!).

Term End Deadline

​The deadline for all Term 1 assignments to count toward our first Student-Inclusive Conferences is Thursday, November 10. I have been communicating and working with students who have outstanding work with me, and will be including their families in the conversation in the coming days if it is determined that familial support is required to help them successfully complete their assignments. 

​​If you want to find out if your child has any outstanding assignments, please watch the video below, which is a tutorial about how to use OneNote to check our Weekly Checklists for Literacy and Numeracy in Div 1. They should also be able to walk you through how to access this. (For the rotation classes, students should be clarifying if they have outstanding work with those teachers.)

Early-Bird Work Blocks
Moving forward, I'd like to offer a drop-in work block for the half hour before school begins, from 8:00AM-8:32AM, as needed. Students may access this option on any day that Mrs. LS works (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday), unless I am ill or away. If they are going to take advantage of this time, they can come to our back classroom door and knock anytime between 8:00-8:15AM.

I am unable to offer student support or help during this block as I am doing prep work for the day, but it is an additional time for students to complete their schoolwork if needed. Students must be working quietly or else I will have them go back outside to wait for the morning bell. This will be discussed together in class.

News
The "What We're Working On This Month" has been updated on the News section of the website. Click here to see what we're working on for the month of November. 

Student-Inclusive Conferences
Keep your eyes peeled for communication about Student-Inclusive Conferences which are coming up in the next couple of weeks. I (Mrs. LS) will be coming in on Wednesday, November 23 to offer the full day to families who need it, as well as several time slots after school through the weeks the conferences are taking place.

​This conference serves as the official report on your child's progress for the first term, and you are encouraged to attend so that we can work together as a team to support them in their learning journey. Looking forward to meeting many of you! 
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- Mrs. LS :) 

Here's the OneNote tutorial video to find out if your child has any outstanding assignments or work to complete at home.

IMPORTANT: As you watch, please be aware this video was created for a previous class, so the dates that are mentioned in the video are NOT CORRECT and not applicable to our class. Our term deadline is on Thursday, November 10 @ 2:20pm.

Hello students, parents, and guardians,

Welcome to our class blog and website for Division 1 with Mrs. LS and Ms. Burrus! Please bookmark this page as it will be a valuable communication tool throughout this year. We will be posting everything from classroom happenings to weekly reminders and so much more!

Early this year, our goal is to integrate digital communications tools to make the home-school relationship as seamless as possible. Students will be learning to use tools effectively and appropriately with mindful digital citizenship at the forefront of their learning. We will be using several web-based learning options other than this site in our class this year.

There will also be several ways to communicate and connect with our class, and to keep up with what we’re doing each day. Feel free to click the social media buttons at the top of this page to explore our "Learn with LS" social media profiles and pages. Be sure to follow and like our pages on the social media you use most in order to keep up with what is going on in Division 1! You don't have to follow them all; just the ones you use.  

After following or liking our various social media accounts, it would be very helpful for you to fill out this short survey about your preteen. It will help us to get to know them better and get us off to a great start to the school year!

We are looking forward to connecting, working, and learning with each of you!
-Mrs. LS and Ms. Burrus
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