1.4.2021

 Happy New Year!

Academic Teacher Fully Remote Week Teaching Locations

Again, your flexibility is appreciated as we make a one-week adjustment to your remote teaching locations. As you do not need to move to accommodated in-person students, many teachers will be in one room for all classes. A few teachers will be teaching from conference rooms or offices. This was necessary due do The District's need to allocated some academic classrooms to shop programs to ensure 6-foot distance this week. All vocational programs and academic teachers impacted have been contacted by either Keith or Sandy. 

B WEEK	TEACHER ROOM LOCATIONS Jan 4-8
Teacher
Bateman	207
Bourgea	115b
Bova	Lecture Hall
Brennan, E.	IT Conf Room
Brennan, H.	Remote
Brennan, C.	204
Chamberlain	101
Cromack	201
Davis	105
Desmarais	IT Conf Room (home base- individualized schedule provided)
Doherty	Student Services Suite (specific room locations provided)
Doyle	307
Fallano	205
Gerrish	124
Glass	103
Henderson	LH
Hernon	206
Hutchinson	113 (home base- individualized schedule provided)
King	117 (home base- individualized schedule provided)
Lombardi	126
Mandeville	SRO Hill’s Office
Marani, J.	Remote
Mathisen	202
Palmer	117
Provost	113
Savage	115A
Shaw	203
Stevens	204
Walsh	116

Attendance Practices

With the new year three whole days old, I wanted to let everyone know that as a district we will be refocusing our attention to student attendance.  If they are not in classes, present and remote, you can not teach them. 

• The administration has sent out a communication to families and students reminding them of their attendance obligation and possible repercussions for not meeting the district's expectations including 
• Loss of parking privileges
• Loss of co-op privileges
• Being excluded from participating in extra-curricular activities including athletics, drama, dungeons & dragons, e-sports and student council. 
• Being required to stay on Saturdays as well as before or after school to make up time.
• For your part, you need to please take attendance for each class and remember that you can change your remote attendance at any time between remote-present (RP) and remote-absent (RA).

Extended Learning and Remote Behavior Remediation

In January we will be hosting Saturday school for students who are not meeting the standard in their curriculum. You may be asked to supply work/assignments for students scheduled to attend. Please remember although there will be members of the leadership team and paraprofessionals on hand there is not always someone who is strong in your content area.  Students who are struggling to maintain appropriate remote learning behaviors may also be invited. 

National Honors Society

South Shore Technical's Chapter of the National Honors Society will have its induction ceremony virtually next Tuesday, January 12th at 6:30 pm.  If you would like to attend please let Mark know and he will add you to the invite. 

SkillsUSA

Here is what we know....

• Districts will be remote and the test will be online February 26th. More to come on this.
• States will be a mix of online testing and also in-person testing at BVT. 
• States will also be over 5 different days 
• Opening Ceremony (streaming at www.maskillsusa.tv): April 11, 2021
• Virtual Competition Days: April 12, 14, & 16, 2021
• Online Exams Competition Day: April 27, 2021
• In-Person Competition Day: April 30, 2021 @ BVT
• Delegate Assembly & State Officer Election: May 4, 2021
• SkillsUSA Massachusetts Virtual Awards Night: A Digital Celebration of Skills #CELEBRATESKILLSMA (streaming at www.maskillsusa.tv): May 6, 2021
• Paul and Lisa will be in touch as to what day your students will be testing.