Neale Elementary

Lifetouch will be at the school on Wednesday, December 9th from 8:00-11:00 am to take picture retakes and virtual student pictures. If you are interested in getting pictures taken, please call the school office at 304. 420.9587 to schedule an appointment.

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Pre-Order Meal Delivery Bus Hub & Curbside Tuesday, November 17th - Friday, November 20th Meal pre-orders for Nov. 17-20 are now open at https://tinyurl.com/yyndu3tl As we transition our students to remote learning in orange during the week of November 16th, WCS will be providing students' with meals curbside at your school for walkers and drop offs as well as providing meal delivery via bus routes. School buses will travel to their afternoon stops carrying pre-ordered meals (Breakfast and Lunch) Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Bus routes are 3 1/2 hours before the normal afternoon drop off time. Meals will need to be reheated. There will be instructions for reheating. For information regarding bus times, please call 304-420-9636 extension 101. If you are picking up curbside at a school. Pickup times are from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Please complete the pre-order form for the the Week of November 16th (Tuesday - Friday) for all bus deliveries and curbside . Deadline for pre-order is 2 p.m. on Monday, November 16th. You will need to place an order separately for each student. If you are requesting for bus delivery and your student currently rides a bus, please place the bus number that your student rides home. This program is solely for the pick-up of meals; meals will not be consumed on site. We encourage families to continue to be proactive in reducing the risk of COVID-19 by not congregating at the pick-up locations. Allergy Disclaimer: During this remote and curbside feeding situation, Wood County Schools Child Nutrition Department will be operating under a special waiver for distribution of meals. This option does not allow us to identify students by names and therefore we are not able to identify special food allergies. Please contact the Child Nutrition Department if you have any questions, 304-420-9631 extension 103. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Due to Wood County being classified as ORANGE, all Wood County Schools will be on Remote Learning for the week of November 9th. Your child’s teacher will be putting the information you need into Schoology. Staff will be working at the school all week, so please call the school if you have any issues accessing student’s work. Student’s learning must continue. The state map is issued on Saturdays. We will find out on Saturday what type of learning will occur for next week. https://www.facebook.com/WCSWV/posts/1427325414140372

Wood County Schools has put all the information you need to know about the 4 Day Re-Entry Plan on their website. Students will begin coming to school 4 Days a week starting November 9th. If you would like your students to do remote learning from home, instead of attending at school please notify your child's school ASAP. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/993811/WCS_4_Day_On_Campus_Plan.pdf

On Tuesday night, the Wood County Board of Education approved Mr. Hosaflook's proposed plan for students to return to school 4 days a week (Mon-Thurs) starting November 9th for elementary students. This plan also gives parents a choice of doing remote learning 5 days a week through Schoology. If you would like your child to participate in the 5 day remote learning starting November 9th, please contact the school office or your child's teacher as soon as possible. Administration will then be contacting you in the upcoming week to give you further instructions. If you are currently enrolled in WV Virtual School, you may remain in that program. It is important that we know instructional preferences so that we may prepare for our students who are learning on and off campus. Thank you for being flexible and supportive during this unprecedent time.

Please remember to have your students to login in to Schoology to do their assignments and complete their iReady minutes while they are on their remote learning days. Completing these assignments are vital for them to continue to progress through their grade level standards for the year. Mrs. Kay, our secretary, has called everyone who still has a yearbook to pick up. If you haven't got yours yet, please call and make arrangements to get those. We have a limited supply yearbooks from the 2019-2020 school year available in the office for purchase at a cost of $15.00. Send the money with a note with your student and we will make sure they get one. Our RADA Fundraiser is still going on. The last day to purchase is October 31st. https://bit.ly/3k84DG9 The items get shipped directly to the person who orders.

Join the 1st Grade Teachers Wednesday, October 14th at 5:30 via TEAMS for Virtual Family Night. TEAMS invitations have been sent to your student's email account. You can find the information to log in to these accounts on the bag their iPads came in or on the card that was included inside the bag. There will be a short amount of time allowed for questions that you may have at the end of the event.

Don't forget Neale Elementary is having a RADA sale! No door to door sales and they deliver right to their house. Share on facebook and you may email to friends and family as well!! https://radafundraising.com?rfsn=4695376.5cfa4d Go Eagles Go!!

Need Schoology Help? Have Schoology Questions? Someone is on duty in our office from 3:30PM til 5:30 PM to help! You may call 304-420-9587. **You may also send questions to our Schoology Help Desk email technes@woodcountyschoolswv.net [technes@woodcountyschoolswv.net]

Grades 3-5: Student grades for midterms can be viewed in their student account or by logging into your parent account--access codes should have come home. If you need help access your parent account call the Schoology help desk at your child's school Monday-Thursday from 3:30-5:30. To view grades through your parent account, go to www.schoology.com, log in with parent information. If you haven't already set up an account you will need your parent access code provided by the school. Once logged in: Click on Grade Report Download Student Report Select Term One Select all classes Submit Watch the following video for a helpful tip for viewing student grades through the student's account. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz5ye3DyvqU&t=3300s

Neale Picture day! Our school pictures will be October 6 for Tuesday/Thursday students, and October 7 for Monday/Wednesday students.

Neale Elementary is selling RADA products as our fall fund raiser. Please share with your family and friends on social media or email. Thank you for your support! https://radafundraising.myshopify.com/?rfsn=4695376.5cfa4d

Starting Monday, September 28th through Friday, October 30th Neale Elementary will be doing a RADA Cutlery Products Fundraiser ONLINE! All orders will be bought and paid for online, and delivered to the address on the order. Students will NOT be doing any face to face selling. You can find the catalog and link to order below. These items make great gifts. They not only offer cutlery but also, dip mixes, soup and sauce mixes, cheese balls, cookbooks and more. https://radafundraising.myshopify.com/?rfsn=4695376.5cfa4d

Join the Kindergarten Teachers Wednesday, September 23rd at 5:30 via TEAMS for Virtual Family Night. TEAMS invitations have been sent to your student's email account. You can find the information to log in to these accounts on the bag their iPads came in or on the card that was included inside the bag. Those who return the survey provided by the teachers will receive a supplies kit to use at home. These kits are made available through our Title I Program at Neale Elementary. Directions how to log in to TEAMS for the event will be sent home by the Kindergarten Teachers. We can't wait to "see" everyone there. There will be a short amount of time allowed for questions that you may have at the end of the event.

Students have started taking the iReady Math & Reading Diagnostic. These are comprehensive assessments that give us important information about student academic strengths and weaknesses. Once students complete the diagnostic assessment, iReady will provide students with instructional lessons specific to what they need. Lessons are not available until the diagnostic has been completed and will be a part of students at home learning assignments once the diagnostics are finished. Another important piece of iReady is goal setting. Based on the results, each student will have a growth goal for reading and for math. We will take the diagnostic assessments two more times during the year to monitor progress towards meeting these goals.

Neale Elementary September Newsletter

Schoology Update: Teachers have been getting to know your students the last few days. They will slowly be introducing them how to use Schoology over the next few weeks and begin to put more and more assignments on the platform. When your student logs into Schoology, if they have any assignments with due dates these will show up on the right side of the screen or on their calendar. You can also find assignments by clicking on the Courses at the top and choosing each of the individual courses listed. These courses are auto populated based upon their official schedule. There may be courses that remain empty the entire time if the teacher chooses to put the assignments under another tab. If you need help with Schoology related questions, we have a help desk stationed at the school from 3:30-5:30. Many of the issues we have had is that the correct web link isn’t being used to login be sure to use https://wcswv.schoology.com or go to Wood County Schools Web page, Click on Menu, and then the icon that says Schoology. The app is installed on the iPads, but the web link is much more user friendly.

Tomorrow the day finally arrives that half our students(last names l-z) will be returning to school and the other half (last names a-k) arrive Wednesday, for their first day of school in 6 months, and for the school year 2020-2021. Please remember that students must be wearing a mask as they enter the school building and in common areas. In addition they will need: a filled water bottle(our refilling stations should be here any day), ipad charged and ready to go (you can keep the charger at home), a note of how they are getting home the first day of school and the rest of the year (teachers would normally get this info at open house), and a backpack to tote things back and forth (we had some donated if you still need one). See you in the morning!

This is a reminder that the 2020-2021 school year will begin on Tuesday, September 8th for students with last names beginning with L-Z. On Wednesday, September 9th, students with last names A-K will report to school. Due to Monday being Labor Day, students with last names A-K will report Friday, September 11th as well. Please visit the Wood County Schools website, and then click “2020-2021 Re-entry Summarization” for more details. Our re-entry schedule has not changed since being published. Students will attend school on a Blended-Model of instruction for 3 weeks, which is our Yellow Schedule, or until proper procedures, protocols, and new standards have been taught and implemented. Also, please do not confuse yourself with the WVDE color-coded map. The map is used as one of many tools to drive local decisions for our school system. As mentioned in previous communications, we will closely monitor the data each day to make well-informed and deliberate decisions, while keeping safety as the top priority for our students and employees. Over the last six months, we have worked diligently and methodically to create a well-rounded plan for re-entry. I’m sure we have not thought about every issue that may arise - please be patient as we work through making adjustments, changing protocols or procedures, and seeking feedback from our stakeholders to make this school year a great success. Although not a requirement, I am asking each student to bring their own mask and bottle of water on the first day of school. This will help expedite first day procedures and practices for our schools as they begin teaching expected behaviors for the year. Students will receive a Wood County mask on the first day and will be expected to possess and use it on a continual basis as we navigate through a new normal for our school system. We are so excited to see your children in our schools once again. We have greatly missed their presence the last six months. As always, make sure to Wear a mask, Watch your distance, and Wash your hands. To view our first WCS Newsletter, please click https://tinyurl.com/yxbaddej Have a safe and wonderful Holiday weekend.