Virtual Week Ending 5/22/20

..and a happy Memorial Day Weekend to you ALL!!

Look at these beautiful faces!  Love this collab from the K-5 Art Team!
And check out Ms. Jontos' Silvia's Got Talent post on Twitter!


This is the Flyer for the FINAL PUSH for ART!!!!

This week in the Blog:

• Reminders:
• Keep on keepin'on with those work logs!
• We have 3 weeks left of Phase III!
• The last week for kids will be a "collection/make up" week
• Grading- please reach out to your leadership if you have questions, as the district has created a grading policy for all students.
• Supply Orders are due to me next Friday.
• PLC:
• K-5- We discussed the idea of making pre-recorded videos to support the Arts Bingo work, and how this may be the better way to go since kids have lots to do with classroom teachers, and parents are feeling swamped.  This would allow for more independence as kids can log on when they have time, and do the task.  Mr. Quigley shared his YouTube Channel and his Google Site.  Students are still sending teachers their art work, and kids are engaging in classrooms for art/music. Also, many are collaborating among specialist teams to make the work more accessible to more kids. Supply orders were discussed- and the idea of ordering as we usually do as we do not know what September will look like and how the CDC guidelines will affect the number of marker sets, crayons, etc..
• 6-8- Music Missions are getting there.. some engagement with students online.  Art is getting some engagement as well, as well as submittals of work.  These are being put in school virtual galleries as well as the district gallery.  Supply orders were discussed.
• 9-12- We discussed the grading addendum shared by Mr. Desmarais, as well as how to use the shared spreadsheet with the students listed- X for work completion for each Phase.  We also discussed how AP students are doing with the deadline looming!
• Band/Orch- Teachers will be sharing the spreadsheets of their instrument rentals with all building principals/clerks so students can be checked off of the list as they return these to their school's main office.  This will happen during the packet return week.  On the final week of school  teachers will go to each school building and store these instruments safely for the fall.  We also discussed Solo Fest and what is working for teachers/students.  Kids are staying engaged through "virtual lessons" with band and orchestra teachers.  We also discussed doing a collab mash up video called "This is Why I Play" that will showcase the work we do with our kids.  This can be used in the future as a promo video for our program!
• Planning Ahead:
• Solo Fest- students are getting their videos in!
• #FRPSChalkChallenge- week of June 15-19 (see flyer)
• Last official day of school- June 22.
• Instrument Return Week- June 8-12 at all schools (main office).
• Itinerants will visit schools during last week of school to store instruments returned.
• Kudos:
• To all who learned how to build a Virtual Classroom Power Point on GDrive with Ms. McG!  They look amazing, and I hope the kids are interacting with them in fun ways..
• To all who are uploading student art to the Virtual Gallery!  So awesome!
• To Rene Kochman of FRED TV who is loading our Phase II and then Phase III Virtual Galleries to "tape" so they can be aired on TV!
• To the Durfee AP Kids who are uploading their portfolios this week!  You've got this!
• To the Band and Orchestra teachers who have pushed their kids to continue on with their learning while challenging themselves to participate in Solo Fest!

Thank you all for being so cool, so positive and remembering to laugh during all this craziness...

-Jackie