RMS Reopening Plan: Details for students, parents, and teachers about procedures during in-person instruction

---

WCPSS Reopening Guides:

• Return to Campus Guide
• Face Coverings
• Cleaning Protocols
• What Happens When There is a Case of COVID on Campus?
• Changes To Meal Service
• Changes to Bus Procedures
• Health Screening

---

Cohort Calendar: The days during Second Semester when each Cohort will be in the school (Note: Cohort 1 = A, 2 = B, and 3 = C).

Supply Lists: Supplies that in-person students will need for classes

Free/Reduced Price Meal Program: Website

Find your Team's website and contact sheet on the Core Teams webpage: Website

We also strongly recommend signing up for Remind and Twitter updates from your team. Note: You will find the name of your team on your schedule during First Day Pickup.

With WCPSS moving to Plan A, the daily and weekly schedules for all students have shifted somewhat. All students will follow the same daily schedule (see below) every day of the week. Wednesdays will no longer be different, except when identified by WCPSS as asynchronous remote learning days.

Click here for a more detailed version of this schedule: PRINTABLE VERSION

Add the VA (at home) schedule to your own digital calendar by clicking on one of these links: 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade

With learning happening online and students physically at home while we interact with one another, the Behavior Expectations have been modified to match the needs of this situation.

Remote Learning Behavior Expectations: Printable English | Spanish

The RMS Student Services team of counselors, social worker, and psychologist have transformed their website into a treasure trove of useful resources for everything from career planning to handling the social challenges of online learning to supporting families in financial hardship during the pandemic.  Check out their website below.

Student Services Website

WCPSS Family Help Desk: 919-694-8100

HARDWARE

WCPSS is offering Chromebooks and/or WiFi hotspots to families that need them. If you need one (and have not already requested one), please email Javier Martinez (jmartinez@wcpss.net). The district will contact you when you device is ready for pickup.

In addition, the district has provided a Help Desk just for families who need help with their home learning technology. Frequently Asked Questions and contact information for the Home Help Desk can be found at the link below.

Remote Learning Help Desk: Website

---

SOFTWARE

WCPSS has created a very useful website full of technology guides for families on how to use many of the tech tools that will be a part of remote learning this year. It's a great place to start when you have a question.

WCPSS Tech Guides: Website

RMS Teachers have also created a wealth of useful resources about the specific tools that we will be using for remote learning this year.

To create a simplified and consistent remote learning experience, all RMS teachers will be using a new grading system for the coming year. Most work will receive grades in Google Classroom. But only project, tests, quizzes and other big assignments that show how much a student has learned about a topic at the end of the learning will be carried over into PowerSchool.  These will be labeled as "Power" Assignments in Google Classroom.  The student's overall grade for each quarter will be calculated from these Power Assignments.

In one other change for this year, teachers will use a Total Point system rather than weighted categories. This system is much easier for students to calculate their own grade, because they simply add up the points that they have earned from Power Assignments and divide it by the total points that were possible from Power Assignments.

Click on this link for a more visual explanation of the grading plan for 2020-2021: Infographic

Students will be using several different online tools for their learning this year. Teachers will show them how to use these, but the documents below offer general instructions that may be helpful to troubleshoot.

WCPSS Tech Guides: Website

Student/Parent Tutorials: Website

Tutorial Page (from teacher on TikTok): Website