Staycation and Virtual Learning

I know that many of you are eagerly awaiting your assignments, or some information as to how the next three weeks will look. I would like to start off by letting you know that this is a learning experience for ALL of us! Students, teachers, and administrators alike. Friday we had some time to sit down and plan out what we wanted to accomplish over the next three weeks, but obviously no one was planning on this, therefore it is something that will be changing and taking form as we go. You have undoubtedly heard the word ‘fluid’ quite a lot in the last few weeks and are likely sick of the term, but the fact of the matter is this indeed is an ever changing a fluid situation. (my chemistry rockstars will remember that fluid means particles that can easily slide past one another and take the shape of its container, so in relating that to this situation think we need to act like a fluid and be ready to fit into this new situation) The reason we are all using this term fluid is because we know that things are changing, rapidly. Because of that it is imperative that you are checking your school email, and all of your teacher’s iBlogs daily. I would suggest subscribing to each iBlog for all of your teachers now if you have not already done so.

Later today you will be receiving an email from me to your school email. I will explain how to join my iLearn site if you are not already a member, I will also be attaching my remind log in information. My plan is to update you daily with an iBlog post, and a message from either remind or mass email. The expectation is that you continue to learn throughout the next three weeks. Remember that this is not a break, we have April 6-10th for that. This closure is out of necessity to encourage social distancing, and avoid further spreading of this outbreak. My suggestion over the next three weeks is to create a schedule for yourself. Set an alarm Monday-Friday (it doesn’t have to be as early as it would for a regular school day but maintaining a routine is important!) There are a lot of sample schedules floating around on social media, it might seem silly but I highly encourage it. It will help you stay up with school work, maintain a routine, and keep you from going stir crazy. Some things I encourage you to include in your schedule is a set block of time in which you will be dedicated to doing your classwork, time for screen free activities, some sort of physical activity time, and possibly some time to do some educational activities that are not part of your required school work (did you know that there are lots of museums offering free digital tours?)

Again I will be updating my iBlog daily, as well as communicating with all students via remind and email. If you are not signed up for my remind and would like to be the sign up information is below. All students of mine are required to sign up if they have not already done so. I also welcome parents and guardians to sign up if they would like to be included in reminders I will be sending. To sign up for remind please either download the free app or text 81010 for first hour forensics the code is @forenscij1 for second hour forensics the code is @johnsonfs2 for third hour forensics the code is @johnsonfs3 for fifth hour chemistry the code is @jchem5 for sixth hour chemistry the code is @jchem6 I will be checking my email and remind regularly as always. My official office hours will be between 10 am and 1 pm Monday-Friday. This means if you message me within that time period expect to get a prompt response, if you message me outside of that time period I will get back to you when I am able. Stay safe and healthy!