Parent Newsletter

Email: sandersj@purcellps.org
Website: https://www.purcellps.org/o/phs
Location: 2020 North Green Avenue, Purcell, OK, USA
Phone: 405-442-0099
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purcellhs

Thank you to all of our staff, parents, and students for helping us safely and successfully return to school. Although there have certainly been challenges for all of us, it has been a huge success. I cannot express enough my appreciation for our students who have followed closely our safety protocols and worn their masks throughout the day.

Although we have obviously focused on safety and training our staff and students on new safety protocols, we are excited to engage our students in the classrooms and focus upon our primary mission: student learning and success. (please take a moment to click on the tab below to read my personal leadership vision for our high school) I wholeheartedly believe that strong relationships between teachers and students to be the second most important factor in determining a student's success in school. What is the most important? strong support for student learning by parents and guardians.

Therefore it's critical to have strong communication between school leadership and parents and teachers and parents/guardians. The parent newsletters will occur every other week and will usually be sent out Friday afternoons. They will be posted to our high school facebook page, school website and also sent out to parent emails. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE CORRECT PARENT/GUARDIAN EMAILS FOR ALL STUDENTS. Our office staff is working to confirm correct parent emails.

Always feel free to call or email me if you have questions,

sandersj@purcellps.org

405-442-0099

-Jason

All of our teachers have created Google Classrooms which is a digital learning platform for students. It's basically a digital version of their classroom. Keep in mind that our PL (personalized learning) students and PAVE (virtual school) students use Odysseyware as a digital learning platform. However many of our PL teachers also use google classroom to support instruction.

It is very important for parents to understand the Google Classroom learning platform. Keep in mind that if we were to shift to a distance learning plan due to Covid, all instruction would be delivered for traditional students via Google Classroom. PL teachers would also use Google Classroom to connect with their students. Please take a few moments to watch this easy to follow video posted above that explains key elements of Google Classroom that parents should know to support their students.

Keep in mind you can have access to email summaries of your students google classroom work when teachers invite parents/guardians to their google classrooms. I've linked a page below that will address parent/guardian questions regarding your students google classrooms. You must have a gmail account to receive email summaries from teachers.

It is VERY important that we have your correct email address on file. As we have moved to a new data information system, Infinite Campus, we are in the process of checking to make sure we have correct parent emails.

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions.

https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/7126518?hl=en

Some of the PHS Student Council leaders went to help at the Heart of Oklahoma Chamber luncheon today in honor of our First Responders. They did amazing and we are so proud of them. Seniors: Sam Wofford, Kora Keith, Lizbeth Caralampio, Tyler Williams, Emily Madden, Carlee Dismuke, and Kody Kroth. Juniors: Dalton Holder, Hailey Carpenter, Jaiden Avila, and Alyssa Rogers

Please click on the link below to see what's coming up this week in Dragon Athletics. Our girls softball season is in full swing and they have a home game this week on Tuesday. Please take an opportunity to go support Coach Jones and her team. Also our football team had a very successful scrimmage against Anadarko on Friday night. They will be home this Friday night vs. Lone Grove. Please support Coach Scott and his team. This will also be Little League Appreciation Night!

Go Dragons!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iKewLhN5d7on40cULjUa4YyMLLyZT8xIMe-iUaffLRY/edit?ts=5f4009c8

Melissa Feroli - High School Counselor / Virtual School Coordinator

Jake Deviney - Science and Coaching

Charity Adams - Special Education (english)

Katie Clayton - Special Education (math)

Brandy Black - Teaching Assistant

Cara Simonton - Activities/Counseling Secretary

The Oklahoma State Health Department released their new numbers for Covid cases on a county-by-county basis last Friday. I've linked the information below. Although the number of cases per 100,000 people increased from the previous week for McClain county, we remain in the yellow level for safety protocols.

What does this mean:

We can continue in-person school at full capacity.

We need to maintain safety protocols, particularly mask-wearing to keep our numbers low.

We need to be prepared in case we have to shift to a A-B schedule or perhaps distance learning.

If we were to move into the orange level for two consecutive weeks, this could trigger a shift to an A-B schedule where half of the school would attend on any given day. PLEASE NOTE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE YELLOW LEVEL.

I've also linked below the district's Covid-19 return to learn plan which provides specific details for each color level and corresponding safety protocols.

As you may know our district recently changed to a new data information system: Infinite Campus. This week our district pushed out notification for Infinite Campus Parent Portal and how parents can sign up.

This will give you access to the following at this time.

• Food Service Balance
• Change contact information
• Student attendance

Here is the link the district pushed out for the parents to login to parent portal:

https://okcloud1.infinitecampus.org/campus/apps/portal/authentication/account-activation-key?appName=purcell&appType=parents

I've linked below a tutorial to using parent portal on both mobile devices and tablets. Please don't hesitate to contact our office staff if you need assistance.

Thank you for your patience during this transition

https://kb.infinitecampus.com/help/campus-parent-portal

When Wednesday, Sept. 2; 3:30 PM

Where? High School Library

What is Title 1?

Title I is a K-12 program that provides additional academic support and learning opportunities for students at schools with high percentages of socioeconomically disadvantaged children. The program is intended to help ensure that all students meet state academic standards.

This week we conducted our first fire drill. We appreciated greatly the Purcell Fire Department coming to observe and help support our review and improvement of safety plans. Safety and security is our number 1 priority and we will keep parents updated on safety drills. I will also send an invite to our next Safety Committee meeting which will be held in October.

This week we will conduct our First security drill with a "soft lockdown" drill.This will allow us to practice securing the school and classrooms in case of a external safety threat in the general area. During this type of lockdown, no outside entrance to school will be allowed and no students will be able to leave classrooms. However instruction will continue as normal within classrooms.

Please remember these drills are not designed to frighten or alarm parents or student. We want to make sure our staff and students are prepared to react calmly and safely in case of an emergency.

Thank you for your support of our student's safety.