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Our Stop The Bleed kits arrived this week and will be delivered to each of our campuses. SRO Joe Scott provides Stop the Bleed training for all of our staff and has begun training our high school students. Now all students will receive the training before they graduate. For more info on Stop the Bleed, go to StoptheBleed.org

Reminder for SSD Families: We will have EARLY DISMISSAL tomorrow (9/28) at 1:30 PM for all students. P/T Conferences will be held virtually for Grades 6 - 12.

SSD Virtual Families: We have added some helpful Canvas tutorial videos to our website. Go to MENU, then hover over CANVAS, and click on CANVAS VIDEO TUTORIALS. The following links take you to suggested videos that will help you with virtual learning. 1) Create a Parent Account and Set Up Notifications in Canvas: https://bit.ly/3cEl7TC. 2) Quick Canvas Parent App Tour: https://bit.ly/3cz1zjb. 3) Student Navigation in Canvas: https://bit.ly/3i1RDjC. 4) Observer (Parent) Navigation in Canvas: https://bit.ly/3cv2MIB.

Reminder for SSD Families: Sept. 28 We will have EARLY DISMISSAL at 1:30 PM for all students. P/T Conferences will be held virtually for Grades 6 - 12. Oct. 2 We will have a VIRTUAL DAY for all students. Students will be given assignments for remote learning, but there will be no LIVE instruction (online or onsite). Oct. 5 We will have EARLY DISMISSAL at 1:30 PM for all students. P/T Conferences will be held virtually for Grades PK - 5.

Mr. Broadaway’s engineering students are learning g-code to program the CNC Supra Mill machine, which can be used for product development and engraving.

The Lady Jacket Golf Team finished second at the conference golf championships held at Mystic Creek golf course in El Dorado. Leading the team was the overall conference champion (Medalist) Emma Hester. The number two player Magan McClain. The other members were Alexis Peck and Catherine Williams. Playing in a downpour they where able to defeat Lake Hamilton by three strokes for second . The finish qualifies the Lady Jackets for the state tournament to be held at Big Creek Country Club in Mountain Home on Monday, 9-28.

SSD Families (Virtual): The SSD Curriculum Team will host two Virtual Learning Workshops next week to provide assistance for virtual learners and their parents. We will provide basic training on the Canvas Learning Management System and answer any questions you may have. Please see details below for the two sessions: Tuesday, Sept. 22, 6 - 7 PM Sheridan High School Cafeteria Thursday, Sept. 24, 6 - 7 PM East End Middle School Cafeteria Seating is limited, so you must sign up to attend. If these workshops fill up, we will plan additional sessions to assist our families. If you are unable to sign up because the sessions are already full, email alisagray@sheridanschools.org to be placed on a waiting list. Tap on the link to sign up for one of our workshops. https://bit.ly/3hwLImo

SSD Families: Please take a moment to read these important announcements regarding upcoming virtual/digital days and COVID-19 protocols. Virtual & Digital Days: https://bit.ly/33HOqAH COVID-19 Protocols & COVID-19 Dashboard: https://bit.ly/3iwH1Kq

A correction has been made to the dates for fall P/T Conferences on our School Calendar at a Glance. P/T conferences for grades 6 - 12 will be held Sept. 28. P/T conferences for grades PK - 5 will be held Oct. 5. All students will dismiss at 1:30 p.m. on both days. P/T conferences will not be held onsite. They will be held virtually. Individual campuses and their teachers will be sending you information soon about scheduling these conferences. Tap on the following link to view the School Calendar at a Glance. https://bit.ly/33khBJI

SSD Families (Onsite Students): Please tap on the link to view an update to our attendance procedures for onsite students during the 2020-21 school year. https://bit.ly/3iqWrQC

Parents, here’s a quick video on how to get started with the Canvas Parent app on your phone: https://youtu.be/kEAyb-7rlBk. You will first need to create a Parent Observer account. If you haven’t done this already, you can refer to the video available here: https://youtu.be/o9_8Pcu5QGg. The Observer account lets you track your child’s progress and receive notifications from your teacher in Canvas. Whether you use the app or the website version of Canvas, setting up an Observer account will be helpful to parents of both virtual and onsite students.

SSD Families: As of today, Sept. 3, 2020, the Sheridan School District will provide free school breakfast and lunch meals for all enrolled virtual and onsite students. The funding for the meals will be provided by the USDA. This free school meal program will be effective until Dec. 31, 2020.

SSD Families: We are so happy to have our kids back at school! They are AMAZING! We want you to know that your children are making us proud, and they seem to be adjusting well to the new guidelines. Thank you for all you are doing at home to support them. REMINDERS (Onsite and Virtual) If you haven't already, guardians of returning students should update their child's information in PowerSchool. This will help ensure we have updated phone numbers, home addresses, etc. You should have received a letter with a Snap code in the mail over the summer. The snap code is needed to log in. The link to PowerSchool is https://bit.ly/2QnsPXZ. (Onsite) To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our schools, we can only allow visitors for official school business. Unfortunately, parents will not be able to come have lunch with their kids this year. We also cannot allow parents to bring in outside food at lunchtime. (Onsite) Doors open at 7:30 a.m. Please do not drop off your students before that time. Under the current health guidelines, we cannot have students congregate in the cafeteria before school like we've done in the past. (Onsite and Virtual) Please complete and return pages 165 - 173 of the Student Handbook. These went home with onsite students this week. Virtual families received a handbook at Chromebook pick up. Thanks again for all you do. We are going to have a great school year if we all work together to #MakeItCount!

SSD Families: We have been closely monitoring the weather forecast and the potential impact of Hurricane Laura in Arkansas. According to the update from the Office of Emergency Management this morning, the estimated time for arrival of the storms is earlier in the afternoon than expected. Due to the possibility of this inclement weather, all SSD campuses will dismiss early today, Aug. 27. Bus riders will dismiss at 12:50 p.m. and car riders will dismiss at 1:00 p.m. Pre-K will be dismissed at 1:30 p.m. All extracurricular activities for this afternoon are cancelled. Should we need to cancel onsite learning tomorrow due to flooding or power outages, we will send out a text message to families and post the information to our website and social media platforms as soon as a decision is made. Today, K-2 teachers will send home paper assignments with students for tomorrow in the event we need to pivot to remote learning. Students in grades 3 - 12 will receive assignments in their Canvas accounts. If you have a power outage or you have any trouble accessing the assignments in Canvas, your teacher will provide the assistance when students return to school.

SSD Virtual Families: Please tap on the link for an update on Canvas, videos to help you get started with Canvas, and information about how to sign up for school meals. https://bit.ly/31tO3JQ

SSD Virtual Families: We are still experiencing technical difficulties with our new Canvas Learning Management System. We sincerely apologize for this rough start to your child’s virtual learning experience. This is not consistent with our standards. Some students are having difficulty logging in and some students are noticing missing or wrong courses in their Canvas accounts. Our IT and curriculum departments are working with Canvas and our student database provider to resolve these issues. While not every student is experiencing these same difficulties, we wanted to send this message out to all of our families in case there are others who have had similar issues. Please know that we are working hard to make sure your child has a positive experience with virtual learning. We are committed to providing your child with a rigorous education as well as any other support services they need. If your child has not been able to complete the work on Canvas today or yesterday, there is no need to worry about him/her being counted absent. Also, there is no need to worry about him/her falling behind. Our teachers are aware of this situation and will be flexible with attendance and allowing your child ample time to catch up on school work. Again, we apologize for this inconvenience and the stress this may have caused. We thank you for your patience as we work through the kinks of our new learning management system. We will update you once we receive more information from Canvas.

It was awesome to see our students back at school! We have missed them so much! #MakeItCount

SSD Families: We can't wait to begin the school year tomorrow, Aug. 24! Please tap on the link for important information about the upcoming school year, including COVID-19 protocols, school lunches for virtual students, bus routes, etc.). https://bit.ly/2EjjIoF

SSD Families: We can't wait to begin the school year tomorrow. Please tap on the link for important information about the upcoming school year, including COVID-19 protocols, school lunches for virtual students, bus routes, etc.). https://bit.ly/2EjjIoF

SSD Families: Please tap on the links to view our Parent Drop Off and Pick Up Routes. Note - some have been updated from last year. SIS/SES (No change) https://youtu.be/6Up4j7LYlaw SMS (Updated) https://youtu.be/IOdEUdZHv5E SHS (No Change) https://bit.ly/3gqxjrr EEE (Updated https://youtu.be/TXQCvaPENmQ EEI (Updated) https://youtu.be/hg_AdTv_AAY EEM (No Change) https://youtu.be/EYLaMhZYukg