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Report Cards A reminder that next Wednesday is PLC prep for Report Cards. Please make sure you have made clear to your staff the dates they will get a preview and when final report cards are due for your site. For elementary, please make it clear if you are printing, emailing, or both. Also, report cards can go home at parent-teacher conferences or send home ahead of time, that is a site decision. For middle schools, sites will run the final report cards by the morning of 11/10, and the District will combine the files and email it out. Put it in your site folder, and email Joe Clark and Brandon Blom.  Generating Report Card Guide SwiftReach | Using PDF Builder to email Report Cards | Updated 2021 One update if you are emailing out report cards. You can have the system put the student's first name in the subject line but using the following subject line: 1st Trimester Elementary Report Card for [firstname/] If a student's first name is Ella, parents would then see this as the s

  IMPORTANT SECURITY PATCH UPDATE FOR WINDOWS STAFF Starting this week, staff running Windows desktops and laptops will be prompted to restart their computers to install critical patch updates automatically. When prompted and before you leave for the day, please click 'OK' and reboot your computer to minimize downtime. These updates are needed on all clerical, administrators, and other staff running Windows computers.   Updates should be installed after hours, and your computer will be ready when you return in the morning. Raptor Check-In - Clerical Update  Parents/Guardians attending a field trip should be signed into Raptor and given a visitor badge to help with identification on the trip. Site clerical should keep a list of the parents on the field trip in order to account for them in Raptor in case an emergency occurs on site.  The Raptor Procedural Guide has been updated to include this information.  Contact: Rachael Peck Safety Drills As a reminder, there is no Google F

Generating Report Cards Principals, a reminder to please get your staff the timeline for their preview and when you will run their report cards. Report Card prep is November 2nd.  We know this information is early but wanted to let you know we also have information in the Educator blog regarding report cards this week. Clerical, please see the guides below.  At the clerical meeting on October 19th we will have optional training at the end for anyone that wants to review how to generate report cards.   Generating Report Card Guide SwiftReach | Using PDF Builder to email Report Cards | Updated 2021 For elementary: The District will run all TK report cards, the site does not need to run TK report cards. For both MS and Elementary: Attendance records will be through November 4th, and will start showing by by the end of Monday 11/7. Please make sure to add this comment in the comment section; Attendance records for dropped classes are not included on this report card. Select Grading Period

District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) Please complete the 2022-2023 DELAC Site Representative Form   by 10/7 to share the name of your site representative for the 2022-2023 school year. DELAC meetings are held from 5:00-6:00, via Zoom, and 4 -5 times per year. Jennie will reach out to all representatives to invite them to the first DELAC meeting that will be held on 10/18. Thank you.  Contact: Jennie Ruvalcaba   SPSA Comprehensive Needs All of your Comprehensive Needs Assessments should be completed by now.  Feedback will be shared by next week if there are any changes that need to be made.  If you are not finished, please contact me ASAP so I don’t start reading through them and it’s not updated.  Site Council Presentation Some have asked if it is an expectation to go through all parts of the SPSA at your Site Council Meeting.  The recommended practice is to share the entire document with them ahead of time and then highlight goals, strategies/activities, and funding a