DECA Club FINAL CALL for Members

The MHHS DECA chapter is in final call for students who want to be an active DECA member and engage in competitions.  DECA is a national organization focusing on preparing students for careers in the business world. Through regional, state, and national competitions, students gain experience in developing business plans and solving business problems.  To become an active participant in DECA, please contact Dr. Kerry Moquett at kmoquett@lammersvilleusd.net.

Redo/Retake for Online Courses

One of the features of our Mastery Based Learning system here at MHHS is the redo/retake policy.  This policy allows students the opportunity to retake mastery assessments, projects, and presentations after they engage in error analysis and remediation on the skills and standards that were not mastered at the time of the assessment.  With the inclusion of distance learning, and further expansion of online courses in both the Hybrid and Online Pathways, we have found it necessary to clarify our redo/retake policy in our online courses to better plan the logistics of this policy and make it consistent across the entire school.  

Click Here to access the Online Course Redo/Retake policy

The policy is similar to that of the typical redo/retake policy, but we would like to highlight the main differences that will be implemented with this policy in all of our online courses:

• All redo/retakes must be completed within a week of the original assessment date.

• To be eligible for a retake, students must submit their Guided notes, and may be subject to having sections of the content reset.

• Redo/Retakes for the first two unit assessments of each class will be delayed until mid-term (check the policy for specific dates)

We encourage all of our students and parents to review the online course redo/retake procedure.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the school for clarification.

Senior College Application Workshop

Counselors will be hosting LIVE virtual presentations on Monday (8/31) and Thursday (9/3) to review the college application process. We will be covering important deadlines, application specifics, and required Naviance application lists. 

We will be presenting during your regular "face-to-face" Adulting 101 classes. 

Students will attend the live session for the period that they are assigned to Adulting 101. 

If you have OC Adulting 101, please join one of our live sessions that works best with your schedule. 

All seniors are required to attend one live session. 

Seniors should check their email for links to the live presentations.

Extension of Distance Learning

Over the course of the summer, our school district has adjusted to numerous mandates from local, State, and National Officials. We wanted to send this message out to ensure clarity about the current status of in-person instruction within our district. Originally, our district had hoped that circumstances regarding public health would allow for a shift to the hybrid models on September 1, 2020. However, Public Health Officials, following a Governor’s mandate, have superseded our plan. As stated in the July 23, 2020 letter to the community, San Joaquin County remains on the state monitoring list and as such will keep our district in a distance learning mode until the Public Health Officials, following the Governors guidelines, deems it safe for in-person instruction.

 Below is an excerpt from the July 23, 2020 letter to the community. This and all other important 2020-21 school year information can be found on our website here.

 “LUSD is following the Governor’s direction. It is important to note that as stated in our July 14th letter to the community, we will begin the school year through distance learning. This first day of school is August 13, 2020. We have presented multiple models with options for families to choose which they feel best meets the needs of their child/ren.  A significant direction in the Governor’s plan will impact a future shift from distance learning to the hybrid model for TK-8 grades and the high school. The direction is quoted here: “Schools located in counties that are on the Monitoring List must not physically open for in-person instruction until their county has come off the Monitoring List for 14 consecutive days. Schools in counties that have not been on the Monitoring List for the prior 14 days may begin in-person instruction, following public health guidelines”. San Joaquin County is currently on the State’s Monitoring List. LUSD will follow these guidelines and take direction from San Joaquin County Public Health Services.”

 We will continue to monitor direction from San Joaquin County Department of Public Health and coordinate efforts with the San Joaquin County Office of Education. We will also continue to follow guidance from State Department of Public Health and the Governor. When it is deemed appropriate to transition back to in-person instruction (hybrid or traditional) the district will inform the community and allow for a short transition time where teachers and families can prepare for the next phase of instruction. Please contact your school site principal if you have any questions.

 Lammersville Unified School District

Back to School Night Reminder

This is your last reminder that VIRTUAL Back to School Night is tonight 8/20/20, and all virtual and online.  Your teachers should have sent you links to their individual virtual classrooms, and we encourage you to follow your child's schedule found in the Aeries parent and student portal as you visit each class tonight.  The bell schedule for tonight will be as follows:  

6:35-6:45--0 Period (Advisory)
6:50-7:00--1st Period
7:05-7:15--2nd Period
7:20-7:30--3rd Period
7:35-7:45--4th Period
7:50-8:00--5th Period
8:05-8:15--6th Period
8:20-8:30--7th Period

If you have lost the links to your child's teachers' virtual classrooms, take a look at our Back to School Night webpage for links and information here:  CLICK HERE

Please remember that if your student has a Flex period, there will be no meeting during that period.  

In addition, Administrators will be available tonight to answer any questions you might have.  Come join us before or after the meeting, or during your child's Flex period.  See below for our meeting links:

Administrative Sessions Open All Night

Administrator	Session Topics	Online Meeting Link
Ben Fobert--Principal	MHHS Programs, Mastery Based Learning, General Questions	CLICK HERE
Joni Hellstrom--Associate Principal	Curriculum, Instruction, SUCCESS!, Advisory	CLICK HERE
Athena Duran--Vice Principal Guadalupe Galindo	Athletics, Activities, Leadership	CLICK HERE
Kamaljit Pannu--Vice Principal	Attendance, Discipline, "What's My Child's Schedule?"	CLICK HERE

Finally, we understand that there is great concern right now due to the effect the wildfires are having on our community, and in the communities that surround us. Regardless of these circumstances, the virtual Back to School Night scheduled for this evening is still occurring. Several teachers may be affected by the current evacuation orders, and you may hear directly from your child’s teacher about rescheduling their sessions if they are unable to be in the virtual meetings tonight.  We hope that you and your family stay safe from the wildfires.

We look forward to "seeing" you tonight!

"Hey Mr. Fobert! Is it important to attend Advisory?"

One of the biggest questions we've been having this year is whether it is important to attend the Advisory period that is scheduled for each school day.  The answer to this question is:

YES!  YOU MUST ATTEND ADVISORY (virtually)  EVERY DAY!

Why do you have to attend advisory every day?  There are several reasons that advisory is essential for EVERY student to attend on a daily basis.  Here's the reasons:

• Advisory is the ONE period every day where students are marked present for the entire school day.
• Essential and important information is shared during advisory on a regular basis.
• Advisory is counted as part of the legally required instructional minutes each day.
• Advisory is an essential part of building lasting relationships and culture among our students and teachers.

What happens if you don't attend your advisory period?

• You'll be marked absent and truancy rules apply
• You may miss important information being shared
• You miss out on connecting with your teacher and classmates.

BOTTOM LINE:  Be at Advisory every day!  We can't be together during this time, so take a few minutes every day to connect with us.  We look forward to seeing you online now, and face-to-face as soon as we can!

Want more info...here's a video about Advisory for this school year.

NEW Canvas Observer Account

 All parents need a NEW Canvas Observer account, and your links need to be updated to reflect the NEW Canvas website for parents and students.  Click the link below and follow the instructions.

Virtual Back to School Night

Virtual Back to School Night 2020 will occur this year on Thursday, August 20 from 6:35 p.m.-8:30 p.m.  Because of this year’s virtual nature of Back to School Night, teachers will be hosting their classes online during their class periods on Thursday night.  We encourage you to look for those links to come directly from each of your child’s teachers through email in the coming days.  Please click the link below for our Administration’s welcome video for Back to School Night.  We hope you’ll take the opportunity to view the video, and contact us if you have any questions.  

Back To School Night Welcome Video

Or

https://tinyurl.com/btsn-video 

We encourage you to obtain your child’s course schedule online through the Aeries Portal, and then virtually attend each class using the following schedule on August 20th:

6:35-6:45--0 Period (Advisory)

6:50-7:00--1st Period

7:05-7:15--2nd Period

7:20-7:30--3rd Period

7:35-7:45--4th Period

7:50-8:00--5th Period

8:05-8:15--6th Period

8:20-8:30--7th Period

While this year may not be the same as previous years, we sincerely hope to provide our students and families with the educational experiences and opportunities students want and need to help them be successful.  

 

Student Orientation

Students got an orientation to the new school year during Advisory today, and it will continue tomorrow.  If you want to know what they learned, take a look at the slide deck that is being used for Advisory this week:

"Hey Mr. Fobert! What is SUCCESS! period?"

The school year has begun! We appreciate your patience, flexibility, and at times, humor, as we start the year on distance learning. We also appreciate your questions as they help us know what we need to explain and communicate to our students and parents.

A question that has come up is: What do we do during SUCCESS!?

SUCCESS! is dedicated intervention time at MHHS where students can get additional help from their teachers and where teachers can work with students who are struggling. We have SUCCESS! built into our bell schedule to ensure we can provide the educational supports to meet your individual needs.

For the next few weeks, there will not be a formal class held during SUCCESS! Your teachers will be using that time to reach out to students who are not completing their work or who are struggling with their work.

We will be creating more structured SUCCESS! periods in the upcoming weeks and will communicate that to all of you at that time. You will be able to sign up for classes, additional help, workshops, or teacher office hours during SUCCESS! at that point.

Until then, the only time you would need to attend SUCCESS! is if your teacher reaches out and wants to meet with you. We know this year is different, but are excited to teach you and get to know you as we build our sense of family and community at Mountain House High School! 

NEW CANVAS

 ATTENTION MUSTANGS!!!  We have a NEW CANVAS link.  If you log in to the same link you have been using in previous years, you will not be able to see your courses for this year.  Please update your links so that you can access the new and improved Canvas for this school year.  

Here is the STUDENT link to the NEW CANVAS:  lammersville.instructure.com

ATTENTION MUSTANG PARENTS!!!  Because we have a new CANVAS this year, you will need to sign up for a NEW parent portal account.  Please visit our high school Canvas Webpage to learn how to sign up for your new parent portal account in the NEW CANVAS!

Here is the link for parents to learn how to create their NEW Parent Portal account:

https://tinyurl.com/mhhs-canvas

Changed Bell Schedule and Attendance Procedures

ATTENTION MUSTANG OHANA!

The Bell Schedule has changed slightly for this coming school year. Please visit our website for the new schedule for the first two days of school, and for the remainder of the school year: https://tinyurl.com/mhhsbell

Please note the following information about attendance for the remainder of this school year:

ALL STUDENTS, hybrid and online, will be required to virtually attend their Advisory/Attendance period EVERY DAY to be marked present.

The Advisory period will sometimes have additional information for students, and other days the purpose will be for attendance taking purposes only.

All students in face-to-face classes will be required to attend courses virtually each time it occurs on the schedule.

All students in Online Courses and in the Online Pathway will be required to meet with their teachers on a regular basis.  Teachers will schedule these meetings.

All students in the face to face courses, in the online courses, and in the online pathway are required to do work for each of their classes EVERY DAY during the school year.  Students who do not complete work when it is due will be considered absent and will be required to go through a re-engagement process until they are back on track with all of their work.  

For detailed information about our Attendance policies and procedures during the 2020-2021 school year, please visit our Attendance page on our website here: https://tinyurl.com/mhhsattend

#mhhsfirstday2021

 MUSTANGS!!!! Post your first day of school pics with the hashtag #mhhsfirstday2021 The yearbook and newspaper want to feature you on your first day of school during the pandemic!

"Hey, Mr. Fobert! What's happening on the first day of school?"

ALOHA MUSTANG OHANA!!! 

At the beginning of the strangest school year in the history of our world, we want to start a new article in our newsletter called "Hey, Mr. Fobert!" We'll be releasing these on a regular basis to answer up-to-date frequently asked questions.  

At this time of the year, we are not short on frequently asked questions, so let's start with one that is probably on the top of everyone's minds right now:  

"What's happening on the first day of school?"

Great question!

School will start this year on August 13th.  Due to distance learning, NO STUDENTS will be coming to campus at the beginning of the school year, so don't come to campus!  

Check your Aeries Portal account to look for your class schedule, and check your student gmail account for information and links for your virtual video conferences for each of your classes.  ATTENDANCE WILL BE TAKEN!  If you are not there you'll be marked absent, and potentially dropped from school if you don't attend in the first two days of school.

What's the bell schedule?

For the first two days of school, you'll be meeting virtually with all of your teachers (this includes you online course students!)  For a link to the bell schedule CLICK HERE.  You WILL be meeting with your Advisory teacher first (zero period teacher).  Make sure you check your email for links to these online live classes.  

For now...just focus on these two things:

1. School starts on the 13th of August at 8:00 A.M.
2. You will attend all of your class periods (Advisory through 7th period) during the first two days.

See you (virtually) on the 13th.  

Course Schedules and Schedule Changes

MUSTANGS!!!

Course Schedules are now live and available for students whose parents have completed the Walk-Through Registration and Data Confirmation Process.  

If you look at your schedule and see something that you think needs to be changed DO NOT CONTACT YOUR COUNSELOR THROUGH EMAIL!  

Students are able to request changes to their schedules during the first semester schedule change window (August 7th -August 21st) using the online form link here: https://tinyurl.com/schedulechange20-21

For more information about MHHS schedule change policies please see review this page: https://tinyurl.com/ScheduleChangeMHHS

Counselors will be running online schedule question labs (virtual) for students to attend if they need help understanding their options or have questions about how to make changes. Please visit the Schedule Change Request page on our website here:  https://tinyurl.com/mhhschange

Virtual Walk-Through Registration

ALOHA!  Welcome back to the 2020-2021 school year.  While this year may be a lot different than previous years, we are excited to start our upcoming school year and connect with our students and families virtually at the beginning of this school year.  While we cannot have our regular Walk-Through Registration this year, we are running a simple virtual process this year in order for students to get started.  This year parents and student only need to do the following:

1. Complete the Data Confirmation in the Aeries Parent Portal
2. Retrieve your student schedule from the Aeries Parent and Student Portal
3. Purchase Chromebook Coverage if it is desired.

We have a webpage dedicated to the process, and ask that you visit TODAY to complete this process.  Students will not be able to see their schedule until parents complete the data confirmation process.  It is also ESSENTIAL that you carefully confirm your contact information in the system, including parent and student cell phone numbers if you desire.  The more information we have, the easier it is for us all to communicate this school year.

Visit our Virtual Walk-Through Registration website by clicking here:

Virtual Walk-Through Registration

Incoming Freshman and New Student Chromebook Pickup

As we gear up for the upcoming school year, please take a look at the following announcement. 

- This Wednesday and Thursday, August 5th and 6th, we will have a pick-up day for school-issued Chromebooks. 

Who needs a School Issued Chromebook? 

Due to the worldwide backlog in Chromebook production and distribution, MHHS will be doing an initial distribution of LOANER Chromebooks for incoming freshmen and new students to the school.  Please be aware of the following:

• Students who do not have access to technology at home will need to come check out a Chromebook.
• Students who DO have their own device and are NOT taking any online courses this year are able to use their own device without picking up a Chromebook now.
• Students who have enrolled in at least one or more online classes MUST have a school-issued Chromebook to complete their work.
• Due to the backlog in Chromebook orders worldwide, all freshmen and new students will be issued a LOANER Chromebook at this time.  These students will receive a new Chromebook once the district receives our shipment of new Chromebooks.

Pick up Information 

Wednesday, August 5th 

9:00 am - 12:00 pm for students with last name A-L

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm for students with last name M-Z 

Thursday, August 6th

9:00 am - 12:00 pm for students with last name A-L 

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm for students with last name M-Z 

Friday, August 7th 

This date is reserved for students who were unable to attend earlier in the week. Pick up time is from 9:00-2:00 pm. 

As we gear up for the upcoming school year, please take a look at the following announcement. 

- This Wednesday and Thursday, August 5th and 6th, we will have a pick-up day for school-issued Chromebooks. 

Who needs a School Issued Chromebook? 

Due to the worldwide backlog in Chromebook production and distribution, MHHS will be doing an initial distribution of LOANER Chromebooks for incoming freshmen and new students to the school.  Please be aware of the following:

• Students who do not have access to technology at home will need to come check out a Chromebook.

• Students who DO have their own device and are NOT taking any online courses this year are able to use their own device without picking up a Chromebook now.

• Students who have enrolled in at least one or more online classes MUST have a school-issued Chromebook to complete their work.

• Due to the backlog in Chromebook orders worldwide, all freshmen and new students will be issued a LOANER Chromebook at this time.  These students will receive a new Chromebook once the district receives our shipment of new Chromebooks.

Pick up Information 

Wednesday, August 5th 

9:00 am - 12:00 pm for students with last name A-L

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm for students with last name M-Z 

Thursday, August 6th

9:00 am - 12:00 pm for students with last name A-L 

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm for students with last name M-Z 

Friday, August 7th 

This date is reserved for students who were unable to attend earlier in the week. Pick up time is from 9:00-2:00 pm. 

Procedure for picking up Chromebooks

• Students/Parent will enter through the main gate and park their vehicles in the parking lot

• All individuals are required to wear a mask 

• A check-in station will be set up in front of the learning commons

• Students will wait 6 ft apart. Please refer to the markers on the ground to remain socially distant 

• Once at the table, students will give their first and last name and be given their school-issued Chromebook 

• To minimize the number of individuals on campus and to promote social distancing, parents please remain in your vehicle 

• Once you have picked up your items, you will follow the path and exit through the parking lot 

• If you are unable to make it at the designated time slot, please attend, August 7th, from 9:00 -2:00 pm.  

• Students who are not taking an online class are encouraged to use their personal at-home devices if you are able to.  This helps minimize the number of individuals on campus and to promote social distancing.

• All Freshmen will not be receiving their New Freshmen Chromebook yet, due to shipping delays.  More information will be provided once we have received, inventoried, and are prepared for distribution.

• For any students who are unable to attend the designated pick times this week, please contact Mr. Pannu via email at Kpannu@lammersvilleusd.net. 

One2one Device Coverage Plan

Lammersville Unified School District recommends that all students purchase Chromebook Care for their device. The district self coverage program provides coverage at a very low price. Device Coverage purchased through the district covers repairs, shipping, and a loaner device. Students can purchase one2one Device Coverage (optional) from the Online Student Store here:  https://tinyurl.com/mhhs-one2one. The cost is $35.00. Students who had coverage from previous years will need to purchase another year of coverage.  Coverage is for one school year. 

The terms of the LUSD one2one Device Coverage policy are clearly defined.  Please visit the district’s webpage for specific information:  https://tinyurl.com/lusd-one2one 

You are encouraged to purchase this insurance AFTER you pick up your Chromebook so you can input your device information.  This policy will be transferable to your NEW Chromebook once the district distributes the new Chromebooks.  

If you have further questions, please email support@lammersvilleusd.net.