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#GOCOWLS
The weekly newsletter for Gwinnett Online Campus
Thursday, October 17, 2019
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Principals Message
Next week, October 21-25, students and teachers will have the opportunity to experience GOC's Virtual Week. Students will not be coming to campus for Labs or Campus Time. Virtual learning will utilize Adobe Connect software for this learning opportunity. Our
teachers and tech team are prepared to make this a productive week of learning! Students,
please make sure that you do your part to contribute to this successful learning experience by being ready and willing to participate in each of your virtual classes.
This is a great opportunity
for students to
"Power their Potential!"
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Grades 4-12: Virtual Week
next week,
October 21-25.
During this unique educational experience:
- Teachers will run their regularly scheduled interactive labs
- Teachers will also be offering extra virtual office hours to increase personalized instruction
Important Items to Know:
- Students are virtual all week - they do not report to campus.
- We have had a great week practicing for virtual week here on campus.
- Please help your student navigate through their regular virtual week schedule while at home.
- Encourage your child to carefully read the news announcements in EACH class as teachers will be offering extra office hours to help students go above and beyond.
- When your student has a virtual session, they will need:
- To know their personal schedule
- A headset with working microphone to hear and speak clearly
- To enter the online room early to run the audio setup wizard
- To contact their teacher if any questions arise prior to live sessions
- To get excited because teaching and learning is going to be a different experience
If you encounter technical difficulties, please follow your normal troubleshooting procedures:
- Is there a pop-up blocker in the top right corner that you need to allow to run?
- Please clear your cache
- Please try another browser - we recommend using Chrome
- Restart your entire computer
Adobe Login Reminder:
- Your Adobe Connect Login is your student email address. For example -first name.last name7777@g.gcpsk12.org
- Your Adobe Connect password is whatever you setup during orientation or during this past week's virtual practice.
Please know your schedule, have those webcams on, be ready to speak when called upon, and prepare to virtually engage with dynamic technological tools!
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Grades 4-12: RBES Parent Perception Survey
Parents, we encourage you to take a few moments to complete the 2019-2020 RBES Parent Perception Survey.
account and you will be prompted to take the survey.
If you do not have access to the Parent Portal, please contact
Ms. Freda Moore
to set up your account.
The purpose of the survey is to gather feedback about the quality of education that each school provides. Survey responses are anonymous and results will only be reported in summarized form.
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The survey will be available beginning
Monday, October 21
through
Friday, November 22.
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Grades 4-12: GOC Interview Series - Tips for Students
Over the next several weeks, we will be sharing Bad Interview Examples as well as Good Interview Examples. Please take a moment to watch each video over the next few weeks regardless of what age you are as you will have to interview at some point in your life. Parents may want to watch too!
#WeWantYouToBePrepared
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Grades 4-12: Gwinnett Great Days of Service
Each year GOC students, faculty, and families participate in a week-long service opportunity that benefits families in need in our community. In partnership with GCPS and Gwinnett Great Days of Service, Gwinnett Online Campus will collect toiletries, canned goods and other non-perishable items the week of October 28 - November 1.
Please look for the
GOC Cares wagon in the lobby.
We appreciate the generosity of our GOC families and we thank you in advance for helping those in need!
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Grades 4-12: Club Friday
All
students in grades 4-12 are invited to join us for Club Friday on Friday, October 18
from 9 a.m.-Noon
. Students may plan to stay the entire time or drop-in for the club or clubs of choice.
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9-10 a.m.
Student Leadership Team (SLT)
10-11 a.m.
Rich Experience Hour of Code
Robotics & Coding
11 a.m.-Noon
Odyssey of the Mind or Thespian Society
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Junior Achievement
Grades 6 & 7 only meeting
Noon-1 p.m.
Gwinnett Student Leadership Team
Members only meeting
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Parents and students, we understand there has been some confusion about what the difference is between SLT and GSLT. SLT is our local Student Leadership Team which is open to all GOC students who qualify while GSLT is a group of GOC students who have been nominated and selected to represent our school at the district level.
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Grades 4-12: Rich Experience - Hour of Code
All
students in grades 4-12 are invited to join us for an upcoming Rich Experience, Hour of Code, on Friday, October 18 from 10-11 a.m. No previous coding experience is needed to participate. Please click HERE to learn more about the different projects you can choose to create.
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Grades 4-12: Fall Spirit Week and Social
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Students, please plan to join us on Tuesday, October 29 through Thursday, October 31 for GOC's Fall Spirit Week and Social. Plan to dress as your favorite character (real or fictional) or wear fun fall colors (making sure that you adhere to school dress code).
Plan to attend the Social after your campus labs until 2 p.m. for some exciting fun, games and food. Students can pre-order pizza slices on their
MyPaymentsPlus
account for $2 and purchase other concession items on campus for $1.
Parent volunteers and donations are needed, please click
HERE if you are able to help with this event.
Please contact Ms. Hope Campbell with any questions.
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Grades 4-12: How to Replace a Lost Student ID Badge
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Have you lost your school issued Student ID Badge? If so, please visit your
MyPaymentsPlus account
to pay the $5 replacement fee, print a receipt and turn it in to the front office at GOC. A replacement badge will be issued to the student within 24 hours.
GOC's security management plan requires
all students to scan in and out with their school issued ID badge at all times when entering and exiting the building. Many students continue to arrive on campus without their badge. We encourage everyone to adhere to our security management protocol while on campus.
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Coming Soon to the Owl's Nest Cafe
The Owl's Nest Cafe has been a fantastic addition to Gwinnett Online Campus. We are ready to grow and offer a rotation of different items. Over the next several weeks we will be expanding and introducing new offerings to include:
- Pumpkin Spice Creamer
- Hazelnut Flavoring
- Assortment of Muffins
- Fresh popped Popcorn
- Chic-fil-A Biscuits
Some items will not be offered every day and will be available in limited quantities, so please be sure to stop by the Owl's Nest early in the day.
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Grades 9-12: GOC Letter Jackets
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Did your student miss the Balfour Scholastic Images on-site campus visit earlier this week?
If your student received an eligibility letter in the mail qualifying them to purchase a GOC Letter Jacket and missed Balfour's on-site campus visit, there is still time to place an order. Please bring your Qualification Certificate with you to Balfour Scholastic Images at the address below:
2955 Horizon Park Drive, Suite D. Suwanee, GA
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Balfour Scholastic Images will also have special office hours this Saturday, October 19 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
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