Students and parents, we would like your feedback! Please complete a quick survey on Distance Learning resources.

This Friday is the end of the 4-week progress report period, and progress reports should be available through the Ascender grade portal next week. 

Parents and students can continually track their grades and progress through the Ascender grade portal (see here if you have not signed up for access). Many of you have noticed, however, that some classes seem to have no grades. This is due to technical difficulties with the Ascender gradebook portal that we are working with the state Educational Service Center for Region 13 to resolve, and we hope to have them resolved as quickly as possible!

Last Thursday, the Meridian School Board considered the Return to Campus plan and approved a phased return schedule based upon the science-driven methodology prepared by the Williamson County & Cities Health District (WCCHD).

We have created Return to School Protocols and are on track to reopen Meridian School as early as September 21 on a phased return schedule. 

On Thursday, you will receive an email with a commitment survey for each child attending Meridian. (If you have three children, you will receive a separate email for each child). Emails will be sent to the adult listed as parent/guardian number one on enrollment forms only. If you do not receive it, check with the other adults in your household. 

You may commit to on-campus or distance learning for the remainder of the first quarter, starting as early as Sept. 21 (see return-to-campus guidelines for details). You may also register for after school care. You will also have the opportunity to commit to either on-campus or distance learning for the second quarter beginning Oct. 19, if you choose. 

Based upon previous surveys with variations by grade levels, 45% to 58% of our families 

will return their students to on-campus instruction when the campus re-opens. 

It is not logistically possible in the secondary school at Meridian to split in-person and Distance Learning students into different groups with different teachers. As such, when the majority of students return to in-person learning at the Meridian School building, the framework of Distance Learning expectations for those remaining at home will remain largely the same. 

Distance Learning students will still be expected to follow the daily class schedule, logging into Zoom sessions. In these Zoom sessions they will follow the class as it is taught to students in-person at school. As such, it is likely that Distance Learning students, in Middle as well as High School, will generally be expected to stay logged into Zoom for the entirety of each 85 minute class. At times, teachers may provide asynchronous (i.e. “not live”) learning activities for Distance Learning students, but the goal will generally be for Distance Learning students to follow the in-person class synchronously (“live”) and complete the same activities as the in-person students, as they are completing them.

With students returning to campus starting in late September and all grades on campus by the beginning of October, the school nurse’s office has asked that we share this guidance from the CDC on Choosing the Right Mask.

As we will be continuing with Distance Learning for another month, there are items that students need for several classes that need to be picked up from school. We will do this through carline in a socially-distanced manner, with opportunities to pickup items in the morning and afternoon September 8 and 9.

 

Please see this Item Carline Fall 2020 Letter to Parents for more information.

Spirit wear is here! Drive through pick up of your order is scheduled for Saturday, September 12. Please arrive during your designated time slot. Times are organized by last name of the parent who placed the order.

12:00-12:30 A-F

12:30-1:00 G-L

1:00-1:30 M-R

1:30-2:00 S-Z

 

We will also need volunteers to help make this successful!

 

We are also planning on having spirit wear available for pickup for those who are coming to the secondary supply pickup (Sept. 8 or 9). 

Letter Jacket Sizing & Ordering

For Juniors, Seniors and students who Lettered in 2019-2020:

find details and sign up for appointments Sept. 15 and 16 at our Letter Jacket representative's office.

Model United Nations - The mandatory meeting and registration have been postponed while the 20-21 officers are getting up and running and conferences are being selected. We'll share the rescheduled meeting date in future editions of the Lions Share.

After School Virtual Band is now enrolling for masterclasses!