Announcements Archive
Parents
Week 1-2
ℹ️ Welcome Back Students! Tuesday, March 31st was your child's first day of remote learning!
ℹ️ Parents: PBS is now broadcasting literacy lessons for K-3 learners!
Starting May 18th, Rocky Mountain PBS in partnership with the State of Colorado and others will provide K-3 learners, their families, and caregivers with direct-to-home remote literacy learning on broadcast and online.
Students
Week 3-7
💥🆕 6-12 Students & Teachers: Kami Now Available for Online PDF Annotating! Use this Chrome extension to fill in Edgenuity worksheets and annotate online PDFs. The extension has now been pushed to all 6-12 students. Go to the Kami page to learn more!
💥🆕 Grid View - Now for Google Meet! The grid view extension for Google Meet has now been loaded onto all staff and students Chrome browsers. See this video to learn how to use it.
❗️ K-5 Students Having Trouble With i-Ready On APS Chromebook? This help sheet will show you how to fix your chromebook screen so you can see i-Ready properly. Spanish Help Sheet here
Week 1-2
❗️Welcome Back Students! Tuesday, March 31st is your first day of remote learning! Your teachers will be contacting you.
Teachers
Week 8
❗️ Revised Grading Guidelines for APS High School Students
Teachers of high school students, please read the following letter from Chief Academic Officer Andre Wright about the revised grading guidelines for high school students for the remainder of this school year.
ℹ️ Language Services Support
Here are instructions on how to use both phone interpretation agencies we contract with and below. Be prepared to provide your employee ID when calling in.
CTS Language Link (first choice) 1-888-338-7394 Access Code: 24815
Telelanguage (in case an interpreter is not available with the first company) 1-800-514-9237 Access Code: 25800
Google Translate Watch this video to learn how to use the Chrome extension.
Week 5-7
💥🆕 6-12 Students & Teachers: Kami Now Available for Online PDF Annotating! Use this Chrome extension to fill in Edgenuity worksheets and annotate online PDFs. The extension has now been pushed to all 6-12 students. Go to the Kami page to learn more!
💥🆕 Grid View - Now for Google Meet! The grid view extension for Google Meet has now been loaded onto all staff and students Chrome browsers. See this video to learn how to use it.
💥🆕 Teachers: Google Meet is Now Available Through Classroom!
This development is game changing because it does not allow the student to join the meeting unless the teacher has joined. Here's the 3min video tutorial of this new process: Creating a Meet through Google Classroom
ℹ️ The Genius Bar is open! Get help from our very own experts in instruction, content, ed tech integration, and digital library. Schedule personalized support in a 1:1 or small group online setting, or just pop in to say "Hi!" during office hours. All questions are GREAT questions!
Week 3-4
ℹ️ K-5 Teachers: i-Ready Webinar Opportunity!
Wednesday, April 15th 10:00 - 11:00am. Please register here.
❗️ Student Video on Hangouts Has Been Disabled
Staff - please generate a Google Meet link and share it with students in Google Hangouts in order to video teleconference from now on. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but this change is so that students can't set up their own Google Meet or attend without teacher supervision. How To
💥🆕 "Purify" Youtube Videos! Use the View Pure website to make Youtube videos friendly by getting rid of advertisements and other distractions before you post in your Google Classroom.
Week 1-2
❗️i-Ready Office Hours Wed Apr 8, 8:30-9:30! Have a questions about creating teacher assigned lessons or monitoring student progress in i-Ready online lessons? Want to talk about ideas for supporting your students and families with remote learning plans? Drop in anytime and get your questions answered!
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/906941029
ℹ️ Inservice For Teachers Was A Success! Remote learning training and logistics "inservice" day took place on Monday, March 30th. Use this agenda to help you revisit sessions and any recorded sessions and materials that were shared.
School Leaders
❗️ Revised Grading Guidelines for APS High School Students
High School leaders, please read the following letter from Chief Academic Officer Andre Wright about the revised grading guidelines for high school students for the remainder of this school year.
Week 3-7
ℹ️ The BOCES Principals' Lounge Is Open! - If you are looking for a short and simple way to reduce the sense of isolation you're feeling not only from staff and students, but also fellow leaders, join us in The Principals' Lounge this month. With principal colleagues from Metro Denver you'll find camaraderie, thought partnership, productive venting and inspiration. 💥🆕 Assistant Principals' & Deans' Lounge - learn more and sign up here!
💥🆕 Google Meet is Now Available Through Classroom!
This development is game changing because it does not allow the student to join the meeting unless the teacher has joined. Here's the 3min video tutorial of this new process: Creating a Meet through Google Classroom
ℹ️ The Genius Bar is open! Get help from our very own experts in instruction, content, ed tech integration, and digital library. Schedule personalized support in a 1:1 or small group online setting, or just pop in to say "Hi!" during office hours. All questions are GREAT questions!
Week 1-2
ℹ️ Inservice For Teachers Was A Success! Remote learning training and logistics "inservice" day took place on Monday, March 30th. Use this agenda to help you revisit sessions and any recorded sessions and materials that were shared.
ℹ️ Last week's professional learning resources are now available! In support of your transition to virtual teaching and learning please find valuable recorded sessions, tutorials and resource links in the School Leader Virtual PD Agenda from March 26th and 27th.