Monday, November 19

Honor - High Honor Roll lists

Thanks for your work with kids. 

Thanks to Bev for organizing the feast!

The Real Cost of Vaping

Curriculum materials attached (from Scholastic and the FDA). 
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Here is a letter I will be sending to parents. 
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Important message from CTS

A South Seneca Faculty user recently received a fraudulent e-mail which looked very real, and prompted them to click on a link.  Although they were not expecting this message, and were suspicious, they were even more concerned that someone might be stealing their identity.  The link did contain a dangerous payload, which fortunately was recognized by antivirus software.  This will not always be the case.

The end user is the first line of defense against malicious software.  Please do not click links in e-mail if you are not very close to perfect certainty that you know the sender and intention.  The malicious senders use powerful psychology to get you to click.  Be stronger than that.

Here is advice from docusign.  https://www.docusign.com/trust/security/incident-reporting

Lists - you must be logged into Google to view

• HS failures and incompletes - first quarter
• Restricted list as of 11/19

Possible presenter?  Feel free to send me some input. 
http://www.chrispoulos.com/

Zucchini everywhere: 
School-grown produce teaches students to eat their veggies

Also - Ag in the Classroom


Thanks to Todd K for sharing. 
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Classroom of the week
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Robin Parzych!
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Nice job Robin!
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News

BOCES news Nov. 13

Focus on regional priorities - great reasons to read the BOCES news. 
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Attention teachers and students: New York is planning to extend an important testing moratorium

Nearly 1 in 5 Teens Seriously Considers Suicide. Can Schools Offer Relief?

Mineola among nation's 'most innovative school districts'

Updated Physical Activity Guidelines Are Out. But Most Teenagers Never Met the Old Ones

November 8, 2018

Schooltool Report for parent logins:
I have the ability to run a report that shows parent logins to Schooltool. If any teams would like that for your grade level(s), let me know.  I can check with my contact at CNYRIC to see if she can make me a similar export for student logins.

Sign up for the Thanksgiving luncheon:  
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0548ACA62BA4F49-2019 

Tech Check

Thanks to Rob for his weekly tech checks.  They are very helpful.  Older tech check docs are in the Staff Share folder under Tech. 


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Google "My Maps" tool
I really like the My Maps tool that Google has.  I made this short video for forum.  Feel free to check it out (it's handy).

It's not available from the "waffle" in your  Google tools.  I'm sure there are others that aren't either. If you have any cool tools to share, please send them to Rob.


New files linked from the master
Remember that the PTC and PR tip form are linked from the master file.

News

BOCES News
Another great set of opportunities from Barry Derfel.

State memo:
NYS History Month

Democrats win control of New York state legislature. What that means for education


Prerecorded webinars from District Administration
https://www.districtadministration.com/webseminars


Budgeting stuff from the business office

DCMO will be updating its online requisition website which is available November 1. The new site is formatted and will operate similarly to most online retail sites that you have already worked with. It will be more user friendly with pictures available and a Cart to put your order into. You can also hold items for later review. A link to training, if needed, will be provided in the next few weeks.

New log ins were required and created for each staff member.

DCMO is in production of the Online Reqs Welcome Memo that we will distribute to staff and teachers. The Memo addresses how to locate and log-on to the Online Reqs Shopping Cart
Requisitioning Program.  This Memo will be in your mailboxes at the end of the month. The memo will have each staff person's Name and Log-on with Password on the back of the folded memo.  The memos will be sorted by District location and by Name, to facilitate the distribution of the memos to all staff.

The new Online Reqs website will be officially opened on November 1, 2018. Do not attempt to go on the website before then as all information will not save and will be lost.

Naomi Zuckerman