Magruder High School

Good afternoon Magruder High School families. I hope you remain healthy and safe. I want to welcome you to the 2020-2021 school year.

As we finalize our preparations for the start of the new school year, it is our goal to have all Magruder High School students connected and engaged by the start of the first semester. It is important that parents contact the school by e-mail if you are experiencing any difficulties getting a Chromebook or MiFi access for your student. Teachers and counselors will be actively reaching out to students and families regarding the participation in the distance learning opportunities. As we move forward in our plans to provide students with a meaningful educational experience through distance learning, every effort is being made to meet the needs of all students. In order to achieve this goal, we will continue to need your support and involvement. We greatly appreciate your patience and support as our school community works together to survive and prosper during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The link below describes the Magruder High School daily virtual schedule for online learning semester one:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Elkg7ERqDs5fOEWtcmUsInKsfYE4w1Il_2bpO8wEeF8/edit?usp=sharing

I have also included additional information that is relevant to our work during the first semester of the virtual learning experience.

The guide document and recovery website have been updated and links to both are included in the message which can be found at this link:   https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2020-2021/community-update-20200825.html

Office of Technology Innovation:

ParentVUE Support for Parents

• If families did not receive an email with ParentVUE activation information, you can call 240-740-7020 or email communitytechsupport@mcpsmd.org
• If parents can only see some children but not all, please complete this form and we will merge accounts:
  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3RJam5Fl3jdbhxmSttrSLB-ybJ3Gwp4sB8dPAwqj1VjmzNg/viewform

• We will be recording lessons in order to support families and students, create flexibility in accessing learning experiences when attending live instruction is a barrier, and enhance the opportunity to review lesson content and resources.
• When students first log in, their video and audio is off by default. If students should not be recorded, they should leave these off.
• Recordings are protected, available only to students through a protected myMCPS site, unavailable for download, and will delete after 72 hours. 
• We recognize that even with these protections there may be students or families who do not want their children’s images or voices to be captured.  If you would like to have your student opt out of being in the recording, they should keep their video off in each class from the start of the school year.  Parents/guardians are asked to indicate an opt out in the ParentVUE portal by September 11, 2020.
• Link to the ParentVUE Slide Deck provides families with information about activating the Parent Vue Account.

CANVAS links for Spanish speaking families

• Guías del Estudiante de Canvas - Tabla de Contenido
• Guía del Estudiante de Canvas
• Guía del Observador de Canvas - Table of Contents
• ¿Cómo respondo a una discusión como estudiante? (Links to an external site.)
• ¿Cómo veo mis calificaciones en un curso actual?
• ¿Cómo respondo cada tipo de pregunta en una evaluación?

"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."

~John Quincy Adams

Please stay healthy and safe,
Dr. Lee Evans, 
Principal