Marion Public Schools

Ladies and Gentlemen, The purpose of today's update is two-fold. First, yesterday we indicated the MS/HS staff would be releasing teacher specific learning resources. These are included below. Secondly, the district is working internally to figure out ways to help with the limited internet access in the community and a potential roll-out plan to put chromebooks in the hands of currently enrolled students. The chromebook plan takes a good deal of planning and technological trouble-shooting before we can make them available. By mid next week, the district will know if making the chromebooks available is realistic, and if so, we will have a plan for dispersal and use. We apologize in advance for the poor formatting, but here are the secondary resources: Marion Jr/Sr High Long Distance Learning Opportunities Dear families, In our time away from school, we would like to provide you with an opportunity to still connect with your teachers and allow your learning to continue to make progress. Please see the following list of resources that you may access. If you have specific questions on materials and learning concepts; please feel free to email teachers directly. Our new app and school website, along with PowerSchool, have a list of email addresses for staff. Baker: classzone.com Google Classroom Baldwin: EdReady: https://michiganvirtual.edready.org/home Practice Math Login: Your school email Password: You set this XtraMath: https://xtramath.org/#/signin/student_other Practice Math Facts Login: click Sign in with Google (Red Button) Password: Typing.com: https://www.typing.com/student/login Practice Typing Login: Login with Google Password: No Red Ink: https://www.noredink.com/ Practice with grammar Login: On your cards Password: One your cards PowerSchool: https://psmar.wmisd.org/public/home.html Check your grades Login: On your cards Password: One your cards Prodigy: play.prodigygame.com Math Practice Login with Google Code: code.org CS Discoveries classes Login: school email Password: school password Cannell: Everything will be posted on Google Classroom and MM website: YouTube Noteflight Spotify MakeMusicFun MusicK8 Kahoot Chrome Music Lab Deighton: Keep reading!!! Use Booksnap Google Classroom (code: qi24u2hi) YOU are in a position that NO students in history have ever been; complete charge of your learning, your pace, technology options-- I’m here to help! Just consider yourself on choice learning for a couple weeks. Here is a link to a google doc to use Also shared on seminar google classroom, here’s the code if needed: r3gr3t7 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nEDyI7DxUFDGpIKLTKc5S-_9AKzmRmYN9xJot1cUaHI/edit?usp=sharing Ingleright: Flemming: Anatomy : Google classroom Look for activities and articles related to current unit Respiratory System and reinforcement of previous systems we have covered. Biology: Google classroom Science 8 : Check your school email for Google classroom invite Grimm: EdReady Juniors - Practice Edready SAT https://michiganvirtual.edready.org/ Login is your school email Password - you already created this - If you can’t remember, then reset it. My eighth graders in Algebra I - Work on 8th grade Edready https://michiganvirtual.edready.org/ Login is your school email Password - you already created this. If you can’t remember, then reset it Pearsonrealize - etext, sample lessons, video examples, vocab, quiz for every lesson - plus more For all Subjects Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II www.pearsonrealize.com Username is your school email. Password is Eagles with a capital E followed by 2 numbers I gave to students, no spaces. For Example: Eagles## Email me if you forgot your 2 numbers - mgrimm@marion.k12.mi.us Grundy: Schoology and Khan Academy US History -- https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/1920s-america/a/jazz-and-the-lost-generation World History-- https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/1600s-1800s/imperialism/v/industrialization-and-imperialism Economics -- https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/supply-demand-equilibrium Ancient History -- https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/world-history-beginnings/ancient-india/e/ancient-indus-valley-and-shang-civilizations Jenema: Keeler: Fun Science Simulations for all grade levels and all fields of science: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations Kahn Academy links to understand infectious disease, pandemics and a little about the health care system. https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/infectious-diseases https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/current-issues-in-health-and-medicine https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/health-care-system-unit Specific class links: Chemistry resources from Kahn Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/electronic-structure-of-atoms#history-of-atomic-structure https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/atomic-structure-and-properties Physical Science: energy diagraming resource https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-physics-1/ap-work-and-energy/conservation-of-energy-ap/v/lol-diagrams Earth science: Flint and Michigan Water quality video links https://www.pbs.org/video/poisoned-water-jhhegn/ https://www.pbs.org/video/flints-deadly-water-pwsj3m/ https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/08/michigan-has-more-pfas-sites-than-other-states-theres-a-reason.html Science 7: Link to video shorts about engineering and the design process since we can’t quite start to design our solutions to the dog crate challenge. https://start-engineering.com/start-engineering-now/2019/4/3/8-great-videos-to-teach-the-engineering-design-process LaLone: Google Classroom Khan Academy Suite360 Louwers: English Google Classroom, 8th grade classroom code: qluccud; 7th grade classroom code: v63xpov Ed Ready for English-which will be google classroom Make sure to keep reading your bookshare books :) Mayer: Google Classroom Suite360 MIOpenBook: http://textbooks.wmisd.org/projectbacon.html McCrimmon: EdReady - all math classes (email me when you complete a key) Xtramath - Applied Math class Google Classroom for English - grammar practice and reading options Google classroom for Math classes - links to EdReady (all) and Desmos (Math 7&8) Mort: EdReady Suite360 Google Classroom Sutten: Dual students-check your email Michigan Virtual students-continue with your online classes Ingleright: Seminar: Xtramath, Suite 360, Typing.com Art 1: Rapid Fire Art Tutorials Draw some amazing things. Advance Shop, Shop 1, Middle school shop: Do some handcrafted projects at home or do some hands on work around the house with a family member, friend or neighbor. Examples: painting, refinish a table or dresser, fix some fencing, repair something. Make sure to use safety measures when working i.e. safety glasses, gloves, hearing protection. Email me and say Hi, let me know how you are doing. I miss you all and hope to see you soon!!

Marion Jr/Sr High Long Distance Learning Opportunities Dear families, In our time away from school, we would like to provide you with an opportunity to still connect with your teachers and allow your learning to continue to make progress. Please see the following list of resources that you may access. If you have specific questions on materials and learning concepts; please feel free to email teachers directly. Our new app and school website, along with PowerSchool, have a list of email addresses for staff. Baker: classzone.com Google Classroom Baldwin: EdReady: https://michiganvirtual.edready.org/home Practice Math Login: Your school email Password: You set this XtraMath: https://xtramath.org/#/signin/student_other Practice Math Facts Login: click Sign in with Google (Red Button) Password: Typing.com: https://www.typing.com/student/login Practice Typing Login: Login with Google Password: No Red Ink: https://www.noredink.com/ Practice with grammar Login: On your cards Password: One your cards PowerSchool: https://psmar.wmisd.org/public/home.html Check your grades Login: On your cards Password: One your cards Suite 360: https://marion360.org/ Social Emotional Learning Login: Password: Prodigy: play.prodigygame.com Math Practice Login with Google Code: code.org CS Discoveries classes Login: school email Password: school password Cannell: Everything will be posted on Google Classroom and MM website: YouTube Noteflight Spotify MakeMusicFun MusicK8 Kahoot Chrome Music Lab Deighton: Keep reading!!! Use Booksnap Google Classroom (code: qi24u2hi) YOU are in a position that NO students in history have ever been; complete charge of your learning, your pace, technology options-- I’m here to help! Just consider yourself on choice learning for a couple weeks. Here is a link to a google doc to use Also shared on seminar google classroom, here’s the code if needed: r3gr3t7 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nEDyI7DxUFDGpIKLTKc5S-_9AKzmRmYN9xJot1cUaHI/edit?usp=sharing Ingleright: Flemming: Anatomy : Google classroom Look for activities and articles related to current unit Respiratory System and reinforcement of previous systems we have covered. Biology: Google classroom Science 8 : Check your school email for Google classroom invite Grimm: EdReady Juniors - Practice Edready SAT https://michiganvirtual.edready.org/ Login is your school email Password - you already created this - If you can’t remember, then reset it. My eighth graders in Algebra I - Work on 8th grade Edready https://michiganvirtual.edready.org/ Login is your school email Password - you already created this. If you can’t remember, then reset it Pearsonrealize - etext, sample lessons, video examples, vocab, quiz for every lesson - plus more For all Subjects Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II www.pearsonrealize.com Username is your school email. Password is Eagles with a capital E followed by 2 numbers I gave to students, no spaces. For Example: Eagles## Email me if you forgot your 2 numbers - mgrimm@marion.k12.mi.us Grundy: Schoology and Khan Academy US History -- https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/1920s-america/a/jazz-and-the-lost-generation World History-- https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/1600s-1800s/imperialism/v/industrialization-and-imperialism Economics -- https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/supply-demand-equilibrium Ancient History -- https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/world-history-beginnings/ancient-india/e/ancient-indus-valley-and-shang-civilizations Jenema: Keeler: Fun Science Simulations for all grade levels and all fields of science: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations Kahn Academy links to understand infectious disease, pandemics and a little about the health care system. https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/infectious-diseases https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/current-issues-in-health-and-medicine https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/health-care-system-unit Specific class links: Chemistry resources from Kahn Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/electronic-structure-of-atoms#history-of-atomic-structure https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/atomic-structure-and-properties Physical Science: energy diagraming resource https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-physics-1/ap-work-and-energy/conservation-of-energy-ap/v/lol-diagrams Earth science: Flint and Michigan Water quality video links https://www.pbs.org/video/poisoned-water-jhhegn/ https://www.pbs.org/video/flints-deadly-water-pwsj3m/ https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/08/michigan-has-more-pfas-sites-than-other-states-theres-a-reason.html Science 7: Link to video shorts about engineering and the design process since we can’t quite start to design our solutions to the dog crate challenge. https://start-engineering.com/start-engineering-now/2019/4/3/8-great-videos-to-teach-the-engineering-design-process LaLone: Google Classroom Khan Academy Suite360 Louwers: English Google Classroom, 8th grade classroom code: qluccud; 7th grade classroom code: v63xpov Ed Ready for English-which will be google classroom Make sure to keep reading your bookshare books :) Mayer: Google Classroom Suite360 MIOpenBook: http://textbooks.wmisd.org/projectbacon.html McCrimmon: EdReady - all math classes (email me when you complete a key) Xtramath - Applied Math class Google Classroom for English - grammar practice and reading options Google classroom for Math classes - links to EdReady (all) and Desmos (Math 7&8) Mort: EdReady Suite360 Google Classroom Sutten: Dual students-check your email Michigan Virtual students-continue with your online classes Ingleright: Seminar: Xtramath, Suite 360, Typing.com Art 1: Rapid Fire Art Tutorials Draw some amazing things. Advance Shop, Shop 1, Middle school shop: Do some handcrafted projects at home or do some hands on work around the house with a family member, friend or neighbor. Examples: painting, refinish a table or dresser, fix some fencing, repair something. Make sure to use safety measures when working i.e. safety glasses, gloves, hearing protection. Email me and say Hi, let me know how you are doing. I miss you all and hope to see you soon!!

The secondary teachers have created a robust list of electronic resources for students. The list is so robust, it will come in a SEPARATE MESSAGE, which will be sent tomorrow, Thursday, March 19th. The secondary resources are electronic, and we realize not all secondary students have made arrangements to take their chromebook home. Parents who want their children to have access to the school chromebook and instructional resources simply need to call the MS/HS office at (231) 743-2836. Arrangements can be easily made to sign out a chromebook and the district could even get it to your home if transportation is an issue. Ladies and Gentlemen, PLEASE help us get the word out about the new district app. It will make parent and student access to this type of information and resources so much more convenient and timely. Please tell everyone with a vested interest in Marion Public Schools to download our free App!

Parents and Guardians, Our K-12 instruction team met yesterday to refine our plan to provide students with quality learning resources during the school shutdown. The plan included in this message could change completely if the shutdown extends beyond April 6th. Instructional resources at all levels will be available beginning Thursday, March 19th. At the elementary, two plans exist: Kindergarten - Second grade teachers have created practice packets for your children to use at home. If you choose to participate, packets can be picked up at our elementary school front door tomorrow, Thursday, March 19th, from 11:00 - 6:00. If these hours do not work for you, please let us know. Grades 3-5 Teachers encourage your child to access the digital resources on our Marion app/website under Elementary resources. These include IXL, RAZ kids, Spellingcity, Typing.com. In addition, your child can log onto their own Rocket Math account, go to PBSkids, ABCYA, Prodigy, take an AR quiz (during school hours only), etc. If your child cannot remember their username and password please email your child’s teacher. Also, have your child read a book, play a game, go for a walk, do a chore, etc. jquist@marion.k12.mi.us mbell@marion.k12.mi.us tclark@marion.k12.mi.us The secondary teachers have created a robust list of electronic resources for students. The list is so robust, it will come in a SEPARATE MESSAGE, which will be sent tomorrow, Thursday, March 19th. The secondary resources are electronic, and we realize not all secondary students have made arrangements to take their chromebook home. Parents who want their children to have access to the school chromebook and instructional resources simply need to call the MS/HS office at (231) 743-2836. Arrangements can be easily made to sign out a chromebook and the district could even get it to your home if transportation is an issue. Ladies and Gentlemen, PLEASE help us get the word out about the new district app. It will make parent and student access to this type of information and resources so much more convenient and timely. Please tell everyone with a vested interest in Marion Public Schools to download our free App! I am proud of our staff's commitment to serving our community the best we can during this difficult time! Best wishes of health and wellness to your entire families.

MPS Family: Some of our staff collaborated today to organize learning opportunities for our students. Stay tuned as information for K-12 will be coming. Now would be a great time to download the Marion Public Schools app if you haven't already. Our website also has the same info

Winterfield, Redding, and Middle Branch Township Halls are the locations that will have free sack lunches available to all currently enrolled MPS students beginning this morning at 11:30 a.m. Adults can purchase sack lunches for $3. We hope to see you at one of the locations before 1:00 pm today. We intend on offering this service M-F through April 3rd. A special thanks to our entire transportation department fro volunteering to disperse the lunches! Michael, Marylou, Holly, Rusty, Sandy, Goldie and Tony have really gone ABOVE AND BEYOND this time! Thank you, DRIVERS!

Ladies and Gentlemen, To provide some clarification on sack lunch dispersal beginning tomorrow, please know currently enrolled students must be present to receive a FREE lunch. Adults may purchase a lunch for $3 each. My apologies for not including this on the original message.

Ladies and Gentlemen: Beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, March 17th, Marion Public Schools will be providing a FREE Lunch for all students currently enrolled in our district. There will be five pickup locations in the boundaries of our district. In addition to our elementary campus, lunches can also be picked up at the following parking lots: Redding Township Hall, Winterfield Township Hall, Middle Branch Township Hall, and the Dighton Store. Pickup times will range from 11:30-1:00 p.m. weekdays.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Please know we will be finalizing arrangements on Monday to provide up to two meals per day to our students through April 5th. If we can't bring meals to drop off locations (it is against rules to drop food off at individual houses)on Monday, then we will do everything in our power to make this happen beginning Tuesday. Please tell all those who are interested to stay tuned for details. Stay safe!

Ladies and Gentlemen: Please be advised the State of Michigan has issued a mandatory shutdown of all K-12 Schools beginning today at 6 p.m. Schools are slated to reopen April 6, 2020. Please stay tuned for the numerous updates that are to follow.

Sixth graders are rapidly finishing a unit on how cells work and the spread of viruses, a very relevant topic currently. One of the final lessons is on evaluating designs with possible treatments for a fictitious disease. Soon they will tackle their challenge of optimizing treatment choice to be sure to select the best possible choice. Today’s lesson used pasta towers to support a marshmallow; using optimization to improve their tower design and achieve the desired result.

Ladies and Gentlemen, As a result of the guidance given by the Michigan Department of Education, tonight’s K-1 concert has been postponed. A new date will be chosen when the district is granted clearance by the State of Michigan. Please check the district website and Facebook page for other event cancellations and information. Sincerely, Chris Arrington

Ladies and Gentlemen, As a result of the guidance given by the Michigan Department of Education, tonight’s K-1 concert has been postponed. A new date will be chosen when the district is granted clearance by the State of Michigan. Please check the district website and Facebook page for other event cancellations and information. Sincerely, Chris Arrington

Ladies and Gentlemen, I will apologize in advance for the length of this post. I feel it necessary to provide an update regarding Coronavirus. Many state organizations are "shutting down" and postponing key events for the foreseeable future. These include the Michigan Mass Band competition, the statewide Robotics competition, and the Governor's strong urging to cease and desist from large organizational meetings as a whole. Perhaps the most potentially unpopular restrictions have just been handed down by the Michigan High School Athletic Association. Please know the following procedures are not those of Marion Public Schools. Instead, we will comply with the following rules and compliance guidelines: From MHSAA - Host managers need to communicate with competing schools in determining facility arrival & entry protocols, pregame warm-up time and efficient postgame & departure plans. Each competing school will be allowed an ENTRY LIST of no more than fifty (50) individuals that will only include parents/legal guardians and essential administrators. This list will be generated and coordinated by each competing school’s athletic director. No admission will be charged for this list of 50 individuals. The host manager will determine whether competing schools will provide the list and have those names “checked off” upon entry or simply provide those individuals on each school’s list a ticket that will allow entry. In either case, the entry list must be provided to the host manager prior to doors opening. Doors will open to spectators no earlier than 30 minutes prior to game time, and the facility needs to be cleared of these spectators immediately following the end of the game and presentation of awards. Encourage social distancing among those spectators. Note that this entry list of no more than 50 individuals does NOT include bench personnel that consists of players, coaches and other bench staff (e.g. athletic trainer) within the published limits in the MHSAA Basketball PSTI & Tournament Managers Materials. Each team may also provide one person at the scorer’s table to handle the team’s scorebook. Host sites should only have essential game personnel onsite which includes the announcer, official scorer, timer/scoreboard operator and other essential staff/security that will coordinate the teams, officials and the limited numbers of spectators. Only credentialed MHSAA media members should be allowed admittance to your game. We are allowing credentialed media to document and tell the story of what occurs when so many individuals are not able to attend. Also know that there will be no pregame or postgame handshakes between teams/officials. There will be no cheerleaders or pep bands at any tournament site. As always, no artificial noisemakers are allowed at any indoor tournament site. Concession stands are optional and are not essential. The decision to have these available is made by the host manager. We understand that these are unprecedented times in our athletic event history. We thank everyone in advance for your cooperation and positive spirit in making this the very best experience possible for the kids involved during these incredibly challenging circumstances. Please stay tuned to the new district website, which now features real-time news and posts on the home-page. Individual cancellations will be posted on the website, facebook, and when appropriated automated texts/calls will be sent to those who are subscribed. Respectfully, Chris Arrington, Superintendent

Ladies and Gentlemen: I feel it necessary to update everyone on the Coronavirus as it relates to the immediate future here at Marion Public Schools. First, Governor Whittmer issued a "State of Emergency" here in Michigan, and our state now has two confirmed cases. Both MSU and CMU have shut down their respective campuses. Superintendents have been alerted more news is to follow today at 5 pm, to explain of what a "State of Emergency" means for a K-12 school. At this moment, MHSAA is advising schools to NOT CANCEL athletic events as a precaution. However, we just received word that this weekend's robotics competition was postponed by First Robotics. We realize there is contradiction on the state level, but this is the information we have at this time. If there are significant details from today's 5 pm press release, we will share with our staff, parents, and community. Thank you for staying tuned on this issue. Please take precaution and stay safe out there.

Here is a reminder from our Marion Youth Baseball and Softball Leagues. You still have some time to sign up tonight, or catch them next Monday at the elementary school.

MHS Drama Club Spring Production is in the works! Save the dates: May 8 and 10!!

Here is sneak peek of early morning play rehearsal with MHS drama club. Stay tuned for more information! ♥️🦅🎬

Ladies and Gentlemen, While there is no lack of information regarding the Coronavirus, It is appropriate to share the information from Central Michigan District Health Department. In addition to the resources packed in this website, https://www.cmdhd.org/novel-coronavirus, a letter will be going home with K-6 Students today.

The jv and varsity girls’ basketball teams recorded wins over Big Rapids Crossroads tonight. Great job girls!👍. The varsity will play NMC at NMC Monday at 6:00 for districts. Come out and cheer the girls on to victory!