Thank you to our parents who are interested in being a part of our School Site Council this year. We have three open positions and three parents who are interested. We still have to hold an election. Please open the form below and vote for three candidates. Thank you.
Hello TJ Stars!
I am excited to announce that our online library system is now available for you to hold and check out books!
This new online access to our library catalog allows you to view and select any book the Thomas Jefferson Library has available.
To access our online library click here: Destiny Discover
If you would like to learn how to navigate the virtual library, please click here: Tutorial
Destiny login information:
Username: Student’s six digit student ID number
Password: Birthdate in this format: mm/dd/yy
Some important information about our online catalog:
1. You can select up to 2 books to place on hold at a time. The system will not allow you to hold more than 2.
2. You cannot remove a hold once it is placed so please make your selections carefully!
3. Once your book is placed on hold, Mrs. Kirst will pull your selections and they will be ready for you at our next material
deployment day or for pickup in front of the school office at your convenience. You will receive an email when they are ready!
4. You may only have 2 books checked out at one time so it is important to return any books you have out before you can get new ones.
5. During this time we are allowing books to be checked out for 3 weeks. If your student would like it longer, they can renew it.
6. When you are done with your books, please return them to the Return library cart in front of the school between 8am-4pm.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Kirst at kkirst@rcsdk8.org.
We would like to thank you for your patience while we are transitioning to this new online process for our library,
and we hope it offers your student a fun resource to explore new books from our library!
- This activity will be hosted on Flipgrid from October 2 - October 9. Don't forget to use your school chromebook to access the activity.
- World Smile day is about doing an act of kindness to help one person smile! Click here to see the activity and respond.
- Visit our virtual page to stay up to date on upcoming events and to check out our TJ Staff spotlight. Click here to view
Due to the nature of Distance Learning, many scenarios in which we would previously have offered Independent Study (IS) to our students are now unnecessary. If students will continue to have access to work assigned by teachers and the ability to connect with their teacher on a daily basis, either by internet, phone or email, an IS would not be necessary if the student were to leave town. Teachers would continue with our current distance learning attendance tracking practice by not marking a student absent, who shows evidence of work and/or personal engagement. No additional work would need to be done by teachers.
Scenario B
In the very unusual scenario, that a student would be completely unable to do any work or ever make a connection to their teacher, we could offer the IS contract as we have in years past. The student would have to follow the same process of filling out the contract 2 weeks in advance, getting approval from the principal, completing all the work assigned by the teacher, and turn the work in upon return. If the work was not completed and turned in upon return, the student would be marked unexcused absent and the contract would be void, as in the past.
*Both scenarios would only be considered when a student intends to be out of town or unavailable for more than 5 and less than 15 school days.
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