Pearson’s Corner Elementary School

Dear Online School Families,

We are all getting very excited about welcoming our students!  Here is some information we hope will be helpful to you.

Information for Everyone

Faculty and Staff Contact Information

Here is information about the Online School Leadership Team and some of their main areas of responsibility.

Chromebook Distribution

We will begin shipping Chromebooks on Wednesday, August 26. For more information on Chromebook distribution, go here.

Schoology Information

We know that many parents and students have questions regarding Schoology, which is Hanover County’s learning management system.  This is the system in which your student will access Zoom links for classes as well as all other class information.  A Schoology Parent Support Plan  will be released on Monday, August 31, in the email update. It will include information on “How to Join Schoology?”, “How to navigate Schoology?”, “ How to add other children to my account?”, and “How do I join the Parent Help Hub?”.

Blackboard Connect

Remember to make sure you are signed up to receive email messages from both Online School as well as your home school.  Email subscriptions can be managed here. If you are having issues receiving messages, please email Justin Mattingly at [email protected].

Orientation Open House

Hanover Online School will welcome all students and families with a  session at 9 a.m. and a repeat at 7 p.m.  There will also be sessions specific to elementary, middle or high school.  See this flyer for more information about times to save for meeting your teachers.  More information to come!

School Phone Number

Our school phone number is (804) 365-8069, and we are excited to share that Mrs. Naumann will be answering our main line and helping to keep us all connected!  Please keep in mind that the leadership team, faculty, and staff of Online School are working in MANY different locations.  Therefore, Mrs. Naumann may not be able to immediately connect you with the person you are calling.  Please know, however,  that there is a process in place to get all of us our messages.  You are encouraged to use email as the main mode of communication, even if it’s to request a phone or Zoom conversation.

Website and Social Media Sites

• Our website is under construction by our vendor, but probably won’t be ready until the first week of school.  We can’t wait to unveil it and will let you know the link as soon as it’s available!
• We’re close to having our social media sites ready to go.  Keep an eye out for them!

Special Education Services

Special education staff members throughout the division are working hard to ensure that our students have a successful online experience.  You should be contacted by your home school within the next two weeks regarding IEP addendum meetings. Any adjustments to schedules will be handled at the home school. Students with IEPs will have a case manager assigned to them from the Online School.

Monday, September 14

Please remember that Monday, September 14, is a student holiday. The faculty and staff of all HCPS schools will be hard at work on this day making any necessary adjustments based upon our first week of school.

Information for Elementary OWLs

Student Class Assignments

• Class assignments will be shared via Schoology on September 3 at Orientation Open House.
• Questions about elementary class assignments should be directed to the Online Assistant Principal for the student’s grade level.  (Ms. Pike, grades 4-5; Ms. Whaley, grades 2-3; Ms. Townes, grades K-1)

Learning Coaches

• A learning coach guide is under development and will be released in next Monday’s (8/31) update.

School Schedules

Here are schedules for Online School for all levels.

• The schedule for the Elementary Online School will be adjusted for the first three days of school to allow our youngest learners and their parents/families to get to know their teachers and to adjust to online learning.  The adjusted schedule can be found here.  We will begin with a full schedule on Friday, 9/11.
• Specific day-to-day schedules, including both time at and away from the computer, will be shared by individual teachers.

Information for Middle School OWLs

Student Schedule Request Questions

• The final day for schedule changes division wide was August 6.  Currently course requests are only being changed if the student is enrolled in a course that has already been passed or if there was a mistake made in the courses entered last spring.
• Middle school students will be enrolled in one of the two electives for which they registered last spring.  If for some reason neither of the electives is available, the student’s home school counselor will reach out to you over the next two weeks.  The same is true for both middle and high school students if there are any conflicts in their schedules.
• Questions about middle or high school course requests or schedules should be directed to the student’s home school counselor.

School Schedules

Here are schedules for Online School for all levels.

• You may have heard that only certain grades will attend the first day of school at face-to-face schools.  This is not the case at Online School.  All secondary Online students, grades 6-12, will attend class on the first day of school on a regular schedule.
• Specific schedules of activities for each block, including both time at and away from the computer, will be shared by individual teachers.

TDAP

• All students entering seventh grade are required by law to have a Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis (Tdap) booster dose of vaccine. Documentation that this booster shot has been administered must be sent to your child’s HOME school nurse or front office staff. The documentation must have your child’s full name, date of birth, the date the vaccine was given, and be signed by your healthcare provider. The school must have proof of this vaccination by the start of the 2020-2021 school year in order for your child to attend classes on the first day of school. Please call your home school nurse if you have questions.

Information for High School OWLs

Student Schedule Request Questions

• The final day for schedule changes division wide was August 6th.  Currently course requests are only being changed if the students is enrolled in a course that has already been passed or if there was a mistake made in the courses entered last spring.
• Questions about middle or high school course requests or schedules should be directed to the student’s home school counselor.

School Schedules

Here are schedules for Online School for all levels.

• You may have heard that only certain grades will attend the first day of school at face-to-face schools.  This is not the case at Online School. All secondary Online students, grades 6-12, should be prepared to attend class on the first day of school on a regular schedule.
• Specific schedules of activities for each block, including both time at and away from the computer, will be shared by individual teachers.

Thank you,

Dr. Dana Gresham
Director of Professional Learning, Leadership & Federal Programs/Principal – Hanover Online School