September is National Attendance Awareness Month, a time for schools and districts to promote positive attendance for PK-12 students, and to bring awareness to the effects absenteeism can have on academic performance and success. According to the Oregon Department of Education’s Comprehensive Distance Learning guidelines, “The ability to continue to monitor attendance, as a proxy for engagement, is arguably one of the most important ways schools can help ensure equitable access to student learning and account for student well being during a pandemic across any instructional model.”
The beginning of our 2020-21 school year looks different, but absences do count. Both synchronous (live/in-person) and asynchronous (offline or on a person’s own time) learning can count for daily attendance during comprehensive distance learning. Teachers will mark a student present once per day in elementary and for each scheduled class period in middle and high school.
The following interactions count for student attendance:
Participating in a video class;
Communication from the student to the teacher via chat, communication app, text message or e-mail;
A phone call with the student, or, for younger students, with the parent;
Posting completed coursework to a learning management system or web-based platform or via email; or turning in completed coursework on a given day.
Washington County Cooperative Library Services has created distance learning resources to support students and help keep them engaged while they’re studying remotely...
Student Online Expectations for Comprehensive Distance Learning
While distance learning may appear less formal than traditional learning, the expectations are the same. Here are some tips to help with distance learning etiquette...
HSD is providing free meals to all students at six hub sites (new pick-up time 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.) and via bus delivery; any student or parent can go to any site to get food...
Hispanic Heritage Month and El Grito Virtual Festival
National Hispanic Heritage Month begins on Tuesday, Sept. 15, and is an opportunity to celebrate the cultural and societal contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans. The City of Hillsboro’s annual El Grito Festival is Wednesday, Sept. 16...
Like fitting pieces of a puzzle, a construction team installed 72 roof panels on W.L. Henry Elementary’s new gym, one of three gyms they are working on this year. Watch how they did it...
The Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan Oversight Committee (through the City of Hillsboro) is accepting applications for two public-at-large committee member positions...
The HSD Board of Directors comprises seven elected members serving four-year terms and three student representatives serving a one-year term. Board members are community volunteers and do not receive compensation for their work. Board members establish policy based on Oregon and Federal laws governing schools. The Board approves policies for the Superintendent to implement. Email: School Board.
