Hobby Middle School Hawk Talk

From the Desk

Principal Carranco

Hobby Family,

This week will be a great opportunity to reconnect and pick-up your child's schedule during Hobby Prep Days this week.

As we start the year we know for sure that the first two weeks will be done virtually using the Schoology Learning Management system. In the virtual learning environment, your child will have two options.

Option 1: the opportunity to join every class on their schedule synchronously (real time) following the bell schedule and their assigned periods.

Option 2: The other option would be to work in the system asynchronously while getting feedback from the teacher and completing assignments through Schoology.

The beauty of this plan is that you child can follow some classes synchronously when possible and other classes asynchronous based on individual circumstances.

The most important thing is that your child logs into the Schoology Learning Management System everyday and shows progress in the learning.

I am attaching the bell schedule with the 2020-2021 school year. You will notice that we are continuing with the FLEX period to connect with students that are working asynchronous and support and enrich other students who are working synchronously. The FLEX schedule is something that we have implemented at Hobby over the last two years to assist and enrich student learning. We will continue to use FLEX for that purpose, but we will also use FLEX as a way of building relationships between teachers and all students.

Parents were sent an email to complete a short questionnaire where you were asked to make a choice of a learning model for your child(ren) for the 2020-2021 school year. If you did not receive an email with the link to the questionnaire, the link can be found here. The deadline to complete the Instructional program survey has been extended to Sunday, August 16, 2020. NISD

As always you Matter!

Principal,

Lawrence Carranco

Drive Thru Prep Days

8th GRADE August 12 (8:30-12:00pm)

7th GRADE August 13 (8:30-12:00pm)

6TH GRADE August 13 (1:00-4:00pm)

Make up Prep Day August 18 (4-6:00 PM)

Welcome to Hobby Middle School, home of the “Hawks”. We hope “Prep Days” will help with a smooth transition to begin the school year. Please visit all stations listed below.

PE Uniforms will be sold

Optional for purchase and not required

Shirts 5$

Shorts 5$

KONA Ice will be on campus to sell delicious refreshments!!!!!

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Questions for the Principal click here

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Parents will be provided the resources they need to support their child(ren) during both virtual and in-person instruction. In development is a Parent Support Site which will house all the information families need to better navigate and utilize Schoology.

The Virtual Learning Hub has gone live and contains information on

Schoology,
parent accounts,
Contact information for technical assistance,
Instructional support and much more.
Parents will be provided more information about the Parent Support Site, Schoology and how to support their children as the start of school approaches.

Schoology Video for Northside ISD

Schoology Parent Account PSA