Sequoyah Middle School

Sequoyah Middle School
3456 Aztec Road Doraville, Georgia 30340 Phone 678.676.7902

DISTRICT CALENDAR

Superintendent's Newsletter

Please click here to access Superintendent,

Mrs. Cheryl Watson-Harris' Weekly Newsletter.

News

Archived News

PARENT RE-ENTRY SURVEY

Please help us plan for your child by completing the survey, as well as the survey you will receive from the district. We need to know if you plan for your child to return to Face to Face learning or if they will remain in the virtual environment. Thank you in advance for completing the survey and for helping us to plan.

Por favor ayúdenos a planear el regreso de su hijo a la escuela completando esta encuesta, así como la encuesta que recibirá del distrito. Necesitamos saber si planea que su hijo regrese a la escuela para tomar clases en persona (en la escuela) o si permanecerá en el ambiente de aprendizaje virtual (en línea en su casa). Gracias de antemano por completar la encuesta y por ayudarnos a planear el regreso de los alumnos a la escuela.

PARENTS PLEASE FILL OUT THE RE-ENTRY SURVEY

CLICK HERE>>https://tinyurl.com/y3ekwj97

MAP TESTING RESOURCES

READ THE PARENT STUDENT ASSURANCE FORM BELOW>>

ENGLISH: MAP Parent Student Assurances .pdf

ESPAÑOL: Spanish_MAP Parent Student Assurances_Fillable.pd f

E-SIGN THE MAP ASSURANCE FORM>>

FORM IN ENGLISH

FORMULARIO EN ESPAÑOL

MAP testing will start on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Please, make sure that your children have their Chromebooks fully charged and are ready to test in a quiet place.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE MAP TEST>>

English MAP 2020.pdf AND MAP_Parent Guide_English (1).pdf

Las pruebas de MAP comenzarán el martes 13 de octubre.

Por favor, asegúrese de que sus hijos tengan sus Chromebooks completamente cargados y estén listos para probar en un lugar tranquilo.

HAGA CLIC AQUÍ PARA MÁS INFORMACIÓN SOBRE LA PRUEBA DEL MAPA>>

Spanish 2020 MAP.pdf AND MAP_Parent Guide_English (1).pdf

MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

8:30 - 9:30 AM

effective Mon 8/17/2020 until Fri 5/21/2021

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MEAL DISTRIBUTION PLAN

Greetings Sequoyah Middle School Parents and/or Guardians

(This message will be translated in Spanish)

(Este mensaje será traducido al español)

Sequoyah Parents:

During the virtual learning session, meal service will be provided for students. The meals service time will be from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Parents are approved to pick up meals, but they need the Student ID #. The Student ID # is required for meal pick-up and only DCSD enrolled students are eligible to receive meals. The Meal Service will be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

Please continue reading (click the headline) to read in Spanish.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Greetings Sequoyah Middle School Parents and Guardians:

Due to outages from inclement weather, the DeKalb County School District (DCSD) will close all offices on Friday, October 30, 2020, and only 12-month essential employees including maintenance and custodial staff should report by 11 a.m.

All students and staff are to report for a normal remote learning school day. DCSD acknowledges that staff, students, and families may be impacted by power outages resulting from remnants of Hurricane Zeta. Students will not be negatively impacted if they are not able to participate in synchronous learning.

Additionally, all feeding sites will be closed tomorrow. For more information, please visit: https://acfb.org. DCSD will provide additional information or changes, as weather reports update, at www.dekalbschoolsga.org.

FOR RED RIBBIN WEEK INFORMATION CLICK HERE>>

Update 1 Red Ribbon Week Presentation.pdf

To see the Region I Fall Parent Letter Click Here>>

Region fall parent letter.pdf

The Latino Youth Leadership Conference will be held virtually on OCTOBER 29^th with a video kick-off event at 10 a.m., followed by a college fair on OCTOBER 31^st from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION>> LYLC 2020 Flyer.pdf

Saludos Padres y Tutores de la Escuela Intermedia Sequoyah:

Para ver la Carta Para Padres de la Región I Fall, Haga Clic Aquí>>

Region fall parent letter Spanish.pdfhttps://thelaa.org/latino-youth-leadership-conference/

SECRETARIES CONTACT INFORMATION

Office Hours	8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Parent Portal Assistance (English)	Ms. Thomas	678-827-2611
Parent Portal Assistance (Spanish)	Ms. Sanchez	678-590-5558
6^th Grade Assistance	Ms. Garcia	770-744-1727
7^th Grade Assistance	Ms. Sorto	404-236-9517
8^th Grade Assistance	Mr. Borges	678-400-4915
Bookkeeper	Ms. Coates	470-236-3156
Registrar	Ms. Orozco	762-499-4644
General School Inquiries (English)	Ms. Shipley	678-827-1827

CLASS MEETING LINKS & ASSIGNMENTS

Click on the appropriate button to access Microsoft Teams or Google Classroom meeting links and assignments:

COUNSELOR'S CORNER

TO CONTACT YOUR COUNSELOR

OR TO SUBMIT A REFERRAL

CLICK ON THE COUNSELING ICON

SOURCES OF STRENGTH

Sources of Strength is a best practice youth suicide prevention project designed to harness the power of peer social networks to change unhealthy norms and culture, ultimately preventing suicide, bullying, and substance abuse.

Information in English:

SOS Parent Notification.docx.pdf

Information in Spanish:

SOS Parent Notification-Spanish.docx.pdf

TO ACCESS A VIDEO ABOUT THE PROGRAM CLICK BELOW>>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgi9GjhW3Ss&t=55s

TO ACCESS THE PARENT EXCLUSION FORM CLICK BELOW>>

https://forms.gle/hAM8vmfrHEDPeBybA

SCHEDULES

Click below to find out how to login to virtual learning:

Howtostartvirtuallearningguide.pdf

Click below to find resources for virtual learning:

Virtual Learning Guide

Click below for virtual learning schedules:

Virtual Learning Schedules

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

International Center

TITLE I SCHOOL INFORMATION & MEETINGS

For more information click HERE

9.16 Stakeholder Input Meeting Notice.pdf

10.5 Annual Meeting Notice.pdf

All Microsoft Teams meeting videos are password protected and must be accessed using your student's login credentials.

Have your child(ren):

Click on the appropriate meeting link below.
Have your student login using the same username and password they use to login to their Chromebooks.
Please do not use the login credentials listed they serve only as a sample of how the username and password might look.
sample username: s1234567 sample password: braves2020
The video will appear in your student's Stream account in Microsoft Outlook.
Click on the arrow in the video display window to begin playing the video.

Title I Stakeholder Teams Meetings

Title I Stakeholder Meeting Video September 16 2020

Sequoyah Middle School

3456 Aztec Road

Doraville, Georgia 30340

678-676-7902 (phone)

678-676-7910 (fax)

Mr. Sedrick Anthony, Principal

District Events

Dear Sequoyah MS Family & Friends,

Welcome to Sequoyah Middle School, where our student's success, leads to higher education, work, and life-long learning. This year's theme, "Unity through Diversity" embodies our commitment to social equity, cultural identity and community/parental engagement. Despite the challenges we may face in a virtual learning environment, we will provide the support and encouragement our students need, to have a great 2020-2021 school year. Please assist us by having your student(s) present each and every day, on time in our online platforms ready to learn. Our virtual instructional day schedules are posted by grade level and your student's class schedules are shared in Infinite Campus. Thank you for your continued support.

Best Regards,

Sedrick Anthony

DCSD PLATFORMS

Parents & students may subscribe to the RSS feeds for any or all the news & announcements. You may also set your smartphone to recieve the latest news & announcements from the DeKalb County School District mobile app. Please click HERE for more information on the DCSD app & DCSD Social Media accounts.

Academic Clubs

TSA NEWSLETTER CLICK HERE>>

TSA newletter October 2020 .pdf

The DEAR Project Challenge

CLICK HERE FOR E-BOOKS

CLICK HERE>>Need eBooks to Read .pdf

LOGIN HELP

Call the Help Desk

678-676-1188

Below is the link for technical support for families:

https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/virtual-learning-support/

Este es el enlace para ayuda técnica con sus Chromebooks:

https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/virtual-learning-support/

How to Login to Your Chromebook (1).pdf

Password Reset

Password Help.pdf

To reset your password you must go to Password Reset and enter your first and last name student ID number, school name, grade level, phone number, email address and select if you need help with resetting your password, logging into Launchpad, Logging into VERGE, or some other concern. Click here for more information: Password Help.pdf

Click HERE to login to the Launchpad

How To Use VERGE

QUICK LINKS

Registration

Registrar

New Students Register HERE

Returning Students Register HERE (For returning students from Sequoyah or a 6th grader from: Carey Reynolds ES, Dresden ES, John Lewis ES, Montclair ES, Oakcliff ES or Woodward ES.)

Withdraw HERE

Chromebook User Agreement

Chromebook Help

Important Student/Parent Tech Checklist for Chromebooks

Note: Purchase of Insurance is a transaction between the company and parent/guardian, not the school district.

Device Coverage for Chromebooks

Cobertura del Dispositivo .pdf

Handbooks

2020-2021 Student_Parent Handbook - English.pdf

2020-2021 Manual estudiantil y para padres.pdf

Infinite Campus

Infinite Campus Parent/Student portals are available. Click Here to visit the DSCD Campus Portal webpage for more information in Spanish contact Ms. Sanchez or Ms. Thomas for information in English.