Good afternoon Herrin High School Families!
At this time, all Herrin High School students are classified as either (1) HYBRID learners who attend school in-person Monday-Thursday and remotely on Friday or (2) REMOTE learners who complete school 100% remotely Monday-Friday. In an attempt to clarify our attendance procedures for hybrid learners on Friday and ALL remote learners Monday-Friday, we are instituting the following policy going forward:
Beginning Friday, 8/21/2020, all hybrid learners and remote learners are expected to complete an attendance check-in question for each of their classes by 1:30 PM. Hybrid learners will only need to complete the attendance question on Friday. Remote learners will have an attendance question for EB, 1st, 2nd, Advisory, and 5th hours on Monday and Wednesday, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th hours on Tuesday and Thursday, and all classes on Friday. Students will be considered "absent" for any class in which the attendance check-in question is not answered by 1:30 PM.
The attendance check-in question will be outside of each teacher’s normally assigned material and provides a method for Herrin High School to streamline attendance for students learning away from school. Each teacher maintains the ability to assign due dates for assignments in Google Classroom and assign consequences aligned to our student handbook for late work.
We apologize for the confusion as we continue to evolve our procedures to best meet everyone’s needs during this unprecedented period. Stay safe!
During 7th Hour on Thursday, 8/13, we will pass out Herrin CUSD #4 e-Learning Device Agreements (https://bit.ly/hcusd4elearning2020) to in-person learners who have been identified as having a device or home internet need.
From 1:30 to 3:00 PM on Thursday, 8/13, we will do a drive-thru material/book pickup in the south parking lot for remote learners to pick up their materials. We will also pass out the e-Learning Device Agreement and internet assistance information to families who need a device and/or home internet service.
On Friday, 8/14, from 9:00 to 10:00 AM and 1:00 to 2:00 PM, we will distribute Chromebooks to remote learning and in-person students who return a completed Herrin CUSD #4 e-Learning Device Agreement form. If a family is unable to make those times, arrangements will need to be made with Mrs. Cornelius at tracy.cornelius@herrinschools.org.
Please understand that we are extremely limited in what Chromebooks we can distribute. Our expected shipment has not arrived.
We greatly appreciate all of the support and patience our HHS families have shown as we transform the learning opportunities available at HHS.
Please check out our Fall How-to HHS Videos that Mrs. Torbeck and her team made for students as they prepare to transition back to school. We can't wait to see you tomorrow! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9VbLoM7ozrozvwqB5pZMJwJ6mnYTTwtl
Good afternoon Herrin High School Families! I wanted to send a quick update out to those families who have selected remote learning for this semester.
1) Students will need to check their @herrinschools.org email. Teachers have begun enrolling students in their Google Classrooms, and students will need to accept that invitation. Students should expect to have 8 Google Classrooms (9 if enrolled in EB Chrous). Also, if you need access to the student Google account, please send an email to techdesk@herrinschools.org.
2) Meetings with teachers may vary between live, in-person, and recorded for you to watch on your own time.
3) Assignments and projects will be due for remote learning students on or about the same time as students who are in-class. (There will be some leeway this coming week as we establish times for book pick-up.)
4) Attendance will be taken each day that a class meets which equals three times per week. Attendance is the remote learning student's responsibility to ensure contact.
A "contact" may be a message to the teacher in Google Classroom, the submission of an assignment, or a wellness "check-in" Google Form created by the teacher. Failure to check in results in an absence.
We will release additional information next week to let you know when you will be able to pick up books and needed materials for this semester. Stay safe and, most importantly, in touch with us!
Q&A with HHS Principals
Please find our responses to your submitted questions here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qQsserwmOJ1ytiouyqXgWDp97f0hbZgH5TEz2df-JFE/edit?usp=sharing
Hello Herrin High School Families! As we head back to school, we understand the many questions and uncertainties you may have as we enter the new school year.
In order to help, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Mason, and Mr. Anderson will host a Facebook Live event on Tuesday, August 4 at 6:30 PM. Please visit https://forms.gle/3Xgkb2uDdRXg54QC8 to submit questions for us to answer during the session. If you are unable to attend, please feel free to submit your question, and listen later as we post the Q&A to HHS's Facebook page.
Please continue to stay safe, and we're excited to see everyone back this school year.
Please make sure you check out our Remote Learning!
3/16 - 3/30: tinyurl.com/hhsmarch16
3/31 - 4/7: tinyurl.com/hhsmarch31
4/8 - 4/17: tinyurl.com/hhsapril8
4/20 - 4/24: tinyurl.com/hhsapril20
4/27 - 5/1: tinyurl.com/hhsapril27
5/4 - 5/8: tinyurl.com/hhsmay48