Dear SCCS Parents, 
 
It was great to see so many of you at the meeting Tuesday night. If you were unable to make it, I will share a few highlights of things we covered. You'll be able to view the handbook and other info I gave out soon as we upload them to the website as PDF files.
 
INTRO:
We covered our basic policies and recommendations, the history of SCCS, maintaining a record of attendance, and what AL law requires of homeschoolers (all of this is on the SCCS wesbite).
COMMUNICATION:
I explained the importance of emailing me when you have questions instead of using Facebook as a method of communication with me. Unfortunately, I cannot keep up with private messages and comments through the FB group due to the large number of families in our school, so please only use Facebook as a forum for asking questions of the entire school group. I cannot respond to every post on Facebook, so please do not expect me to do so, but email to this address with any questions.  You can also email through the school website. The website and email are my primary means of communication. I may post things on Facebook, but they are just follow-up from things I post in the blog on the website and send via email. Facebook is not our primary means of communication.
Please check the website for information because I try very hard to maintain it with relevant details, and the newsletters I send regularly contain information that will aid you in your school planning and activities, so read those and refer back to them (under Blog on the website) to stay in the loop.
 
TEACHER AND STUDENT IDs:
Casey Tatum, who is assisting with administrative duties, shared that Teacher and Student IDs can be provided if you send the information required to Casey. Details on the SCCS website.
 
EVENTBRITE:
Casey presented the new method we are using for paid field trip reservations and how those are connected to Events on our website. Hopefully it is not difficult to adjust to, and even if you missed the live tutorial at the meeting, will be able to manage using it without issues.
 
REMIND:
Eleanna Burke and Krissy Cain explained how we use the Remind app to notify of field trip deadlines, event dates, etc. so please refer to the info on our website about that, so that you don't miss an event you planned to attend, etc.

​I have shared via separate emails opportunities for an upcoming debate class, and ​field trips that must be RSVPd and paid for soon. Please read through those emails so you don't miss anything. There is always a lot going on, and I'll try to limit my communication with you, but if I email it, then I believe it is of importance to most.

 

Pay special attention to newsletters that will remind you of upcoming field trips and support group meetings. Again, read through the recent posts on the website before contacting me when possible, since your questions will probably be answered there.
 
Thank you so much for your time. Have a great week!