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MISD Summer Enrichment

Students in McKinney ISD have extensive opportunities for continuing their studies during the summer. The McKinney ISD Summer Enrichment@home website provides grade-appropriate opportunities to review, continue, and extend learning while we are away from the classroom. This site will serve students in all grade levels and will be in conjunction with a districtwide online learning management system. If you have any questions, please contact your campus administration.

McKinney HIGH SESSIONS
7am - 8:30am
Females (6th - 12th)
Brochure link
https://api.performancecourse.com/brochures/1718
June 8th - July 30th Monday - Thursday
11:00am - 12:30pm
Developmental Boys (6th - 9th)
Brochure link
ttps://api.performancecourse.com/brochures/1719
June 15th - July 30th Monday - Thursday

NORTH SESSIONS
9:00am - 10:30am
Females (6th - 12th)
Brochure link
https://api.performancecourse.com/brochures/1722
June 8th - July 30th Monday - Thursday
10:45am - 12:15pm
Developmental Boys (6th-9th)
Brochure link
https://api.performancecourse.com/brochures/1719
June 15th - July 30th Monday - Thursday

Summer Performance Course Athlete Plan

We will have many changes to what the summer at Performance Course will look like to make it safe for each athlete, MISD staff and Performance Course staff members.
Key points and guidelines that will be implemented each day:
1) Specific parking, drop off, entrance and exits unique to each group so there is no unnecessary cross contamination between sessions. Will send out several days before courses begin.
2) Mandatory Attendance check ins to keep a log of everyone who will participate and if they are experiencing symptoms or not.
3) Mandatory temperature checks and immediate removal of any athlete experiencing symptoms.
4) UIL & MISD Athletics Social distancing guidelines and 25% occupancy of the weight room and indoor facility.
5) Strategies for small groupings to stay the same all summer in an effort to limit unnecessary contact between athletes.

Athletes will check in and complete the COVID-19 Athlete Screening prior to arriving. Parents should check their child’s temperature prior to coming to the Performance Course. Athletes with a fever of 99.6 or above will not be allowed to train. ATHLETES MUST BE FEVER FREE FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE RESUMING TRAINING.
Athletes will stay home if they answered “YES” to any screening questions or if they do not feel well.
Any athletes exhibiting symptoms will be dismissed from training immediately.
No parents or siblings will be permitted to enter the training area unless there is an emergency. Parents are to stay in their car for both pick up and drop off unless there is an emergency.
Carpooling is discouraged. Each athlete should be brought to training by a parent or be able to drive themselves.
Athletes are to remain in the car until 5 minutes prior to training time.
Each facility will have a point of entry and a point of exit. Athletes must enter at the point of entry. After training, athletes will be dismissed at the point of exit to keep social distancing standards.
Attendance check-in will be required each day by every athlete. This will be done from their smart phone or device when they arrive to limit contact and maintain social distancing practices.
Athletes will report to their designated group in the exact same spot each day to limit any crossover between groups.
Hand sanitizer or hand-washing stations will be readily available. Students and staff will be encouraged to use it frequently.
Athletes will be required to bring their own water bottle as community water will not be provided. Failure to bring water to a session may result in the inability to participate.
Workout areas will be disinfected before workouts begin, in-between each session, and at the end of each day.
Maintain 6 feet of space between each other. This includes while in lifting groups, running groups, and common areas including restrooms.
Limit physical contact with others. Do not shake hands, hug, fist-bump or high five.
Athletes will use hand sanitizer before entering the facility, during workouts, and when exiting workouts.
Restrooms: athletes will utilize the “one in one out” model; sanitize hands after exiting; trash cans will be placed near doors to encourage student-athletes to open the door with the paper towel used to dry hands. Please encourage your child to use the restroom prior to arriving at the training session.
Locker rooms will remain closed. Students should report to workouts in proper gear and will be encouraged to return home to shower at the end of the workout.

Your athletes safety is our top priority and that is non negotiable! With this plan in place, we are extremely excited to be back around our athletes and for them to prepare and develop together again. While the circumstances have changed a bit our mission remains the same! Impact and improve our team as:
1) Athletes
2) Teammates
3) Individuals

2020 - 2021 DMS School Supply List - Click HERE

Be Prepared for Next Year!

Hey Parents! Make things easier to get prepared for next year. Just click below to order your 2020-21 school supplies today online! Your supplies will be shipped to Dowell and will be available for pick-up at Back-To-School-Night in August. Order now with our School ID of DOW020 at https://www.educationalproducts.com/shoppacks/
Email Gwen at kitandgwen@gmail.com with questions or if you need to pay by cash or check. Online orders are for credit/debit card only.

Technology Support During School Closure effective Monday, 6 April 2020

If a student needs help during this time or needs a laptop for distance learning, we ask that they email StudentHelp@mckinneyisd.net. This is for 1:1 High School students and any K-8 students that received a loaner via one of the deployments or need one. Students should email their name, student id, campus, telephone number and a detailed description of the problem/request.
Technology Staff will strive to support the students over the phone or by remote control.
If a student needs PASSWORD help, please email you campus Media Resource Specialist (Dowell – Jamie Morris jamorris@mckinneyisd.net)
If a student needs to be physically present to take care of their issue, whether that is for repair, replacement or issuing a loaner, AN APPOINTMENT MUST BE MADE WITH TECHNOLOGY. Please email studenthelp@mckinneyisd.net. Appointments will only be made between the hours of 8:30am to 3:30pm Monday through Friday. The student will be assigned a time to come to RON POE STADIUM TICKET BOOTH to meet with a technician.
Please attend your appointment alone if at all possible. Friends and parents will be asked to wait in the car or away from the ticket booth while the student is at his appointment.
For Parent HAC accounts, where they don’t know their username and/or password, please send or forward those emails to hacsupport@mckinneyisd.net. Please include the student's home campus.

MISD Digital Teaching and Learning Plan

Dear MISD Parents and Guardians,
We are committed to ensuring that all MISD students have some continuity of instruction during this time that we are not physically in schools. Teachers are in the process of transitioning to digital teaching and learning. To provide consistency of experiences, we wanted you to know the expectations that we have set for this work. Please see below for important components of our digital teaching and learning plan. If you have technical difficulties during digital learning, please contact your student’s teacher.
Learning Management Systems:

Students in grade PK-2 will use SeeSaw as their learning platform.
Students in grades 3-12 will use Canvas as their learning platform.
Students will access both platforms through the McKinney ISD Single Sign-On (SSO) link, https://sso.mckinneyisd.net/.
A parent support site, MISD Parent e-Learning Resources, has also been created to assist families.

Grading and Attendance:

Grades will not be taken for any work when digital learning begins on March 30th.
Grading for the 4th Quarter will be determined at a later date depending upon how long we are not physically in school.
Procedures for taking attendance are still to be determined.

Assignments and Teacher Support:

Teachers will give students feedback through the Learning Management System as appropriate.
Teachers will keep these virtual office hours at a minimum - logged onto a Learning Management System and/or available by email during school days at the following times:
- Mondays and Wednesdays - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
- Tuesdays and Thursdays - 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- This time can be used for individual tutoring, RTI, parent communication, and other forms of student support.
- Fridays will be used for continued planning of instruction, collaborative team meetings or other professional duties.
Teachers will connect with students by video or voice - webcasts, audio recorded PowerPoints, reading to students, etc. a minimum of twice a week.
Teachers can set up online sessions at a certain time, i.e. Webex meetings. However, they will not require students to participate at a specific time. The sessions will be recorded so that students can access them at any time.

Learning and Instructional Time:

Teachers will follow the district curriculum scope and sequence. They will pick up where they were when we left for spring break on March 6th.
3rd-5th grade GT students will follow their normal ALPHA schedule so that they continue to receive instruction from the GT teachers.
The expected amount of time to spend is as follows:
- PK-Elementary - 10-15 minutes per content per day plus activities from the MISD Enrichment@home website, which will be provided on March 23rd
- Secondary - 25-30 minutes per class per day

Digital Learning:

For video conferencing, follow these best practices:
- Ensure that your background is as clear as possible;
- Use earphones, if available;
- Adhere to the District’s Acceptable Use Policy.

MISD Enrichment@Home is LIVE!

The MISD Enrichment@Home website now available online. Please go to https://www.mckinneyisd.net/ for more details!!

Dowell Digital Resources
**UPDATED to include information on student gmail and Brain Break resources!
Although students are currently on an extended Spring Break from March 16-20, please check out the Digital Resources available to our students. These are some great online resources that are available to our Lions during the school year, as well. And need a great new book to read? Look for the section "Online Book Resources" in the Dowell Library Catalog to find some great new reads and check them out through Sora, the MISD Digital Library.

Registration Information: 2020-2021

See the Counselors' Corner for more information.

Immunizations Information
The Care Van offers FREE vaccines to children who are uninsured, have Medicaid, are American Indian or Alaskan Native or who have private insurance that does not cover vaccines. Infants to 18 years of age.

Vaccinations Needed for 7th Grade

Dtap (Tetanus/Diptheria/Pertussis? Booster
Meningococcal vaccination

These vaccinations are usually given at age 11 during your child’s well visit. Contact your healthcare provider to see if your child needs the required immunizations. Please send proof of the vaccinations to the school clinic. You can send in a hard copy or email/fax the shot record to (469) 302-6701.

School Report Card

Linked below you will find a copy of the State of Texas 2016–17 School Report Card for Ruth Dowell Middle School. This is a report required by the Texas Legislature and prepared by the Texas Education Agency. The report provides information concerning student performance on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®), as well as information on student enrollment, class size averages, and financial expenditures. A more complete report about Ruth Dowell Middle School, the Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR), is also available.
School Report Card (SRC) SRC Definitions
Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR)
http://www.mckinneyisd.net/about-misd/campus-directory/

Drop-off and Pick-up Procedures

Students not riding buses should be dropped off in the front of the building and doors open for the school at 8:15 a.m. The back parking lot is for MISD buses only from 8:00-8:30 am.
There are 2 entry lanes at the front of the school next to each other. The right lane is for dropping students off. Please be patient and read/respect the signs posted to help understand the procedures. The left lane is for vehicles going to the south parking lot or exiting onto Ridge Road. For the safety of our students we ask that you never cut into the right lane from the left lane and that you never unload students from the left lane.
After 8:30 am, parents are welcome to drop students off in the back.
The procedure will be the same after school with 2 lanes and we ask that no cars enter the back parking lot until buses have left. Please see the above directions for maneuvering through the drop off/pick up lanes in the front.
Vehicles exiting from the front or back of the building will be directed to turn right only on to Ridge Road.
Please be careful and watch for students walking in front of your car.
As it gets closer to 8:45 am the traffic increases, so please try to arrive earlier for more convenience and a shorter wait.
Be courteous to one another and help us keep our Dowell community safe!

Box Tops for Education

Clipping Box Tops is an easy way for you to help our school earn cash. Our school receives two checks from the Box Tops for Education™ program each school year based on the box tops we submit. Hurry, clip your Box Tops and turn them in to the office. Thanks for your help!

Tardy Policy

Our goal at Dowell Middle School is to maximize learning time. One of the ways we do this is by establishing a standard of students' arrival in the classroom. When a student arrives late to class, we call this "tardy”.
This year we are using a new communication tool, which will email a parent each time the student is tardy to a class. The tardy count resets each quarter.
Policy :
·         First Unexcused Tardy is a warning
·         Second Unexcused Tardy is a 30 minute after-school detention
·         Third Unexcused Tardy is a hour after-school detention
·         Fourth Unexcused Tardy is a two hour after-school detention
·         Five or more Unexcused Tardies per quarter, are a three hour after-school detention each occurrence
* All detentions are served on Thursday afternoons