Meet Your Fifth Grade Teachers! Kyrene Digital Academy 2020-2021 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Meet Your Fifth Grade Teachers! Kyrene Digital Academy 2020-2021

Cathy Larson Phone Number: 480-541-7131 Email Address: clarson@kyrene.org Favorite Quote: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ~Nelson Mandela

Phone Number: (480)541-7106 Nancy Biederbeck Email Address: nbiederbeck@kyrene.org Favorite Quote: “Great things never came from comfort zones.” ~Neil Strauss

Tifgani Montelione Phone Number: Email Address: tmontelione@kyrene.org Favorite Quote: “Never be afraid to try something new because life gets boring when you stay within the limits of what you already know.” ~ Anonymous

Cassie Nolan Phone Number: Email Address: cnolan@kyrene.org Favorite Quote: “ We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” ~Lloyd Alexander

Deb Kaczmar Phone Number: 480-541-7129 Email Address: dkaczmar@kyrene.org Favorite Quote: “If we teach today as we taught yesterday, then we rob our children of tomorrow.” ~John Dewey

Jackie Lipner Phone Number: (480)541-7134 Email Address: JLipner@Kyrene.org Favorite Quote: “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” ~Michael Jordan

Administration Principal: Dr. Kyle Ross - kross@kyrene.org, 480-541-7050 AP: Kristin Morocco - kmorocco@kyrene.org, 480-541-7051 Counselor: Jocelyn Cavallo - jcavallo@kyrene.org, 480-541-7022 Admin. Assistant: Leila Dalton - ldalton@kyrene.org, 480-541-7002

Special Area Teachers Art Music Su Rogers Diane Bartsch Holly Wolinski Julie Weissberg PE Spanish Priscilla Iosca Carolina Gengo Paige Levy Elizabeth Guzman

KDA Special Education Team K-8 Kate Kenney Andrea Gilligan kkenney@kyrene.org agilligan@kyrene.org Beth Stone (SLP) estone@kyrene.org Dr. Ray Chung Jennifer Plantz rchung@kyrene.org jplantz@kyrene.org

Learning Platforms Zoom ● Google Classroom ● ● Synergy - StudentVue Our suggested supply list will be sent via email shortly.

1. Set up a quiet, well lit place without Your Child’s inappropriate items in the background. a. Clear desk Workspace b. Comfortable, supportive chair c. Adequate supplies d. Dress appropriately for learning 2. Set up a calendar, schedule, or priority list. 3. Make sure that your child is getting a full night’s sleep, so they can wake up on time. It’s important that your child gets to school on time. 4. Minimize screen time outside of school hours. Be consistent. “Tough love” is sometimes necessary until poor habits become good habits. Helping your student with organization is as important as helping them complete an assignment!

Our day will begin at 7:30 a.m. ● First Day of School Look for an email to students with a link to join. ● We will spend the first two days building our class community and reviewing procedures and expectations. ● Lunch is from 11:40 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. Designated snack times will be ● built in to our daily schedule. ● The school day will end at 2:15 p.m.

Email ● Communication ● Phone ● Class Dojo Look out for our Welcome Email! Please make sure your contact information is current in Synergy.

We’re all surfing Questions? this technology ● KDA website: wave together! https://www.kyrene.org/kda Kyrene Distance Learning Help: ● https://sites.google.com/kyrene.org /distancelearninghelp/home ● Kyrene Safe Strong: https://www.kyrene.org/safestrong

Cathy Larson: clarson@kyrene.org Welcome Email! Nancy Biederbeck: nbiederbeck@kyrene.org Tiffani Montelione: tmontelione@kyrene.org Cassie Nolan: cnolan@kyrene.org Deb Kaczmar: dkaczmar@kyrene.org Jackie Lipner: JLipner@Kyrene.org If you do not receive an email from your teacher by 5:00 pm tomorrow, then your information is not up-to-date in Synergy! Email Leila Dalton - ldalton@kyrene.org