Seminole County Schools

203 East 6th Street

Donalsonville, GA 39845
Mark Earnest, Superintendent

Seminole County System-Wide Distance Learning Guide

Due to staffing shortages, related to COVID, Seminole County Schools will transition to a system-wide distance
learning model at the end of the school day on Monday, August 23, 2021. Tuesday, August 24th will be a transition
day and students will not attend school or have instruction. This day will be used for teachers to prepare and
transition instructional plans for learning to resume on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. Students will be in distance
learning from Wednesday, August 25, 2021 - Friday, September 3, 2021. Face-to-face instruction will resume on
Tuesday, September 7, 2021.

NOTE: At this time, extracurricular activities will continue as planned as long as staffing can be maintained.

INSTRUCTIONAL PLATFORMS

Primary Learning Secondary Learning

Level
Management System Management System

Elementary Google Classroom iStation

Middle Google Classroom MyPath

High Google Classroom

● All PK-12 students will be supplied with a SCS Chromebook.

● Students must join assigned Google Classrooms with classroom codes.
● Synchronous, instructional meetings will take place weekly through Google Meets. Attendance will be taken.
● PK teachers will record daily lessons and post on Google Classroom.
● All K-12th teachers will submit a daily agenda with a detailed outline of student assignments and tasks within
their Google Classroom platform before 8:00 AM each morning.
● All PK-5 teachers will be available on Google Meet from 1:00 - 2:00 PM for virtual office hours, to
instructional support students.
● All 6th-12th teachers will be available daily through email for students needing additional instructional
support.
DAILY INSTRUCTIONAL MEETING TIMES
(Live)
Synchrono
Online Class Virtual Teacher
Level us Google Class Period Day of the Week
Time Office Hours
Meet
Sessions

PK 1x/WEEK Homeroom Monday 9:00 - 10:30 AM

1:00 - 2:00 PM
K-2 1x/WEEK Homeroom Monday 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Teachers will be
1x/WEEK Homeroom Teacher Monday 9:00 - 10:00 AM available through
3rd - 5th Google Meet
1x/WEEK Team Teacher Monday 10:30 - 11:30 AM

1st Period Monday/Wednesday 8:00 - 8:50 AM

2nd Period Monday/Wednesday 9:24 - 10:14 AM

8:00 AM - 3:30
2x’s/WEEK 3rd Period Monday/Wednesday 10:18 - 11:08 AM PM
during
Middle
regularly 4th Period Monday/Wednesday 11:12 - 12:02 PM Teachers will be
& High
scheduled available through
class period 5th Period Tuesday/Thursday 12:34 - 1:24 PM Gmail
6th Period Tuesday/Thursday 1:28 - 2:18 PM

7th Period Tuesday/Thursday 2:22 - 3:12 PM

Grading
The Seminole County School System will take numeric grades during the systemwide distance learning model.

Attendance
Teachers will conduct daily attendance checks through Google Classroom. Students are expected to participate in
live, synchronous Google Meet Sessions. Students who do not meet these attendance requirements, will be
counted absent, per the Georgia Department of Education and Governor’s Office of Student Achievement
guidelines for distance learning.

Wi-Fi Access
- All school parking lots are available for Wi-Fi connections SCS-GUEST
- Additional locations with open Wi-Fi:
*eDonalsonville locations within the city limits; Seminole County Public Library

Food Services
School Nutrition will provide opportunities for grab-and-go meals. Weekly meals can be picked up at
Seminole County Elementary School cafeteria at 10:00 AM on the following dates:

● Thursday, August 26, 2021

● Thursday, September 2, 2021

Food allergies can be accommodated, please notify Seminole County School System’s Nutrition Director, Mrs.
Ivey McLendon at imclendon@seminole.k12.ga.us for nutritional accommodations.
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
Google Classroom
All students will be provided with a Google Classroom code from each
teacher, including all core content areas, electives, and other program
services, such as Gifted and Talented, ESOL, etc. Students will need to
use this code to join their classes. Teachers will upload daily assignments
before 8:00 AM each morning.

● The Parent’s Guide to Google Classroom

Seminole County School System Principals will have access to all Google Classroom account codes for
their school. Please contact the school if you need your specific course code.

Seminole County Elementary School Seminole County Middle High School

Truette Johnson, Principal Shane Purdy, Principal
(229) 524-5235 (229) 524-5135

Clever
At Home Login Guide
The following digital resources are available through the Clever platform:
Program Program Name Purpose Grade(s)/Program(s)

Benchmark Education ELA PK-5

Istation Reading & Math ELA & Mathematics K-5th

Digital resources aligned with

McGraw Hill My Math K-5th
McGraw Hill Wonders

Quaver Music curriculum K-5th

Reflex Math Fact Fluency K-5th

Renaissance - Accelerated Increasing the amount of time

K-5th
Reader students spend in a text

Generation Genius Science K-8

K-5 Gifted &

Renzulli Learning K-8 Gifted & Talented Talented; K-5 Talent
Development

Educational platform for

Typing Club keyboarding; aligned with K-2 K-2
computer science standards

3rd-5th (ELA, Math,

Science, Social Studies)
USA Test Prep Instructional resources
6th-12th (Science, Social
Studies)

ELA & Mathematics

My Path *personalized learning and progress 6th -8th
monitoring for each student
 9th-12th
Edgenuity Courseware High School Courseware
(specific students)

Learnzillion: EL Education SCMS ELA 6th-8th

Available for ELA, Mathematics,

Albert 6th-12th
Science, and Social Studies

Elevate K-12
*Cannot be accessed through Clever. Online instruction with a certified 8th-12th Spanish I &
Students will need to login to their teacher II students
Elevate K-12 portals.

Read 180 ELA - Mr. Sasser’s Students 6th-8th

Foundations of Algebra - Mrs.

Math 180 9th
Gale’s Students

ELA Remediation Block with ELA

ELA 6th-8th
Teachers

Social Studies Social Studies 6th-12th

Gizmos Science 3rd-12th

CHROMEBOOK/TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT