I hope this finds you healthy and well. With Monday fast approaching, we teachers are each working to make sure our online lessons are ready to go. As of today, Westgate will be working through online, remote learning for the remainder of the school year. This email is to inform you of how classes will work for the remainder of the year, as well as a list of how each teacher would like their assignments submitted. Your student will receive an email from each teacher with Zoom login information. 

Westgate Class Pages 

All classroom assignments will be posted to the class pages on the Westgate website at https://www.westgateschool.org/ We encourage both students and parents to subscribe to their class pages to receive weekly updates. Links for all high school class pages can be found here: https://www.westgateschool.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=597639&type=d&pREC_ID=classes   

Schedule 

There is no set schedule for when students must work on their assignments or log into classes. The schedule is flexible, and they may work and turn in their assignments any time before Fridays at midnight.  
 
If it helps, students may want to set up their own schedules. Maybe they will work on each subject for 30 minutes a day, or maybe they want to set up a different weekday for each subject. They can do whatever works for them!  

A master schedule is attached to share when teachers are hosting advocacy, class instruction and office hours.  
 

Submitting Assignments 

Submitting assignments will vary from teacher to teacher. 

Brinkley: OneNote or Email  

Cuevas: Email (replying to initial assignment email works well) 

Kern: One Note or Email 

Matthews: OneNote. (There will be a "finished assignment" tab for students to upload their assignments) 

Schnieder: OneNote or Email  

Once a week or so, feedback will be sent to students. Grades will still appear on IC as normal. 

  

Office Hours 

Each teacher will be holding a minimum of two office sessions during the week.  Please review the attached schedule for each teacher’s office hours.  If for some reason you are unable to meet with teachers during their scheduled office hours; please reach out to the teacher via email to make alternative arrangements.  

 

Parent Information 

Parents: if you have questions, please email to set up a time for a separate zoom conference. You can also always feel free to email!  

If there are any class concerns, please keep in mind the communication pathway. Address questions and concerns in the following order: 

Classroom Teacher 

Advocate 

Assistant Principal – Mrs. Novak  
 

Zoom Expectations: 

Zoom meetings are not required however, we strongly encourage students to utilize these opportunities to maintain classroom culture and community.  

 

Please remember this is still school, and as such we are striving for a professional environment. You are not required to share your video but anything in view should be school appropriate. Teachers will turn off video or audio for any student who becomes inappropriate at any time. 

Logging in: please use your first and last name for your screen name. For instance, a student named “Jane Smith” would write “Jane Smith” for their screen name. Students will receive emails with login information for individual teachers/classes. 
 

Please do not share links and passwords with others. Teachers will not allow unfamiliar names or students from different classes to sign in to zoom sessions.