STCS eLearning 2020

Dedicated St. Theresa phone line for technical support, for this extended time we are not on campus.

Help Desk Support Line for online eLearning

(512) 451-5802

Press Option 1: For Student or Parent Technical Support

8:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Call the Front Office Line @  (512) 451-7105

8:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Office email: office@st-theresa.org 
Administrative email: administration@st-theresa.org

These are great examples of online learning spaces at home.  Go Tigers!

Hello Tiger Nation,

I hope this message finds each and everyone of you well, rested, and ready to tackle this new endeavor.  

I wanted to send out a brief message outlining a few best practices when we start online learning tomorrow.  Please help our faculty by encouraging your students to be prepared, ready, and eager to continue learning in this new online experience.  

All students will be given a schedule and a list of expectations on their first day.  This will help set the tone and find consistency in this ever changing time.   

A few things you can do to help ensure your student is prepared and in the optimal learning mode are listed.  Please remember consistency and routine will be critical during this time.

• Set a daily routine for your students.  Have students go through the same process as if they were going to St. Theresa.

• Wake up with enough time to change, eat breakfast and log into our online system at the designated times. 

• Students will not be required to wear their everyday uniform but are required to wear spirit dress approved tee shirts or a tee shirt of a solid color.

• Students should not be eating during live video conferencing.  This will create a distraction.

• Be aware of your surroundings/background during live video conferencing.  Students should be in a place where the background is free from distractions.

• Students should follow all behavior expectations of a classroom environment.

During live video sessions students are expected to maintain the standard of our TIGER Code, which aligns with an optimal teaching environment.  Teachers will continue to monitor dress and behavior expectations while online. If students are in need of correction the teacher will ask for the student to correct the issue first.  If the issue is not corrected, the teacher may discontinue the online access of the student for the day and will send communication to the parents to help with maintaining our expectations.  I will be available to teachers and students if needs arise.  

This is a new experience for our community and our students will be excited for this new online learning format.  In many circumstances our students have not been in touch with each other for some time and excitement will be high for the students.  Please take this time to have a brief conversation with your child to discuss our expectations and together we will get through this new experience.  

As usual, if you have any questions please feel free to reach out.

Thanks,

Hello Tigers,

I hope you have enjoyed your summer as much as you could have and you were able to rest and relax during your time away.  This is a time for us to work together and I’m sure you are excited to get back to as much normalcy as possible. This week your teachers have been working hard to develop a plan to continue your learning online.  This is a new endeavor for all of us and we are going to be working through it together.  

With that being said I am going to ask that we continue to hold each other accountable to the highest standard on and off the virtual world.   This is a situation where the TIGER Code will shine through. The online environment is an extension to the classroom and we expect an even higher level of Tenacity, Integrity, Gratitude, Empathy, and Respect.

Ideas to consider as we start our online learning environment:

• Set a daily routine for yourself.  Please set a similar routine as if you were going to St. Theresa. Wake up with enough time to change, eat breakfast and log into our online system at the designated time. 

• We will not require each student to wear their everyday uniform but we will require every student to be in spirit dress or a tee shirt of a solid color.

• Students should not be eating during live video conferencing.  This will create a distraction.

• Be aware of your surroundings/background during live video conferencing.  Students should be in a place where the background is free from distractions.

•  You will be expected to follow all behavior expectations of a classroom environment.

Middle school students will have added responsibilities with their access to the Google classroom experience and their increased virtual responsibilities.  

Items to consider:

• Responsible online etiquette will be maintained.  

• Chat features are for academic questions only.

• No distractions of any form during live sessions.

• Discussions should stay on track and add value to the conversation.

• Assignments should be done with maximum effort and submitted by the due date.

• The STCS technology agreement is still in effect during online learning.

• Google classroom falls under the agreement.

• GoGuardian and active monitoring will continue to be utilized. 

Teachers will continue to monitor dress and behavior expectations while online.  If students are in need of correction the teacher will ask for the student to correct the issue first.  If the issue is not corrected, the teacher may discontinue the online access of the student for the day and will send communication to their parents to help with maintaining our expectations.  I will be here to support you and your teachers as needed.

Students, we understand this is a new experience and you will be excited to figure out this new learning format. We also understand you have not been in touch with each other for some time and are excited to reconnect with each other; but we ask that you uphold appropriate virtual classroom etiquette during class sessions. 

As usual, if you have any questions please feel free to reach out.

Thanks,

Jay Arellano