Hello Harmony / Garfield County Families,
Happy September! School is in full swing and we are excited to see your student’s submissions and to watch them grow. If you are having any questions or issues please reach out to your mentor, we want to make sure your students don’t get behind.
In this Touchpoint:
- Calendars
- Important: Garfield Homeroom / Attendance
- Spotlight: Spelling Stars
- Flex Submission Dates
- Portfolio Submissions for 1st Quarter
- Canvas Tips
- Ordering
- Garfield County Contact Information
- Get Social
Calendars
A great place to stay up-to-date on important dates is the calendar found on the parent dashboard. Here you’ll find information such as Flex submission dates, testing dates, school dates, etc.
Click here for the official Garfield County School District calendar for the 2023-24 school year.
Upcoming School Dates:
Oct 20: End of 1st Quarter
Oct 23-24: Fall Break (No School)
Important: Garfield Homeroom / Attendance
Be sure to have your child respond to the weekly discussion post in the Garfield Homeroom in Canvas. The question is posted each Friday, and you have until the following Friday to answer the question. Responding each week provides Garfield County School District with a weekly “attendance log” and helps them have a connection with students. This is an important part of your child’s attendance with Garfield County.
If you have any questions about the weekly Homeroom question, please contact your mentor.
Spotlight: Spelling Stars
Did you know that Harmony provides Spelling Stars accounts to all students? Students use the games to learn to spell in an easy and motivating way. Games include some classics like Fill in the Blank, Mouse Maze, and Word Search, as well as some fun unique games like Crazy Fish and Bink Bonk.
You are encouraged to use this program with your children as best meets their needs. There are no expected number of activities, and students are not required to use this program.
A new Spelling Stars section has been added to Harmony’s Curriculum Orientation, and you can find it here.
Flex Submission Dates
Here are the Flex Direct and Flex Independent submission dates for the 1st semester. Be sure to submit your student’s worksheets on time as this tracks attendance and progress.
September 8 – (Kindergarten – Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies)
September 22 – (Kindergarten – Language Arts, Math)
October 6 – (Kindergarten – Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies)
October 20 – (Kindergarten – Language Arts, Math)
November 3 – (Kindergarten – Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies)
November 17 – (Kindergarten – Language Arts, Math)
December 8 – (Kindergarten – Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies)
January 5 – (No Kindergarten Submission)
To find helpful information about Flex Direct or Flex Independent courses, log into the Family Resource Center and go to the Curriculum Orientation. From the sidebar menu in the Flex Direct and Flex Independent sections, you’ll find FAQs, which include submission instructions and a submission video.
Portfolio Submissions for 1st Quarter
For Harmony Portfolio courses, the 1st quarter portfolio submissions are due on Sept 22. All portfolios need to be submitted no later than October 13 to give the teachers time to review and grade them.
The guidelines for portfolios are as follows:
- 5-8 portfolio items per subject.
- Items need to show student work, and examples could include worksheets, reports, tests/quizzes, science projects, etc. Remember that portfolio Items need to be the student’s actual work, not a learning log or description of what the student has been doing.
- Portfolio items need to be grade-level work.
- Portfolio items need to demonstrate student work over the course of 2 months.
Canvas Tips
Here are some useful tips in Canvas for Flex, Portfolio, and Homeroom courses.
When you go to your child’s Canvas account, select Calendar on the left side. The calendar view shows the previous and upcoming submissions for that student’s courses in Canvas.
- You can click on the item and a box will pop up with details. You can then click on each item to go right to the submission in the course.
Also, be sure to check back in Canvas to see comments from the graders and teachers. When you go to the student’s Canvas account, there will be alerts on the right for any comments from teachers. Or you select the course, then select Grades > Score. If there is a comment icon, you can click on that to see the comment.
- Based on the comment, you can consider re-submitting the assignment.
Resource Orders
Ordering is open for all types of orders. For all the ordering types except reimbursement, you can submit one order per semester per student.
1st semester ordering period is July 1- Oct 31
2nd semester ordering period is Dec 1 – Jan 31
Garfield County Contact Information
Here is the contact information for Garfield County Online.
Sarah Oyler, Teacher
Email: sarah.oyler@garfk12.org
Phone: 435-633-3365
Danette Verde, Administrative Assistant
Email: danette.verde@garfk12.org
Phone: 435-676-1307
Get Social
Are you part of our growing community of Harmony parents? If not, please join us and get social. It’s a great place to share what is working with your family, ask questions of other parents, and receive updates on Harmony activities.
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/harmonyedutah/
- Instagram https://www.instagram.com/harmonyed_/
We wish you a wonderful school year!
Brianna Webster, Garfield Account Manager (bwebster@harmonyed.com)
Denise Glines, Paraeducator (dglines@harmonyed.com)
Andrea Medley, Mentor (amedler@harmonyed.com)
Erica Finneman, Mentor (efinneman@harmonyed.com)
Hope Dalsing, Mentor (hdalsing@harmonyed.com)