December 2023 Updates

This article was last modified on November 29th, 2023.

Dear ICA Families,

Welcome to December!  Our students are working very hard and doing a great job in their classes and meeting with their teachers.  December is also a short month so please talk to your children about keeping current in their classes and finishing strong.  Our finals week will be DEC 18-21, 2023.  This is where your students will take their assessment for the second time, fill out their Panorama Survey, hand in all work samples for the second quarter, and submit their PE logs. 

Our Semester will conclude on Thursday 12/21/23 – all classes must be completed by this date. Please contact our office if you have any questions or need additional information at 760-952-1760.

Have a marvelous safe holiday season!

Sincerely,
Dr. Esposito
mesposito@helendalesd.com
760-952-1760

Key Upcoming Dates:

Virtual HOF Field Trip (Kelen Winslow) – Tue 12/5 @ 10am (breakfast on-campus)

Annual December Virtual Holiday Rally – Wed 12/13 starting at 10am (Zoom link)

Finals Week: Mon 12/18 – Thu 12/21

Winter Break: Fri 12/22/23 – Mon 1/8/24

ICA STUDENT DAILY SCHEDULE

• Check your Helendale email account.
• Check your Edmentum messages.
• Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.

Please complete numbers 1, 2, and 3 on your daily checklist! 

Monday	Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Tuesday	Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Wednesday	Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Thursday	Log into each of your classes and complete an activity in your class portals.
Friday	Fill out PE log for the week, complete one activity in your Exact Path Learning Path (ELA/READING/ELA), Log on to Pathful Connect website and investigate a career that interests you. Catch up on any class you are behind in.

** STUDENT ATHLETES COMPETING IN ATHLETICS MUST
LOG ON TO THEIR CLASSES BEFORE 2:00 DAILY **

LOG INTO EACH CLASS EVERY DAY AND COMPLETE ONE ACTIVITY

DO NOT SKIP TUTORIALS or your instructors will fail you for that lesson;

DO NOT SKIP Unit Activities they are worth 10% of your final grade, try your best and talk to your teacher if you need help.

Be sure to check and see if your ICONS are Green, if they are in red you are behind and are in danger of failing the class and will not be able to compete in activities.

Student below is a link for some Canvas pointers – it is a quick guide to Canvas, it can help you if you are enrolled in a UC Scout course.

https://www.canvas.net/browse/cn-pd/courses/passport-to-canvas

Directions for Student Enrollment UC SCOUT

Students: Follow the directions below or click here for directions with images:

Use Chrome or Firefox, (instead of Safari or Internet Explorer) as an internet browser.

Student, create an account with your information. DO NOT create an account with your guardian’s information!

1. If you already have a UC Scout account, click here to log in
2. If you do not have a UC Scout account, call Mr. Rodriguez at Tech Helpline number is 760-490-9823.
3. Save your login ID, password, secret question and answer in a safe location. You will need this to log in and if needed, reset your password.
4. Select the “Enrollment” tab then “Invitation Code”
5. Copy and paste the invitation code provided by your school and click “Look Up”
6. Click “Register Me” and follow the checkout steps
7. Once you register, it will take one hour before you can access the online classroom. If you attempt to log in before one hour, your attempt will be denied.

Math Pointers you should begin to understand:

P           Parenthesis  (Do all work in parenthesis first – in order)

E           Exponents

M/D      Multiplication/Division – in order from left to right (If multiplication comes first do it first – if division comes first do it first)

A/S       Addition/Subtraction – in order from left to right (if addition comes first do it first – if subtraction comes first do if first)

If you have a fraction problem – follow order of operation for the numerator first

                                                   then follow order of operation for the denominator

                                                   last – do the division problem

Mrs. Ratajesak’s Zoom Meeting Link
Math Help Click Here

LEARNING SYSTEMS FOR ICA 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR

Grades TK-5	ExactPath(Edmentum);  Stride
Grade 6	ExactPath(Edmentum);  Edmentum – ENG, HIS; SCI. MATH, SPAN Pathful – Career Readiness
Grades 7 & 8	ExactPath(Edmentum);  Edmentum – ENG, HIS; SCI. SPANUC SCOUT – MATH Pathful – Career Readiness
Grades 9-12	ExactPath(Edmentum);  Edmentum – Some electivesUC SCOUT – ALL Core ClassesPathful – Career Readiness

Tech Helpline number is 760-490-9823.
Mr. Rodriguez is our new Director of Technology.

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