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DA STEM Update (3/18/2020)

Dear DA STEM families,
Professors are at NCC this week are planning to transition their courses into being online for potentially the rest of the school year.  This will be challenging for them - especially in physics and chemistry where our students traditionally have labs.  Roger and I are engaged in ongoing conversations with the 4 DA professors about how to best deliver content to our cohorts.  The professors will be communicating their plan for how their courses will change soon.  In the meantime please do the following:
1.  Use this time to master/relearn any content you were struggling with before the shut down.  
2.  Parents please make sure your student knows how to log into D2L and their Normandale email account.  If they are struggling with this have them reach out to Roger.  It is going to be essential for them to have access to these resources since they may not have any face to face instruction for the rest of the semester.
3.  Talk as a family for how you will set up a learning environment for your student.  Most teenagers need a lot of supervision to stay focused.  Discuss whether your student should have their phone in another room while they do their homework, whether they should have any other windows open on their Chromebook, what time of day would be best for them to get their school work done.  This change to their learning environment will be challenging.

I want to encourage us to be patient with each other. This is a big change for us - as a program, as students, as teachers, as parents - and we will need to lean on each other (but from 6 feet away ).  Feel free to reach out to me and Roger if you have questions.  

Stay healthy,
Meredith
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