SMP School Board has voted to postpone the start of the 2020-21 school year. See district homepage for more information.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Elementary School: Virtual Learning Meeting for Parents
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Elementary School: Virtual Learning Meeting for Parents
From Ms. Hoffpauir:
In order to ensure our Norman children thrive within virtual learning, they will follow a normal instructional schedule.
Teachers will provide the students with a daily schedule since schedules vary from school to school.
For example, students may be instructed to complete an activity in a workbook or in their Class Notebooks in the Microsoft Teams app. The teacher will then set a time to meet back in the class to review the work. This type of cycle can be repeated numerous times throughout the lesson.
The students will get breaks between classes, have recess time, lunch time, bathroom breaks, and even a 40 – 45 minute break where they can do things around the house or outside to take the place of PE, library or art.
Teachers and students have a segment of the day for intervention and remediation time. During this time, assignments will be given and time will be provided so the teacher can schedule small group intervention or remediation with students. Students may be asked to read independently or to work on Zearn, if they are not working in a small group with the teacher.
Additionally, teachers will be available for office hours if parents and student have questions. Parents, you will be given more specific details and will be contacted one day next week with further instructions. We are just wanting to give you an example day for an elementary virtual student, so that you know what to expect. Thank you for your support and understanding! Take Care!
M.E. Norman Parents:
At the start of school for safety reasons, parents will not be able to enter the school building to walk their child/children to class and help with carrying school supplies as in the past.
In order to have a smooth beginning to the year, we will have designated school supply drop off dates and times. Supplies may be dropped off to the office on the following dates:
Please use the buzzer by the front door. We will maintain social distancing and mask requirements in order to have a safe drop-off process. Supply list are located on the Norman website and at Wal-Mart in Bayou Vista. Thank you for your support and understanding as we begin the new school year! Take Care!
The Fast ForWord program is an award-winning suite of software exercises that build brain fitness while simultaneously developing cognitive and academic skills. Because the software is web-based, it’s simple for students to use at home.
Your student will need a quiet environment free of distractions to help them stay focused. They’ll also need access to a computer that meets our requirements*, an internet connection, and headphones.
Your student’s school has already established a Fast ForWord schedule. Students should continue using Fast ForWord on the same schedule: 3 days per week, 30 minutes each day
To use the Fast ForWord program at home:
Important! If using iPad with iOS 13 or higher, please follow these steps before the student logs in:
Please note that technical support for the Fast ForWord program is being provided by St Mary Parish, Bridget Guillot and not by Scientific Learning:
What you can do to help your student successfully use the program:
*You can ask your student’s school for a copy of the technical requirements, if needed.
The school supply lists for M. E. Norman students for the 2020-2021 school year have been posted. To access the list you can go to the parent section of the Norman website and click on the tab for School Supply Lists. Then choose the grade level that your child is in. I am also listing the links here for each grade list.
These lists will help you to know what your child will need for the first day of school. Students may need to replace items throughout the year.
The Louisiana Department of Education, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is offering families assistance in purchasing food to help offset school meals missed during the COVID-19 closures. The emergency food benefit is available to ALL children who would normally receive free or reduced meals at school and to ALL students who attend a Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) school.
St. Mary Parish CEP schools include the following:
Therefore, a parent whose child attends any one of these schools is eligible to apply, as well as any parent whose child is eligible for free/reduced meals at Berwick High and Berwick Jr. High
This is an incredible opportunity for families to obtain assistance in a quick and easy process. The portal for applying opens on Monday, May 18th. Applications are due by June 8, 2020.
More information about the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program can be accessed through the state's digital flyer. The flyer includes links to the application portal and frequently-asked questions (FAQs) about the program.
Parents and students,
Here are the steps to help you log into Clever.com. Hopefully, these steps will help those that are having difficulty logging in. In addition to using clever to get to Zearn, Mrs. Thomas has asked me to share this information because students can now take AR test from home as well. Please contact your child's teacher if you do not have their log in information for clever.com. Don't forget the students can use the myOn app to have access to lots of good reading material. myOn link
Hi Parents,
I hope this message finds all of our students and their families healthy and well. Our students will have free access to the myON digital library and daily news articles they can access from home during the current COVID-19 school closure period.
This will help them continue reading and learning—and provide additional opportunities for them to explore topics they are interested in.
I have posted the link to the MyOn flyer below.
Take simple actions every day to help prevent the spread of respiratory viruses. See our flyer in Peachjar print it up, and post at home.
Welcome Back!
Staff: "We can do this. We are educators. We were born to make a difference." -Rita Pierson
Students: "I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind." -Neil Gaiman
Two important deadlines are quickly approaching for adding or changing your health coverage if you use one of the following options:
Gretchen Abraham from the FTC's Division of Consumer & Business Education has shared the following tips on the Federal Trade Commission's website to help you avoid being scammed:
For Medicare:
For Affordable Care Act:
See past postings at the SMP CyberSAFE archives page.
M. E. Norman Elementary School
900 Spruce St.
Morgan City, LA 70380
985-384-0877
985-385-0889
