OLL High School Communication

• The Office for Leading and Learning is hosting the second official #PascoStudentsSpeak event for all students. We are excited to invite all schools and students to showcase their speeches, projects, and positivity. The event will take place at the WCHS Performing Arts Center on Saturday, 4/2.
• The theme for this year is Contributing to a Better Society: The Future Depends on It
• • In secondary students can use the research from their History Project: Debate & Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences
• Each school’s representative to participate in the district #PascoStudentsSpeak must be submitted to the district no later than Friday, March 11, 2022. Additional details are forthcoming.
• This notebook includes general information about the event, as well as resources for teachers and students as they engage in preparing for this important work and showcasing it at the #PascoStudentsSpeak event.

The EGP Mock Exam window is 12/6-12/17. The window to print student answer sheets will begin on 11/29. The updated Mock Exam guidance will be reviewed with teachers on ERD (12/8). This is  good news since the teachers will be printing the student answer key to scan in and will only have to enter the cumulative score for Paper 1 and the cumulative score for Paper 2. See extended details for the updated Mock Exam Protocol/Information. Please reach out to @Cassie Rae Marie Hernandez with any questions.

As shared, language regarding the GRACE Program has been added to the 21-22 SPP. This guidance document was also developed to assist schools in planning for the program. It is important to read the SPP language first and use the guidance document as a companion to the policy language. Please reach out to Samantha Del Valle or Lynn Young with questions.

Celebrate #CSEverywhere with brand-new Hour of Code activities! 

From the depths of outer space to the devices in our hands, computer science impacts so many different subjects and fields. During Computer Science Education Week (December 6-12), we hope you’ll participate and join us in celebrating computer science everywhere. New tutorials shine a spotlight on how computer science might connect to part of your life. Here are some teacher reviewers’ favorite new tutorials:

Discover Python with Compute it from Toxicode
Let’s switch roles: This time, YOU are the computer! Read and interpret Python programs to find the right trajectory and win challenges. You’ll have to focus and use your intuitive abilities to understand some core concepts of Python.

Screen Saver from Blackbird
​​​​Radical! Learn how to use conditional statements to create a cool 90s style screensaver.

Code Your Self-Portrait from Code/Art
Program your own portrait using p5.js! Get creative with code by incorporating your favorite artistic styles and personal touches to create a true masterpiece. 

Visit hourofcode.com/learn to check out the entire list of activities. However you choose to participate, we can’t thank you enough for your effort and support! 

We are excited to announce the 12 Days of Tech-mas beginning on Thursday, December 2nd. We are asking everyone to tune in to watch a quick skit or screencast for all 12 days to learn some tips and tricks on how to navigate their Windows device. We will also have a drawing that you can enter at the end of each skit or screencast. Just access the QR code at the end of each one and fill out the questions to be entered. You may win a $25 gift card to Amazon, Starbucks, Walmart, or Dunkin’. If you watch all 12 videos you will be entered in a grand prize to win $100 Visa card!

To view these, please log into myPascoConnect each day. You will see an announcement and instructions on what to do. Please check out this flyer for more information. We hope that these bring you joy and some helpful tips for your new device.

Please note that on the 6th Day of Tech-mas a needs assessment survey will be sent out. We encourage all staff to fill this out. We want to hear what you want to learn more about, and your needs will help drive our professional development offerings for the second semester as well as summer learning opportunities.

If you have any questions, please email Charlotte Kralik.

The Commissioner’s Academic Challenge (CAC) is a statewide high school tournament inaugurated in 1986. Students enrolled in grades 9-12 during the 2021-2022 school year are eligible to be on a district team with each district represented by one team consisting of a coach and six students. Districts are placed in three divisions based on overall student population. A maximum of six teams may compete in one competition round. Teams are asked questions from the areas of language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, the fine arts, world languages (French and Spanish), physical education, health and technology. The questions are written by educators from high schools throughout the state. This year’s CAC will take place in Spring 2022.

If your high school in interested forming a team to compete to be the Pasco County Schools representative at the 2022 CAC, please complete this form.

Please contact Tonia Shook with questions.

Participants will learn how the standards provide a roadmap to high quality instruction. The Canvas/myLearning will guide secondary participants through constructing knowledge of the Florida’s B.E.S.T. ELA Standards, deepening their understanding of The Opportunity Myth, and developing deep expertise in The Science of Reading connected to high quality instructional materials utilized with students.

Course 4119 open through April 29^th. Sign up here!

Florida is once again participating in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Vocational Program Scholarship (CBYX). This scholarship provides an opportunity for 25 graduating high school seniors from across the United States to spend one year in Germany learning the German language and culture and exploring their career interests.

This unique program allows graduating high school seniors to spend their gap year in Germany living with a host family, participating in a school or training program, and getting hands-on work experience through an internship with a German company. Each high school in the state of Florida may nominate up to three (3) students. Although previous study of German is advantageous, it is not a prerequisite for scholarship selection.

Completed applications must be submitted via email to CBYX@nacelopendoor.org no later than January 15, 2022.  Please share this information with school counselors and 12^th grade students.  We would also appreciate if you can let us know the names of the students you will be nominating for this scholarship. 

For additional information, please contact Alexia Martinez at ajmartin@pasco.k12.fl.us or (813)794-2319.