Viking Update: March 2020

Census Day- April 1, 2020

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Need to Connect ?

NEED TO CONNECT?

Richland Two now offers outdoor

Wi-Fi zones!

Click the link to find a

location near you!

https://richland2.org/wifi

AP Classes and Review Youtube Live

Calling all AP students. Please take advantage of these sessions to help you get the scores you desire in a few weeks! WE ARE PULLING FOR YOU!

Important Prom Information

Prom 2020 has been rescheduled from May 2nd to May 16th.

Ticket information to come later.

Seniors Receive Graduation Caps & Gowns

Thanks to Jostens for helping us make the experience of picking up the cap and gown a reality for our seniors. It was so great seeing our students and their families. @RichlandTwo & @SV_Vikings made it happen. #CapAndGownDriveThru

Times and locations for Meal Distribution from March 30-April 3

Click here to find the location closest to your home.

SCHOOL SITES
Free meals (breakfast and lunch) for children up to age 18 will be distributed from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the following locations:

Bethel-Hanberry Elementary (new location starting March 23)
Bridge Creek Elementary
Dent Middle
Joseph Keels Elementary (We announced at the end of last week that this site would not be a meal site this week. However, it HAS been added back to the list.)
Killian Elementary
Longleaf Middle
LW Conder Elementary (new location starting March 23)
North Springs Elementary
Polo Road Elementary
Pontiac Elementary (new location starting March 23)
Rice Creek Elementary

Children do not have to attend one of these schools to receive free meals. Pick-up at these sites is open to all children ages 2-18 living in Richland Two attendance zones regardless of the families' free/reduced-price meal status.

COMMUNITY SITES
Free meals (breakfast and lunch) for children up to age 18 will be distributed at the following locations:

11:00-11:20 a.m. InTown Suites (Two Notch Road)
11:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m. Regency Mobile Park

11:00-11:20 a.m. Polo Estates
11:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m. Freeway Trailer Park

11:00-11:20 a.m. Spring Garden (formerly Hunters Way) Apartments
11:45 a.m.-12:05 pm. The Chimneys at Brookfield

11:00-11:20 a.m. Parklane Apartments
11:30-11:50 a.m. Brookside Crossing
12:00-12:20 p.m. Springtree Apartments
12:30-12:45 p.m. Greenbrier Apartments Building 8
12:45-1:00 p.m. Greenbrier Apartments Building 22

11:00-11:20 a.m. Spears Creek MHP (Hacienda)
11:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m. Charleswood Subdivision at the Jewish Community Center

Pick-up at these sites is open to all children ages 2-18 living in Richland Two attendance zones regardless of the families' free/reduced-price meal status.

Please click here if you have questions about accessing food and/or meal sites.

Minute Librarian with Ms. Bird

8 am - 10 pm Daily

Spanish Speaking Tutors Available from 2 pm to 10 pm

IT Support

Hello SVHS Families,

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we adjust to the changing circumstances.

As issues arise with your child’s device, teachers should be the primary and first points of contact for students who need assistance with instructional issues, or anything that they would normally assist with.

Work Orders Repairs during the Shutdown

IT staff will be onsite at Dent Middle, Longleaf Middle and Polo Road Elementary from 8am to 4pm daily to provide walk-in support for students who have damaged devices which need repair, or for limited general assistance.

If needing to pick-up a replacement device, the student must be present with a student ID or a photo ID such as a driver’s license that we can use to validate who the student is. The technicians do not know the students and parents, so it will be necessary to identify them. If the student doesn’t have an ID, we can look-up the parent by their photo ID, but that’s going to take more time, and technicians will need assistance to do that.

Technicians will have a limited supply of loaner devices from district stock (not from the local schools) which will be checked out in the 1TWO1 app to the student. The damaged device will be accepted, a ticket created by the technician, and the device will be transferred for repair as soon as possible. Once the original device is returned from repair, depending on whether the shutdown is still in effect, we will decide how to recover the loaner devices and return the originals.

If fees have to be applied for a work order

Damage, loss and theft policy applies as usual. Due to the nature of how loaners are being issued, the technicians will not negotiate or debate over fees. They will simply record what is reported by the user into a ticket, and the rest will be sorted out by the usual staff once normal activities resume.

Technicians will not be able to assist with specific software applications. They have no knowledge or administrative access to the software that schools use.

Parents and students may be directed to the three support locations, where someone should be operating the front office area generally, and the technicians may be found in these areas. Technicians will have dedicated phones so that TLCs may reach out to them if necessary, but technicians are not providing over the phone support to parents and students. The phone numbers are for TLC and IT use only.

Locations for Repair and Loaner Pick-up: Weekdays 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Dent Middle; Longleaf Middle; Polo Road Elementary

Teacher Office Hours

Alive at 25 Virtual Classroom

Alive at 25 virtual classroom courses are temporarily available. To sign up for an upcoming class, visit SNCSC.ORG. Live, virtual trainings are led and monitored by Alive at 25 instructors. Students must have access to the internet and a computer or tablet to participate. Student participation and engagement is required during the full class to receive a certification of completion.

Alive at 25 Information Flyer

SV # Monday Motivation

Spring Valley senior Tyler White thought he engaged in community service—until he saw the impact a concerted grassroots effort could make— and the effort it takes to make it happen. Click here to read the article on "The Columbia Star" about Tyler White's Seniors 4 Seniors program. We are proud of you Tyler!

Spring Valley #FeatureFriday

Congratulations to Spring Valley High School science teacher, Ms. Lindsey Rega. Ms. Rega has been selected as the South Carolina Academy of Science 2020 Teacher of the Year and the South Carolina Junior Science and Humanities Symposium 2020 Teacher of the Year. She also has been awarded from the SCAS as a co-recipient for excellence in Secondary Science and Mathematics Teaching.

Ms. Rega is being recognized for her inspiring teaching and mentoring performance and for creating a superlative learning environment. Her extraordinary efforts on behalf of her students, as well as outside the classroom and in the community, show her drive for excellent education. Congratulations Ms.Rega!

Silver Pen Scholarship Winner

Congratulations to Spring Valley senior Anika Nair, she is one of this year's recipients of the Silver Pen Award. Anika came in 2nd place receiving a $750 scholarship.

Counseling News

Do You Need Tutoring ?

If you are in need of tutoring for a subject fill out the Virtual Peer Tutor Request Form below. Once your form is received Mrs. Arling will email you with more information.

Virtual Peer Tutor Request Form

Minute Librarian with Ms. Bird

Our school library has thousands of digital books archived in the Sora App. Here is a tutorial for the platform.

These are newly-released titles and classic favorites.

We keep adding to the collection.

Check it out.

Student Tutorial

You can link the Richland 2 Library Collection

and

The Richland County Library Collection in this one App.