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(from the Curriculum Department)

Welcome back! As you prepare for the start of the school year, there are many digital materials that need to be set up for your students. There are also a number of changes and updates that have occurred in our resources over the summer months.

CurTech93’s Getting the Year Started page has been created to help you navigate these tasks and changes. You will find information that helps you to:

  1. Create classes in your online resources
  2. Add students to your online resources
  3. Access digital books
  4. Add additional grade level materials to your online resources (different grade levels)
  5. Find updates from summer curriculum committee work
    1. ELA
    2. Middle School Humanities
    3. Middle School Math
  6. Review the list of CORE APPS available for your grade level, PS-2nd grade
  7. Locate the Problem Based Learning resources for the beginning of the school year
  8. Set up and utilize Google Drive with all students

If you have questions about any of these resources, feel free to contact Jonathan Zimmermann (zimmerj@ccsd93.com), Karen Ladendorf (ladendk@ccsd93.com ), or Becky Kline (bkline@ccsd93.com ).


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