Week-02 (08/29/2021) – Circular

We hope this email finds you and your family healthy and safe. Please read this email in its entirety since it contains lots of important information.

Welcome to week-2 of the 2021-22 academic year. School registration is closed and new registrations need Principal approval. Full calendar is available on the school information page.

Upcoming important dates:

Sep 05 2021:       Holiday – Labor day

Sep 19 2021:       Test -1/project (applicable only to Adv. KG, Grades 2 to 8)

Class assembly performance:

Sep 12 2021:       Grade 8, section A

Sep 26 2021:       Grade 7, section A

Oct 03 2021:        Grade 7, section B

Library pick-up/drop-off:

It’s been more than a year since we had our library open. We are working to bring the student’s favorite library back. Given the circumstances, once a month, we are planning to have the library open for an hour at a public park (most likely at Amos P. Catlin Park, Folsom, CA) to pick-up and drop-off the books. The first such hour was supposed to be Aug 28th. However, due to very unhealthy air quality, it’s now postponed to Sep 11th.

School wide Parent’s Orientation:

All Parents are encouraged to join the school wide Parent’s orientation to learn more about the new changes and expectations. See meeting details below. Separate calendar invite was also sent to the parents.

Sacramento Tamil Academy: Parent Orientation

Sunday, August 29 · 2:00 – 3:30pm

Google meet link: https://meet.google.com/yuu-jbmu-qkc

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 601-522-7146 PIN: ‪442 393 783#

Instruction method: Classes will be conducted through Google classroom & meet. All new students by now should have received and activated their sactamilacademy Google workspace logins. If not, please reach out to their teachers and/or principal(s). For security reasons, all students & teachers must join or access the content and meeting ONLY through the authorized sactamilacademy.org Google workspace. Since this facility allows each student to have a full google account, Parents are responsible to monitor their child’s activities, progress, & assignments.

Assembly: School will start with a virtual assembly at 9:45 AM. After assembly, students are required to join their individual classroom sessions conducted by their respective teachers.

Parents eager to join the assembly session can use the following video call link: https://meet.google.com/usx-kpcm-eac. Teachers/Students should have a separate invitation to join the assembly as live stream participants.

Books for current year:

Grades Preschool 1 to Grade IV: Book distribution is closed. Please reach out to the school principal if you have not received the text books. There are few students yet to receive story books and we are hoping to distribute them along with grades V-VIII.

Grades V – VIII: Books are available online for now as shipment from Singapore is delayed due to CoVID-19 shipment restrictions. We request Parents to help their kids access the online books through parent login.

To access the books, login to your ITA/CTA account, select Parent Access, Child Resources Info and click on the book icon below the ITA textbook header. This should give the list of books for your child. Click on the book from the list and make sure pop-ups are not blocked. This should open up the book. Physical textbooks are expected to be distributed by late September/early October. Expect further communication in that regard.

Attendance: Attendance will be noted by the teachers during the live classroom session (weekly Sunday 10-11:30 AM).

For all other technical support and/or questions, please reach out to administration team below:

https://storyweaver.org.in/stories?language=Tamil&sort=RatingsOnline Tamil library resources:

https://www.tamilpalli.com

Educational/Informational links:

https://www.palagutamil.in