Day: September 2, 2024

Dear Secondary teachers,

Teachers DO NOT NEED to take attendance for students taking the MAP test in Block 1, 2, 4, 5.  For 1st period, the proctors will let Attendance@nanjing-school.com know who is away.

Please DO take attendance during the 3rd block. For more information about student testing, please review the Secondary MAP schedule here.

Thank you for your support and flexibility during MAP testing.

Dear all Staff,

This is a friendly message to inform everyone that many departments in the school have been moving towards Teams as a way to organize and to communicate with each other.  To ensure that no one is unintentionally left out, we wanted to notify everyone of this move.  With this in mind, we would like to suggest that you either open Teams in your browser or the App on your computer everyday. In this way you will be a part of the amazing communications taking place in this fantastic application!

We understand that using a new application can, at first, seem daunting and possibly confusing, so we wanted to share some tips to make the experience better.

Here are the main best practices for managing notifications in Microsoft Teams:

• Follow Relevant Chats and Channels: Only follow or pin chats and channels that are important, and mute or leave those that aren’t.
• Set Your Status to Focus: Use “Busy” or “Do not disturb” to manage expectations and minimize interruptions.
• Customize Notification Settings: Adjust notifications for specific activities (e.g., mentions, messages, meetings) to match your preferences.
• Use Banner and Email Notifications Wisely: Enable only critical banner notifications and consider turning off email notifications if you mostly use Teams.

For more details on how to do these things, visit Microsoft’s support page.

If you would like to learn more about managing notifications on your MacBook this will help.

You can also come to the IT department on either floor of the HUB for support.

Pro Tip!

The best way to stay connected at school is to have Teams on all our devices. (not mandatory at all, but extremely helpful ).

Thanks for reading!