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COMMUNICATIONS

The following communication vehicles are in place to help distribute information:

  • UMASD District Calendar of Events – available online at www.umasd.org.
  • High School (www.umasd.org/umahs) and District websites (www.umasd.org) – Updated regularly with current school information.
  • Viking Channel – School based announcements and programming on Comcast channel 28 and Verizon channel 32.
  • Morning BUZZ – Video school announcements 
  • Gmail Accounts – All students are issued a Gmail email account for official school business.
  • Schoology - Online platform for all courses and club activities
  • Remind - Available to all coaches for communication with student-athletes
  • HS Open House – An evening for parents to meet their child’s teachers in September of each school year.
  • HS Parent-Teacher Conferences – Up to three evenings of individual conferences held after marking period report cards are distributed.
  • Sapphire Notification System – Automated system used to distribute timely information to students and parents.
  • Interim Reports – Reports available online at the midpoint of each marking period for students who are failing or in danger of failing coursework.
  • Report Cards – Grade reports are issued 4 times per year.

When parents have questions about their children’s progress and day-to-day life at school, they may use the following steps:

  1. Make an appointment with the teacher to discuss concerns. If there are still concerns, they should....
  2. Make an appointment to discuss the situation with the school counselor. If there are still concerns, they should....
  3. Make an appointment to discuss the situation with the appropriate assistant principal. If there are still concerns, they should....
  4. Call the building principal.