Erie County Child Care Task Force Survey – Please help us to determine the possible need for services
Weekly GCS Meal Request for Students 2020-2021 – Must be submitted each Wednesday by noon for the following week.
COVID Employee, Visitor, and Student Questionnaire– Screening tool for school admittance.
COVID-19 Related
Gowanda Central will continue to share useful updates and resources related to COVID-19.
- Child Care Resource Network: https://wnychildren.
org/ - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): CDC Guidance for K-12 Schools;
- Erie County Department of Health: http://www2.erie.gov/health/index.php?q=coronavirus
- NYS Education Department: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/sss/schoolhealth/schoolhealthservices/coronavirus.html
- Cattaraugus County Department of Health: https://www.cattco.org/health
- New York State Department of Health (DOH): Coronavirus Health
Re-Opening Information
GCS Plan for Monitoring and Tracking Health Conditions & Testing
GCS Plan for Containment & Contact Tracing
New York State Education Department (NYSED): Guidance for P-12 Schools
Welcome Back To School Letter (7/31/20)
Re-opening update letter to Gowanda Central School District families (7/30/20)
Remote Instruction Assistance
Don’t have internet access?
Work Offline: Students can access most materials while at school or connected to the internet and set them to be available to work while not connected. Once connected again, they can sync new work. Students will be assisted with this process.
- Video tutorial for Chromebooks
- Work on Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides offline
- Student Chromebook Tips to Access Learning Materials Offline
Available Wifi:
Tech tutorials and helpful links can be found on Schoology.
STUDENT ACCOUNTS/LOGINS:
SCHOOLOGY:
Parent Access: Use a school provided code at www.schoology.com to access your child on your account. Contact your child’s teacher for child’s code.
Student Access: Use the App or gcsd.schoology.com.
- Student Username: year + first + last initial (ie., 33georgel)
- Student password: gcsd + lunch code (ie., gcsd1234)
GOOGLE CHROMEBOOK/GSuite:
- Student Usernames: first and lastname @gcslearn.org (ie., mickeymouse@gcslearn.org)
- Student Password: gcssd + lunch code (ie., gcsd1234)
DEVICE ASSISTANCE:
For damaged, missing components, or improperly working device contact:
- TechHelp@gcslearn.org or 532-3325 ext 6020.
RESOURCE ASSISTANCE:
Contact your child’s teacher for help opening or logging into posted materials.
Contact a Technology Integration Specialist at anytime:
- Candace Phillips- msphillips@gcslearn.org- ext6119
- Edward Bugenhagen – mrbugenhagen@gcslearn.org – ext6109
SCHOOLOGY TUTORIALS
STAY CONNECTED
COURSE MATERIALS
Erie County Virtual Learning Support Centers (LINK)
For Hybrid and In-Person Learners ONLY
PROJECT START DATE: Monday, October 5, 2020
PARTICIPATING PROVIDERS:
Southtowns Family YMCA
Location: 1620 Southwestern Boulevard,
West Seneca, NY 14224
Capacity: 30 students
YMCA Hoag Educational Center (Lake Shore District)
Location: 42 Sunset Boulevard,
Angola, NY 14006
Capacity: 30 students
Orchard Park Boys & Girls Club
Location: 25 S. Lincoln Avenue,
Orchard Park, NY 14127
Capacity: 60
Boys & Girls Club of Eden – Lake Shore
Location: Hoag Educational Center
(Lake Shore District), 42 Sunset Boulevard,
Angola, NY 14004
Capacity: 45
Boys & Girls Club of Eden – Lake Shore
Location: 8284 N. Main Street,
Eden, NY 14057
Capacity: 45
Elma Marilla Wales Boys & Girls Club
Location: 2080 Girdle Road,
Elma, NY 14059
Capacity: 40 students
Robin’s Nest Child Care Center
Location: 7432 Olean Road,
Holland, NY 14080
Capacity: 20 students
Gowanda Free Library
Location: 56 W. Main Street,
Gowanda, NY 14070
Capacity: TBD
Early Bird Child Care
Location: 243 W. Main Street,
Springville, NY 14141
Capacity: TBD
E2CCB CONTACT:
Pamela Belling
Phone: (716) 672-3178
Email: pbelling@e2ccb.org