Exploring the Greenwood School District 50 Web Page

The Quick Information Menu

The Quick Information Menu changes from time to time; however, its purpose is to provide instant access to information that is requested or needed fairly frequently. The following items are representative of the menu items you will find here:

SASIxp Help Files	For schools; information about using the school management and record keeping software (SASIxp); includes local help files and links to the State Department of Education and other districts.
WebMail	GroupWise email system for teachers and other district employees.
GroupWise Help	Email system help files for teachers and other district employees.
School Enrollment Data	Demographic profiles of schools, including enrollment by grade, by race, and by lunch status.
School/District Report Cards	Links to current and previous years’ school and district report cards.
School/District AYP Results	Links to current and previous years’ school and district AYP results under No Child Left Behind.
Immunization Requirements	In English and Spanish; information about immunizations and shots required before enrolling in school; includes information about immunizations required for each grade level.
Weather Procedures	Detailed information about district procedures in the event of weather-related closings, dismissals, and delayed openings; includes links to the current weather bulletin and to the Weather Channel website for Greenwood area weather.

The Main Site Menu

The Main Site Menu provides instant access to other web pages on the District 50 website. The following items describe the kinds of things you will find on the linked pages:

Schools	Links to individual school web pages.
Trustees	Link to information about the Board of Trustees, including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, seat numbers, and photos.
Services	Links to web pages for the Board of Trustees, the Superintendent, and each of the departments and offices that provide services to schools.
Who to Contact	List of contact persons, phone numbers, and email addresses; sorted by job and service.
Information Center	Links to information and resources for students, parents, teachers, administrators, community members, businesses, and others; there are links to special reports on education-related topics, teachers of the year, and directions for getting to District 50 from any point in the known universe; other links include resources for specific groups (for example, the link for teachers goes to a comprehensive menu with additional links to lesson plans, research resources, computer virus information, and much more.
Other Links	Links to reference resources (encyclopedias, etc.), Greenwood city and county web pages, the S.C. home page, educational agencies, special projects and resources (like the Hunley website), and other links; this page includes a link to all the major search engines and links to the major media and news websites for our area.
Monthly Calendars	Links to each school’s monthly calendar of events.
Lunch Menus	Links to each month’s lunch menus.
Weather Alerts	If school is cancelled, delayed, or dismissed early because of weather, this link will have the most recent information; if school is cancelled or delayed, this web page will be updated by 6:00 am that morning; if school is dismissed early, this page will be updated as soon as the decision is made; all information is date-and-time stamped to ensure that the information is current; there is a link to the District’s weather procedures.
Email Us	Click here to send an email to District 50 about any topic or concern.
Email Directory	Email directory for teachers and other district employees.
Web Archives	This link goes to a list of web pages that contain stories and information from previous months and years on the District 50 website; stories and information go back to December, 1998 (the date our website opened).
Privacy Policy	This link describes District 50’s policy regarding the privacy rights of visitors to our website; there is a link to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.

The Reference Menu

The Reference Menu provides instant access resources needed by students, teachers, employees, teacher applicants, and others. The following items describe the kinds of reference resources you will find from this menu:

Get Latest Virus Info	Link to Symantec’s list of current virus and worm threats.
School Year Calendars	Links to all active school year calendars, including the current year and others that have been approved for following year(s).
School Hours and Contacts	Schools, principals’ names, and contact information, including addresses and phone numbers.
Attendance Zone Maps	Links to elementary, middle, and high school attendance zone maps and other zoning information.
Emergency Procedures	Link to the current district emergency procedures plan.
Board Meetings, Agendas, Minutes	Links to summaries of Board meetings, back through the 1997-1998 school year.
Board Policies and Revisions	Links to complete policies and proposed revisions.
Strategic Planning	Links to the current strategic planning documents.
Students Rights/Responsibilities	Current edition of the Students’ Rights and Responsibilities handbook; provided as a resource for students and parents.
Staff Development Calendar	Link to the current month’s staff development calendar, which includes all district- and school-based activities.

Other Links

The following links can be accessed from the District 50 web pages. These represent only a few of the many resources available from links on District 50 web pages:

Information Center	For Parents and the Community	For Parents: S.C. Curriculum Standards: links to the State’s curriculum standards for all subjects in all grades K-12.
Information Center	For Students	Reference Library: links to every online newspaper in the world, Encyclopedia Britannica, Information Please Almanac, Web of Online Dictionaries (for every language in the world), World Fact Book (from the CIA), and more.
Information Center	For Teachers and Staff	More than 50 links to resources for teachers, including Educator Announcements from the State, Franklin Institute Educational Hotlists (all subjects and grade levels), Lesson Plans for Teachers, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, State and District Testing Results, and more.
Other Links	Media and News	Links to the Greenwood Index-Journal, the Greenville News, The State, and newspapers in Anderson, Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Raleigh, and Atlanta; links to every online newspaper in the world; links to TV news in Greenville, Spartanburg, Charleston, Columbia, and Asheville; also CNN and SCETV.
Other Links	Search Engines	Includes Yahooligans and Ask Jeeves for Kids; also Ask Jeeves, Excite, InfoSeek, Lycos, Webcrawler, Yahoo, AltaVista, Dog Pile, Hotbot, SearchIQ, Switchboard, and more.
Other Links	Special Projects	Special projects about The Hunley, Francis Marion, Summer Sites 2000, Tornado Season, Election Year 2000, Flu Season, Hurricane Season, Calendar Information, Education Links, and more.

Resources for Students, Teachers, Administrators, Parents, and the Community