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      <title>Welcome to MNVA Guide by MNVA Support Team</title>
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      <description>We would like to extend a very warm welcome to your family!  We are excited to get to know you and work with you this school year.  Please take your time reading and completing the items in this welcome guide.</description>
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      <pubDate>2025-04-08 20:06:40 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>What do I need to do before the first day of school?</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Following completion of the student enrollment process, the Learning Coach will receive communication from <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:K12-confirmation@k12.com">K12-confirmation@k12.com</a> confirming the student’s enrollment and start date.</p><p><br/></p><p>Additionally, the Learning Coach will receive an email from <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:registration@k12.com">registration@k12.com</a> .&nbsp;</p><p><br/></p><p>With the information from the email, the Learning Coach may set up the Learning Coach and Student accounts.  Please click on the link below for video instructions on how to set up the accounts.</p><p><br/></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.help.k12.com/s/article/Setting-Up-Your-Accounts">Set Up Your Learning Coach and Student Accounts</a></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-08 20:11:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Don&#39;t forget to update your student&#39;s time zone in the student account!</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Before school starts, please make sure your student's account is set to Central Standard Time.  </p><p><br></p><p>Click on the link below for more instructions on how to do this.  <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.help.k12.com/s/article/How-to-Update-the-Time-Zone-in-the-Online-School-and-on-Your-Computer">Updating Student Time Zone Link</a></p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-08 20:12:57 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Do we need a computer before school starts?</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>All students need a computer &amp; internet access beginning the first day of school and be logged into their student account at 8:00 a.m.</strong></p><ul><li><p>Cell Phones and iPads/Tablets are not recommended as they are not compatible with our platform and will make it difficult to attend class and complete school work.</p></li><li><p>Our platforms work best using the Google Chrome browser. School computers should have this already installed, but it may need to be set to be the default browser.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95346?hl=en&amp;co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop">Download and Install Google Chrome browser</a></p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95417?hl=en&amp;co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop#zippy=%2Cwindows">Make the Google Chrome browser the default browser</a></p></li><li><p>If you have requested a school computer, you will receive it and printer <strong>prior to the first day of school</strong>.</p></li><li><p><strong>If you did not request a computer and would like one, please click this link to see how:&nbsp;</strong></p></li></ul><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.help.k12.com/s/article/Request-Computer-After-Declining-Video"><strong>Requesting a School Computer</strong></a></p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-08 20:25:10 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Does my student have an MNVA email account?</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Yes, all students are assigned an MNVA email account and should access it at least one week before their first day of school.</p><p><br></p><p>They can access their MNVA email by logging into the k12 student account:  <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://login.k12.com/">https://login.k12.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Please note that your student's designated MNVA email account can only be accessed through their student account.&nbsp;<br></p><ol><li><p><strong>Student enters account information (username and password) created by learning coach.</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>Please note that password information can only be changed by the learning coach.&nbsp;</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>No one at MNVA or k12 can view or change either the student or the learning coach passwords.&nbsp;</strong></p></li></ol></li><li><p><strong>From the student's home screen, click on the envelope icon in the upper right corner of the screen and select Inbox.</strong></p></li></ol><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.help.k12.com/s/article/OLS-Account-User-Name-or-Password-Retrieval">How to Retrieve Forgotten Online School Username or Password</a></p><p><br></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.help.k12.com/s/article/Learning-Coach-Update-Student-s-Username-and-or-Password">Updating a Student's Username and/or Password</a></p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-08 20:27:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Where does my student find their classes and schedule?</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>Check the<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y0yF2RjZRf426jYzH6uIfHpZo155CVAm/view?usp=sharing"> linked document </a>to find your student's classes for this school year.&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>Keep in mind, the detailed class schedule won't show up in OLS/D2L (where the classes and lessons are) until we're closer to the school start date, possibly not even until the end of the first week.&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>To get a list of your student's classes, use the linked job aid.&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>High schoolers, if you think there's a mix-up in your assigned classes, feel free to reach out to your counselor (see contact info below).</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-09 13:46:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>High School Student Elective Classes</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>As you and your high school student prepare to start at Minnesota Virtual Academy (MNVA), here is some key info:</strong></p><ul><li><p>We will review your student's previous school transcripts to figure out your credits for graduation.</p></li><li><p>Our <strong>Academic Placement Team</strong> will create a schedule based on MNVA requirements and your student's earned credits.</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Please click on the links below to view two important attachments:</strong></p><ul><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o5fXvYCly-5fwA_sMQAF2_o6mjc3whtn/view?usp=sharing">2024-2025 Spring Electives (one page summary of available classes)</a></p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XnwDYwGNqKKVgo6mRFPVyx6EWSzT-9M4/view?usp=sharing">2024-2025 Registration Guide (in depth class information)</a></p></li></ul><p><br></p><p>A k12 placement counselor will call you and your student a week or so before your school start date - it is important to not miss this phone call.</p><ul><li><p>When he or she calls, the student should tell him which electives they are interested in and ask questions.</p></li><li><p>After this, the course schedule will be finalized.</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-09 14:42:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Please take a moment to watch a short welcome video from your Student &amp; Family Advisors.</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Click the link below to watch Mandy Moburg's video:</strong></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://go.screenpal.com/watch/c0lVoHVmqmc">https://go.screenpal.com/watch/c0lVoHVmqmc</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Click the link below to watch Kris Nitti's video:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-09 14:46:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Have questions about Materials or Computer shipments?  Need help with creating your Learning Coach and student accounts?</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>k12 Customer Service is available to help!</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Please call 1-866-512-2273 and use this guide to help you choose the right option.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-09 14:52:15 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Get to know us and share a little about your family!</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Click the link below to get to know Mrs. Moburg, Student &amp; Family Advisor for last names A-K.</p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://secure.smore.com/n/neq50">https://secure.smore.com/n/neq50</a></p><p><br></p><p>Click the link below to get to know Mrs. Nitti, Student &amp; Family Advisor for last names L-Z.</p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://secure.smore.com/n/q92hz">https://secure.smore.com/n/q92hz</a></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-09 15:00:15 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Missing Materials?</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>There may be some materials that have not arrived yet, as a few of our families may have backordered materials. It won't be too long, but what do you do for now?</p><p><br></p><p>Look ONLINE in the lessons, and you'll find that most lessons will have a digital version of what you need. You may print this out, but you may not need to! Depending on the content, it may be easily converted to a writing or whiteboard task, or done verbally per the lesson directions.</p><p><br></p><p>Keep an eye on shipping and tracking, and if your student is in grades K-2, use the resources below to help you.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-14 18:47:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Engagli Information</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Coming soon!</strong></p><ul><li><p>Setting up mic and webcam</p></li><li><p>Engagli Support Center</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-14 18:50:01 UTC</pubDate>
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