Students should check their email regularly as this is a critical way for teachers and staff in the school to communicate with them under our current schedule.
One difficulty students may run into is wading through the many notifications that come in from Google Classroom. These notifications can be customized so that students only get the ones that are most useful to them. Here is an article from Google support with directions.
Parent and Guardian summaries for Google Classroom are also available once a teacher turns on this feature and sends you an invitation. Here is an article about how they work and what information they include.