Saturday, April 17, 2021

Bobcat Bulletin 4/16/21

 


School News:



I Heart Art







Notes from the Health Office 

Travel:

  • Staying home is still the best way to protect yourself and others from getting sick.  You should not travel if you are sick or have been around someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
  • We encourage you to review the Vermont Department of Health Travel guidance. International travel guidance does not follow the same protocol. If you plan to travel internationally, please contact your school nurse in advance of travel. 
  • Any  Vermonter who is not fully vaccinated (two weeks beyond their last dose of COVID-19 vaccine) must test within 3 days of return to the state.
  • You are expected to notify the school nurse in your building or the HUUSD COVID Coordinator (583-8027) if your test results come back positive.   
  • If you travel, consider ways to reduce your risk.  
    • Continue to wear masks.
    • Maintain 6 feet of space between you and others.
    • Avoid crowded places. 
    • Be sure to wash your hands routinely or use hand sanitizer if soap and water is unavailable. 
    • Consider takeout when possible and engage in outdoor activities.  

At Home Screenings:

  • All families and/or students will be expected to screen their children at home prior to sending them to school. 
  • Elementary schools will continue to use Pick Up Patrol.  CBMS will use a student form linked in Friday’s Cougar Comments and HUMHS students will continue to use their online google form. Screening will consist of the following questions:
  • Have you been in close contact with a person with COVID 19 in the last 14 days?
  • Have you felt unwell with any of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, chills, fatigue, muscle pain or body aches, headache, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, congestion or runny nose, nausea, vomiting. or diarrhea?
  • Do you have a temperature of 100.4F or higher?
  • If you are in need of a working thermometer for your home, please reach out to your child’s school nurse.  Families will be expected to complete the screening prior to sending children to school.  

In School Protocols:

  • Students are expected to stay home when sick.  If you have any symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home.  You may touch base with your school nurse for guidance on return to school.  Please complete the absence form located on your school’s website.
  • Students will continue to follow protocols such as masking (at least double layered) and hand washing. Physical distancing will be maintained according to the most recent Strong and Healthy Year Guidance.  Grades 7-12 will be spaced 6 feet apart while eating.
  • Household quarantine: If you or someone in your household is a close contact or is symptomatic and being tested for COVID-19, siblings and HUUSD staff can now attend school.  We ask that you follow quarantine practices in your home if you choose to send your other children to school.  If you are unable to maintain these quarantine practices, it may be best to keep your other children at home. 
  • Anyone who is a close contact of someone who has tested positive must remain home for the duration of their quarantine. 

ECO this week: 

What a surprise to have a SNOWY ECO day the day before the April break.  The Moretown Pines Preschool group slid down the back hill on their bellies, caught snow flakes on their tongues and built snow animals.  They also talked a little bit about why they love ECO on the surprise snowy day!





PTO News

A HUGE THANK YOU to the PTO for treating teachers and staff to some delicious pastries from Red Hen on Thursday.  What a wonderful treat this week!!

Also, the PTO met this past week to review regular business.  They will meet again in May.

Community News/Opportunities

Please note that the opportunities/events listed below are not specifically endorsed or screened by school staff. As always, families should use their own standards and review processes to determine appropriate activities.


Harwood Youth Lacrosse K-2 Fiddlesticks:

The K-2 Fiddlesticks program is open to all students in grades K-2.  The program will run on Wednesdays (4:30-5:30) and Saturdays (9:30-10:30) at Crossett Brook Middle School during the month of May (excluding Memorial Day weekend).  There will be 8 sessions beginning on May 1st and we will focus on helping players get comfortable with a lacrosse stick through fun, low-stakes activities and games.  

This program is FREE to all participants, but we are asking participants to bring their own lacrosse stick (Waterbury Sports is a good place to start your search for a fiddlestick).  We do have loaner sticks available if you are unable to provide your own.  Please reach out to Curtis Taylor, curtis3@gmail.com, with any question you may have. Sign up at this link:  https://forms.gle/qydjDvXewaFaMZSu7


Community Pantry

Everyone is welcome. The MRV Community Pantry serves our neighbors by providing healthy staples to supplement budgets and sustain wellbeing. Come in for beef, pork, chicken and fish as well as fresh veggies. We've got ready to heat frozen meals from Open Hearth, breads, bagels and more.

Visit us at the back of Evergreen Apartments on Rte. 100 in Waitsfield.
Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesdays, from 4 to 6 p.m
Covid safety precautions are taken. Masks required. Screening and hand sanitizer as you enter.

Please note that we respect your privacy. You needn't give your name, your can pick up for a neighbor, we can deliver.

Advanced ordering available, call 9 am-1 pm the day before pickup.
Delivery available, call 48 hours in advance. 496-8853.
Visit our website: https://www.mrvcommunitypantry.org
Check out our new community board that lists available state and local resources.

The Community Pantry is operated by the MRV Interfaith Council.
Please make donations to "MRV Interfaith Council" and mail to P O Box 342, Waitsfield, VT 05673. Thank you to our dedicated volunteers and to our generous funding partners and donors.


Free Art Kits at the Library for Heart & Home Community Art Project
As part of fair housing month, CVOEO and the Department of Libraries are inviting artists of all ages to share what home and/or inclusive community means to you. Using the free materials and art prompts provided in the kit available for pickup at the Moretown Library, we encourage you to use your creative process to reflect on inclusive housing, and its impact on how communities thrive. Fill out a curbside request form and pickup your free art kit while supplies last!



On Thursday, April 29 from 6:00- 7:30 PM students from the Dialogues on Race class  will be hosting a Community Dialogue  open to everyone in the HUUSD. The timely and important question that these students are inviting YOU to consider is the following:

What should students, teachers, and community members do to acknowledge and confront individual and systemic racism in our schools and community? 

The dialogue  has been planned by and will be facilitated by  students.

To register for this event-please click here.  Please share this widely! We hope to see you there!

Harwood teachers and students in the Dialogues on Race class.





School Board Updates

Posted by at No comments:

Saturday, April 10, 2021

Bobcat Bulletin April 7, 2021

 


School News:

Remember, if your child is going to be absent from school please fill out the absent form.  You don't even have to call us this year.  The form can be found at the top of this blog, and also at the bottom of the school website under the heading Parents: I want to: Report my child as absent.  Most likely we will call you to follow up on any illness based absences

One more reminder: School is open at 7:20 this year, and class starts at 7:40.  Students who arrive after 7:40 are marked tardy.  Dismissal starts at 2:25.  I completely understand there is sometimes a line up of cars at 2:25.  Please plan to be at school by 2:30 to pick up your children.




Library Happenings: New Arrivals!!




I Heart Art: Look at these delicious pastries made of clay!!








Notes from the Health Office 
    TICKS- Please check the Nurse's site about tick safety.  We spend a good amount of time everyday, and ticks are out.  Our teachers and ECO instructors have taught the students how to check themselves, but we ask parents and families to check too!  Here's another link as well: https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/HS_ID_TickBooklet.FINAL_.pdf


ECO this week:

April 9, 2021


Fifth and sixth graders have spent some amazing time outside during ECO over the past month.   We’ve been engaged in a variety of exciting activities.  Some of which include listening for and identifying birds, searching for evidence of creatures who live in the woods, building and replacing birdhouses, exploring the stream, and calculating tree age. We’ve even put up a birdhouse built by a  Moretown School  graduate!  We look forward to watching birds find  their new homes in the coming weeks!








From the Vermont Department of Health:

If you have any symptoms, stay home and get tested for COVID-19
Interviews with people who have COVID-19 indicate that some assumed they had a cold or a sinus infection, instead of first thinking they might have COVID-19. The COVID-19 virus is still circulating in our communities, and the only way to know if you have it is to get tested. 
 
Remember that symptoms can sometimes be mild, such as a headache, cough, fatigue or a runny nose. So, if you have even just one of these symptoms, it’s best to get tested. It’s also important to avoid going to work, school or other places until you receive a negative result. COVID-19 is a highly transmissible virus, and this is how we can each protect our loved ones and our communities. 
 
If you have symptoms, talk to your health care provider. They can refer you for testing. 
 
Testing is also important even if you don’t have symptoms, since you can still have COVID-19 and not feel sick. If you don’t have symptoms and want to get tested, there are many test sites now available around the state.

It’s free and easy! Watch a video about what to expect.
Find testing sites

PTO News


Upcoming PTO meeting April 13 via zoom!  

Community News/Opportunities

Please note that the opportunities/events listed below are not specifically endorsed or screened by school staff. As always, families should use their own standards and review processes to determine appropriate activities.

As a community resource, WES has once again put together (through the time and energy of Kathi Orr and Eric Mongeon) a listing of some of the summer camps we are aware of in our area. This camp directory can be found on the WES website as a quick link (see the green box on the side) or viewed directly here. 


If you are interested in a summer camp experience for your child but funding presents a challenge, please let me know. All communication is confidential. There are a few resources, including the Mad River Community Fund, available to support these important experiences for kids.

Please let me know if you have suggestions for camps to be added to this site.  There are many more camps, including many overnight camps, in Vermont. This guide shares ones we are aware of in our general area. For a broader listing of camps throughout VT, we suggest this camp guide from Kids VT;



Registration Open for Farm and River Camps in Moretown

Come enjoy the river, creeks, field and farm at Living Tree Alliance: an educational farm center in the Mad River Valley

Watershed Wanderings July 19-23 Ages: 11 – 14; 9am-3pm
Join award-winning artist, Lauren Rosenthal McManus, for a week dedicated to art and science in the Mad River Watershed. Learn to make crayons and paint from local rocks and soil, print with botanical materials, and collaborate in the creation of an ecological map of your home basin, while spending the afternoons swimming in the river.
Register for camp at  :Watershed Wanderings Camp

Farm and River Exploration Camp – August 9 – 13; Ages 6-10 years old
Spend the morning on the farm in the garden, with the farm animals, and playing games in the field. Cool off in the afternoon adventuring in the forest and at our epic Mad River swimming hole. Campfires, song, crafts, friends and more.
Register : farm and river camp





HUUSD families,


After a year off, Warren Summer Camp is BACK and thrilled to be accepting registrations for Summer 2021! We invite all incoming kindergarteners through outgoing 6th graders to join us for a summer of fun! 


Camp will run from 9-2:30 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, for the dates of June 22-24, June 29-July 1, July 6-8, and July 13-15. 


Space at camp will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis, and discounted “early bird” tuition pricing is available until May 1. Be sure to let us know you’re coming and register early!

For more information on our program, please check out our website here or contact either of our co-directors at ahall@huusd.org and jesskiknoop@gmail.com. You can access our registration form here. Hope to see you this summer! 

Jessica Knoop and Ashley Hall



Posted by at No comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)