Bobcat Bulletin 4/16/21

 

School News:

This week's HUUSD bulletin 

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!

• Share photos of your creations with us via email at fhp@cvoeo.org and post to www.facebook.com/HeARTandHomeVT

• Join the April 21 all-ages “Home Then & Home Now” Art Workshop (4:30-6pm via Zoom)

• Join the April 29 HeART & Home Artist Reception to share your art creations and reflections (5:30-7pm via Zoom)

Visit https://fairhousingmonthvt.org/community-art-project for more information.

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