Dear Families,
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2021! We hope you had a great break and spent time resting, relaxing, and enjoying time with your family. We are excited for the new year and to see what great opportunities it provides for our students, staff, families and community!
As we wrap up the first semester and begin to plan for the second semester of school, we wanted to remind you to continue to check on how your children are feeling every morning. Most of the positive cases of COVID that we've seen have had very minor symptoms. Unfortunately, even with very minor symptoms, COVID can and does spread quickly. Keeping your child home from school if they demonstrate ANY symptoms helps us stay healthy and stay in school with face-to-face instruction.
Please take time to focus on how you and your family are feeling every morning. Most of our confirmed positive cases and reasons for close contact quarantine have been because of household or family contact. Is anyone in your household showing any of the following symptoms?
- New onset of cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, or fever (greater than 100.40 F) OR
- Two or more of the following: new or atypical headache, chills, new unexplained muscle pain, sore throat, recent sudden loss of sense of smell or taste, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, congestion, or runny nose
- Has a member of your family been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID recently?
If you answer yes to these questions for any members of your family, please contact your medical provider or schedule a COVID test at one of the many sites in the area. Please remember to remain at home until you get test results, are cleared by your medical provider, or all symptoms resolve without the use of medication.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to one of us for questions or concerns. We are available to assist and want to help answer any questions about COVID. It is often easier to provide additional information in advance of making decisions for you and your family than trying to do so after the situation becomes more of a challenge.
We are so pleased to be open and providing face-to-face learning opportunities for our students. We know that by working together, we can continue to provide in-person learning!
Best wishes for a Happy and Healthy 2021!
Carla Buboltz Scott Thompson Craig Haese
Caroline Mihalski Bob Caelwaerts Sarah Nelson
