SIGSBEE SCOOP
respect, responsibility, resilience
September 27- October 1
Monday, September 27
Adobe Photoshop Course begins 3-4 PM (8th graders)
Breakfast: Granola bar with muffin, fruit, juice, and milk
Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich, fresh broccoli with ranch, fruit, juice, and milk
Tuesday, September 28
Breakfast: Cereal with Graham crackers, fruit, juice, and milk
Lunch: Taco stick, chips n' salsa, fruit, juice, and milk
Wednesday, September 29
Elementary Parent-Teacher Conferences
Early Out/Enrichment Day (noon and 2 PM dismissal)
Breakfast: Bagel with cream cheese, fruit, juice, and milk
Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwich, bag o' chips, cucumber slices with ranch, fruit, juice, and milk
Thursday, September 30
Breakfast: Cereal bar with muffin, fruit, juice, and milk
Lunch: PB&J, string cheese, goldfish crackers, carrot sticks with ranch, fruit, juice, and milk
Friday, October 1
Kindergarten PURPLE Day
Breakfast: Banana bread, fruit, juice, and milk
Lunch: Pizza, potato smiles, fruit, juice, and milk
APPRECIATING OUR CLEANING CREW
Obviously, this behavior is unacceptable, concerning and disgusting. So, in true Sigsbee Spirit, we are turning this around. We are giving students an opportunity to do something positive to appreciate our Cleaning Crew this week. There will be boxes outside the office for children to add drawings, letters, cards or tokens of appreciation for our maintenance crew (Mr. G and Mr. Mortenson) and our evening cleaning crew (approximately 5 individuals). The donations will be delivered daily through Friday. Please consider showing your appreciation for our amazing group; they have been working so hard with extra protocols in place to keep our facility sanitized and safe.
Here are some fun facts about our two full time staff members:
Mr. G not only takes care of the facility, he does all of our landscaping and has transformed our campus into a flowering green space. He always asks to run his Ukelele enrichment class in ADDITION to everything else he has to do AND he serves as our incredibly popular Sigsbee Elf-on-a-Shelf in December.
Mr. Mortenson was formerly a Police Chief and responds immediately any time we have a concern on campus. He serves on our school's safety team and is an incredible role model to many of our students, offering guidance when they are upset. Mr. Mortenson ALSO runs our basketball elective, helps supervise student groups and supports our basketball team. You can usually find him up in the bleachers at all the games. Students love his CSI presentations during middle school elective.
When students engage in this reckless behavior, they are sending a message that these individuals are not appreciated for all they do. Please talk to your students and make sure they are not following this challenge. It is definitely NOT a part of the culture we created.
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
We are entering Parent-Teacher Conference season for families with students in kindergarten - third grade. If you have not scheduled a first quarter conference with your child's teacher, please reach out ASAP as the next two Wednesday afternoons are being used to provide appointments.
Families who have students in grades 4-8 will receive a report card at the end of the quarter. You are welcome to request a parent conference should you want more information than that. Conferences may be requested by contacting your child's homeroom teacher.
Families can expect to review preliminary beginning-of-year data from English Language Arts assessments and Mathematics assessments. Teachers can also discuss how your child has adjusted to the classroom, work habits and any interventions or extensions that are in place to meet the needs of each child.
All conferences are virtual at this time.
COVID-19 QUARANTINE PROTOCOLS for STUDENTS 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR
These protocols have been updated based on the Press Release from Governor DeSantis this week. For more information, email Nurse Wall at chanda.wall@sigsbee.org
PROTOCOLS FOR SYMPTOMATIC OR COVID-19 POSITIVE STUDENTS.
Students experiencing any symptoms consistent with COVID- 19 or who have received a positive
diagnostic test for COVID- 19 should not attend school/work, school-sponsored activities, or be on
school/district property until:
(a) The student receives a negative diagnostic COVID-19 test and is asymptomatic; or
(b) Ten days have passed since the onset of symptoms or positive test result, the student has
had no fever for 24 hours and the student's other symptoms are improving; or
(c) The student receives written permission to return to school from a medical doctor licensed
under Chapter 458 an osteopathic physician licensed under Chapter 459 or an advanced
registered nurse practitioner licensed under Chapter 464.
2.
PROTOCOLS FOR STUDENTS WITH EXPOSURE TO COVID-19.
Schools shall allow parents or legal guardians the authority to choose how their child receives education
after having direct contact with an individual that is positive for COVID-19:
a) Parents or legal guardians of students who are known to have been in direct contact with an
individual who received a positive diagnostic test for COVID-19 may choose one of the following
options:
i) Allow the student to attend school, school-sponsored activities, or be on school property,
without restrictions or disparate treatment, so long as the student remains asymptomatic;
or
ii) Quarantine the student for a period of time not to exceed seven days from the date of last
direct contact with an individual that is positive for COVID-19.
b) If a student becomes symptomatic following direct contact with an individual that has tested
positive for COVID-19, or tests positive for COVID-19, the procedures set forth in paragraph (1),
above apply.
For purposes of this protocol, "direct contact" means cumulative exposure for at least 15 minutes
within six (6) feet in a 24 hour period.
SCS ARTISTS FEATURED AT BOOKS AND BOOKS
Students in our Middle School 2D Art Elective will have their artwork on display at Books and Books during Banned Books Week (9/26-10/2). The students designed book covers from one of the banned or challenged books.
Getting Ready for the Papio-Kinetic Parade: Donations Needed
Please send in clean (rinsed) plastic lids, containers and bottles to help us create art projects that will allow us to experiment with plastics before our entry for the Papio-Kinetic parade. In high demand are COLORFUL donations. Deliver your donations to Mrs. Franke in the art room but please make sure they are WASHED before your donate.
Make Up Fall Picture Day
October 26th
Don't worry if you missed us the first time.
Hope for Haiti Fundraiser
We are very proud of the middle school students and their sponsors (Mrs. Cameron and Ms. Seeland) for organizing a Hope for Haiti fundraiser and raising $1800!
START WITH HELLO
Our S.A.V.E. Promise middle school elective group did an excellent job in organizing a schoolwide initiative to "Start with Hello." The week's activities were a part of the Sandy Hook Promise, a group whose mission is to end school shootings and create a culture change that prevents violence and other harmful acts that hurt children. The initiative works to reduce bullying, increase empathy and compassion, and help students recognize signs that could prevent school violence. You can check out this organization's work at: https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/
COMING UP IN OCTOBER
Wednesday, October 6: National "Coffee with a Cop Day"
Friday, October 8: First quarter ends
Wednesday, October 13th: K-5 Enrichment Quarter 2 begins
Tuesday, October 26th: Picture retake day
Friday, October 29th: Costume Parade (see dress code for guidelines)
