Schley County Schools

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Dear Parents, Next week will be our final week of school for 2021! End of semester exams will take place throughout the week before we take Christmas break and ring in 2022. Please prepare accordingly to do your best on these tests to improve your grades for the semester. Be reminded also that Friday is an early release day. High school students are encouraged to take advantage of the after school hours next week. Teachers will be available for assistance in the needed academic areas. Please use this help to improve your academic standing! Today at 5:30, Schley County will host its first home wrestling match in our high school gym. The broadcast will be available via NFHS. Also this weekend, GSW will host our wildcat basketball teams for games against Macon County beginning at 12:00 tomorrow in the GSW Storm Dome. Come out and support our wildcats! They will not disappoint! Help each school by informing us if your family does come into contact with a Covid positive person away from campus. If a member of your household tests positive, everyone in contact with that person within your household should quarantine. Days for household quarantines can only begin when the exposure is over, either by the separation from the Covid positive person or when the Covid positive household member is deemed negative, without symptoms, and the appropriate days have passed. Our numbers will reflect all known active cases of students in or out of the school setting as of the date and time listed. Below is this week’s report. COVID-19 Status Report as of 4:00 December 10, 2021 Elementary School – Students 0 positives and 6 quarantines. Middle High School – Students 1 positives and 2 quarantines. School Staff – 2 positives. Sincerely, Brian Hall

Dear Parents, Our return from Thanksgiving break has gone well. Grade level programs for the elementary school signaled the beginning of our Christmas season! Basketball for middle and high school is in full swing as we completed a full schedule of games this week. Be reminded that JV and varsity games will start earlier than originally scheduled for tomorrow. JV tips off at 9:00 tomorrow morning. Come out and support your wildcats! High school students are encouraged to take advantage of the after school hours over the next two weeks. Teachers will be available for assistance in the needed academic areas. Please use this time to help close out the semester and improve your academic standing! Help each school by informing us if your family does come into contact with a Covid positive person away from campus. If a member of your household tests positive, everyone in contact with that person within your household should quarantine. Days for household quarantines can only begin when the exposure is over, either by the separation from the Covid positive person or when the Covid positive household member is deemed negative, without symptoms, and the appropriate days have passed. Our numbers will reflect all known active cases of students in or out of the school setting as of the date and time listed. Below is this week’s report. COVID-19 Status Report as of 4:00 December 3, 2021 Elementary School – Students 0 positives and 8 quarantines. Middle High School – Students 0 positives and 2 quarantines. School Staff – 1 positive. Sincerely, Brian Hall

We would ask that everyone use extra caution when approaching the school entrances each morning. This is a very dangerous time of the year with visibility. Our deputies are directing traffic in the roadways and there is always a great deal of traffic at morning arrival. Approach the intersections very slowly and do not assume every driver is able to see clearly from all directions. We want everyone to arrive safe and sound without delay. Please slow down and watch for others. Even if you are in a hurry, trying to rush through is not worth putting others at risk. Thank you, Brian Hall

Dear Parents, I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving break. Please enjoy the time that you will have off next week to spend with family and friends. Stay safe, rest, and take the time to show appreciation to those around you. After this break, we will have a short run until Christmas holidays. It is so very important to maximize our efforts during these next few weeks to make our first semester end on a high note! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Please help each school by informing us if your family does come into contact with a Covid positive person away from campus. If a member of your household tests positive, everyone in contact with that person within your household should quarantine. Days for household quarantines can only begin when the exposure is over, either by the separation from the Covid positive person or when the Covid positive household member is deemed negative, without symptoms, and the appropriate days have passed. Our numbers will reflect all known active cases of students in or out of the school setting as of the date and time listed. Below is this week’s report. COVID-19 Status Report as of 4:00 November 19, 2021 Elementary School – Students 3 positives and 5 quarantines. Middle High School – Students 2 positives and 7 quarantines. School Staff – 1 positive. Sincerely, Brian Hall

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Dear Parents, As we finish up our second week of November, I want to say thank you to all of our service men and women. If you have not seen the SCES veteran’s tribute this week, please take a moment to view it on the school facebook page. I also want to say thank you to our students and teachers for their continued hard work. The holidays are fast approaching. Use the next few weeks to make the first semester end on a high note. Keep up the good work! On demand testing is now available Monday – Thursday 9:00 – 4:00. We have been assigned two staff members from MAKO Medical that will specifically help our students and faculty for testing needs. Please utilize this resource when needed. Our school nurses can assist you with making contact in order to set up testing. The testing station is located in the drive through loop at our local health department. Please help each school by informing us if your family does come into contact with a Covid positive person away from campus. If a member of your household tests positive, everyone in contact with that person within your household should quarantine. Days for household quarantines can only begin when the exposure is over, either by the separation from the Covid positive person or when the Covid positive household member is deemed negative, without symptoms, and the appropriate days have passed. Our numbers will reflect all known active cases of students in or out of the school setting as of the date and time listed. Below is this week’s report. COVID-19 Status Report as of 4:00 November 12, 2021 Elementary School – Students 5 positives and 11 quarantines. Middle High School – Students 8 positives and 15 quarantines. School Staff – 1 positive. Sincerely, Brian Hall

Dear Parents, On demand testing is now available Monday – Thursday 9:00 – 4:00. We have been assigned two staff members from Mako Medical that will specifically help our students and faculty for testing needs. They will be aiding our contact tracing team for the weeks ahead and will be in communication with identified close contacts to offer free testing within the proper time frame determinations. Please utilize this resource when needed. The testing station is located in the drive through loop at our local health department. Be reminded that time changes this Sunday, November 7th. Please be sure you set your clocks back one hour before school starts back up Monday morning. Let’s make the most of the two weeks prior to our Thanksgiving break. Do not forget that 2nd nine weeks progress reports will be going home Wednesday, November 10th! Please help each school by informing us if your family does come into contact with a Covid positive person away from campus. If a member of your household tests positive, everyone in contact with that person within your household should quarantine. Days for household quarantines can only begin when the exposure is over, either by the separation from the Covid positive person or when the Covid positive household member is deemed negative, without symptoms, and the appropriate days have passed. Our numbers will reflect all known active cases of students in or out of the school setting as of the date and time listed. Below is this week’s report. COVID-19 Status Report as of 4:00 November 5, 2021 Elementary School – Students 4 positives and 25 quarantines. Middle High School – Students 4 positives and 14 quarantines. School Staff – 2 positives. Sincerely, Brian Hall

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Dear Parents, The after school program is going well for both elementary and middle school students. Our schedule will shift to Tuesday and Thursday for next week and for the remaining weeks of November. We plan to wrap up the fall after school days on November 18th and will not start back up until we return for second semester. We are pleased to announce that DPH and Mako Medical are partnering to allow on demand testing for Schley County students and faculty. Additionally, personnel will be assigned to assist with any contact tracing efforts or necessary testing each Monday through Thursday 9:00 – 4:00. The local health department location will be their home test site. We look forward to being able to work with them. Information will be going out next week on the specifics of how families can utilize their services. Please help each school by informing us if your family does come into contact with a Covid positive person away from campus. If a member of your household tests positive, everyone in contact with that person within your household should quarantine. Days for household quarantines can only begin when the exposure is over, either by the separation from the Covid positive person or when the Covid positive household member is deemed negative, without symptoms, and the appropriate days have passed. Our numbers will reflect all known active cases of students in or out of the school setting as of the date and time listed. Below is this week’s report. COVID-19 Status Report as of 4:00 October 29, 2021 Elementary School – Students 7 positives and 10 quarantines. Middle High School – Students 4 positives and 13 quarantines. School Staff – 3 positives. Sincerely, Brian Hall

Dear Parents, This Thursday marked the release of Georgia’s graduation rate reports. SCHS posted a 97.7% four-year cohort rate! Congratulations students and staff! Free Covid 19 shots will be available through our local health department and in cooperation with CORE at tonight’s football game. Their tent will be just inside the center gate of the football field entrance. They will be available to assist adults and children. Children ages 12-17 must have a guardian to sign a consent form. Please help each school by informing us if your family does come into contact with a Covid positive person away from campus. If a member of your household tests positive, everyone in contact with that person within your household should quarantine. Days for household quarantines can only begin when the exposure is over, either by the separation from the Covid positive person or when the Covid positive household member is deemed negative, without symptoms, and the appropriate days have passed. Our numbers will reflect all known active cases of students in or out of the school setting as of the date and time listed. Below is this week’s report. COVID-19 Status Report as of 4:00 October 22, 2021 Elementary School – Students 3 positives and 23 quarantines. Middle High School – Students 5 positives and 4 quarantines. School Staff – 3 positives. Sincerely, Brian Hall

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Dear Parents, I hope everyone enjoyed a restful few days for fall break. Activities have resumed with a return for the short week of school. Our Lady Wildcats advanced in the Class A playoffs! The annual homecoming football game and homecoming dance are planned for tonight and Saturday night. You are reminded that after school begins next week for both the elementary and middle grades students. Please take advantage of this opportunity for extra instruction and assistance. Transportation will be provided. Our local health department in cooperation with CORE will once again be onsite at Schley County Middle High School offering free Covid 19 vaccine shots on Friday, October 22nd beginning at 5:30. Flu shots will also be available. Their tent will be at the center gate of the football field entrance. They will be able to assist anyone in or outside of the Friday night football game. Please help each school by informing us if your family does come into contact with a Covid positive person away from campus. If a member of your household tests positive, everyone in contact with that person within your household should quarantine. Days for household quarantines can only begin when the exposure is over, either by the separation from the Covid positive person or when the Covid positive household member is deemed negative, without symptoms, and the appropriate days have passed. Our numbers will reflect all known active cases of students in or out of the school setting as of the date and time listed. Below is this week’s report. COVID-19 Status Report as of 4:00 October 15, 2021 Elementary School – Students 4 positives and 22 quarantines. Middle High School – Students 6 positives and 5 quarantines. School Staff – 4 positives. Sincerely, Brian Hall

Dear Parents, Fall break for students begins today and will continue through Tuesday. We hope everyone has a safe and restful few days off so that they will be ready to return on Wednesday! Thank you for all the hard work to get this first nine weeks completed. We appreciate the effort of our students, teachers, and parents. Report cards were issued this week allowing everyone to assess the accomplishments made thus far. As we move towards the end of the first semester, I want to encourage parents to utilize the after school instruction that will be offered beginning October 19th. Transportation is available and students will receive snacks each day. Actual afterschool days are Oct 19,20,21,26,27,28 Nov 2,4,9,11,16,18. Please contact your child’s teacher or school if you have not received information about attending. Our local health department in cooperation with CORE will be onsite at Schley County Middle High School offering free Covid 19 vaccine shots today beginning at 5:30. Flu shots are also available. DPH will also be partnering with Schley County Schools for On-Demand Testing. DPH will provide a licensed clinician to aid both schools in contact tracing efforts. This person will also be able to provide testing for students and staff. Expected roll out for information and implementation is 2 - 3 weeks. We encourage everyone to mask up. It is required on all buses. Masks provide a layer of protection when spacing may not be more than 6 feet. Each school will continue to notify parents if an exposure occurs. Please help each school by informing us if your family does come into contact with a Covid positive person away from campus. If a member of your household tests positive, everyone in contact with that person within your household should quarantine. Days for household quarantines can only begin when the exposure is over, either by the separation from the Covid positive person or when the Covid positive household member is deemed negative, without symptoms, and the appropriate days have passed. Our numbers will reflect all known active cases of students in or out of the school setting as of the date listed. Below is this week’s report. COVID-19 Status Report as of Friday October 8, 2021 Elementary School – Students 6 positive and 24 quarantines. Middle High School – Students 9 positives and 20 quarantines. School Staff – 5 positives. Sincerely, Brian Hall

We encourage students and parents to use the Infinite Campus portal to access grades, assignments, and more. If you need help creating an account or accessing an account, then please email wildcathelp@schleyk12.org. Please communicate using the email you previously provided to the schools.

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Dear Parents, Each week I try to briefly include relevant school information, as well as comments, for weekly news or events followed by the repeated request to mask up and watch for symptoms. This week saw an increase in our positives for the Friday report. The impact seems to still be in middle school from last week’s quarantines that registered as positives this week. Your help is needed. Morning announcements are made encouraging mask wearing, and we continue to furnish masks daily. Many students wear their masks and are doing a decent job of wearing them in the correct way. This has improved greatly among some of our athletes, which as a group, are trying to preserve their team and season. We have continued to encourage everyone to mask up while allowing it to be a choice. It is still a choice except on buses where masks are required. Our teachers are tasked with many things daily - to space, to monitor, to keep groupings the same, and to instruct students. I have so much respect for what they have done and are doing. They do not need another job of policing mask wearing. Speaking for them, they would simply prefer having all their students healthy and in attendance each day. For that to happen with the schedule ahead, we need everyone to partner in the effort. Fall break is approaching, along with attractions like the fair, which will gather many people together. We need a united conscious effort to protect everyone upon their daily return to school. Mask up to provide the necessary layer of protection to others. Please help each school by informing us if your family does come into contact with a Covid positive person away from campus. If a member of your household tests positive, everyone in contact with that person within your household should quarantine. Days for household quarantines can only begin when the exposure is over, either by the separation from the Covid positive person or when the Covid positive household member is deemed negative, without symptoms, and the appropriate days have passed. Our numbers will reflect all known active cases of students in or out of the school setting as of the date and time listed. Below is this week’s report. COVID-19 Status Report 4:00 October 1, 2021 Elementary School – Students 2 positive and 27 quarantines. Middle High School – Students 12 positive and 49 quarantines. School Staff – 2 positives. Sincerely, Brian Hall

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