Hornet Nation,

One of the items on our PreK-12 plate is continued work around building the profile of a Harrison Community Schools graduate. In other words, what does it mean for someone to spend 13 years learning with us? How are we, in partnership with you, ensuring that every graduate is career and/or college ready, with the skills to earn a self-sustaining wage and participate in learning beyond high school (trade, on-the-job, college/university, etc.)?

I recently shared with our staff a foundational piece to jump-start our internal conversations -- this 2021 graphic from the state of Michigan. It is part of Michigan's "Top Ten in Ten" strategy to improve educational experiences and outcomes for all students. Here in HCS, we are looking to explicitly recognize where our strengths lie, and where we have more "building out and up" to do in the areas represented on the graphic.

If you are a Hornet alum, we would love to hear how your PreK-12 experience here prepared you for life after high school, and what you wish might have been different. Here is a link to a short survey; please feel free to share it widely. The form will collect your email address in case we would like to follow back up with some clarifying questions, but will be used for no other purpose.

As always, please reach out with any questions, comments, or suggestions.

In partnership and with Hornet Pride,

Judy

juwalton@harrisonschools.com

989.539.7871

In this recent article, Allison Aubrey details how too much screen time on social media platforms can impact teen mental health. Tips in the article for all ages include:

• Curating feeds
• Scheduling one-day-a-week breaks
• Turning off notifications
• Using "old" screen time for "new" real-life activities
• Connecting with those that share your values

...that on a daily basis, our students learn in five different buildings across the district?

• Our Early Childhood Program (pre-kindergarten) is housed within the Administrative Office Building (fondly referred to as Hillside)
• Larson Elementary houses grades K-5
• The Hive (across the street from Larson) houses approximately 40 students in grades 8-11 in a smaller, more personalized innovative learning environment
• The middle school houses all students in grades 6-7 and most students in grade 8

• The high school houses most students in grades 9-11 and all students in grade 12

And Then There With None: Please note that it has been rescheduled for April 28-30, 2023.

March 27-31: spring break -- no school for students or staff

April 7: no school for students or staff

April 22: prom

April 24: senior honors night

April 28-30: high school play

May 18: graduation

• Early Childhood & Larson Elementary, 989.539.3259 (Principal Andrea Andera, aandera@harrisonschools.com, Assistant Principal Sandy Hargraves, shargraves@harrisonschools.com)
• Middle School, 989.539.7194 (Principal Jennifer Thrush, jthrush@harrisonschools.com, Dean of Students Stacey Van Antwerp, svanantwerp@harrisonschools.com)
• High School/Hive, 989.539.7417 (Principal Joe Ashcroft, jjashcroft@harrisonschools.com, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Brad Carlstrom, bcarlstrom@harrisonschools.com)

COVID-19 protocols for positive cases, staff or student:

• With a positive case, the person must isolate for 5 days and not attend or be in school. In counting those days, the first date of symptoms (or the test, if no symptoms) is day 0.
• The COVID-positive person may return to school on Day 6, assuming symptoms are subsiding. We recommend, but do not require, masking for days 6-10 in school.

We are also attaching a handy resource from public health officials that provides guidance on when to keep a child home from school in a variety of illness-related situations.