As of Thursday, May 12, St. Louis County has moved into a medium community level transmission per the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Per our safe learning plan, the district is strongly recommending masks be worn.

The COVID-19 community levels updated every Thursday will show us if the levels are low, medium or high.

• Under low, mask-wearing in buildings and on buses is optional but not mandated.
• Under medium, the district strongly recommends mask-wearing in buildings and on buses but does not mandate it.
• Under high, the district would require masks to be worn in school buildings and on buses.

• There will be a Spring Concert on June 2nd 8:30am and 12:30pm. Prelude music will start at 8:00 and 12:00 - performed by students. Famiilies are welcome to attend.
• June 8th will be the Fun and Field Day. Lots of volunteers will be needed, please watch for the sign up.
• 5th grade families please watch for information from your student's teacher about the 5th grade celebration on June 9th, 9:00-10:15.

*Please continue to test your child for Covid if they have symptoms

* If they are positive, please fill out this FORM and contact the Congdon Health Office - only for positive test results for a student, not exposure.

* If positive please follow this timeline:

• Isolate for 5 days at home, returning on day 6, if the individual wears a well fitting mask, is fever free without the use of fever reducing medication and other symptoms have improved.
• If the positive individual cannot wear a well fitting mask or continues to have a fever or other symptoms that have not improved after 5 days of isolation, the individual will isolate another 5 days.

For counting purposes, day 0 is test date and isolation days start the next day.

The district is no longer sending out exposure letters and is required to report all positive cases to the MN Dept of Health.

From the School District Newsletter last week: "KEY Zone has had limit number of spots due to staff shortage"

Due to the nationwide shortage of employees, the K.E.Y. Zone program has to limit the number of spots available for our summer and school year programming. Once the program has secured more staff, it will enroll families from the waiting list in the order that they signed up. K.E.Y. Zone is a certified state program and we must follow student-to-staff ratios to stay in compliance along with being able to provide a safe care environment for all.

Families can be placed on a waiting list by calling the K.E.Y. Zone registration office at 218-336-8900 x2 or emailing mark.connor@isd709.org.

We are hiring K.E.Y. Zone Youth Specialists to support our programs. Please help us spread the word so that we can allow more youth to participate in our programs. We are accepting applications at www.duluthymca.org/jobs.

Happy May! One more month of the school year and then it's time for fun in the sun!

Thursday, May 12 at 6pm, we will be having our first IN PERSON meeting! We will be gathering in the Ordean media center. Masking is optional. We have some topics scheduled to discuss for next year and would love to get plenty of parent input and involvement.

Do you have any interest in playing a bigger role in our Congdon Park PTA? We have many ways for you to get involved including being the actual, entire President of the Congdon Park PTA! We are a friendly bunch and are always willing to help each other out, so don't fear the unknown. :)

Our PTA committees have been hard at work doing all kinds of amazing things!

Our teacher appreciation committee has been doing a ridiculously good job treating our teachers like the amazing people they are. The first week of May is Teacher Appreciation Week and we hope our teachers feel our gratitude for them.

Our wellness committee has been doing some great work with Safe Routes to School (yay for a school zone speed limit!!!) and planning Bike to School Day and a really cool sounding bike rodeo.

Our 5th graders are going to be able to do their big field trip to St. Paul next month and PTA is funding the coach buses for them. We were also able to book inflatables for our field day celebration in June!

Thank you so much to everyone who has really put in the time and effort to make our PTA what it is this year. You are all the best!

Teacher wishlist: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/707011606362374037/false#/invitation

Library volunteering: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c49aca82aa4fec25-congdon1

Lunchroom volunteering: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/337018465211532022/false#/invitation

Keep up with all your PTA! Check out all we are up to and become a member at our website today!

Our Summer Classes will not only provide dance training to kick off your summer, but this year we will delve into all things Sleeping Beauty!

Primary, Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced classes and activities will be available for ages 3 and up. For dancers that are new to SMB, a placement class will be offered free of charge. At the end of our third and final week, there will be a Sleeping Beauty soiree where dancers give a mini-performance of what they’ve been working on and enjoy light refreshments in our Depot studio space.

https://minnesotaballet.org/school/summer-opportunities/summer-classes/