MYES Family Newsletter
WEEK OF 3.22.21
Myersville Elementary School
Email: dana.austin@fcps.org
Website: https://education.fcps.org/myes/
Location: 429 Main Street, Myersville, MD, USA
Phone: 240-236-1900
Twitter: @MYESFCPS
Calendar Updates
Monday, March 29- Monday, April 5: Schools and Offices Closed for Spring Break
Monday, April 12: Schools Closed for Students (Teacher Work Day)
Wednesday, April 14: Bedtime Story at 7:30 pm (myes-reads)
Tuesday, April 20 and Friday, April 23: Hearing and Vision Screenings for Grade 1 Students
Wednesday, April 21: Bedtime Story at 7:30 pm (myes-reads)
Tuesday, April 27 and Friday, April 30: Spring Portraits by Lifetouch
Wednesday, April 28: Bedtime Story at 7:30 pm (myes-reads)
Thursday, April 29: MYES Night of the Arts at 6 pm
MYES Spring School Portraits
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805054ba5aa22aa8-virtual to sign-up for a time slot.
The following enhanced cleaning protocols will be used on Picture Days:
• Sanitizing wipes and sprays will be used on all set-up materials and equipment at the
beginning and end of day.
• During photography, equipment used or touched by subjects will be sanitized.
• Pre-moistened alcohol wipes will be used on the camera’s viewfinder and high-touch
areas on the camera.
• Hand Sanitizer will be frequently used by our photographers throughout the day.
MYES Night of the Arts- Thursday, April 29
In the Spring of 2019, Myersville hosted their first school-wide Night of the Arts! This included an art show and chorus concert. In 2020, the company did not have an alternative to an in-person show. Artome has now found a way to host virtual shows!
How the Art Show will work:
This week (March 22nd-26th) the students will be creating their art show projects. All students will be creating their projects during their Art lessons with me.
If your student has Art class while at home, hybrid students can bring their artwork with them on their cohort day and virtual students can drop them off at school in the bin outside the front of the building.
Artwork needs to be turned in by April 12th. This is my deadline to send it to the company so they can upload it onto the website. If artwork is not brought in by that date, it will not be able to be sent in the box to the art show company.
The art work will be sent to artome to be photographed and then uploaded onto an online art gallery.
Myersville families will be sent the link to this art gallery and can share it with any friends or family to view. We will also host a live, virtual “Gallery Opening,” so stay tuned for those details!
Artwork may be purchased matted and framed (like it was in 2019). Or take advantage of their new options to have the artwork printed on various items.
This event is a fundraiser for the Myersville art department to support all students in their art classes. With the funds made from the show, we will be purchasing supplies that will benefit all students at Myersville for the upcoming 2021-22 school year. Each framed artwork will be $26, and you can purchase re-productions for multiple people.
You do not have to purchase the artwork, just log in to see the show! Mrs. Wolen will be incorporating singing and music in with our show. There will also be a fun scavenger hunt with prizes!
Mrs. Wolen and I are so excited to be able to host the Virtual Night of the Arts! Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Thank you!
Sarah Romagnoli & Maggie Wolen
Art Teacher & Music Teacher
Transportation Reminders
Car Rider Waves - Families picking up multiple children, please arrive at 2:00. Families picking up one child, please arrive at 2:15.
School dismissal: If there is a change in the way that your child travels home from school, please send a note that morning to inform the school of the change or contact the front office by 1:30 pm. You may also submit the change via this link.
School bus delays: In a perfect world, our buses would run on time every day. But for a variety of reasons, buses can run late from time to time. Did you know we have a webpage dedicated to providing updates on late buses countywide? If a bus will be 10 minutes or later, it is posted here.
Hybrid Learning Model Reminders
Safety Measures:
Mask Expectations: Everyone in the school building will wear a face covering while at school. The information linked here is intended to provide clarity about the FCPS requirements for wearing face coverings in school buildings.
Daily COVID-19 Screening Questions: Each week, parents will receive a communication that contains daily screening questions prior to coming to school. Direct emails and/or calls will be sent using the contact information in our Student Information System. Reminders for students will also be communicated in Schoology. The screening form is linked for your convenience here.
Virtual Attendance in the Event of Mild Symptoms: If students are experiencing any symptoms of illness, they should stay home and parents should follow up with their child's health care provider. Students are encouraged to attend virtually any day they are not in school if they feel well enough to do so (even if it is a day for which they are scheduled to be in person). Please provide a note if your child is not able to attend in person or virtually due to illness.
Close Contact and Quarantine Details for Parents - What to Expect: When a positive COVID-19 case is confirmed, FCPS will conduct a case investigation to determine if there was any close contact with other individuals. Close contact means that an individual was within six feet for a prolonged period of more than a cumulative of fifteen minutes over a 24-hour period. All identified close contacts will be immediately notified and asked to quarantine for ten days and monitor for potential symptoms. If the close contact becomes symptomatic, the individual should seek assistance from their healthcare provider.
Quarantine means:
- Stay home except to obtain medical care.
- Your child may not participate in any in person school activities.
- Avoid public spaces and practice physical distancing of six feet or more from other people.
- Wear a mask at all times around other people.
Monitoring means:
- Watch for fever. Check temperature twice a day, at least 6 hours apart and record in a log.
- If your student or anyone else in the household develops symptoms such as a fever, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, chills, muscle pains, sore throat, or a new loss of taste or smell, contact your healthcare provider immediately.
For further details, the FCPS guidance for Student Health and Safety and COVID-19 Response Plan can be found at this link.
Reducing Visitors to the School Building: For the protection of our staff and students, we will significantly limit visitors in the building. If you need to speak with administration or with someone at the school, please call the office in advance (most meetings will be held via phone or Google Meet). All students are afforded access to a free breakfast and lunch each day, so there should be minimal need for food to be dropped off for students. If you need to drop off or pick up anything else at school, you will be asked to leave it or pick up in the vestibule (thus limiting traffic in our front office).
Health Metrics Dashboard
FCPS provides regular updates about health metrics throughout the county. Our health metrics dashboard allows families to track confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks by school and by community. The dashboard is updated weekly on Mondays.
Free Breakfast and Lunch for Hybrid Students
2020-2021 SCHOOL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH
We are excited to announce that the USDA has approved FREE meals for all children 18 years old and younger!
FCPS is serving breakfast, lunch and supper (to-go) for FREE to all children learning in school buildings on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
All meals will be individually wrapped or compartmentalized.
Free breakfast and lunch meals will be available to children in cohort A on Mondays and Tuesdays while they are in school and to children in cohort B on Thursdays and Fridays while they are in the school. On these days when students are learning in a school building, they can also take a free to-go meal home for supper that same day.
Due to the amount of food being distributed for the remainder of the days, we encourage families who want additional meals for the days when students are not in the school building learning (virtual days at home, weekends, holidays) to pick up the additional meals at the child’s school on a day when they are learning in the building or visit one of the open community sites on Wednesdays and/or Fridays from 11am-1pm to pick up the additional meals.
SPRING BREAK MEAL DISTRIBUTION
To-go breakfast, lunch and supper will be provided on:
- Tuesday, March 30 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. for 2 days (3/30 and 3/31)
- Thursday, April 1 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. for 6 days (4/1 through 4/6)
Need help during the school day?
Learning Lab mentors will be available daily for any student who needs extra support from 9 am-4 pm. Go to meet.google.com and enter team-myes.
Also, check out this guide for troubleshooting tech tips:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1luIE44b-l8yHKvtSDQF_Vvd_g0kt2dg4/view
Tutoring Virtual Hotline for Families
A staff member is available to assist families from 4-5 pm on Monday-Thursday. Go to meet.google.com and enter team-myes for technology assistance or student academic support.
MYES Vision Statement
Myersville Elementary is a place where students and staff are engaged learners. They feel safe to take risks and all contributions are valued. Here we have fun while we learn in our school community.
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