East Elementary
February 2021
Valentine's Day Parties
4th Grade Boys Boot Camp and Girls We Run
4th Grade Boys Boot Camp and Girls We Run starts in February!
- Who: 4th grade boys and girls at East Elementary that enjoy having fun with friends, exercising, and working hard towards goals.
- When: BOTH Boys and Girls will meet after school from 3:30-4:30.
- Girls will meet on Wednesdays beginning February 17, 2021. The last day will be April 14, 2021.
- Boys will meet on Thursdays beginning February 18, 2021. The last day will be April 15, 2021.
- Parent pick up is at 4:30 in the front pick-up lane each day the club meets.
- If your 4th grade child is interested, please complete the form sent home (or the ones attached to this newsletter) and return before February 10th.
We can’t wait! Ms. Bohnsack and Ms. Seabaugh
Jackson Youth Track Club
JR2 Rapid Antigen Testing for K-4 Students
The Jackson R-2 School District is expanding the free Abbott’s BinaxNOW rapid antigen test for our symptomatic school personnel and students to include students in grades K-12 who may wish to be tested for COVID-19. This test is most accurate after 24 hours of symptoms and will not be given until a staff or student has been symptomatic for this amount of time.
This minimally invasive nasal swab test will be administered by a school nurse and yields results within 15 minutes. This test is offered at no cost to staff or students. Testing will be available by appointment in the back parking lot of the Board of Education Office without leaving your car. Tests will be administered by appointment only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:00 - 3:00 and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 - 12:00. To schedule a test for your student, contact your child’s school nurse or the Covid Coordinator at covidcoordinator@jr2mail.org.
Parent Teacher Conferences February 25 and March 2
- Masks and social distancing are required
- For the safest and most productive environment possible, we are asking that only two parents attend. If you would like to bring your child to his/her conference, that is fine.
Our goal is to have 100% participation. Thank you for supporting your child and his/her education!
Message From The Nurse
YAY!!! It is February!! Here are a few Covid reminders:
Please stay home when sick (this is key!)
If anyone in the family is getting tested for Covid please keep all children home until results are known. If the family member is negative, they (students) can return to school (as long as they themselves are healthy and still following the 48 hour free policy). If the family member is positive, the student will get a quarantine return date for school from our Covid coordinator, Dr.Beth Emmendorfer. Please let the office or school nurse know if they are absent for this reason. Tip: while waiting on results, if you are able to keep the sick family member separated from the rest of the family (and they end up positive) the 10-14 day quarantine date would start the day after their last contact with the positive family member. If you start the quarantine process while waiting on results you will have a jump start on the 10-14 day quarantine! If you can’t separate then the quarantine date can be up to 24 days.
In December, Jackson R2 started implementing the new 10 day close contact quarantine option. In order for a close contact to return after 10 days (vs. after 14 days) they need to be asymptomatic (no symptoms for 14 days from exposure to the positive) and they need to be masked at all times (except for lunch, snacks, PE, recess). If your child is unable to wear their mask well they could be sent home to finish out the 14 day quarantine process. Right now, we are not offering this option to preschool students (they would need to follow the 14 day quarantine).
If you are in quarantine due to a close contact with Covid, getting a negative test yourself does not get you out of quarantine. You can still contract the virus (it can incubate up to 14 days after exposure). As of 1/13/21 JR2 has not adopted the “7 day quarantine with a negative test to get out of quarantine”. If this would change we will email that update.
If you are in quarantine and you develop symptoms please contact your healthcare provider for further instruction.
Not sure if you or your child needs to be tested for Covid? Here are the Covid hotline numbers: SFMC (573)331-4200 and SE (573)519-4983
If positive with Covid, the student can return 10 days after symptoms start. Plus, they need to be 48 hours free of vomiting, diarrhea, and/or fever (no motrin or tylenol given during that time).
We are still in need of extra boy's pants (size 5/6/8). Sweat pants and pants with an elastic waistline are appreciated! (Please, no jeans.). Larger socks are also needed!
Thanks, Everyone!!!!
Nurse Tosha Borgfield, BSN, RN
Nurse Susan Heisserer, RN
Change in Lunch Menu for February
Full Day Kids Club
Our Kids’ Club program will be offering childcare preschool - 6th grade on certain days that the district is off of school. You must enroll and pay for your child to attend Full Day Kids’ Club by the deadlines set for each date. The cost is $27 per day, (any additional children are $22). ALL enrollment and payment is due before 4:30 PM on the designated due date. All students must bring a sack lunch, water bottle and a mask. We provide an afternoon and morning snack. No walk-ins allowed. To enroll, please click on the link below.
https://www.jacksonr2schools.com/parents/kids_club
Full Day Kids’ Club is hosted at South Elementary 7:30 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. on the following days that the district is off school:
- Full Day March 5 and 8 DEADLINE TO ENROLL AND PAY for BOTH days is February 26
- April 1, 5, and 6 DEADLINE TO ENROLL AND PAY for ALL of the full days during spring break is March 19
For more information, please email the Kids’ Club Assistant, Samantha Cavaness scavaness@jr2mail.org
Thank you,
Mandee Stricker
Director, Kids Club
JANUARY AND JULY BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB
East families, if you would like to help our library grow by joining the Birthday Book Club, you can find more information here: bit.ly/eastbbc
January
Jaxon Decker
Delsie Shands
Adeline Dillingham
Benson Keesee
Chael Reesee
Jaden Hann
Josie Gibbs
Kynli Parks
July (January 1/2 birthday)
Emma Price
Avery Uchtman
Liam Moonier
Ezra Sides
Maddy Letner
East Elementary PTO
FEBRUARY EVENTS
Feb 15 - NO SCHOOL - President's Day
Feb 16 - PTO Meeting 4:00 pm
Feb 25 - Spring Picture Day
Feb 25 - Parent Teacher Conferences 4:00 - 7:00
EAST ELEMENTARY
Email: eweadon@jackson.k12.mo.us
Website: www.jacksonr2schools.com/East-Elementary-school/
Location: 455 North Lacey Street, Jackson, MO, USA
Phone: 573-243-5271
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EastElementaryJR2/