Horace Mann and the Leet Center are planning for an in-person return to school for the 2021-2022 school year. Updates and invitations to join the Parent Advisory Meetings hosted through Zoom will be provided through Seesaw and Brightwheel. If you are not receiving the messages on these platforms, please reach out and let us know your child's name and the email you want to be attached to your child's account.

• Preschool (Brightwheel) - Mrs. Cindy Rouner cindysc@nwmissouri.edu
• Grades K-6 (Seesaw) - Mrs. Laura King lmking@nwissouri.edu

The policies of Northwest Missouri State University apply to Horace Mann and the Leet Center. Please go to https://www.nwmissouri.edu/alert/coronavirus/index.htm to learn more about the measures implemented at Northwest. This resource will be updated with additional information specific to Horace Mann and the Leet Center.

All employees, students and visitors are expected to comply with mitigation measures while at work, attending classes, or visiting the Northwest campus and its facilities. Northwest requests that individuals self-monitor for COVID-19 or related symptoms and do not come to campus if symptoms present.

The University strongly encourages vaccination to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. In general, people are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving their second dose of a two-dose series, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine.

Individuals who do not meet these requirements, regardless of age, are not fully vaccinated and must continue taking precautions, including the wearing of face coverings, social distancing of 6 feet and handwashing, until they are fully vaccinated.

Vaccinations and the appropriate use of face coverings are critical to minimize the spread of COVID-19 to others. Students who fail to comply with mitigation measures may be reported to the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities by clicking this link.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP):

https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/clinical-guidance/covid-19-planning-considerations-return-to-in-person-education-in-schools/

Center for Disease Control (CDC):

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/index.html

Children’s Mercy Hospital (CMH):

https://www.childrensmercy.org/siteassets/media/covid-19/guidance-for-school-re-opening-during-the-covid-19-pandemic.pdf?fbclid=IwAR18ng33onP1Hw97KziLSR15h7Pnpsj9HLHKexyIkp6qCx4SpkT49sActDw

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE): https://dese.mo.gov/communications/coronavirus-covid-19-information

NWMSU COVID-19 Recovery: Mitigation Measures (NWMSU): https://www.nwmissouri.edu/alert/coronavirus/mitigation.htm