Principal's Newsletter
November 10th, 2022
Updates for November
Conferences
Conference forms are coming home with your scholar. Please be sure to confirm your time. If you are holding a virtual conference with your scholar's teacher please make sure your iUpdates are up to date as you will get a google Meet invite from your scholar's teacher.
Tuesday, November 15th- In person 3:00-6:30pm
Thursday, November 17th - virtual 3:00-6:30pm
Friday, November 18th- In Person/Virtual 8:00-11:00am and 12:00-3:00pm
Please Note: There will be no EDL or basketball these days.
District Attendance Policy
Only the following may be marked as an excused absence
Illness (students get 10 medical events per year)
Medical Appointments (try to get a note every time you have a medical appointment)
Religious holidays
Extreme family emergencies
Reasons for unexcused absences
Travel or vacation outside of school calendar breaks
Overslept
Parent delay
Baby-sitting
Getting hair done
Students should only stay home when:
Fever of 100 degrees the previous evening, during the night, or before school. If medicine is needed to keep the fever down, they could be contagious, so keep them home
Vomiting or diarrhea the night before or in the morning
- Symptoms of Covid-19 including coughing, sore throat, cold/flu like symptoms. Please call our health office 651-888-7648, we have Covid-19 rapid tests available for students and families.
If a parent calls a student in ill, and no doctors note is provided, we accept that until your scholar has reached 10 separate illness events. Example, if your student is out 3 days for the flu that would count as one illness event. Then the following week if they are out 1 day for a dentist appointment and no note is provided, this would count as another illness event for a total of 2 illnesses events.
Odds and Ends
No School
November 18th- All Day Conferences
November 24th and 25th-Thanksgiving Break
Holiday assistance from St. Paul Promise Neighborhood and St. Clements
St. Paul Promise Neighborhood is supporting families this year with Holiday Food Baskets and Toys for Tots. There will be a representative at school during conferences with forms. We are also partnering with St. Clements Church for the Angel Tree Gift Giving this year. Please reach out to Ms. Anna or Ms. Kary on details.