Greetings Standing Bear Families,

Student Placement for 2021-22 School Year

As a staff, we will be working on sorting students for next year sometime in April. This is a very detailed and specific process to make sure classrooms are balanced and students are placed according to their strengths and needs. Therefore, I will not be taking requests for specific teachers for next year. You definitely know your child the best, so if there is a situation, concern, type of teacher, etc you feel your child would benefit from, please send me an email with that information. We will place them to the best of our ability and take into consideration your email.

I appreciate you trusting us that we will place your child in the best possible classroom. Fortunately, the staff at Standing Bear are all high quality instructional leaders and caring teachers. If you wish to send an email to me regarding next year, please send that before the end of March so we can have that information when we start the sorting process.

Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Dismissal:

Thank you for not arriving before 3:50pm for dismissal. Early arrivals tend to cause a back up before we start entering numbers for dismissal. We appreciate you having your numbers visible to staff and pulling all the way down the front drive when possible. Thank you for your patience and flexibility.

Yearbooks: Standing Bear Yearbook Preorders open in Membership Toolkit through April 11, 2022. All orders need to be placed through Membership Toolkit.

Stay positive, patient and flexible!

Sincerely,

Bridget O'Melia

MARCH

2nd & 3rd- Parent/Teacher Conferences

3rd & 4th- No School for Students

14th-18th- No School (OPS Spring Break )

25th- Family Literacy Night (Additional information to come)

28th- Standing Bear Blood Drive- Monday, March 28th (2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m)

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Health and safety remain our priority. To assist us with our effort in keeping students, staff and families safe, we are asking you to conduct a daily health screening on your child(ren) every day prior to sending them to school.

Please assess and/or ask your child(ren) the following screening questions before sending them to school.

Does your child have one of the following?

• New cough

• New onset of shortness of breath

• New loss of taste or smell

Does your child have two or more of the following?

• Fever of 100.4 or greater

• Chills

• Muscle aches

• Headache

• Sore throat

• Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea

If you answer yes to the above questions, please do not send your child to school. Instead:

• Notify the school of your child's absence

• Contact your child's health care provider to see if your child needs to be tested

• Contact the school for further guidance
  

For information on testing sites, contact the Douglas County Health Department at 402-444- 3400 or https://www.douglascountyhealth.com/109-covid-19/773-where-to-get-tested

For information on COVID-19 vaccine sites please contact the Douglas County Health Department at 402-444-3400 or https://www.douglascountyhealth.com/109-covid-19/812-

where-to-get-a-covid-19-vaccine

Anyone 12 years of age are older is eligible to be vaccinated. Minors, 12 thru 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult/guardian to be vaccinated.