It's been a fabulous week! As previously mentioned, we are working hard to keep our doors open for business. On Tuesday I spoke with the county health department who commended us on staying on top of contact tracing, who should wear masks and who should stay home. As you know, in many schools the COVID numbers are so high and so many staff are absent, they have moved to virtual learning. Our hope is with our COVID mitigation measures (sanitizing, cleaning, masks as needed) and our unique staffing model (several adults for each grade level), and our teachers' contingency plans in the event several staff are quarantined, our doors will remain open.

Parents, please remind your kiddos that gum is not allowed at school. Also, use of cellphones should be limited to before and or after the student enters school unless a teacher has provided a student with explicit permission to use their phone during the school day. Additionally, students using their cellphone to take pictures or post videos during school is not appropriate.

Please keep up on your emails and social media if possible as these are the first methods of communication with parents.

Stay safe and healthy and enjoy the weekend!

Lani Rounds

Principal

Masks are required when a COVID positive person was in attendance and MAY have exposed others. According to the Health Department, potentially exposed students can come to school but must wear a mask for 10 days. As of today (Friday) at 4:00 pm, these are the classes that must wear masks next week and the date students can return to school without a mask. Some of these dates have been updated from the original email as additional positive individuals were identified. Individuals who do not want to come to school wearing a mask have the option to stay home. While they are home they can do Imagine Learning reading and math to help supplement their at-home instruction.

• Mrs. Eschler (K) - Jan. 25
• 3rd Grade - Jan. 31
• 4th Grade - Jan. 26

We are tracking ALL COVID positive cases as reported to us by parents, staff and the health department.. These are the numbers of reported positive staff and students over the past 14 days. PLEASE remember the above mask status may change based on information received from staff, parents and the health department over the weekend.

COVID + Students = 15

COVID + Staff = 5

1. Enter your oldest student's name in the notes. This will allow us to deliver shirts to the correct student.
2. Order the CORRECT sizes - there are no refunds or replacements. Kid sizes are prefaced with a "Y" for youth. For example, "YS" is a youth small while "S" is an adult small.

Shirts include short and long sleeved tees, hoodies and crewneck sweatshirts. Styles keep updating based on the availability of youth sizes. Apparently shirts, like everything else, are impacted by COVID and vendor's struggles with transit and production.

This is the link to order online.

https://www.customink.com/g/erz0-00cj-1xvd

Order your yearbooks today! Yearbooks will NOT be sold at the school. They will be delivered to the school and handed to students on the last day of school.

Bridge Elementary

Prepay Code: BridgeYB22

To order yearbooks online, CLICK HERE

You can compare your child's data to the grade level scores posted on our webpage at https://www.bridgecharter.org/curriculum using the link at the bottom of the page, "Progress Report Data Explained".

Our teachers use the health information in Aspire to determine if a child should go outside for recess. As a parent, you need to help us out if your child is in the "sensitive" category or if they are NOT in the sensitive category but you prefer they remain inside for recess.

• Send a note to your child's teacher indicating the child CAN go outside on an orange day.
• Send a note to your child's teacher indicating they are not noted in Aspire with a health issue but you WANT them to stay inside for recess on an orange day.

This is from the State's Recess Guidelines page:

What You Can Do As a Parent

Click to access a printable version of the recess guidance

You know your child’s needs best. Below are five things you can do to keep them safe during this year’s inversion season:

1. Become a Guidance expert.
2. Talk with your child’s doctor about whether your child is “sensitive” to poor air quality.
3. Contact your child’s school to discuss when you want them to stay inside for recess based on their health needs.
4. Be aware of current air quality levels. Visit DEQ for hourly PM2.5 levels and the air quality forecast.
5. Do your part to reduce vehicle emissions during winter inversion months. Carpool, combine errand runs into one trip, use public transit, and don’t idle in your car longer than 10-30 seconds.

FLEXIBILITY teaches students to "ADAPT TO CHANGE WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE".

Practice these "I WILL" statements with your student:

• Anticipate change
• Adjust when needed
• Look for the benefits
• Finish the job
• Do what is right

Our mission is to empower students to take ownership of their own learning. By learning, practicing and embracing these visible learning traits, students will have the skills needed to become accountable for their own lifelong learning. You can find the six Visible Learning traits on our website at Visible Learning