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Clear Lake Intermediate - January 7, 2022
Don't Know About You, But I'm Feeling '22
First, there's COVID. We are all confused about new guidance, masks or no masks, 5 days or 10 days, boost or don't boost, and on and on. No matter what the changing protocols entail, one thing remains the same. Please keep your child home if they are feeling sick. What used to bring on perfect attendance awards now gets other people ill. Fever? Stay home. Sore throat? Stay home. If in doubt, call our nurse, Mrs. Haltom, and STAY HOME. Below, you will find more guidance from Dr. Williams.
Despite COVID, though, we have a little less than 900 students who are still teens and tweens. With that comes a whirlwind of emotions, thoughts, and outbursts. This time of year, right after the holidays, is a LOOOONNNNNGGGGG stretch of school, and the weather, early darkness, and gray skies can make the roller coaster they call life even more "exciting". We are a team, their teachers, administrators, counselors, other staff, and YOU! When you need to reach out for a team huddle, we are happy to help.
If you are like me, sometimes you need reminders of the magical when January rolls around. But, the fresh start that comes when you tear into a cellophane wrapped new calendar, the squares unwritten and unmarked, brings just that enchantment we need. May we ALL find something happy, free, and magical this year.
Message from Dr. Williams, Superintendent of CCISD
Dear CCISD Staff and Families,
As you know, locally and nationally, COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations are on the rise with the latest Omicron variant. We have been monitoring community trends and I have been in close contact with health authorities. The surge in cases is expected to continue for several weeks before decreasing. Based on guidance from health officials and case trend data in Galveston and Harris counties, including hospitalization data, we have made the decision to temporarily move from Stage 4 Monitoring to Stage 3 Mitigation of the CCISD Health Protocol. It is our intent to move back to Stage 4 when we see a downward trend in positive cases and health officials indicate the trend will continue. Health officials with whom we have consulted anticipate that a downward trend could occur by the end of January.
In Stage 3, the following measures will be in place:
- Face coverings are strongly encouraged indoors for students, staff, and visitors.
- COVID-19 cleaning protocols are in place.
- Elementary and intermediate campus staff continue to support the proper, consistent use of face coverings for students whose parents have required their child to wear one.
- Social distancing in classrooms as much as possible.
- Social distancing during elementary breakfast and lunch, as well as designated areas for social distancing for intermediate and high school.
- Pandemic, nightly, and high touch cleaning practices will continue.
- Cleaning supplies, alcohol wipes, face coverings, and hand sanitizer are widely available.
- Volunteer activities may continue if planned in advance.
- Parents are welcome to visit their local school for meetings and volunteer activities. However, visitors for breakfast and lunch will be delayed until conditions improve (originally planned for reinstatement during the week of January 10).
Staff members in our elementary and intermediate schools continue to review mask preferences submitted by parents to monitor consistent, proper usage of face coverings to students whose parents prefer that they wear face coverings. The preference form is available through the online form section of Skyward Family Access.
As a reminder, the school district cannot mandate face coverings. The court challenges surrounding mask orders have not been legally settled. As a school district under Stage 3, we highly encourage staff and students to wear a face covering indoors.
We know testing availability has been difficult for some families and staff. Local pharmacies have testing by appointment as well as through hospital systems such as UTMB and Memorial Hermann. Harris County Public Health Services is also hosting testing locations (https://covidcheck.hctx.net/) by appointment including one at CCISD Challenger Columbia Stadium on January 10, 2022, from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
As I shared previously with our employees, it is most important that people stay home if they are ill. Active case data for students and employees are currently being entered in the CCISD COVID-19 Dashboard for public access. Given the current workload for health services staff members, today’s cases should be entered within days.
Among our workforce alone, 12% of staff surveyed indicated they were at home recovering from the virus, symptomatic, or awaiting a COVID-19 test result. This is a significant percentage of our workforce. If you are interested in applying to be a CCISD substitute, please visit this page.
Parents, please keep your children home if they are ill, have had close contact with someone in the home who has tested positive, or if they are awaiting COVID-19 test results. We will send students home if they are sick and exclude them from school in accordance with Texas Education Agency guidelines. If your student has tested positive or is symptomatic with the virus, please self-report the case to CCISD Health Services through the CCISD Covid-19 Self-Reporting app by using your student’s network login and password.
The Centers for Disease Control has revised its guidelines related to isolation following a positive COVID-19 test result. Clear Creek ISD will follow these revised guidelines which state that those who have tested positive for COVID-19 should isolate for five days if they are asymptomatic or if their symptoms are resolving (without fever for 24 hours) and follow the isolation period by wearing a mask for five days when around others. Please take some time to read the latest CDC guidance here.
Please continue to be patient with us as we work together to resume normal school operations. Our team appreciates your continuing support.
Warm Regards,
Eric Williams, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
Please See These Documents for More COVID Related Answers
Mindful Makerspace
Does your child love to build, explore, and learn from hands on activities? Every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month the library has “Mindful Makerspace”. This open-ended time to see what the library has to offer in makerspace activities is open to all students from 4:05-5:15. Students must have their own transportation home,
Revised Cross Country Schedule
Rubik's Cube Club
Want to learn to solve a Rubik’s Cube? Or perhaps you already know and want to race against your friends? Maybe you’d like to make a mosaic out of dozens of cubes? Join the Cube Club with Mr. Parmer. We meet in the band hall on Thursdays after school until 5pm! See you there!
Don't Miss Out on an Amazing Yearbook
Basketball Schedule
Phones in Locker Room
Message from the Clinic
We are currently seeing a significant increase in Covid cases in our community. If anyone in your home has tested positive for Covid please keep your student(s) at home and notify me by email at thaltom@ccisd.net. I will guide you through the next steps as our Covid guidelines have been updated.
You can help me by continuing to do the Skyward Wellness Screener daily with your child each morning. Your child needs to be able to pass the Wellness Screener in order to attend school. If your student has any of the following symptoms please keep them home and fill out the Wellness Screener. Doing this excuses their absence for the day and alerts me to contact you to check in.
- cough, fever of 100 or higher, shortness of breath, loss of taste or smell, headache, fatigue, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea/ vomiting, diarrhea, chills, muscle aches
Depending on their symptoms, length of time they have been going on, any exposures to COVID-19, etc. your child may have to complete one of the below return to school options before they can come back to school.
- be seen by their medical provider and get a note clearing them to return to school, OR
- have negative PCR/molecular COVID test, OR
- be out a minimum of 5 days from symptom onset
As always, if you have any questions about Illness/Covid protocols you can always call me at 281-284-3200.
Tiffany Haltom
Need to Reach an Administrator?
Emily Auffarber - Assistant Principal A-J
Shaterra Jackson - Assistant Principal K-Z
Dress Code Information
Do you need to turn in your absent excuse? This QR Code makes it Easy Peasy!
Questions about Discipline?
Click here to see the Clear Lake Intermediate Discipline Matrix
Vaccinations
Technology Skills Checklist
Do you know how to help your student with the various online platforms he or she might need to be successful in intermediate school? Here are some resources to help you and your child.
· CCISD Parent Resources: https://ccisd.net/departments/technology_support/Parent%20Resources
· CCISD Student Resources: https://ccisd.net/cms/One.aspx?portalId=645487&pageId=26405607
Login to the CCISD SSO Portal
The SSO portal makes logging in to other applications more seamless. The portal has links to all the main web tools you will need (Skyward, itsLearning, textbooks, etc.).
* You should use the same username and password that you used to login to your laptop.
Finding your classes in itsLearning**
Once you login to the SSO portal, you can click on the itsLearning app, and you do not need to login to ItsLearning separately.
* This is a generic overview of itsLearning basics and is not CCISD-specific. See the CCISD Student Resources page above for more info.
Checking your grades and class schedule in Skyward**
Online gradebook
How to find applications on your computer (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) and pin them to your taskbar or to your start menu
Try pinning Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to your taskbar or to your start menu for easy access.
· Parents: Here is a good video about all the features of Skyward: https://rb.gy/ifoldt
Parent/ Student Tech Support
The CCISD Technology Remote Support Line is now operating and is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Parents and students can call 281.284.0500 for assistance.
Parent Drop Off and Pick Up
Important Dates
· January 11 – Cross Country meet at Victory Lakes Int – Approx. 4:30pm
· January 12 – Boys Basketball vs Brookside – “B” teams start at 5pm. “A” team games are 8th grade at Brookside Int.
· January 13 – Girls Basketball vs Brookside – “B” teams start at 5pm. “A” team games are played immediately after the B team games, approx. 6:00pm. 7th grade at Clear Lake Int; 8th grade at Brookside Int
· January 14-15 - CCISD Boys' 7A Basketball tournament, some games at CLIS
· January 17 – Student and Staff Holiday
· January 18 – Boys District Cross Country Preview Meet – Challenger Columbia Stadium -Approx. 4:30pm
· January 19 - Girls District Cross Country Preview Meet – Challenger Columbia Stadium -Approx. 4:30pm
· January 19 – Boys Basketball vs Creekside – “B” teams start at 5pm. “A” team games are played immediately after the B team games, approx. 6:00pm. 7th grade at Creekside Int; 8th grade at Clear Lake Int
· January 20 – Girls Basketball vs Creekside – “B” teams start at 5pm. “A” team games are played immediately after the B team games, approx. 6:00pm. 7th grade at Creekside Int; 8th grade at Clear Lake Int
· January 21 – Grading period ends for 1st progress report for 3rd nine weeks (PR5); automatic posting begins
· January 24 – Boys District Cross Country Meet at Challenger Columbia Stadium – Meet starts at 4:30pm -
· January 25 – Girls District Cross Country Meet at Challenger Columbia Stadium – Meet starts at 4:30pm -
· January 26 – Boys Basketball vs McAdams Junior High – “B” teams start at 5pm. “A” team games are played immediately after the B team games, approx. 6:00pm. 7th grade at Clear Lake Int; 8th grade at McAdams Junior High
· January 27 – Progress reports (PR5) available through Skyward Family Access
· January 27 - Eighth grade to attend CLHS Play 9:30 - 11:30 am
January 27 – Girls Basketball vs McAdams Junior High – “B” teams start at 5pm. “A” team games are played immediately after the B team games, approx. 6:00pm. 7th grade at Clear Lake Int; 8th grade at McAdams Junior High
· January 31 – Girls Basketball vs Space Center Int – “B” teams start at 5pm. “A” team games are played immediately after the B team games, approx. 6:00pm. 7th grade at Clear Lake Int; 8th grade at Space Center
· February 1 – 5th Grade tour and Parent night.
· February 2 - Boys Basketball vs Space Center Int – “B” teams start at 5pm. “A” team games are played immediately after the B team games, approx. 6:00pm. 7th grade at Clear Lake Int; 8th grade at Space Center
· February 3rd and 5th – Basketball Championship Weekend
o 7th Grade Girls – League City
o 7th Grade Boys – Creekside
o 8th Grade Girls – Brookside
o 8th Grade Boys - Bayside
· February 11 - Grading period ends for 2nd progress report for 3rd nine weeks (PR6); automatic posting begins
· February 17 – Progress reports (PR6) available through Skyward Family Access
· February 21 – Student Holiday – Staff PD/Teacher In-Service day
· March 11 – Early Release Day
· March 11 - Grading period ends for 3rd nine weeks report card; automatic posting begins
· March 12 – 20 – Spring Break Holiday