Hi 7th grade parents!

The 7th Grade Virtual Pathway Fair is coming to your students Social Studies Classroom on Friday April, 30th. In preparation for this Virtual Fair students will take the Matchmaker survey on Xello during their CAT classes throughout the week. The purpose of the 7th Grade Virtual Pathway Fair is to introduce students to all the options they have at the high school level besides the 21st Century Programs. This will open their eyes to the very things they can do, and take, at their very own home high school. When the presentations are complete we will make all resources complete on our websites, in ParentVue, for your convenience. Please do not hesitate to reach out to either counselor with questions!

Thanks,

Mrs. Silkett and Mrs. Rodden

Kansas Assessment

Chisholm Trail students will be taking the Kansas State Assessments this spring on the following days. Please help by reminding your student to get a good night sleep and eat a healthy breakfast each morning.

• April 5 -7 LA (6th, 7th, 8th grade In-Person)-- COMPLETE
  
• April 14-15 Science (8th grade In-Person)-- COMPLETE
• April 19--All Grades-- Panorama Surveys-- COMPLETE
  
• April 26-28 Math (6th, 7th, 8th grade In-Person)-- THIS WEEK
  

6th, 7th & 8th Grade Remote Student

Kansas Assessment Days

Remote students will have the opportunity to take the Kansas State Assessments the following days/times. Please complete the following SURVEY about testing for your remote student. Mrs. Reyes will follow up with each family with more details about testing. If you have any questions or concerns please email rlreyes@olatheschools.org

• April 7th LA (either during the day or 3:30 pm – 6 pm) --COMPLETE
  
• April 29th Math (either during the day or 3:30 pm – 6 pm)

To help teacher-assigned students be more successful in Wildcat After Hours, we are going to make a few changes this quarter. Please look at the following items:

1. If a teacher is assigning a student, then the assigning teacher must either provide a “homework to-do” list for the student, or have the student create their own work to-do list. When the student arrives at WAH, the student will then present their to-do list as their “entry ticket.” The WAH teacher will ensure that the student completes all of the assignments on the list. You are welcome to use this to-do list as an option. If a student does not arrive with a to-do list, then the WAH teacher cannot guarantee that all of the student’s work will be completed.

2. All students must stay until 4:15, even if they finish their work early. The assigning teacher must contact the student’s parents and make it clear that the student will be released at 4:15. If a student must leave early, then the parent will need to directly contact the WAH teacher.

3. With the arrival of baby Servaes, Lindsey Bingham and Samantha Collins will take turns covering Allison's Wednesday slots. Please refer to this calendar to see who oversees WAH each day.

If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Reyes.

Open Registration for 2021-2022 bus transportation will be available May 1

• All payride and registration dates will be updated on the OPS Bus Info website by the end of April.
• The website link for 2021-22 registration is scheduled to go live on May 1 and families will receive a Blackboard notification with a link to the registration portal.
• Families accessing Special Services busing will receive a separate Blackboard notification with a link to ED and K-NG online request forms. These are currently available on the OPS Bus Info website under ‘Registration’ with tabs titled ‘Special Education’ and ‘Early Childhood. Families may complete the requests at any time.

More info on busing can be found at this link...

https://www.olatheschools.org/Domain/2918

There has been an update to the Primary and Secondary symptoms of COVID-19 per JCDHE. Fever is no longer considered to be a primary symptom of COVID-19 even in secondary students and adults. It is now a secondary symptoms which means there needs to be at least one other symptom of COVID in order to classify the person as have COVID-like Illness requiring exclusion and/or testing. The symptoms are now as listed below:

Primary (any one symptom):

• New, persistent cough
• Difficulty breathing
• Loss of taste and/or smell (this is so specific that even in the presence of a negative PCR test, the person is considered COVID positive)

Secondary symptoms (any two or more symptoms):

• Extreme fatigue
• Fever (100o +) or chills
• Congestion/runny nose
• Nausea/vomiting/diarrhea
• Sore throat
• Headache
• Muscle or body aches

23/7 CAT SPLIT

CAT 7:50 – 8:13

1st hour 8:17 – 9:07

2nd hour 9:11 – 10:01

3rd hour 10:05 – 10:55

4th hour 10:59 -11:49 (10:59-12:14 for 6th grade)

• 6th grade Lunch
• 10:59-11:24 (Taulbee, Totte-Boyd, Clark, Williams, Horner, Parker)
• 11:24-11:49 (Grauberger, Snethen, Olvera, Marye)
  

5th hour 11:53 – 1:11

• 7th grade Staggered Lunch
• 11:49 – 12:15 (Ruffin, Jones, Cromer, Rodriguez)
• 11:55 – 12:20 (Reed, M. Kinzer, Hylton, Kusek)

• 8th grade 1st Lunch 12:20 – 12:45

• (Carroll, R. Sheffield, Boyd, Rotert, Woolcott, Waller, Sutter)

• 8th grade 2nd Lunch 12: 46 – 1:11
• (Stumbo, Detrick, Robison, Haines, Gibson,)

6th hour 1:15 – 2:05

7th hour 2:09 – 2: 59

CAT 3:03 – 3:10

State assessments will be coming up in April. All students, remote and in-person learners, are being asked to take the state assessment. We will communicate date and time opportunities for our remote students. These will be during non-school hours and for only our remote learners. Stay tuned for details in future weeklies. Below is the message from our director of curriculum and assessment.

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Dear District Families,

During the spring of the 2019-20 academic year, the Kansas Department of Education made the decision to not administer state assessments, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This spring, with schools being open and the majority of students learning in person, KSDE has made the decision to return to administering state assessments. This decision to move forward with testing is a positive one, embraced by the Olathe district. As we move towards the end of this school year, it is important our district has evidence of academic learning, as well as evidence of academic needs moving into the 2021-22 academic year.

KSDE has shared the expectation with school districts that ALL students take state assessments, even those students who have chosen to learn Remotely. For Olathe students who have chosen In-Person learning, this will feel very normal and state assessments will be scheduled during the normal school day, as in the past. For our students learning Remotely, the design of the state assessments requires that students take the assessments in person at school. Currently, each building is working on a plan to safely assess Remote students and they will reach out to families of Remote students in the next few weeks with those plans. The Olathe Public Schools expects all students to take the state assessments and provide the district and families with much-needed information to make the best decisions possible for 2021-22.

Once building administrators have sent state testing details to their communities, please feel free to contact your school’s principal (or building test coordinator) with additional questions.

Rich Wilson

Attendance Corner

Welcome Parents to the 2020-21 School Year. A few suggestions to help us tackle attendance for your student(s) during this hybrid learning experience. Attendance is more crucial during these unprecedented times. We ask that you notify Chisholm Trail Attendance Office, preferably before 8:00am with your students all day absence. You can use any of the following methods of contacting us:

1. Call dedicated Attendance Line (voicemail only) – 913-780-7241

2. Call CST Main Line – 913-780-7240 (voicemail after 4:00pm)

3. Email Connie Bray, Attendance Secretary @ cbraycst@olatheschools.org

*all emails will be responded to with a follow-up email for verification of receiving

Information needed to report absence:

· Student Name

· Student Grade

· Your Relationship to Student

· Reason for absence (i.e. illness description, appointment, etc.)

· Phone number to return call (if needed for further info)

Due to remote learning, if your student checks out for an appointment, we ask for a second notification to Attendance (again via any of the 3 methods listed above) if student returns to learning with a time of return. If you contact your student(s) teacher via email please cc Connie Bray with info as to help us.

Please refer to this request as we proceed to continue to help make this school year as positive as we possibly can. We are always here to assist you in any way we can. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions. Thank you, and together we can do this.

Attendance Secretary,

Connie Bray

Receptionist: Chrissy Walters

Assistant Principal's Secretary: Angie Peterson

Attendance Secretary: Connie Bray

Bookkeeper/Principal's Secretary: Andrea Wescott

Data Operator: Melynda Marquardt

School Nurse: Jennifer Ross

Please keep info updated (email, phone number, medical, etc.). Contact the office at 913-780-7240 if you are concerned you may be missing communication or need to update your family's information.