Dear Parkway Community,

The Parkway Board of Education approved the following updates to our health plan.

The Board approved the following:

• Masks will continue to be required inside all Parkway schools and buildings through February 18, 2022. This is subject to change based on conditions in each particular school building, conditions in the community at large and CDC guidelines.
• The board will continue to review health conditions and our plans, including again at the January 19 and February 16 meetings.
• We continue to update data daily on our Community Health Dashboard so you can follow health conditions in each school.

The updated plan is posted here.

I hope you enjoy the long holiday weekend.

Dr. Keith Marty
Superintendent
Parkway Schools

Dear Carman Trails Families,

Just a reminder if your child has been sent home from school due to COVID like symptoms or is home from school due to COVID like symptoms a note from a healthcare provider or negative COVID results are required to return to school. Please email the note/results to the school nurse at cconnelly2@parkwayschools.net prior to returning to school. In addition, please send a hard copy to school if possible. Students will not be permitted to return to class if this documentation has not been received per Parkway protocol. Please review the information below regarding the Parkway illness guidelines:

If a student has any 1 low risk COVID symptom, they should remain home until the symptom has resolved for 24 hours.

Low Risk symptoms:

-Fever greater than 100.4

-Congestion/runny nose

-Nausea/vomiting/diarrhea

-Sore throat

-Headache

-Muscle or body Aches

If a student has 2 or more low risk COVID symptoms or 1 high risk COVID symptom, they should be evaluated by a healthcare provider prior to returning to school.

High Risk Symptoms:

-Cough

-Difficulty breathing

-Loss of taste and/or smell

Please note, Parkway does not accept at-home Covid tests at this time.

Congratulations to each of our class Spelling Bee contestants! You all did a wonderful job with some difficult words.

A special congratulations to our school Spelling Bee winner, Ella Manwaring from Mrs. Miller's 5th Grade class and our runner-up, Andrew Stuhlman from Ms. Wiese's 2nd Grade class!

Mrs. Manley

Next week, students who qualify for English Language services (EL) will be starting the annual Access test, which measures growth in English proficiency and is required by the state of Missouri. There is no need to study additionally for this assessment! Students just need to get a good night’s sleep and take their time on each session. Every year, EL students amaze us by what they can accomplish compared to the previous grade!

There are four domains (Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing) which are usually completed over four days, with each part taking around 45 minutes to one hour. This will be administered during the regular school day. We are beginning the test next week; however, since we have a large number of students who take this in small groups, some EL students will start the following week (Tuesday, January 18th.)

Thank you for your support!

Mrs. Auclair, Mrs. Emanuel and Mrs. Volk

As a reminder, Parkway is asking parents to consider sharing vaccination records if their child is fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

Sharing proof of vaccination is entirely voluntary. Your child’s vaccination record will be kept confidential. If your child is vaccinated, please complete this voluntary form to share your record with our school. The form will ask for your child’s name, school, grade and will have a place where you can upload a photo/image of your child’s vaccination card. You will need to log into your personal Google/Gmail account or use your child’s Parkway Gmail account to complete the form.

Providing your vaccine information will help us measure vaccination rates within our school communities. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Nurse Connelly.