Avon East Monthly News
January 2022
Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season. We are excited to get back into the routine with our school family.
Please continue to communicate with our staff with any questions, concerns, or positive feedback you have for us. We truly appreciate the collaborative relationships we have with you as we continue to grow our little Eagles!
May you have a happy and healthy start to 2022!
Warmest wishes,
Ms. Erin Holzhauer, Principal
January District Covid Protocol
District’s Masking Policy
Due to the recent surge of COVID-19 and based on the recommendation of our Lorain County Health Department, we will require masks January 3rd- January 28th for grades PreK-12th for students and staff. This will help keep our students and staff in the district for in-person learning. Mask exemptions that were previously submitted will still be honored. We ask that you continue to keep your Eagle home from school when sick and report any positive COVID cases. We realize there are many strong opinions on the issue of facemasks. The above policy will allow us to continue with in-person learning which has always been our goal.
Changes in Communication Regarding Positive Cases/Close Contacts
As protocols evolve, it is important to ensure we are able to track and communicate information in the most efficient way possible. The district will continue to update information on the Avon Local Schools Dashboard regarding the number of positive COVID cases in each building for both students and staff. To streamline communication, buildings will only be sending out notifications of positive cases for specific classrooms, buses or extracurricular activities. You will only be notified by email if your child is in the class/bus/activity of a student that tested positive. This will eliminate additional emails of other buildings/district notifications that do not relate to your child. If you are interested in case counts of other buildings, then you can access this data through the district dashboard.
Quarantine Guidelines
As you may be aware, the CDC recently reduced its recommendation for isolation and quarantine guidelines of asymptomatic positive cases from 10 days down to (5) five days followed by required mask use for five (5) days. The Lorain County Health department has also recommended we suspend contact tracing. Students will no longer be considered “close contacts” and subject to isolation protocols or extended quarantine days. Parents will be made aware of their exposure through email and will continue to report to school as long as they are symptom free.
Our goal has always been to keep our Eagles in school, safely learning. We appreciate your support and wish your family a healthy new year!
NOTE: Regardless of what is required in the schools, it is still a Federal requirement that all drivers and riders wear a mask on district transportation vehicles.
Winter MAP testing
No School (January)
Counselor News
Upcoming Important Dates
January:
- 14th- Staff In-Service (No School)
- 17th- MLK Day (No School)
- 19th- Pride Day
February:
- 2nd- PTA meeting 7pm @ Avon East
- 16th- Pride Day
- 21st- No School- President's Day
Early Dismissals (a change in procedures)
Our office has become very chaotic at the end of the day with numerous early dismissals. Our secretaries have a lot to manage during this time of day and the amount of parents we have picking up children at 3:15 makes it very difficult for them.
We ask that if you are picking your child up from the front office at 3:15 or earlier that it be for appointments or emergencies only. Otherwise, please use our car rider line. Depending on where you are at in line, children exit the building from 3:25-3:40. It really is a smooth process :) Please write your teacher a note for the office staff and be sure you have a car rider tag. If you forget to write a note- you can call our main office and the secretaries will take your name down and ask you join the car rider line for pick-up. If you need a car tag, we can send one home with your child- just write a note to your teacher that you need one!
Thank you so much for following this request!
Please Dress for the Weather
Extra clothes needed
Ms. Holzhauer's Contact Information
Email: holzhauere@avoneagles.org
Website: www.avonlocalschools.org
Location: 3100 Nagel Rd, Avon, OH, USA
Phone: 440.937.6015
Twitter: @AEast_Holzhauer