Grades 7 & 8 start Monday, March 1
If you look closely in the photo above, you can see that there's a double rainbow at Miller Junior High School this week -- a symbol of good luck. And on Monday, March 1, the luck is with the 7th and 8th graders who will be returning to school for in-person instruction. Welcome back!
They join Grades PreK-6 who have been phased into the hybrid model, and Grades 9-12 are scheduled to start March 17.
Students who wish to remain with distance learning have that option.
The hybrid reopening adhere's to the state metrics, Department of Health, and Labor and Industries rules and regulations for the safe operation of schools during the pandemic. More information on the safe reopening of schools can be found here.
The school schedules can be found here.
Students who are attending in-person have been assigned to either Cohort A on Monday/Tuesday or to Cohort B on Thursday/Friday.
The Three Ws are:
- Wear a mask;
- Watch your distance, and
- Wash or sanitize your hands. Multiple opportunities are provided during the day.
Students are required to bring a health attestation form signed by a parent/guardian to school each day they are in-person. The attestations are collected at the entrance to school, where there is also a quick temperature check as you can see in the photos below.
Are you up for a challenge that could help reduce the stress in your life? We learned this week about the National Day of Unplugging. It is an awareness campaign that promotes a 24-hour respite from technology annually observed since 2009 the first weekend in March.
This year, the NDU falls from sundown to sundown on March 5-6. Sundown in Aberdeen this coming Friday is at 6:07 p.m.
This National Day of Unplugging will hopefully inspire more connectivity with friends, family and ourselves, and less with our devices.
This will be a challenge for many of us so plan for it – plan a walk, try a new recipe, get out a board game, check out that book you were always going to read. And yes – if your book is on a device, that’s OK.
Good luck and have fun!
Q&As and other helpful information
If you have a question, please submit to the attention of Superintendent Alicia Henderson at ahenderson@asd5.org.
A monthly subscription to the NFHS network is $10.99 per month, annually is $69.99. You can find more information here.
Visit the Aberdeen page on the NFHS Network to subscribe.
Visit the COVID Updates for Athletics
Next Tech Session for Parents is Wednesday, March 3
This offering was developed in response to Survey No. 1 where many parents expressed the desire to learn more about Canvas. Sessions are offered via Zoom and are open to parents of any age students in our district.
Staying in touch with Leadership
- Superintendent Alicia Henderson, ahenderson@asd5.org
- Business Office, Elyssa Louderback, elouderback@asd5.org
- Human Resources, Christi Sayres, csayres@asd5.org
- Special Education, Rick Bates, rbates@asd5.org
- Career & Technical Education, Lynn Green, lgreen@asd5.org
- Teaching, Learning & Technology, Traci Sandstrom, tsandstrom@asd5.org
- Food Services, Jaime Matisons, jmatisons@asd5.org
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The Aberdeen School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Christi Sayres, Title IX Coordinator and Civil rights Compliance Coordinator, 216 North G St., Aberdeen, WA 98520; (360) 538-2222; csayres@asd5.org; Dr. Richard Bates, Section 504/ADA Coordinator, 216 North G St., Aberdeen, WA 98520; (360) 538-2017; rbates@asd5.org.