Blue Ash Elementary Newsletter
January 21, 2021
Specials Schedule Week of January 24th - January 28th
Upcoming Dates
January 28th - Family Fun Night at Castle Skate Land!!!! 6:00 p.m. See details below
February 21st - Presidents Day - No SchoolCOVID 19 Protocols updated. Please Read.
As of January 19, 2022, Sycamore Community School District has adopted the CDC's updated COVID-19 quarantine and isolation guidance.
- Anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 needs to call the COVID line 513-686-1707. Students must isolate for at least five days, regardless of vaccination status or symptoms. After five days, if there is no fever and symptoms have improved, students are able to return to school. *The district will email information to families reminding them of this information as the need arises.
- If your child is a close contact to a person who has tested positive for COVID, you will receive an email from the district notifying you of this fact, and providing specific information regarding next steps. Please review this information carefully when you receive it. *Your child's vaccination status impacts this new guidance, so please upload your child's COVID vaccination record to FinalForms so we can verify their status.
The district is experiencing a high volume of COVID reporting through our absence line and online form. Our dedicated team of contact tracers is following up and notifying parents as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
More Information from our Healthy Aves Update HERE
Free COVID Test Kits
Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order four free at-home COVID-19 tests. Orders will usually ship in 7-12 days. To order your test kits go to: https://www.covidtests.gov/
Our 4th Graders Know Their Rights!!
Look How Well Our Preschoolers Design and Build!
Who Dey!!!! Bengals Support Throughout Our School!
2022-2023 Kindergarten Registration
Girls on the Run
Attention 4th Grade Girls!!!!
Girls on the Run is coming back to Blue Ash Elementary
Season Dates: February 14 – May 7
Tuesdays and Thursdays afterschool from 4:00pm to 5:15pm
5K: May 7
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Registration will be open January 24 at 10:00 am through February 2 at 11:59 pm. If more than 16 girls apply, a random lottery will be conducted on February 4. If less than 16 girls apply, all girls’ registrations will be processed on February 4.
Registration through the Girls on the Run website: www.gotrcincinnati.org or directly at https://www.pinwheel.us/register/index/GOTRGCS22PROGRAM
Contact Karen McCarthy, mccarthyk@sycmoreschools.org 630-430-4528 (cell), with any questions.
Birthday Books are Back!
After having to break last year and the beginning of this year due to domino effects from Covid, we are so excited to announce that birthday books are BACK! Information about what this program is and how to participate will be coming home soon! Students with birthdays in the first and second quarter will receive their letters next week. Students with birthdays in 3rd and 4th quarter will follow. Thanks in advance for your support!
Please contact Jennifer Kolde and koldej@sycamoreschools.org with questions.
Adapt for Life Parent Information Night
Through grant funding, Sycamore has partnered with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to launch a mental wellness program in our schools called Adapt for Life. To provide more information about the Adapt for Life program, the district is offering a Virtual Parent Information Night on February 8, 2022, from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
We are asking parents to register in advance and indicate the grade level of their child in order to better customize the information session to the audience. Please also submit questions or topics you would like our speakers to cover during the session. A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants. Click here to register.
For more information about the program, tools for students and families, please visit the Adapt for Life website at https://www.adaptforlife.org. Questions? Please reach out to Lisa Zelvy, Pupil Services Supervisor, at zelvyl@sycamoreschools.org.
Learn Sign Language with Us!
We are so fortunate to have a sign language interpreter supporting one of our children at BAE again this year. Nicole Schum has been busy teaching all of us sign language! If you would like to join in the learning from home, please CLICK HERE for the Flipgrid account.
Once you log on to Flipgrid, the code for Blue Ash Sign Language is: baesign
CAFETERIA NEWS!!
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PTO INFORMATION
Chess Club
Registration is now open for the Winter session of Blue Ash Chess Club! It is designed for all 1st through 4th graders. Participants will learn all the basics as well as get ready to play chess tournaments if they would like.
The club will be held virtually using Zoom and online chess tools. Beginners classes will be on Thursdays afternoons, 5pm to 6pm from January 20th to March 31st. Class still open for does that still interested.
The cost for this session is $100.00 you can pay via Venmo or Check. For more questions and send you the registration form please email Gina Bourchid at bae.chessclub@gmail.com