Students should stay home if they are not feeling well. If COVID-19 symptoms arise while at school, those individuals will be sent home. Consider contacting your student's health care provider. Even when experiencing mild symptoms, a COVID PCR test may be needed (at a testing site or through the health care provider).

NEW ILLNESS GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS
The State has provided schools with guidance for if your child gets sick and when to return to school. For any COVID-19 symptoms, please reference the Return to School Following Illness COVID-19 Information for Families.

What are the next steps if my student has symptoms while at home or develops symptoms while at school?

If your student has illness symptoms (even a runny nose!), please refer to the above guidelines regarding when your student should be tested for COVID-19 and when to return to school following an illness.

If a COVID-19 test is obtained:

• It must be a PCR test.
  
• Please have your student stay home, and avoid others while awaiting the COVID test results. Please also notify the school nurse, of the outcome of the test result, before your student returns to school.

Be well,

Kara Cassani, RN & Darcy Mazlish, RN

Orchard School Nurses
SBSD Elementary Health Services
p. (802) 652-7303
f. (802) 652-7354

PTO Greetings: Who is the Parent-Teacher Organization? Once a month (on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm, to be specific!), PTO board members, our school principal Mr. Trifilio, a teacher representative, and other interested parents (insert your name here) meet to discuss school community events, bringing in-school enrichment activities to our students, building equity within classrooms, and more. Your voice is welcome! If you are interested in becoming a board member, sign up through Konstella or email Kristin at orchardschoolvt@gmail.com for more information.

Join Konstella! What is Konstella? It is an app/phone-based or web-based site that connects parents to one another. When you sign up, you can see the other students in your child's class and can reach out to other parents/families to communicate and arrange get togethers. Use this link to join: https://www.konstella.com/cd/YHHCGJ

Simple ways to help Orchard School raise money for events:

Reusable Bags from Shaws: For the month of October 2021, Orchard School PTO will receive a $1 donation from each purchase of the $2.50 reusable GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS Bag at the Shaw's store located at Shaw's 570 Shelburne Rd, Burlington VT.

Boxtops: Help us earn money for our school by using the Box Tops app. It’s an easy way to make a difference. Use this referral code VI7J42XS when you sign up and you’ll get 20 Bonus Box Tops when you scan your first receipt now through 05/29/2022. Use the link below to download the Box Tops app: https://btfe.smart.link/c2jjdifkw?referral_code=VI7J42XS

Here is the link to the district transportation. We are thinking the bus routes will continue to be updated so check the transportation website on the district website for changes: https://www.sbschools.net/Page/1260

If you would like to try alternative transportation (AT), please complete this brief survey: https://forms.gle/YRpsk5U2ZCcziotL6