Muraski Tribune: Issue 25
YOUR WEEKLY COMMUNICATION ABOUT ALL THINGS MURASKI
A Message From the Principals
We hope you all had a nice weekend and stayed warm! We had fun last week as the students were able to celebrate the February monthly incentives for PBIS. Each month the classroom teachers keep track of how many PRIDE reminders the students need. For the students who receive 3 PRIDE reminders or less, they get to celebrate with our monthly incentive. This month, the grade levels decided to plan their own incentive. We are excited to announce that our grade levels had a factastic percentage of students who earned that incentive
Kindergarten - 97% of students earned incentive
First - 96% of students earned incentive
Second - 96% of students earned incentive
Third - 93% of students earned incentive
Fourth - 100% of students earned incentive
Fifth - 93% of students earned incentive
We are very proud of our students! The great thing about our monthly incentives is each month the students start with a clean slate. This week the students will begin working towards their March incentive.
Have a great week!
Mike Griffen & Katie Hawk
PRIDE Ticket Winners!
Kindergarten and First Grade
Kindergarten
Shae Ross JamesWade Zamiska
Teddy Reece
Anthony Yovanno
Amelia Eid
Madison Howard
First
Caine Quinlan
Julianna Cham
Liam Caraballo
Hannah Kenderes
Seth Sprague
Kourtney Waters
Second Grade
Cailyn Wagner
Jace Lewon
Raylee Gobel
Natalie Benisek
Isabel Janakovich
Macy Flenoury
Brody Perrot
Third Grade
Delaney Ehlert
Brayden Harrison
Anna Yusko
Zoey Starcovic
Riley McCullough
Ari Sovey
Joey Tucker
Fourth Grade
Lily R.
Owen Haumesser
Mia Gojnic
Carter Lambert
Nora Arnold
Fifth Grade
Anthony Jacko
Laura Chetrusca
Angelo Santo Domingo
Chloey Bou Ghantous
Matt Byrk
PBIS Lunch/Recess Challenge
Last week we shared with you our February Lunch/Recess challenge. Each day the grade levels could earn a total of two points; 1 point at Lunch and 1 point at recess. We are really trying to reinforce the expected behaviors for our students. Mrs. Hawk and I have taken time each morning to update our students and staff on the February challenge as a way to keep the students motivated. Below you will find our updated total scores for each grade level as of this week. We still have one more day to earn points. The winners will be announced on Tuesday and this grade-level will ger a pizza party, provided by myself and Mrs. Hawk.
Updated February Data
OST Testing Dates: Grades 3-5
Spring testing will be here before we know it. We want to provide you with these dates because it is important that your child is in school on their assigned testing date prior to the start of the test. Students tend to do their best when their routine is consistent. We recognize that you are not able to control everything, but if you could be cognizant of these dates when making appointments, coming in late, etc. we would appreciate it. Note: If a child is late to school on a testing day, they are not able to enter the classroom if the test has already started.
ELA Grade 3: April 6 & 7
ELA Grade 4: April 5 & 6
ELA Grade 5: April 7 & 8
Math Grade 3: April 27 & 28
Math Grade 4: April 28 & 29
Math Grade 5: April 12 & 13
Science Grade 5: April 27 & 28
Trimester 2 Ends on 2/25/22
Strongsville Women's League Art Contest
Birthday Book Club
If you are looking for a way to help out, or if you want to commemorate your child’s birthday, or really for any reason at all . . . please consider joining the Muraski Birthday Book Club!
Click the link below for additional details and to donate $15 toward the purchase of a new book for the Muraski Media Center. All funds will go towards books/supplies!
NEW COVID REPORTING
ODH Discontinues COVID-19 Universal Contact Tracing for Schools
On Wednesday (1/26), the ODH shared a memo (CLICK HERE) detailing that schools may discontinue COVID-19 universal contact tracing effective immediately. Based on this ODH guidance and the consensus of the Board last night, Strongsville City Schools will no longer be contact tracing for COVID-19 after today. You can CLICK HERE to access the slides and/or CLICK HERE to watch my presentation to the Board on this topic that (1) provides local data to support this move away from universal contact tracing and (2) details a two-phase approach to reduce COVID restrictions as we move into our long-term response to COVID.
Based on Phase I, these COVID-related items will continue.
- Staff / Students must continue to report all COVID+ cases to SCS
- Continue to communicate active isolations on the COVID data dashboard Monday - Friday
- Continue to follow the reduced isolation and the Mask to Stay / Test to Play (if known) protocols for staff / students exhibiting no symptoms
- Continue with classroom-based COVID parent notifications for students in Grs. PreK-5
- Continue with current social distancing in classrooms
Based on Phase I, these COVID-related items will be discontinued Monday, January 31st.
- Discontinue all contact tracing unless there is a cluster / outbreak as determined by the CCBH [see Slide 7 of presentation]
- Discontinue communicating active quarantines on the COVID data dashboard
- Discontinue building and individual COVID parent notifications for students in Grs. PreK-5
- Discontinue all parent COVID notifications for students in Grs. 6-12