Barton Bobcats
Parent Weekly Newsletter: September 13th - September 17th
Barton Middle School
512-268-1472 Ext. 46466
Email: Aaron.Loyd@hayscisd.net
Website: www.hayscisd.net/bms
Location: 4950 Jack C Hays Trail, Buda, TX, USA
Phone: 512-268-1472
Twitter: @HaysBMS
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Hello Bobcats!
Congrats to our Football and Volleyball teams for kicking off their seasons with victories yesterday. Our Bobcat families came out in full force to cheer on their teams and our BMS cheer squad did an amazing job. Next week, we will have our Virtual Open House on Monday starting at 6:00 PM. Below are links for the schedule that we will follow, as well as Zoom links for each teacher. On Tuesday we will have our first Pep Rally. Please note that the Pep Rally will be held outside, visitors can not attend, it will be recorded and posted to the BMS website and students can opt-out of attending and sit in the cafeteria and socially distance, if they do not want to attend.
I want to also let everyone know that we have distributed all IDs and have the supplies to print new ones when needed. Starting Monday, we will enforce our usual ID expectations. Students must have an ID on at all times. If they forget their ID, a parent can bring it up by the end of first period (8:58) without student needing to get a new one. If a student does not have one at this time, they will be required to get a new one. Additional IDs are $5 and students can not accrue more than $15 in ID debt. Students will be asked to text/call parents each and every time they get a new ID. We strongly encourage students to leave additional IDs in room 207, so they can get one without having to purchase any extra.
Starting Wednesday, September 22nd, we will have Grade Repair on Wednesdays after school in the cafeteria (3:35-5:00). There will be an assortment of teachers available to help tutor and support students with their work. Each Monday, students who are failing multiple classes, will be informed by administrators that they will need to attend. Parents of those students will also get an email informing them. Students have the ability to work their way off this mandatory list, if they get all of their classes to passing by the end of lunch on Wednesday. They will need to go to room 207 and show Ms. Martinez their Student Self-serve and that they are passing all classes. They will then be asked to text/call parents that they will not need to stay. Students who are assigned Grade Repair, and fail to stay on Wednesdays, can face a disciplinary consequence. Students will be swept from their 7th period classes on Wednesdays, as well, if they are required to attend. Any students can choose to stay for Grade Repair. It is up to the students who choose to stay to make arrangements with a teacher or Ms. Martinez, at least the day before if they require a late bus.
Living The Dream,
Mr. Loyd
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PEP RALLY- TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH
BMS will be on Pep Rally Schedule
Pep Rally will be held outdoors at the Football Field
**VISITORS CAN NOT ATTEND**
Pep Rally will be recorded and posted To BMS website.
Students may opt-out of attending and can socially distance in the cafeteria.
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Teacher Tutorial Schedule
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Attendance
If your student is out for any reason, please email bms.attendance@hayscisd.net
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH
Student's will take their school picture during their Social Studies class.
If you would like to purchase early, you may order online at mylifetouch.com
Picture Day ID: EVTHSBPPB
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BMS PTA
Barton PTA General Meeting
Tuesday, Sept 7 @ 6:30pm
BMS Library
Become a member of Barton PTA!
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HAYS CISD RESOURCES
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COVID Protocols
Campus nurse contact information:
Christi Chabarria, RN, BSN
Barton Middle School Nurse
Christi.chabarria@hayscisd.net
512-268-1472 ext. 46430
Fax 512-268-7810
COVID Exposure & Quarantine
Once we receive notice that a COVID positive person has been on our campus during their infectious period the following will occur. Email notifications will be sent with a dashboard of number of cases reported on campus for that day. The notification will include all classrooms that the covid positive person(s) was in on the included dates. The parent must check the listed classrooms to determine if their child was in those same classes. The policy is that anyone in the same classroom with the covid positive person is considered to be a close contact exposure. The parent is responsible for notifying attendance by sending a copy of the email to BMS.attendance@hayscisd.net if you choose to keep your child home on quarantine. The following is the policy regarding quarantine for close contact classroom exposure.
Hays CISD, as well as the local health department, recommends self-quarantine and monitoring for symptoms for anyone that has had close contact with someone with COVID-19. Quarantine keeps someone who might have been exposed to the virus away from others. This means that we recommend your student stay home and not be around other people outside your household or those with health concerns during this time. Per district protocol, quarantine is optional at this time for close contact COVID exposure as long as your student remains symptom free.
- If, at any time during the two weeks after your child’s exposure to COVID-19, they develop symptoms or test positive for COVID-19, please keep your student home and let the campus nurse know immediately.
- IF you choose to quarantine, the following guidelines are suggested:
- Option 1: If you choose not to test your child for COVID-19, your child should quarantine for 10 full days from last exposure to the positive individual. Your child must also remain asymptomatic for the entirety of the quarantine.
- Option 2: If you choose to have your child tested for COVID-19, please choose a PCR COVID-19 test and schedule the test for at least 5 days after their exposure to the covid-positive person. If your child’s test comes back negative and they remain symptom free they may return to campus.
Please notify the nurse if anyone in your home test positive for COVID. The quarantine requirements for in home covid exposure are different. If someone in the students home is positive they must remain off campus and isolate from the covid positive person. They can test after day 5 of last exposure and if negative return on day 8 or remain off campus 10 full days if you choose not to test.
COVID Positive cases
Please notify campus nurse immediately if your student test positive for COVID. All covid positive individuals must quarantine 10 full days from onset of symptoms or positive test date, whichever came first. You must provide a copy of the covid positive test results for attendance to be excused. A campus wide notification will go out to all parents and staff via email for any covid positive person who was on campus during their infectious period.
Illness or Covid symptoms
Any student sent home or kept home with covid like symptoms must provide a negative PCR covid test or an MD note clearing the student to return to campus. If you choose not to test or see an MD you must remain off campus for 10 full days from onset of symptoms. Please notify attendance of your absence via BMS.attendance@hayscisd.net
COVID SYMPTOMS
Significant Symptoms
• Loss of Sense of Taste or Smell
• Fever
• Difficulty Breathing/Shortness of
Breath
• Vomiting
Other symptoms
• Headache
• Sore Throat
• Fatigue
• Muscle/Body Aches
• Chills/Shaking
• Nausea
• Diarrhea
• Congestion or Runny Nose
Students may participate in schoology for learning and use remote conferencing for attendance and assistance with schoolwork.
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