Falcon Flash
May 14, 2021
Principal's Message
Hello Stetson Families,
I cannot believe that we are already approaching mid-May! We continue to celebrate seeing our students become more and more social. We love seeing them smile and laugh with their friends. We continue to reiterate Stetson Expectations in the hallways, bathrooms, lunchrooms, and classrooms. Thank you so much for your continued support of our students.
As we approach the end of our grading period, we are encouraging all of our students to complete any missing assignments or projects. As of June 1st, testing window, no new instruction will take place. Students should concentrate on testing, remediation, and closing out activities.
Our goal at Stetson is to continue to use transparent communication about upcoming activities and guidelines. We are continuing to monitor CDC guidelines. We will continue to wear masks in our school buildings. In addition, our end-of-the-year awards ceremonies will be virtual and students will view (both live and recorded) from their advisory classrooms. We continue to have a no guests policy during school hours so our families will have to enjoy virtually from their homes. We will communicate all video links at the conclusion of the ceremony for families to enjoy and view at their convenience.
Please see the attached end of the year TENTATIVE schedule:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LtZXTlT_i2zqke-7bH6p-WbVES8q2eyRZoZhDb2fIAk/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks for your time and attention in reading this week's edition!
Have a great week,
Mrs. Puchalla
Calendar next week (Including Cyber students)
May 17th--Day 5 PM (periods 5-8)
May 18h--NO SCHOOL (teacher in-service day)
May 19th--Day 6 AM (periods 1-4)
May 20th--Day 6 PM (periods 5-8)
May 21th--Day 1 aM (periods 1-4)
Technology concerns--As technical issues arise during remote learning, please use the following resources:
Tech Support @ Home – WCASD website with important information:
- Schoology Support
- Laptop Support
- Additional Resources
If there is an issue with your 1:1 device please email SMStech_support@wcasd.net
Refillable Water Bottles Stations
Nurse's Corner
We would like to share how we determine which students to contact trace and quarantine.
When we learn of a positive Covid case, we determine the date of symptom onset and/or positive Covid test date. From there, we look at the class schedule/lunch/bus/sports (if applicable) of the positive case. Although students are 3 feet apart, we contact trace 6 feet as per the Health Department Guidelines.
Please understand that only the person in direct contact with the positive case needs to quarantine (not the whole family) unless the close contact develops symptoms or tests positive.
Quarantine Timeline:
- Date of exposure= Day 0.
- Close contacts can test day 5 or after.
- With proof of a negative test, close contacts can return to in-person learning and sports/activities after day 7.
- If close contacts chose not to test, they can return to in-person learning and sports/activities after day 10.
There may be situations in which a close contact occurred with multiple positive cases, which may alter the timeline to test. We communicate that information to you as quickly as possible to avoid multiple tests.
Eligibility Information for extra curricular school sponsored activities
We are very excited about resuming our spring sports program next week. Now that we have begun, we must also implement the district’s extracurricular eligibility policy. See the policy by clicking the link here http://go.boarddocs.com/pa/wche/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=9Z3GMN447E5E Students who are failing 2 or more core subjects or 1 core subject and 2 or more Unified Arts classes, will be considered ineligible to participate in sports or activities the FOLLOWING week. You will receive notice of this via email.
Attendance Info
Effective 3/29/21, all 5 days a week students are required to learn in-person unless they are given prior approval by the school nurse (mczerpak@wcasd.net) or the Principal (mpuchalla@wcasd.net). Students who remote in without permission will be marked absent regardless of their virtual attendance. An absence note will need to be submitted within 5 days.