Weekly Family Update--August 30, 2021

   

The first full week was an awesome and HOT one! Everyone is getting into their routines, and the excitement of being back together in person is still sky high! 

BAND is Back at Stanton!!!!

From the Band Director Alex Dunal:

The band is coming back for our 5th-8th graders! It’s hard to believe, but it’s time to begin selecting courses for the next school year, and I want to make sure that you choose music to be a part of your child’s life! Increasing academic demands and the dullness and dread of the pandemic have provided little if any time for creativity and few opportunities to develop personal creativity. As parents, you make decisions each day about what is best for your child, often with little or no concrete information or certain outcomes. With music, you can be sure that you are making the right decision for not just next year, but for the rest of their lives. Study after study has shown that learning to play an instrument has tremendous benefits on our young people’s minds.

To register your child, it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3.

1. Have your child visit our website: www.MusicArts.com/MES Code: 29136
2. Have them watch the instrument demonstration videos.
3. Choose their instrument and register for band.

This past year has been hard on you. Now it’s my turn to help you by helping your child. Sign them up for music, and I will help bring out a part of them you might not even know is there.

Lastly, there will also be a short Q&A through Zoom for all beginner band parents on 9/1 at 6pm. You can access that with the information below.

Topic: Mr. Dunal's Beginning Band Meeting

Time: Sep 1, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting: Click Here to Join

Meeting ID: 980 7039 4651

Please feel free to contact me at alex.dunal@musicarts.com if you have questions or would like to discuss this further.

Sending Students to School

Although you are no longer required to self-certify your student each day before school it is still required that you keep your child home from school if they have any one COVID symptom and have them tested for COVID before returning to school.  A test result from a testing agency or care provider is required (HOME TESTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED).  STUDENTS PRESENTING AT SCHOOL WITH ANY SYMPTOMS WILL BE SENT HOME UNTIL A COVID TEST RESULT IS PROVIDED. Please note that tests are FREE at clinics, pharmacies and healthcare facilities. 

Updated Quarantine Guidelines

Please see below for the updated processes we are following. This document is also attached to this week's Family Update email. 

Remote Learning Access

To access short term remote learning, students must:
1. Have positive COVID diagnosis, or
2. Be identified as close contact by D114

Situations that do not qualify for remote access:

1. Symptoms in the absence of a COVID diagnosis.
*Students should stay home until symptoms resolve.
*Student will be encouraged to take a COVID test and share results
*COVID testing can be done onsite using SHIELD PCR (once program launches) or Binex Now Rapid with parent/guardian permission.

2. Student identified as close contact with a family member
*Student should stay home and monitor symptoms
*Student will be encouraged to take a COVID test and share results
*COVID testing can be done onsite using SHIELD PCR (once program launches) or Binex Now Rapid with parent/guardian permission.

3. Family vacations.

4. General illnesses.

5. Any other non-COVID related reasons.

Remote Learning Parameters:
Student get “eyes and ears” into the classroom using Google Classroom and Google Meet.
Student is provided at least 5 hours of instruction, of which 2.5 must be synchronous.
Remote access is given 24 hours after notification that a student qualifies.

Local COVID Data

8/27/21

CDC thresholds and local data for Lake County

Indicator	Low Transmission	Moderate Transmission	Substantial Transmission	High Transmission	Current Status
Incidence Rate: Total new cases per 100K persons in the last 7 days	0-9	10-49	50-99	100 or greater	144.72
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate	Less than 5%	5.0%-7.9%	8.0%-9.9%	Greater than 10%	4.98%

D114 Local Zip Codes Data from Northwestern University COVID Dashboard--ALL DATA INCLUDES ACTUAL AND PROBABLE CASES!

Indicator	Low Transmission	Moderate Transmission	Substantial Transmission	High Transmission	Current Status
Incidence Rate: Total new cases per 100K persons in the last 7 days	0-9	10-49	50-99	100 or greater	179.4
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate	Less than 5%	5.0%-7.9%	8.0%-9.9%	Greater than 10%	8.06%

Current Local Zip Code Vaccination Rate

Zip Code	% Fully Vaccinated
60020`	50.93%
60041	52.48%
60050	48.09%
60081	43.91%
Avg of D114 Zip Codes	48.85%

Current D114 Quarantine/COVID Positive Data

Category	Quarantined	COVID+
Students	17	2
Staff	0	0

Curriculum Nights--VIRTUAL

Lotus

6:00-7:00

Aug 30--PreK and 2nd

Aug 31--1st and 4th

Sept 2--K and 3rd

Stanton

Sept 9--Links will be emailed directly to families on September 9

D114 Text-A-Tip

United Way

 

Ways to access:

*Call 211 from any phone.

*Text your zip code to 898211

*Access the database via web at https://211lakecounty.org/

 

You can reach us at District Office at 847-973-4028. Feel free to email me with questions, ideas, or concerns at heather.friziellie@foxlake114.org. We are here to help, so don't hesitate to reach out for assistance!

With commitment to our students and families, 

Heather Friziellie, Superintendent