Important dates
May 15 - teacher packing day #2, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm (Mayes)
May 20 - Choir Concert, 6:00 pm
May 22 - teacher packing day #3, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm (Vogt)
May 25 - Pops Concert, 6:00 pm
May 26 - Virtual 8th grade Promotion Ceremony, 7pm
May 27 - 8th grade celebration activities & 7th grade science Regatta races
May 28 - Last day of school (half day); Science budget due; EOY retiree farewell luncheon
August 2 - Teachers can access the building to start setting up their classrooms
August 9 - 6th grade orientation; orientation for 8th graders who were virtual in 7th grade
August 10 - rising 7th grade orientation
August 11-13, 16-18: Back to school work days for teachers
August 23 - First day of school!
Important documents
DRAFT 2021-2022 Master Schedule
May 28 - Retiree Farewell and End of year luncheon
This year's retirees prefer a low key farewell. Therefore, we will have a brief reception to honor them on the last day of school after dismissal in the cafeteria. During this brief reception, they will be presented with a gift and then we will mingle for a bit before saying our goodbyes. A grab and go catered lunch will be provided by Hixson administration. We will start at 12:40 pm and end by 1:10 pm.
Please use the rest of the day to finish packing and checking out.
Jarrod Jones wrote a book!
Please join me in celebrating Jarrod Jones! He recently published a novel called My Invisible Father. Hixson has a published author on staff! How amazing! We are very proud of Mr. Jones for this accomplishment! If you would like more information about the book, please click the link below!
https://jaerarmsteadjones.com/
DOMAIN 1: HIXSON & COVID
Changes to mask mandate
As you may know, late this morning St. Louis county
announced changes to Covid-related protocols. In case you are wondering about these changes and their impact on WGSD, we are
still following our current district guidelines regarding masks, social
distancing, etc. More information to come, but at this time, nothing has
changed for us.
St. Louis County Department of Public Health released new quarantine guidelines for COVID-19 exposures that occur in the school setting. If all pre-conditions (listed below) are met, then close contacts of positive cases are able to remain in school during their quarantine, however, they must quarantine at home during non-school hours. The goal is to allow students to continue their classroom learning without disruption when it’s safe to do so. Studies have shown that, when proper mitigating practices are in place (mask mandate, physical distancing, hand hygiene), classroom settings have relatively low transmission rates compared with other settings.
Criteria for modified quarantine:
- The exposure happened at school (not at home or during sports or extracurricular activities).
- Close contacts are under 18 years old or current K-12 students who are over 18 years old.
- Symptoms of the positive case are NOT upper respiratory in nature while at school (no coughing or nasal congestion).
- Masks were worn properly by the positive case and close contacts at all times.
- Additional mitigating strategies (screening and isolation of anyone with possible COVID-19 symptoms, hand hygiene, etc.) were in place, including physical distancing of at least 3 feet.
- There is no suspicion of classroom transmission.
Protocol for teaching remotely
Click HERE to access the protocol for teaching remotely.
Protocol for substitute teachers who will cover virtual classes
Click HERE to access the protocol for substitute teachers who will cover virtual classes.
DOMAIN 4: HIXSON & CONSTRUCTION
The Big Move!
· What is the “Big Move”? The Big Move will take place on July 15, 2021. This the day that a moving company will move teachers' belongings to their new classrooms. Due to summer construction and cleaning, teachers cannot be in the building prior to August 2.
· Moving company – The moving company will provide plastic bins for teachers who are moving from Steger to Hixson and current Hixson teachers who are moving to new construction classrooms to use for packing sometime during the week of May 1, 2021. You will pack your belongings inside of those crates/boxes and put them outside of your current classroom by the end of the day on May 28, 2021 for current Steger teachers and June 4, 2021 for current Hixson teachers. You will clearly label the crates/boxes with your name and new room number. On July 15, the movers will move those crates/boxes to your new classroom for you. The crates must be returned to the moving company sometime during the last week of August. Therefore, you will need to have the crates emptied and ready to return by August 27.
· Labeling your belongings – You will receive a set of labels from the main office so that all labels are clear and easy to read.
· Moving your own belongings – You are welcome to move your own belongings if you’d like. You will still need to abide by the aforementioned timeline and process.
Our furniture at the Service Center - Our furniture at the Service Center will remain there until we know more about social distancing for next year. If social distancing guidelines are relaxed, then we will bring our furniture back from the Service Center. If we can bring our furniture back from the Service Center, then that will add another layer onto our moving process.
No access to the building June 4 - August 2
The S. Elm parking lot is going to be completely demolished and reconstructed this summer. If you are a current Hixson teacher and plan to do any packing between June 1 and June 4 (the building will be closed on May 31 due to Memorial Day), you will need to park on the Moss Field parking lot and enter the building through the Shop entrance. The construction workers will take up the majority if not all of the parking near and around the cafeteria entrance because the S. Elm lot will be gone.
Saturday hours
Mike, Aimee, and I will offer Saturday hours for teachers to pack on May 1, May 15, and May 22 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm for teachers who would like additional time to pack up their classrooms.
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