Bogan Elementary Weekly E-News

January 22, 2021

School News and Information

Happy Friday!  We hope you have had a great week.

It is important for all of us to continue to be vigilant in taking precautionary measures in order to limit the spread of Covid-19 or the need for widespread quarantines.

If anyone in your household is being tested for Covid-19 and you are waiting for results, you must keep all of your children at home until you receive the results.  When you receive the results please contact our school nurse and she can provide you with further information.  

If anyone in your household is experiencing any of the following symptoms:  Cough, Shortness of Breath, or NEW loss of taste and/or smell, please keep all of your children home until you have more information from a doctor on the cause of the symptoms.  

If anyone in your household has two (2) or more of the following symptoms please keep all of your children home until you have more information from a doctor on the cause of the symptoms.  

• Chills/fever
• Congestion (nasal or sinus)/Runny nose
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Muscle/body aches
• Nausea/Vomiting/Diarrhea
• Sore throat

Kindergarten Registration for 21-22 School Year

The Talawanda School District is currently taking calls for Kindergarten Registration for the 21-22 school year.  Please contact the elementary school for your area.  If you are unsure of which elementary school your child will attend each of our schools will help you get to the correct school.  When you call we will take down some information and then will email you a packet of information and a link to our online registration forms.  Please be sure to have an active email address.  

BOGAN ELEMENTARY - 273-3400

KRAMER ELEMENTARY - 273-3500

MARSHALL ELEMENTARY - 273-3600

Talawanda School District Preschool Program Enrollment

The Talawanda School District operates an am and pm preschool classroom at all three elementary school buildings. Classes run Monday thru Thursday. Am class time is  9:30-12:30 and pm class time is 1:15 - 4:15. A snack is provided each day to students. Transportation to and from preschool is not provided by the school district.  Licensed by the State of Ohio, each classroom serves up to 16 students (8 students identified with a disability and 8 typical students). Each classroom is staffed by a licensed preschool teacher and two educational assistants. Preschool tuition is $280 a month due on the first of each month. (Tuition assistance is available to those that qualify.)

Application Process for Preschool  

• Given the high interest in Talawanda’s preschool program, access to the program by tuition-paying families is conducted through a lottery system and subsequent waitlist maintained by the Preschool Coordinator.  Students currently enrolled in the Talawanda preschool program will be given priority registration.
• During the scheduled lottery selection times, student names will be drawn to fill openings created by preschoolers leaving the program.  After all openings are filled, student names will continue to be drawn in order to create a waitlist.  These lists will be used the rest of the school year to identify preschoolers to fill preschool spots that open up during the year.

To qualify for a preschool tuition spot:

• The family must be a resident of the Talawanda School District
• The child must be age three by 8/1/2021.
• The child must be toilet trained at entrance date.
• The completed enrollment packet and first month’s tuition payment must be submitted by April 30, 2021.
• Agree to make payments by date due or risk losing the tuition spot afforded their child. Costs include monthly tuition, school fee, and snack fee.

To fill out an application click here. Or you may pick up a hard copy at Central Registration - 909 S. Main Street (located behind SDS). 

Questions regarding this procedure may be directed to Savannah Mayer at Central Registration -  513-273-3121.

Elementary Lunch Menu

Question, Persuade, Refer Training

QPR Gatekeeper Training is an effective training that will prepare the participants to get someone in a mental health crisis to help.  This training is intended for adults.  Free to the public.  Information: QPRTrainings.pdf

Updated Guidelines

Many of you heard the Governor’s recommendation that whole class quarantines may not be required if masking and other appropriate protocols were followed.  We need to make one change in order to follow these new guidelines - mask breaks within the classroom will no longer be allowed.  Students will be expected to wear their mask at all times except when actively eating/drinking at lunch or during scheduled snack/water breaks in the classroom.  During lunch and snack/water breaks, students will continue staying in their assigned seat so that contact tracing can occur.  Since students are not wearing masks during these times, we will need to quarantine students who sit within 6 feet of any positive case of Covid-19.  This will result in more individual quarantines versus whole class quarantines - each situation will be evaluated on a case by case basis when deciding individual versus whole class quarantine.  When individual students are quarantined, teachers will follow the following guidelines for supplying work to students:

• Teachers will post student work in Google Classroom or SeeSaw.  Hard copies of materials may also be made available for pickup or drop off.  
• Teachers will provide a check-in on Wednesdays during the early release time for quarantined students via Zoom.
• Teachers may or may not be able to provide a Zoom link for quarantined students to join a live classroom depending on the classroom setting. 
• Intervention Specialists and related services staff will provide a Zoom link and provide their SDI during their current "live instruction" time for quarantined students. By law, this is mandatory. 
• If an entire class is quarantined, the teacher will then provide live instruction via Zoom for the days everyone is in quarantine. 

Symptoms of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

If your child is a Face to Face student and is sent home and quarantined, we are providing materials to work on from home.  Please continue to check SeeSaw (grades K&1) and Google Classroom(2-5) for work.  Teachers may also send hard copies of materials home.  Our school social worker or principal can bring materials to your house and drop them at the door.  Please also look for emails from your child’s teacher.

If your child is quarantined and you are not receiving any work or need assistance, please contact your child’s teacher or Mr. Winslow.

TSD Travel Advisory Rules- Effective 12/8/2020

COVID-19 TRAVEL ADVISORY & SELF QUARANTINING

Effective Immediately, Talawanda School District will implement self quarantining for 14 days for any student or staff member that travels to a hotspot state.  Per the NEW CDC Guidelines, a person who does not demonstrate any Covid-19 symptoms AND who can provide the district with a negative Covid-19 test result on days 5, 6, or 7 of the quarantine, may be permitted to return to school or work earlier.  In addition, the school or work environment must meet the requirement that the person will have 6 feet of social distance from other staff and students throughout the work and school day.

The Ohio Health Department & the Butler County Health Department recommend that people self-quarantine for 14 days upon returning from a state that is listed as a hotspot for Covid-19.  A hotspot is a state that is reporting positive Covid-19 rates of 15% or higher.  Please see the link to the map, as the states listed can change.

Travel Advisory States from ODH

Food Distribution Plan for those who are remote learning or in self-isolation

See information here: Food Distribution Program

PUSH (People United for Self Help)

PUSH has funding for furnace and water heater repairs or replacements. Grants are available to low-income, homeowners in the Talawanda School District for critical and emergency home repairs. Call Jeanne or Sabrina at 513-523-8100 for more information

Masks Are Mandatory at School

Here is a video in case you or your child has questions about masks.  https://youtu.be/erxczymki0g  Staff will help students with their masks.  Students who refuse to wear a mask properly may be moved to the online learning platform.  Thanks for your support.

Elementary Schedule

Students 9:30 - 4:15 (Dismissal begins at 3:55)

Early Dismissal Wednesday 9:30-3:30 (Dismissal begins at 3:15)

TSD Pandemic Plan

Talawanda School District School Reopening Guidelines 2020-21 School Year

Information about Ohio’s Connectivity Champions

Information here: Ohio’s Connectivity Champions

Talawanda Board of Education Public Participation Policy

https://www.talawanda.org/district-blog/entry/public-participation-policy-01691-549/

Have a great weekend!

Jeff Winslow

Principal

Calendar

January 22 - Remote Materials Pick Up Day

February 1-19- Pennies for Patients Fundraiser

February 5 - Remote Materials Pick Up Day

February 12- Teacher Professional Day- No School

February 15 - President’s Day- No School

February 19 - Remote Materials Pick Up Day

March 5 - Remote Materials Pick Up Day

March 15 - Teacher Work Day - No School

March 16- Conferences

March 16- Spring Pictures

March 18- Conferences

March 19 - Remote Materials Pick Up Day

March 22 - 26- Spring Break - No School

April 2 - Remote Materials Pick Up Day

April 16 - Remote Materials Pick Up Day

April 30 - Remote Materials Pick Up Day

May 4- Election Day- No School

May 7 - Remote Materials Pick Up Day

May 21 - Remote Materials Pick Up Day