Hello Kickapoo families,
Thank you for your CONTINUED patience, grace, and flexibility with our teachers and staff as we navigated the change to virtual learning last week. We know it wasn't easy for students or parents either.
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You can find our Daily Announcements on our website and linked HERE. Please check these frequently as they are updated daily with club info, meeting dates, upcoming events, etc. . . .
* Return to Seated Learning Monday, Jan. 31 -
Jan. 28, 2022
SPS Families:
The ongoing surge of the Omicron variant continues to create significant challenges. SPS has documented more than 2,200 cases of COVID-19 among staff and students since returning from Winter Break on Jan. 4 and more than 350 cases this week alone. An improved forecasting of staff absences for next week, however, indicates that the district is able to return to a normal schedule. SPS will resume in-person learning on Monday, Jan. 31.
As staff and students
prepare to return to the classroom on Monday, please note the following:
· Masks are required for all SPS staff and visitors through Feb. 4. Masks
are strongly recommended for all students. Please see this guidance
regarding appropriate face coverings and how to ensure they are worn properly.
· Masks must continue to be worn at all times while riding public
transportation, including school buses and other district-provided options, due
to a federal mandate.
· Masks are available for staff and students who need them.
· Every effort will be made to ensure appropriate social
distancing within the learning environment, whenever possible.
· Parents and staff should continue to monitor
for symptoms of illness daily.
· Students exhibiting symptoms of any illness must
stay home until symptoms resolve and/or they are cleared by a medical
provider to return. For more information on the related policy and procedures,
please view the handbook.
· COVID-positive students will continue to be excluded from school and
school activities for 10 days.
· SPS will expand access to free COVID-19
testing at two locations for symptomatic students and staff. SPS
testing sites are now more geographically accessible - one on the community’s
north side and one on the south side. To schedule a test, please contact your
school’s nurse. Staff may also schedule testing through their supervisor.
· Free COVID-19 community testing will be provided
in Springfield on Saturday, Jan. 29, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
in the Springfield Cardinals parking lot (south of Hammons Field between
Trafficway and St. Louis St.). This is a PCR test and results will be available
as soon as possible, but no later than 72 hours from the event. For more
information, visit this site.
· SPS will continue to report weekly COVID-19
case totals on the district’s website at sps.org/covidstats; however, contact tracing to determine
direct contacts will be discontinued, in most cases, due to widespread
community transmission. Moving forward, all staff and students should assume
they have been in close contact with a COVID-positive individual and should
continually monitor for symptoms. Notification of direct contacts will continue
in the following cases:
1. In the elementary learning environment,
SPS will notify families when a case has been identified within a child’s
classroom.
2. Participants in athletics and other
extracurricular activities will be notified when a case is identified on a
team and exposure has potentially occurred during practice or competition.
· SPS will continue to monitor health conditions in schools and the community and will further modify its COVID-19 protocols as the district is able.
We look forward to welcoming staff and students back to in-person learning on Monday. In the meantime, we wish you the very best as you continue caring for your family during this difficult time.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!* Progress reports - Were posted Friday, Jan. 28th. You can access grades any time via eSchool Home Access from our website kickapoochiefs.org and find eSchool Home Access under Quick Links on the right side of the page. Teachers should be updating student grades in eSchool on a weekly basis.
* Reminder students earn credits to graduate every 9 weeks. Questions about grades or credits please contact your students teachers and/or counselor.
* Students with 2 or more F's in core classes will be assigned to IPLT (Intensive Personalized Learning Time) and it lasts until the next progress report. This intervention is set up to help students succeed during school hours.
We also offer FREE tutoring with KHS teachers after school M - F until 3:45 p.m. in the library. Just show up ready to learn.
* My robo calls to families of students with a D or F will be sent out on Tuesday evenings beginning Tuesday, Feb. 1st.
* Counseling Corner - Check this link for all things from the Counselors.
* January Scholarship Bulletin
* January News You Can Use - Info from the counselors.
* Senior (2022) Meeting information for students and parents
Thank you!
* Project Graduation for Class of 2022 - Senior Parents – If you are interested in helping plan for Project Graduation for the Class of 2022 please plan on meeting in the Kickapoo Library at 6:15 pm on Monday, January 31st. There is a girls basketball game that evening, please park in the East lot and enter thru door 18. We will discuss fundraising and plans for Project Grad – if you have questions please email chunsaker@spsmail.org
Thanks!
Mrs.
Chris Hunsaker
Assistant
Principal
* KHS Seniors Are Going Places! - We have a Seniors are Going Places Wall outside the counseling center that we use to display what decisions Seniors have made for future plans.
If you have decided please email a picture (senior picture or head shot) and a description of where you are going ex: University of Missouri, Army, OTC, Work at.....
You can email amoran@spsmail.org
* No School Monday, Feb. 21st (Presidents' Day).
* Parent Teacher Conferences - Spring conferences will be held after school Thursday, Feb. 10th from 3 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Sign up information coming soon.
* 2021-2022 School Calendar: The last day of class is scheduled to be May 25, 2022.
* Class of 2022 Graduation will be Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. at JQH Arena.*Yearbooks are for sale now at jostens.com for $50. We do NOT purchase extras so you must pre-order. We prefer you to buy online but we will accept cash or check in room 201.
| * 2022 - 2023 SPS School Calendar Please direct students to the link and have them complete the form. We will contact the students to come to the library to pick up or exchange their Chromebook. If they are unable to complete the form, please have a classmate or teacher complete the form for the student. Let us know if you have any questions. * Chromebooks - Students should bring a charged Chromebook to school each day. We are limited on the number of loaners we have and first priority goes to students needing repairs. Thank you. |
* CANVAS HELP - Need help accessing and checking online learning with your student??? Click here for a list of resources from SPS. You can also click here for a guide for “how-to” items for parents. Please be sure to reach out with questions as we navigate online learning.
* JOIN PTSA Today - Membership Form for individuals and business members.
* Reminders:
- Any students needing WiFi can request a Kajeet hotspot through our library. These are FREE!
- Kickapoo will open our doors at 7 a.m. and first block begins at 7:30 a.m. every day Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday.
- Wednesday is late start for students so staff may participate in professional learning. Classes begin at 8 a.m. ALL BUSSES WILL RUN AT NORMAL TIMES.
- Classes end at 2:30 p.m. every day.
- All students should leave school/campus by 3 p.m. unless directly supervised by a teacher, coach, or sponsor.
- Deliveries to school - Parents/guardians may deliver food and other items to school. We ask that you label and leave them on the table. Due to limited travel students may not be able to come immediately to pick them up. Please communicate with your student to let them know items have been dropped off for them.
- NO food deliveries from outside vendors. Thank you for helping to limit the exposures our secretaries and staff encounter.
- ID badges - ALL students must have an ID every day.
- New students can go to 182 to receive an ID.
- Lost your ID? Go to 182 or ask your teacher to order you one.
- Dress Code - Cover up and follow all dress code expectations.
- Breakfast & Lunch are FREE for all students.
Principal
Kickapoo High School
