D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update
Weekly Happenings
Announcements/Week Ahead
Advisory update - All students should have had a one on one meeting with their advisory teacher during the first semester. All of those meetings should have been documented within your personal tracking form. At this time, please begin second semester checks with your students to assess their progress within the goal they set with you in the Fall. Record that information in the same spot you recorded the first. Please access Rose and Jen when needed. Over the course of the next month or so, Rose and Jen will come and meet with your departments individually to check on progress, update on upcoming activities, and provide support as needed.
Scheduling Fair - We will be running a scheduling fair for Juniors on February 16 during advisory. Any Juniors needing clarification on which classes to take should report to the gymnasium to talk with a department representative about offerings. We will run the same fair on February 23 during advisory for sophomores. Department Chairs (or designee) please plan on attending during that time to answer any student questions, meaning you will need to send your advisory to a teacher partner, bring them with you to the gymnasium, or request a substitute for the time period. You will have a sign with your department heading for you to stand under.
Scheduling Process Tutorial - All new teachers to the building and anyone else interested should attend our scheduling process meeting at 2:50 in the IMC on February 2. Counselors and Jeff See will walk teachers through how to help students with the scheduling process.
Parent-Teacher Conferences - Our spring conferences are on Thursday, February 17th from 3-6:30 p.m. Parents will have the option to have an in-person, WebEx, or telephone conferences when signing up. Individualized parent emails will go out the first of February. All teachers are required to be in the building for conferences unless on the shared teacher list or have been approved by Mike.
ACT Prep Course - The ACT Prep Course is again being offered to all juniors free of charge in February. The practice test is Saturday, 2/7 with classes on Monday 2/7, 2/14 & 2/21. An IC blast and registration form was sent out last Thursday to all juniors and their parents. We are still looking for a Reading teacher for 2/14 and 2/21. Teachers only teach two out of the three nights. Please consider helping our juniors out. Let Dawn Seehafer know as soon as possible if you can.
Sunshine Update - Our condolences go out to Sue Schlinkmann and her family for the passing of Sue's mom. Wishing her comfort and support.New Covid Staff Protocols - If you are out for Covid reasons, or out for 2 or more days, please email Heidi when you enter your covid Skyward entry. She will be collecting information on symptoms and dates, etc for HR.
Reminders:
- Employees who are symptomatic and getting tested should not be at work while waiting for their test result
- Two circumstances where employees may be able to return to work sooner when waiting for a test result:
- For employees that have a rapid AND a PCR test completed:
- An employee that is experiencing symptoms and receives a negative rapid result can return to work while waiting for a PCR result if symptoms are resolving. Employees that choose to return without their PCR result will be required to wear a mask until a negative PCR result is received. If a positive PCR result is received, then the employee will need to follow the isolation guidance. Employees who are not fully vaccinated and have a COVID-positive individual who lives in their home must still complete a 5-day quarantine from the last date of exposure.
- For an employee that got tested and hasn’t received their result AND it is 5 days past symptom onset, they can return to work while waiting for their test result if symptoms are resolving. Employees that choose to return without their test result will be required to wear a mask until a negative result is received. If a positive result is received, then the employee will need to follow the isolation guidance. Employees who are not fully vaccinated and have a COVID-positive individual who lives in their home must still complete a 5-day quarantine from the last date of exposure.
- When entering Sick Leave in Skyward, employees should select reason code COVID-19 when absent for the following reasons:
- Employee is getting tested and waiting for test results
- Employee is isolating because they are COVID positive
- Employee is quarantining because they were identified as a close contact (refer to Protocols sheet)
- Employee is receiving a COVID vaccine or booster
- Employee is recovering from side effects of a COVID vaccine or booster
- Employee is caring for a family/household member that is getting tested and waiting for test results
- Employee is caring for a family/household member that is isolating because they are COVID positive.
- Employee is caring for a family/household member that is quarantining because they were identified as a close contact
- If an employee is absent because a child care provider or school is closed or unavailable due to any reason, including COVID, they will need to use their personal days, vacation days, or take time off without pay.
Important Dates:
January
February
2 New teacher in building and anyone else Scheduling Process Tutorial IMC @ 2:50
17 Week of the 17th - 3 parent contact hours
March
8 ACT - Juniors only
10 Sophomore Career Fair at Wausau East - 12:30 - 2:30
April
14 Wellness Day - Whole school
19 Aspire testing - Sophomores only - Juniors College/Career Day
May
25 Graduation 6-9 pm
Upcoming Field Trips
- 2nd Friday Count (1/14/22)
- JH Adventure Day??
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