Marshall County CSD

1-25-2021 Information Update to Families Printable version is available here: https://bit.ly/2KQXcH4 MCC Families, Attached to this letter you will find our February School Calendar outlining which days each student group is in school. We are very pleased and thankful that COVID cases in the county have improved significantly. School will be held in person for all K-12 students Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday throughout the month of February. Head Start will continue in person in school on Mondays and Tuesdays. Preschool will continue in person in school Thursdays and Fridays. Wednesday is a Distance day for all students. February 17 is off for all students as it is a scheduled Teacher In-Service Day. We have moved serving meals for pick up for families on Wednesdays only now that K-12 in school regularly 4 days per week. Please continue to click on links sent via app notification, text message, and Facebook alerts to sign up for Wednesday meals. The link is also available on our Webpage by clicking on COVID 19 Information. We remind families to use Wednesdays to contact teachers if your child needs additional help/support or has fallen behind and needs assistance to help them catch up. Everything has been working well for our students involved in activities. So far we have started High School basketball, Freeze Hoops, Robotics, and Musical practice. We have also started elementary band class and held our annual spelling bee. Our safety protocols have been working well. For basketball, we have a process for sign ups so parents can attend games. Our opponent schools provide information ahead of time which makes things easier for everyone. For those that are not allowed to attend games, we are hosting games held at MCC and Tri-County on the NFHS Network. There is no cost to view games hosted at our home sites but you do need to create an account on their app or webpage to view home games. We will post information on where to watch games online as soon as our opponents share the information with us. Some are hosted on Facebook, Youtube, and the NFHS network. We will continue to monitor the health situation in the county and within our school. The last week of February we will post our March calendar. We are hoping to add school on Wednesdays starting in March so it is crucial for everyone to continue to follow all recommendations regarding safety. Stay home when sick, wash your hands frequently, maintain social distancing when out in the public, and wear masks indoors in public areas and with people not from your household. If you ever have any questions about whether it is okay to send your child to school, please call our school office and office staff or Nurse Julie can assist you. We would like to express our appreciation and thanks for all our families understanding and patience. We know COVID 19 has made things very challenging for everyone. Your efforts and willingness to make adjustments work have helped our school staff immensely. Thank you for supporting our school staff and helping your children understand how important it is to work together. Jeffrey Lund Superintendent

This week we welcome our 9-12 back to school 4 days a week! Head Start (In School) Monday & Tuesday K-12 (In School) Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Preschool (In School) Thursday & Friday No School on Wednesday 1-27 (In-Service) Wednesday 1-27 Meal Sign Up: https://bit.ly/35qbdm7

We are moving to providing takeout meals on Wednesdays only now that all students are back in school 4 days per week. Here is sign up link for 1-27: https://bit.ly/35qbdm7

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MCC School Board met in regular session last night (1-20). Here is a link to the Board Brief: https://bit.ly/3bO777x

MCC Reminder for January 19-22 No School - Monday, January 18 Head Start - School on Tues/Wed. K-8: School Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday 9-12 Group 1: School on Tues/Wed. 9-12 Group 2: School on Thurs/Fri. Meal Sign Up: http://bit.ly/3bv1qiy

MCC Reminder: Takeout Meal Sign Up for January 18-22: http://bit.ly/3bv1qiy

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1-11-2021 MCC Families, We are very excited to announce we will begin transitioning our students back to school more consistently next week as positive & active cases have dropped significantly and have been remaining stable in the area. Attached to this letter you will find a new calendar for the remainder of January. Please discard the old calendar and make sure you use the calendar that says UPDATE for the remainder of the month. We will have students in grades 5-8 follow the same schedule as K-4 coming four days a week starting January 19. There will be no school on January 18 as this is a designated in-service day for the district. Students in grades 9-12 will remain in two groups one more week with group 1 attending Tuesday, Jan. 19 and Wednesday, Jan. 20 and Group 2 attending Thursday Jan. 21 and Friday, Jan 22. Starting January 25, Grade 9-12 students will join the four day a week schedule attending all four days school is in session that week. There will be no school on January 27. The Head Start and Preschool calendar does not have any changes. Please have your Head Start/Preschool child come on their designated days. Meals: We posted links on the COVID-19 Page on our Website for you to sign up for meals. Week of January 19-22 takeout meals will be offered each day. Week of January 25-29 we will be moving to only offering meals on Wednesdays. We will continue to use our alert system to send notifications/texts to send out reminders. Thank you for remaining understanding and flexible throughout this school year. We are excited that we can begin to transition the students back to school more consistently. Please continue to follow all recommendations regarding safety. Stay home when sick, wash your hands frequently, maintain social distancing when out in the public, and wear masks indoors in public areas and with people not from your household. If you ever have any questions about whether it is okay to send your child to school, please call our school office and office staff or Nurse Julie can assist you.

MCC Reminder: Monday Jan. 11 & Tuesday Jan. 12: Headstart, K-4, and 5-12 Group 1 in school. Meal Sign Up: https://bit.ly/2XsFZX5

Northern Freeze Basketball Families and Fans: Regarding Fans attending basketball games. When games are played in Newfolden or Karlstad there will be 2 fans per athletes household allowed to attend the game. We will not know the guidelines for away games until we hear from those schools AD's a week or so before playing. Before every game Mr. Taylor and Mr. Longerbone will be sending a form to our athletes to inform us who will be attending the game. These forms will be sent to the athletes school email account. If you have any questions please call either Marshall County Central High School or Tri-County School.

MCC Parents (1-05-2021) I want to share an information update with our families as the Minnesota Department of Education and Minnesota Department of Health have provided some updated guidance and requirements for schools. You may have seen news coverage during the holiday break regarding transitioning students back to school, rules regarding activities, and new safety rules. Transition Plan: Please continue to follow our January calendar we shared prior to break this week and next week. There has been significant improvement in the number of COVID cases in our area. We have seen reduced numbers of families and students that have had to quarantine. Things are moving in the right direction. We will spend this week and next week to monitor our data to see if there are any surges from the holidays. We are beginning some transition planning to get our 5-12 group in school more days like the younger students. We have a board meeting discussion planned during our organizational meeting on January 7 and will follow up with a leadership team meeting on January 13. After those meetings, we will send out an announcement via our alert system, website, and Facebook for any changes to the remainder of January. Health Rules: The state made some updates in its Safe Learning Plan. We found that many of the new rules required by the Department of Health and Department of Education, we already had in place. We want to notify and share information about adjustment to face covering rules. Face Coverings must be worn when engaging in indoor physical activity. For us this would include indoor recess and indoor physical education classes. All of our sports programs will require participants to wear masks. The state is following updated guidance by the Minnesota Department of Health and the American Academy of Pediatrics. We are required to follow state mandates. Your children have done well with wearing masks indoors and will help them make this adjustment. For athletics, our coaches and student athletes have noted that face masks made by Adidas/Reebok work the best for PE/Athletics. They are soft, breathable, and fit well. They come in a size small (for children 12 and under) and size M/L for children over 12 and adults. They come in 3 packs for $20 and can be found on their respective websites or on Amazon. If you have any health related concerns about new regulations we ask that you contact Nurse Julie. The state has not clarified exceptions at this time, but Nurse Julie can listen to your concerns and do her best to help. She attends statewide nurses meetings each week and gets helpful information that may help address your concern. Sincerely, Jeffrey Lund Superintendent/Elementary Principal

News Update: January 2021 Newsletter is being published and will be out to homes soon. Electronic version of the newsletter is available: https://5il.co/o9nx. The school board will be meeting for its organizational meeting on January 7. Agenda can be found here: https://5il.co/o9nr.

Reminder: January 4-5 Head Start, K-4, and 5-12 Group 1 (In School). Meal Sign up for the week: https://bit.ly/3aPhgUz

Basketball: Both Boys and Girls Basketball will start tomorrow 1/4. Please have your athlete bring their own water bottle and mask to practice. Remember to look at the weekly to keep up with the practice and game schedule. Here is a link to the weekly bulletin. https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1eultAQiXgWciTAAQZKYyOcJrwxX4GtO_xNPgboOGIzo Practice Times for Monday 1/4 Boys: 7-8, 3:45-6:00 in Karlstad; C-V 3:45-6:00 in Newfolden Girls 7-8, 6:00-8:00 in Karlstad (Bus leaves at 5:30), C-V, 6:00-8:00 in Newfolden

Reminder: Boys and Girls basketball practice start on Monday 1/4. BBB: 7-8 3:45-6:00 in Karlstad; 9-12 3:45-6:00 in Newfolden GBB: 7-8 6:00-8:00 in Karlstad (Bus leaves at 5:30); 9-12 6:00-8:00 in Newfolden

Meal Sign Up for January 4 - 8: https://bit.ly/3aPhgUz

There is an updated link to the JH/HS Music Concert. https://youtu.be/4gg9gksM89U

Merry Christmas! Our Junior High and High School Music Groups worked hard this fall under unique circumstances. Mr. Thompson and Mrs. Thompson put it all together into a wonderful Christmas Presentation. Thank you for the hard work! We hope you enjoy the Holiday Music. https://youtu.be/yBuF1xujL20

We wish all our families a enjoyable, restful, and wonderful Christmas Break. Break starts Wednesday, December 23 and goes through Sunday, January 3. Stay safe, stay warm, enjoy the time with family. School resumes Monday, January 4.