Marshall County CSD

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.

Reminder: Tuesday, December 22 (In School): Preschool K-4 5-12 Group 2 Meal Sign Up: https://bit.ly/3h3TnKm

Reminder Monday, December 21 (In School): Head Start K-4 5-12 Group 1 Meal Sign Up next week: https://bit.ly/3h3TnKm

Reminder Meal Sign Up for Next week (12-21 and 12-22): https://bit.ly/3h3TnKm

Reminder: Thursday 12-17 & Friday 12-18: Preschool, K-4, and 5-12 Group 2 in school. Lunch Sign Up: https://bit.ly/372uBH7

The school board met in regular session last night. A briefing about the board's action is available here: http://bit.ly/3bO777x Recording of the meeting is available here: Share recording with viewers: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/2B_pkwUhdRlCDZhDSJybUbYIfat4FiJR03YSL2yLxSoui3LG8wZp6qAaorXP23Fw.zGGz9GlsJ_Sx0etJ Passcode: 65fyfM+r

We are sending home an information letter today with Head Start, K-4, and Group 1 students. We will send the same information home with Preschool and Group 2 students on Thursday. Included in this letter is the January Hybrid Calendar and Updated District Calendar. If you would like to see the information electronically it can be accessed here: https://bit.ly/3r2sz1p. We also posted them on district web site COVID-19 Information page: http://www.newfolden.k12.mn.us/o/mccsd/page/covid-19-information--23