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Kramer Enews 1/22/21

Posted on: January 22, 2021

KRAMER E-NEWS 1/22/21

 

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

 

Please Remember:

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





TSD Travel Advisory Rules- Effective 12/8/2020

****PLEASE NOTE THE TRAVEL ADVISORY STATES.  This list is updated every week and new states are added.

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

 

Yearbook Update- Ms. Hargis

Hello parents! My name is Brittany Hargis, I am a 3rd-grade teacher here at Kramer. Some of you I already know, but some will be new to me! I am creating the yearbook this year and wanted to reach out to parents to help with pictures! As I am sure you all know, teachers aren't at every event so we miss a lot of those picture-perfect moments, especially this year with starting our year online. I have created a share site for pictures to help gather some of those things that teachers miss! A letter should have gone home sometime last week explaining the share site, but if any of you are like me, I know that papers can sometimes go missing, but an email can stay forever. 

 

On the share site, there are several different folders such as one for each grade level, the first day of school, extracurriculars, etc. It would be amazing if you all could add photos to your child's grade level and also another category if it fits. This will help a ton, as I do not know every child, particularly the ones that haven't made it to me yet! 

 

In order to add photos you have to request access, so not just anyone can see the site and I will approve the request once checked. Here is the link to the site https://2021schoolyearphotos.shutterfly.com/

 

To my at-home learners: I know many of you were not here for picture day so please send me, hargisb@talawanda.org, an individual photo of yourself with a plain background, your name, and teacher, so I can add your bright and smiling face to the yearbook! 

 

Thank you all so much for helping to make this a one of a kind and special yearbook! 

 

 

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.

 

Attention Remote Learners & Community Members who use Kramer Elementary for the TSD Food Program:

Every Monday cars may enter the Kramer property at 2:15.  

You will enter the bus loop and then drive toward the gym/delivery entrance.

Staff members will be present to distribute food.

Vehicles will drive in on the right side and exit on the right side. 

Please see this new flyer for the Food Distribution Program ***New Flyer for 1/19/21

Elementary Lunch Menu- Updated for January

 

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.  At Kramer, we will continue to ensure that the 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 seats 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 do not need to provide a Zoom link for quarantined students to join a live classroom. 

 

-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.  

 

Bus Reminder - Regarding Mask

Please remember that your child must wear their mask at all times while on the school bus.  Students need to have them on before boarding the bus.  Our drivers have a very limited supply of emergency masks available to hand out to students who do not have a mask.  Drivers will be referring students to the office who repeatedly show up to the bus without a mask on.  Thank you for your cooperation and help in keeping everyone safe and in school.

 

Fees

School fees & Chromebook insurance for face to face learners can be paid on the Talawanda website via EZPay.  Remote learners can pay Chromebook insurance through EZPay.  Any questions, call the office at 513-273-3500.

 

PAX Tools for School @ Home

Please use this link to learn more about PAX Tools for School @ Home.  This is for parents and caregivers who are facilitating a child’s schoolwork at home.

PAX Tools for School @ Home  

 

QPR Training

QPR is an effective training that will prepare the participants to get someone in a mental health crisis to help.  Please see this flyer for more information.  

 

People United for Self Help- PUSH

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

 

Talawanda Community Events Page

Please use this link for the Talawanda Community Events Page.



Have a great weekend!

 

Jason Merz

Principal

 

Calendar

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 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 7 - Remote Materials Pick Up Day

May 21 - Remote Materials Pick Up Day