Happy Friday! You may have noticed that your students brought home their chrome books today. The forecast for Sunday looks very interesting. If we get the winter storm they are predicting, we may have to take Monday as a virtual day. If we decide to have a virtual day on Monday, I will make that decision Sunday night between 7pm and 8pm. I want to give you as much time as possible to prepare.
Jesse Steiner
Ok... We had something come up at the elementary and we need to change our COVID numbers. We have 4 in isolation and 23 in quarantine at the elementary. We are still doing very well, but we did have to quarantine a few students today.
Go Warriors!
Please watch this week's video update. It covers current COVID cases and Vaccines for educators.
https://youtu.be/6Qa8cu_tBEM
The weekly update will come out tomorrow.
Due to the weather coming in, all athletic activities, including practices and games, are canceled today, Monday, January 25, 2021.
Please watch this week's video update about limiting the spread of COVID-19 and the need for substitute teachers.
https://youtu.be/TFy16APBRjE
The update will come out tomorrow. We are still gathering information for this week's update.
Thanks and Go Warriors!
Our current COVID cases in the school are relatively low. COVID cases in the county are back up to nearly 100 new cases per day. The next two weeks are critical for the school. If we can make it through these two weeks, we hope that we will be able to remain with in-person learning for a sustained period of time. School personnel will probably not receive vaccinations on the 1st due to vaccine shortages in the county.
Please watch the weekly update at https://youtu.be/fuh1WA6HIjo
The update covers in-person learning on the 11th, reporting illnesses to the school nurse, and new quarantine guidance.
To ensure that COVID is not spread through athletics, we are pausing all Jr. High and Sr. High Basketball and Cheerleading activities until January 4th. We hope that pausing these activities now will increase the likelihood of continuing these sports in January.
Please watch the video update to learn more about NW Schools going virtual for Jan. 4th-Jan. 8th, attendance expectations on unplanned virtual days, Board meeting to be held virtually, and no holiday band concert.
https://youtu.be/w_rjguGFSZ8
Congrats to a Northwestern Alumnus!
Each year the Clark County Retired Teachers Association awards $1000 scholarships to college students preparing to become teachers. In June of 2020 Maria Rinaldi, a 2018 graduate of Northwestern High School received one of these scholarships. Maria is currently at Miami University studying Integrated English Language Arts.
Here is the link to an important elementary update:
https://youtu.be/KV8k0j1wR-I
Elementary school will transition to remote learning and the Jr/Sr High will stay with in-person learning.
LUNCH MENU CHANGE FOR 12/2: Tomorrow's lunch will be French toast, sausage and juice. This is for both buildings. Thank you!
Northwestern Local Schools is having a Virtual Day! All learning will be done remotely. Do not panic if your child or your situation does not allow for online learning today. We will work with your child when they return to make sure nobody falls behind. We are not running the Springfield shuttle today, no transportation into Springfield.
Northwestern is on a 2 hour delay
Here is the link to the 4 minute video update:
https://youtu.be/zJ7pP0fy1g0
Items discussed - Weather days as Virtual Days & OurPlan to stay open.
Great news, we are returning to in-person learning tomorrow November 30th!
Here is the link to today's video update:
https://youtu.be/XmBpCC0Upk8
Happy Thanksgiving!
Link to November Board meeting recording:
https://youtu.be/NTEiRZx2TDk