McKelvie Principal's News: 12.24.20 Principal Notes

Dear McKelvie Families~

I hope everyone is able to enjoy a nice break during this vacation!

Parent Resources:

K-8 Hybrid Calendar                  Daily Health Screening
MIS Hybrid Parent Guide            Bedford Reopening Plan
MIS Remote Parent Guide          Bedford Metrics Website

School Schedule-January 4th-8th:
A-K at MIS on Monday, Wednesday, Friday
L-Z at MIS on Tuesday, Thursday

Important Dates:

December 24th-January 3rd: Holiday Break

Communication During the Vacation Period

Although we will be on vacation for the next 11 days, you will still need to inform us if your child tests positive or is contact traced and needs to quarantine during vacation. The school is required to report student and staff cases to the state during vacation as well as provide students and staff members with their return dates.

Also, we will have to conduct contact tracing for all positive cases that occur on or before December 25th. Contact tracing goes back 48 hours from the onset of symptoms or testing date, whichever is first. Therefore, if a student shows symptoms or is tested on the 24th or 25th, we would have to go back to the 22nd or 23rd for contact tracing in school. If that is the case, I'm sorry to say that Ruthanne Stefekos (nurse) and/or I will have to make calls to staff and families on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day because we can't have anyone who's been contact traced unknowingly going about the community or getting together with family members when they should be quarantined. Please let me apologize ahead of time if either of us has to reach out to you on Christmas Eve or Day. We promise to keep it as brief as possible!

Please email asdotj@sau25.net if your child tests positive for Covid.

Please email asdotj@sau25.net if your child is contact traced as a result of a Covid exposure.

Holiday Travel

The CDC recently recommended that families DO NOT TRAVEL for the Holidays. Please keep in mind that individual decisions made by all members of our community can have a direct impact on one another. The Bedford School District humbly asks that each of us do our part to stay safe, flatten the curve, and maintain open schools.

New Quarantine Guidelines
The Bedford School District follows the guidelines of DHHS. DHHS follows CDC recommendations and adjusts them to meet NH’s needs. Click HERE for the updated guidance.

PTG News:

IMPACT OF YOUR PTG SUPPORT: Thanks to your support, PTG has been able to fund Sigmund Brouwer's Story Ninja Writing Class at RAL, where students will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual writing class. We’ve also recently funded an interactive virtual tour of Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum for the third graders of PWS and a virtual Pulpit Rock Field Trip for fourth graders at RBS.

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