I wanted to start off tonight's Blog post with a heartfelt thank you to all of our families. Our first day was exceptional, all of our students did their very best to follow current guidelines and more importantly brought a welcomed level of energy and excitement to our staff. Thank you, thank you we can always count on our families here at PORTA you are amazing.
Other good news, the bridge on Sheridan is completed and looks great. A big shout out to our county Highway department and all the professional contractors who completed the bridge project. Very impressive.
Some reminders, Lunch and breakfast continue to be free of charge for this school year for all students and for the upper grades we are able to allow additional purchases of meals and entrees this school year. We would like families who believe they will qualify for free/reduced lunch to make sure they are continuing to complete applications for those meals. If for some reason the current program ends prior to the end of the school term we want to insure those families continue to receive meals they qualify for this year.
Please look for information on our “Shield Testing program” in the next few days. We are finalizing those voluntary applications for families and will ask to have them completed and return by August 27, 2021. Again, “Shield” is a saliva based testing program that is opt in only for our students and staff. We do not recommend that vaccinated students and staff participate but they are free to do so if they wish. We are excited to utilize the Shield program because it also gives us access to the test to stay program we feel will make a difference in our ability to keep students in school and out of quarantine. Students do not need to participate in the weekly saliva based testing to benefit from the test to stay program. Having the Shield program and following State Mitigation guidelines gives us the access we need to use “test to stay” for all our students and staff.
Thank you for a great first day, let's all hope for more great days to come.
Other good news, the bridge on Sheridan is completed and looks great. A big shout out to our county Highway department and all the professional contractors who completed the bridge project. Very impressive.
Some reminders, Lunch and breakfast continue to be free of charge for this school year for all students and for the upper grades we are able to allow additional purchases of meals and entrees this school year. We would like families who believe they will qualify for free/reduced lunch to make sure they are continuing to complete applications for those meals. If for some reason the current program ends prior to the end of the school term we want to insure those families continue to receive meals they qualify for this year.
Please look for information on our “Shield Testing program” in the next few days. We are finalizing those voluntary applications for families and will ask to have them completed and return by August 27, 2021. Again, “Shield” is a saliva based testing program that is opt in only for our students and staff. We do not recommend that vaccinated students and staff participate but they are free to do so if they wish. We are excited to utilize the Shield program because it also gives us access to the test to stay program we feel will make a difference in our ability to keep students in school and out of quarantine. Students do not need to participate in the weekly saliva based testing to benefit from the test to stay program. Having the Shield program and following State Mitigation guidelines gives us the access we need to use “test to stay” for all our students and staff.
Thank you for a great first day, let's all hope for more great days to come.