Congratulations McLoud Softball Seniors!
Intermediate parents, we are so excited about our upcoming book fair! It’s September 16th-23rd. It will be open during parent teacher conferences as well!
At last night's board meeting, the school board voted to amend the
Return to Learn Plan. Moving forward, McLoud Public Schools will observe a mask mandate. Students and staff will be given the option to opt-out of mask wearing for medical, religious, or personal reasons. An opt-out form will be made available soon. Furthermore, quarantine for exposed students will be highly recommended, not required. Families will receive a robocall and/or email if their student has been identified as being in close contact with a positive case.
We have two objectives to achieve with this plan. The first is to keep students in school to provide in-person instruction as we know this is the best way to educate kids. The second is to keep our staff and students safe. We ask you closely monitor your student's health and please remain home if they are running a fever or having other COVID related symptoms. Once we have updated the verbiage in the policy, it will be available on our webpage.
We thank you for your continued support and for working with us during a stressful time. Together we are better.
Calling all McLoud Band Alumni! Come join us for the 2021 McLoud Band Alumni Night, October 1st, 2021!
Come play with the Redskin Regiment in the stands during the game! Dinner at 5:00pm, Rehearse at 5:30pm, Homecoming Game kicks off at 7:00pm!
Fill out the form below for Event Registration.
https://forms.gle/1BugZL64xWSLjxAJ7
Good afternoon MHS parents! Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday 9/16/21 and Thursday 9/23/21 from 4:30-8:00. Conferences will be come and go. Teachers will be in their rooms for conferences and will have chairs spaced out to keep everyone distanced while you meet with your student's teacher. We would love to see you in attendance!
McLoud Family - Bus 7 will be running late today. Thank you.
Intermediate parents, please see the updated PT conference schedule.
Ms. Becker’s 6th grade homeroom had a great time playing factor pair races to help identify all factors of a given number.
Math is a fun as you make it, and our teachers work hard to help our students learn and have fun while doing it.
7th grade Science students have been dissecting owl pellets this week. The students have to determine what type of creature the owl ate and put the skeleton back together. Great job Mrs. Olds and students.
Parents and Guardians of Junior High and High School student athletes and band members need to create an online account with Rank1sport at the following link:
https://rankonesport.com/content/Parent/Parent
If you need more information you can read the PDF on how to create an account for your student. https://www.rankonesport.com/tutorials/Parent%20tutorial%20with%20an%20account.pdf
The JH football game scheduled for today, 9/7/2021, has been cancelled. The 9th/JV football game will still be played at Tecumseh.
Kick off is at 6:00.
Go Redskins!!
McLoud Family - Buses 11 and 14 will be running late today. Thank you.
Intermediate September Library Lookout. Check out the cool things going on!
Intermediate September “In the mix”
Check out what’s going on for us in September!
A message from Trish Harris, Pastor McLoud First United Methodist Church
Due to the climbing numbers of Covid-19 cases among children in McLoud, we regretfully have decided to postpone After School Matters for reconsideration in January of 2022. We are disappointed that we will not be able to host children after school this semester, but believe this is the best decision for the health and well-being of our children and our community.
McLoud Family - Bus 7 will be running late today. Thank you.
ECC, Elementary, and Intermediate Families - Tomorrow is the big day. Our students will be having their Fun Run tomorrow at the park across the street from the Elementary School.
Family members who attend to watch will be asked to stay outside the fenced field area while the students run due to Covid precautions. We apologize, but families will not be able to interact on the field with their students during this event.
Student run times are as follows:
8:15 to 9:00 - KG and 1st Grade
9:00 to 9:45 - 2nd and 3rd Grade
9:45 to 10:30 - 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade
*PreK students will participate by having a fun run time on their fenced playground at the ECC.
McLoud Family - Bus 14 will be running late today. Thank you.
Congratulations to our August Principals Pride students of the Month.
Aug. 31, 2021
Dear McLoud Families,
As you know we have continued to work with local and county health officials to stay on top of the trends within our school buildings and the surrounding community related to COVID. We have received updated guidance from the Oklahoma State Department of Education, as well as the Oklahoma State and Pottawatomie County Health Departments that language changes have been made to their letters and guidance for schools around isolation and quarantines. Schools are expected to follow these policies.
Specifically, in their FAQs and guidance it states: "Keeping students at home when they are infected with COVID-19 (isolation) or have been exposed as a close contact (quarantine) is critical to controlling the transmission of COVID-19, especially since infected individuals are known to transmit the virus to others before they experience symptoms or when they are only experiencing mild symptoms. Schools and parents have a duty under state law (63 O.S. § 1-505) to keep students home when they are in isolation or quarantine. These students should remain away from school facilities and activities until their period of isolation or quarantine has ended."
Quarantining is essential to preventing the spread of this virus within our schools and will help us continue to keep school open. The health officials have stated quarantines are necessary, not just recommended. Students and faculty who test positive will need to be isolated for 10 days starting on the day of the positive test. Students who are exposed to COVID-19 will quarantine for 10 days. An exception to the 10 day quarantine is that if after day 5 the exposed person tests negative for COVID-19 and is symptom free, Such individuals may return to school on day 8. Over the counter tests are not recognized by the Health Department, therefore will not be considered valid. Also, anyone who provides proof of vaccination who is not showing symptoms, or those with documentation of a positive test within the last 90 days will not be required to quarantine.
Again, I want to remind you to keep our school community’s number of positive cases low, we recommend that you consider the following: make sure you and your student(s) continue to follow CDC guidance by washing your hands frequently, keeping social distance of 3-6 feet when possible, considering vaccination, and wearing face coverings when you cannot social distance, especially indoors, as well as when in public places.
As a reminder, masks/face coverings are welcomed and are strongly encouraged in our buildings where social distancing of at least 3 feet is not feasible. We encourage you to make the best decision for your student and your own family, while monitoring health conditions daily. We encourage you to consider vaccination to help combat the spread within our community. Our best opportunity to keep school open, as well as extracurricular activities in place, is to follow these guidelines.
We will continue to work closely with our state, county, and local health officials to monitor the situation.
Sincerely,
Rhonda Hockenbury
Interim Superintendent
rhockenbury@mcloudschools.us
(405) 964-3314 ext. 5262
