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Republic School District Families,
As a reminder, these Tiger Talk e-newsletters will be distributed on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month during the school year and as needed in the summer. Have a great rest of your week!
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 Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving Break is almost here! There will be no school (virtual learning) November 25, 26 and 27. Also, Cub Care has been canceled for November 25.
Enjoy the break, but please also be mindful of your actions. The health-related decisions we choose over the next few days will determine our ability to return to seated learning. Therefore, please mask and stay diligent in social distancing!
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Reporting Positive COVID19 Cases During Thanksgiving
To provide our administrators and nurses a reprieve during Thanksgiving Break, we ask that all positive COVID19 cases that surface from 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 24 through 8:00 a.m. on Monday, November 30 be reported by completing the appropriate form found at the following links:
STUDENT POSITIVES:
EMPLOYEE POSITIVES:
Please do not reach out to school administrators or nurses regarding positive COVID19 cases during this time. By completing the form you will have taken all of the actions necessary. If needed, an administrator or nurse will be in touch on Monday, November 30. All positive cases received will be contact traced upon returning from break. Also, positive cases will not be reported daily during Thanksgiving Break. A full report from November 25-30 will be shared on November 30.
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Modified Quarantine
The Springfield-Greene County Health Department has released information in regards to schools implementing modified quarantines. This allows students to continue attending school after a properly masked, low-risk exposure to COVID19.
In response, the Republic School District now requires all students in kindergarten and older in addition to all adults to wear masks while on campus or on our buses.
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Quarantine Phone Calls
 For those who have recently been placed on quarantine or who will possibly be in the future, we wanted to share some important information. As you are probably aware, those who are directly exposed at school to a positive COVID19 case are contacted by an individual phone call. Due to the increased number of positive cases and the number of administrators available across the district to make these individual phone calls, Springfield-Greene County Health Department has begun stepping in to assist the district with these calls. The Health Department utilizes a third party company called Maximus to complete these quarantine calls. Therefore, should your student need to quarantine you will be contacted by either a school administrator or a Maximus employee on behalf of Springfield-Greene County Health Department. The call from Maximus will be from a 314 area code phone number.
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 Free Meal Distribution 11/30, 12/1 & 12/2
Beginning Monday, November 30 Republic School District will offer free grab and go style breakfasts and lunches between 11:30-12:30 p.m. At this point, meals will be available November 30, December 1 and December 2. There will be three locations for pick-up based on where students attend school. Families with children in multiple buildings can pick up meals at the oldest child's school building. To help us plan and know how many meals to prepare, please complete the form at the following link by November 27 at noon: https://forms.gle/QEb67UEZKnBaUfPu7 .
Pick-Up Locations:
**Please pull through the car line and stay in your vehicle as meals will be brought out to you.**
**Click on the building to see a car line map.**
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Athletics & Activities Guidelines: Winter 2020-21
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Social Media Highlights #repmoproud
As a reminder, you can find Republic School District on Facebook and Twitter! In addition, all buildings and the STRIPES 360 program have a Facebook pages. RMS and RHS also have Twitter accounts, and RHS is on Instagram. Check them out! Here are a few highlights: NOVEMBER 11:
Each year RHS hosts a very special Veterans Day assembly hosted by the Air Force Junior ROTC and features members of the Speech and Debate team along with the school's band and choir. This year the assembly was held virtually and we'd like to share it with you. It celebrates the Veterans working within the walls of RHS. We're so thankful for their service! #repmoproud
NOVEMBER 11:
Another great Veterans Day celebration video! This time it's from RMS! #repmoproud
NOVEMBER 11:
Today Lyon learners honored our veterans by learning more about their impact on our country. Thank you, veterans, for your service! #repmoproud
NOVEMBER 13:
We enjoyed our send off yesterday afternoon as we wish these students good luck at STATE! Best of luck to diver, Justice Murray and the 400 Free Relay Swim Team (Bryce Martin, Seth Lock, Brady Lewis, and Easton Bruton)! #repmoproud
 NOVEMBER 13: Please join us in congratulating our October RepMO Hero nominees! These individuals are being recognized for going above and beyond the call of duty in serving their students and fellow teammates. They are ALL tremendous educators, and we are incredibly thankful that they choose to serve in Republic! #repmoproud
EC - Amy Foreman: EC Speech and Language Pathologist
Lyon - Elizabeth Blanford: Process Coordinator
McCulloch - Tracie Phillips: Grade 3 Teacher
Price - Kelly Searcy: Grade 2 Teacher
Schofield - Jennifer Burton: Library Media Specialist
Sweeny - Hannah Laxton: Elementary Counselor
RMS - Mark Tuterschlager: Grade 8 Science Teacher
RHS - Allison Davis: Physical Education Teacher & Volleyball Coach
CO/CIA - Casey Daugherty: Secondary Literacy Specialist
NOVEMBER 20: The first day of our temporary pause in virtual learning/phase 3 is in the books! Thank you to our AMAZING teachers for their hard work and quick preparation to make today a success!!! We already miss having our students at school with us, but keep these virtual learning pictures coming so we can celebrate the learning taking place at home! #repmoproud
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Board Meeting Recap
 At the November 19 Board of Education meeting the adoption of the agenda and approval of consent items ( found on BoardDocs) took place after the Pledge of Allegiance. In addition, President, Todd Wojciechowski, provided a Board Update.
The Board discussed the 2021-22 school calendar.
Revised 20-21 calendar (see details in the below section)
Overnight trip
FY21 revised budget
Board election filing dates
The next meeting is scheduled for December 17 with the regular session beginning at 7:00 p.m.
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Calendar Change
 At the November 19 Board of Education meeting the Board approved a recommended adjustment to the 2020-21 school calendar by district administration. They voted to remove snow make-up days from Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day and Good Friday. The Board completely agreed that reserving these as holidays will provide a guaranteed break for rest, deep cleaning of our facilities and simply being apart from one another to help slow the spread of COVID19.
You may be wondering about what this means for snow day make-ups. We've been given some flexibility by DESE. Therefore, the district expects the last day of school to remain May 26, but should we have to miss more days than the flexibility from DESE allows, we may need to make some adjustments. As we know more about this in the spring we will share details. #repmoproud
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District and Community Announcements
Below are the signs you will see on the entrances of our facilities. Keep in mind, only essential visitors will be allowed and must follow these protocols.
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Upcoming Dates
November 20, 23, 24, 30 along with December 1 and 2: Virtual Learning/Phase 3
November 25-27: District Closed, Thanksgiving Break
December 1: District announcement regarding plans for learning environment starting December 3
*Reminder that every Friday during the school year full day preschool-12th grade students are released one hour early for teacher collaboration time.
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For questions or comments please contact Republic School District by calling 417-732-3605.
Sincerely,
Josey McPhail
Director of Communications
Republic School District
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