Message from Mary Jankovich continued

Masks:  

• Students and staff are expected to be masked at all times, except when eating or drinking.  
• If students are refusing to wear a mask, or not wearing it properly, staff will problem-solve with the student and family to ensure our school community stays safe.  
• The best mask is one that fits and can be worn comfortably for 8 hours. We always have medical-grade masks available for students in both the Welcome Center and Main Office. 

Important Lunch and Food Updates:  

• We will continue to have multiple designated spaces open for students to eat lunch: the Shabazz Cafe, the Student Center, the library, and teachers' classrooms. Students will not be able to eat in hallways or in nooks within the building. Students will continue to be allowed to go off-campus for lunch
• Students will unmask to eat their lunch, and the expectation is to mask back up immediately after they are done eating.   
• Students may only order food to be delivered to they building during the designated 50 minute lunch period. If food is delivered outside of this time period, we will require students to eat their food outside of the school building. 
• Students are not allowed to eat during classroom time.

COVID Testing: 

• Many school testing sites are open 7:30AM - 4:45PM, Monday - Friday. You must pre-register by following this link. The Alliant Energy testing site is also opening up: follow this link for information.

Vaccination: 

• Our high school-age students are eligible to receive both the first and second dose of the vaccine, as well as a booster dose 5-6 months after their second dose. Vaccinations are available at Dane County Public Health. Here is the website to register for vaccination.  There will also be upcoming clinics at schools where students can be vaccinated.

Support System:

As the end of the semester approaches, be mindful that Thursday, January 20th is a student support day.

I want to, once again, thank all of you for your support this year.

Always honored,

Mary Jankovich

January 19 - Presentation of Learning

To celebrate the exciting learning and experiences that have been happening at Shabazz this year, students and staff will wrap up the semester with our biannual "Presentation of Learning." On Wednesday, January 19, students will present and share the projects they have been working on, primarily in their learning lab courses, in our Project Based Learning (PBL) model here at Shabazz.

Showcased student created projects will include: recorded songs, shared community meals, authored and illustrated children's books, works of art, original board games, animation shows, student led reflective circles, and a gallery of other content learning. While we unfortunately can't welcome parents and community members to join us this winter due to Covid precautions, be sure to ask your students about their showcased work!

Looking for a way to help our students? A donation of healthy snacks such as granola bars, fruit snacks, juice boxes, or individually wrapped crackers or pretzels are always appreciated by our hungry Shabazz students. A quick bite between classes might be just what is needed to bring about the needed energy to be attentive and engaged throughout the day. All donations welcomed!

Opportunities Board

Shabazz student Avril Ramirez created an Opportunities Board for a Leadership class assignment. The assignment was to think of a way to create a positive change at Shabazz. “I thought about letting students have more chances to spend time on their hobbies or giving them options to learn new ones,” explained Avril. With that thought in mind, the 'Opportunities Board' was created, with the hope that students will have the chance to spend time doing things they enjoy. We hope students afollow to this link for opportunities within the Madison Community!

Student Community-Based Opportunity

Common Wealth has an upcoming round of Youth Business Mentoring that will cover personal branding, job retention, career exploration, job applications, please fill our a complete application, both a Youth Application and a Parent financial literacy, and many more topics, an will be held completely virtually! To be considered, a Youth Application and a Parent/Guardian Application need to be filled out and submitted by Monday, January 10, 2022 at 5:00 pm. 

Students will then complete an intake (virtually) to go over program details, expectations, and answer any questions.

Shabazz staff held a friendly cupcake competition to determine who was the best baker at Shabazz. Three Shabazz bakers created a dozen homemade cupcakes and had their cupcakes rated by staff judges. The winner was Hannah Shafer with her vegan lemon and blackberry cupcake for the win. A rematch is scheduled for 2022!