Greetings Memorial School Community,
This Wednesday, January 27th, district staff will have an early release day. The district will continue to have early release days on Wednesdays through the upcoming winter break at the end of February.
Change in Dismissal Time - Starting on January 20th, 2021
Attention parents, we are pushing back our dismissal time for an additional five minutes starting this Wednesday, January 20, 2021. This means that dismissal times will be as follows:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - Students dismissed from classrooms at 2:45PM with parent pick-up beginning at 2:50PM
Wednesday - Students dismissed from classrooms at 12:45PM with parent pick-up beginning at 12:50PM
This change provides teachers five extra minutes each school day. This may not seem significant, but over the course of a school year, that is almost three full days of additional school.
I do not anticipate any further changes this year due to the amount of pick-up traffic we see each day as well as the need to allow parents to get to the DJ Bakie School for their dismissal process. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding.
Memorial and Bakie School Math Pilot
The Sanborn Regional School District is currently looking for a new math program that will better meet the needs of our learners. Part of this work includes having teachers and students in grades K-6 try some lessons from potential programs so that the Math Committee can learn how the program works for teachers and students. These lessons will be piloted starting next week, and students may be using some new materials in their classes. We look forward to making a decision on our new math program and having a proposal to the EISA subcommittee in the spring.
Bus Transportation and Physical Distancing Guidelines for COVID
When we successfully returned to in-person classes in October, families were asked to transport their children to and from school as much as possible to lower the amount of exposure on the bus. This practice reassured numerous parents that their children would be safe during the ride to and from school.
As cases rise in the state, we are also seeing a rise in the number of students taking the bus to and from school. We have recently had several cases of COVID in the district, and bus ridership is a significant area of concern when contact tracing. Bus capacity needs to be kept low, since we cannot extend the size of the bus to accommodate distancing.
We are again asking families to transport their children to and from school as much as possible to lower the amount of exposure on the buses. Salter Transportation is reworking their routes to help us reduce the number of students on buses, but they also need to keep the rides to a manageable length of time.
With spring and vaccines around the corner, we hope this situation is short-lived, and we really need your help so that we can continue to keep our students safe.
School Breakfast and Lunch Announcement
Free meals for all students in school and remote will continue through the remainder of the 2020 - 2021 school year.
Additionally, remote meals are available for pick-up on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at the High School Main Entrance from 12:30PM - 1:30PM.
Please use
THIS FORM to pre-order your remote meals.
