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September 9 , 2021

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Hello Josey,


As a reminder, the Staff Communicator will be distributed each Thursday that school is in session, and also distributed as needed throughout the year. Archives can be found HERE.

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RepMO Hero Nominations Open! 

The Republic School District looks forward to honoring staff members who go above the call of duty through the RepMO Hero program! Each month (September-April) either a certified or classified employee from each of the building/department groups listed below will be honored for their part in implementing our district mission of preparing each student for a successful future. Those individuals will be recognized individually by their building/department group and by Central Office. 


Then, a committee will review the nominations of those individuals and one employee will be chosen as the RepMO Hero of the Month. The RepMO Hero will receive $500 to be used at his/her discretion to purchase resources for his/her building/department. In addition, the RepMO Hero of the Month will be recognized at the following month's Board of Education meeting and through district communication channels.


RULES/GUIDELINES:

There is no limit on how many different employees you can nominate per month.

Nominations will be accepted throughout each month using the deadlines below.

Nominations will carry over.

You can nominate ANYONE! They do not have to be a part of your nomination group (listed below).


NOMINATION GROUPS:

1. Custodial, nurses, aides/paras, office staff, and food service building employees will be nominated by schools.

2. Departments will nominate staff members according to the schedule.

3. Central Office (including SPED office, Federal Programs office, and Food Service office), Elementary & Secondary Learning, Professional Learning, Data and Assessment, School Resource Officers, Maintenance and IT will combine for the nominations.

4. Transportation will nominate staff members according to the schedule.

5. STRIPES 360 Staff members can be nominated by STRIPES or sites.

6. Sites can nominate an additional person from any of the departments in numbers 2 through 6.


NOMINATION SCHEDULE:

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Per the above schedule, classified employees will be honored for the month of September. Between now and September 24 use the link below (form link also under the "Staff" tab on the website) to nominate a classified employee for RepMO Hero.


PLEASE CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE INDIVIDUALS FOR REPMO HERO!

Grandparents' Night

We are excited to continue the tradition of welcoming grandparents and grand-friends into our EC and elementary buildings this fall! Below are the dates and times for these come and go events. All in attendance will have the opportunity to pick-up a free game pass for the RHS home football game on Friday, September 17.



Please attend at the designated time below based on your student’s last name. This applies for all events.

A-L: 5:30-6:15 p.m.

M-Z: 6:30-7:15 p.m.


Tuesday, September 14:

Schofield and Sweeny


Thursday, September 16:

Lyon, Price and McCulloch

ALL preschool classes (EC, Sweeny & McCulloch)


Teachers, please put this information in your classroom newsletters!

Staff COVID Vaccine Status

To help our nurses and our administrators with the efficiency of future contact tracing (as you can imagine, these can be very time consuming), we're asking our employees to share their vaccine status with us by completing the form below. Completing this form is completely voluntary and not required. However, by sharing your proof of vaccine with us, we'll be able to quickly determine that if you are exposed to a positive case you do not need to quarantine as long as you are symptom free instead of having to gather evidence during contact tracing.

 

This will be very helpful information, but it will be kept confidential and for district purposes only. This will also allow us to be able to determine our overall employee vaccination rate which can assist us in how we monitor future trends of COVID19 in our buildings.

 

Thank you in advance for taking time to complete this form and to upload your vaccine card, if you have been vaccinated. If you have not been vaccinated, please consider doing so. This form will be available throughout the year to complete as vaccines are received. Contact Health Services Director, [email protected] if you have questions.


 CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR PROOF OF COVID19 VACCINE.

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Friday Early Release

Each Friday throughout the school year full day preschool through 12th grade students will dismiss one hour early for teacher collaboration time. Please keep this in mind when planning your student's after school plans. For details visit

https://www.republicschools.org/fridayearlyrelease.


Also, Tiger STRIPES will be available at no extra cost to families already enrolled from 2:30-3:30 and/or a cost of $4.00 per weekly release day for students needing care until 4:30 p.m. To attend Tiger STRIPES, families will need to sign up in advance. Registration details can be found at

https://www.republicschools.org/STRIPES360.


Teachers, please put this information in your classroom newsletters!

Student Device Care Reminders

Each student has been assigned a school Chromebook to use both at school and at home if needed. Students are now taking these devices to and from school each day. Although the goal is to keep students in-person, at school and learning, students taking devices home daily allows the district to be able to quickly implement an AMI Day (virtual learning), if needed. The district will do its very best in communicating the need for an AMI Day as far in advance as possible, should this need arise. The practice of sending devices home daily is simply a precautionary practice to help us be prepared in any unplanned circumstance. 


Elementary students should not have a need to utilize their school devices outside of school hours. Therefore, it's recommended they stay in backpacks at home when not needed for learning or when not charging. This graphic provides some tips about using student Chromebooks. Please send your student to school every day with their fully-charged Chromebook and charger.


Teachers, please put this information in your classroom newsletters!

District & Community Events

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CLICK HERE to register.

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CLICK HERE to register.

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CLICK HERE to purchase tickets.

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CLICK HERE to register.

Dates to Remember

September 10: End of Progress 1 (RMS/RHS)

September 16: Board of Education Meeting, 7:00 p.m. at Central Office

September 17: Progress 1 Reports Distributed (RMS/RHS)

September 22: End of Progress 1 (Elementary)

September 30: End of Progress 2 (RMS/RHS)


CLICK HERE for the website calendar.


REMINDER: Every Friday during the school year full day preschool through 12th grade students are released one hour early for teacher collaboration time.

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