Isanti Middle School

We need your help, please remember:

Minnesota’s Safe Learning Plan, along with the existing face covering guidance for schools and child care settings, remain in effect.Through the end of the 2020-21 school year (last teacher contact day), masks must continue to be worn by everyone inside school buildings or on a school bus.

8th grade WEB leaders welcome 5th graders.

Our 8th grade Where Everybody Belongs (WEB) leaders welcomed our IIS/SFAS 5th graders to their middle school today. In addition to greeting the 5th graders, WEB leaders accompanied each class of students as they toured the 6th grade classrooms they'll have this fall. Today was another opportunity to appreciate those yearly traditions that we've missed this past year.

Developing Tomorrow's Leaders Today!

Our band concerts went very well this week. Next week we will be having our first choir concerts this year on Thursday, May 27th. Due to Covid restrictions, this year we will be performing our concerts during the school day utilizing our gymnasium. We will be recording the concerts and posting them to the school website.

All student chromebooks will be collected the last week of the school year. Please help your student(s) remember to bring their chromebook and charging cord(s) to school on the turn in day.

• 6th grade: Tuesday, June 8
• 7th grade: Wednesday, June 9
• 8th grade: Wednesday, June 9

Student COVID-19 Testing Program - CMS/IMS

The Minnesota Department of Health has continued to emphasize the importance of COVID-19 testing in slowing the spread. As a result, MDH is collaborating with school districts to offer access to testing kits for students in middle and high school buildings. Tests will be available for students to pick up and take home. This is optional. The student would then complete a Zoom enabled visit with Vault Health to take the test and return it to school the next day. As a district, we do need to follow a tight schedule to ensure tests are completed and returned on the time schedule we must follow by MDH.

Students will:

• Wednesday: End of the day - Pick up their Zoom-enabled test kit at the nurse’s office
• Wednesday: Take the test at home (following directions provided at pick up).
• Thursday: As you enter school - Return the test kit to the nurses office (before 10:00 AM)

Tight Schedule: All test kits are picked up at 10:00 AM and sent to the lab for processing. This optional testing opportunity will be offered every other week for students following this schedule:

Week of 5/24:

• Wednesday, 5/26: Students pick up tests from the nurse’s office
• Thursday, 5/27: Students return completed tests to the nurse’s office

This optional testing is only for asymptomatic students. If students are experiencing symptoms they should remain at home and access COVID-19 testing through their clinic or other community testing option.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s parking lot is intended to be for church parking only. They’ve been gracious enough to tolerate parents parking in their secondary (southwest) lot for drop off and pick up. However, they have seen an increase in the number of vehicles cutting across their parking lot, either to get to Oakwood Street NW or to the southwest lot.

We have had a number of parent calls notifying us their student was choosing to stay home for the day and instead do distance learning. Please remember, we are currently in the In Person Learning model, with In Person learning Monday thru Thursday with Friday being a Distance Learning day. Unless a student has a medical reason, is in quarantine, or has a unique family reason preventing them from attending in person, they need to be in school. Please know that choosing to distance learn from Monday thru Thursday will result in an Unexcused Absence.

Email: rpauly@c-ischools.org
Website: https://www.c-ischools.org/domain/33
Location: 201 Centennial Drive Northwest, Isanti, MN, USA
Phone: (763) 691-8600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Isanti-Middle-School-Minnesota-Center-1616822051697940/
Twitter: @IMSANDMNC