Isanti Middle School

Parent/Family News - January 15

Welcome Back - IMS Return Hybrid Learning Plan

We are excited to welcome students back to the building beginning Wednesday, January 20. Isanti Middle School will return to a Transitional Hybrid Model for one week, January 19-22, and then move to the regular Hybrid Model the following week, beginning January 25. Again, this is very similar to the way we started school in September. Please click on the links below to access the IMS Return to Learn Plan and a Safety Protocols Review. The CMS room diagram will show students where their first period class is located within the building. Please reach out to the IMS Main Office with any additional questions.

As we look forward to students return, we do so with three primary goals:

Protect the health of staff and students
Prevent community spread so we can keep learning in person
Provide students with a high-quality education

To successfully accomplish these three goals, school will continue to look different than it has in the past. We ask that you begin to prepare for these changes by reviewing this, and previous IMS Newsletters. We cannot accomplish these goals without the partnership of our students, parents/guardians, staff, and the overall community. Together we can do this!

We look forward to seeing our students next week!

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C-I Online Program Schedule Adjustments

Due to Cambridge-Isanti Schools shifting back into the hybrid model, we have a need to adjust the order of classes offered at each grade-level. This is to ensure we are able to continue offering our Google Meet class sessions during the morning hours. Your student's schedule on Tuesday, January 19th will remain unchanged - all changes will occur on Wednesday, January 20th. Please review the new schedule order below at your earliest convenience.

Middle Level CI Online Schedule

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Face Coverings - Physical Education

According to the Minnesota Department of Education's Safe Learning Plan, "Face coverings must be worn when engaging in indoor physical activity (e.g., during indoor recess, indoor physical education class, or when exercising in a gym)". We encourage students who are participating in a Phy-Ed class to bring an additional face covering to use when in Phy-Ed class. This way, you can ensure the face covering that is worn for the majority of the day is as clean as possible.

Grade-level Schedules

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Drop-Off and Pick-Up Procedures

Priority → Student Safety

We stagger our departure of bus students and walkers/riders so we can maintain as much physical distance as we can AND so that we don't have buses and cars getting in each others way getting into the lot and on the street.

About 3:05 - Bus group #1 released
About 3:10 - Bus group #2 released
About 3:15 - Group #3 released

Picking up your student? Please remember we will not release them early. My recommendation is to take your time and if you arrive a bit after the walkers/riders are released that is OK. Building patience is always a challenge for middle school students. Giving your student an opportunity to wait a few minutes for you to pick them up is another opportunity for them to practice patience.

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Virtual Resource Rooms - Updated

Got questions about an assignment? Not sure how you want to structure your work? Just need to speak to an adult about your assignments? If you answered "YES" to any of these questions then the Virtual Resource Rooms are for you. With us going to full Distance Learning we have adjusted our staffing and will now have a separate Resource Room for each grade.