COVID-19 Updates & Weekly Testing Sign-Up
COVID-19 at O'Maley: We had two new cases of COVID-19 reported at O'Maley this week and have a total of four active cases as of today. Close contacts have all been notified and informed of proper protocols. If you have not been contacted, your child has not been identified as a close contact Since we started school August 31st there have been a total of six cases reported among the O'Maley community. See the new GPS COVID Dashboard for updated data each week: https://backtogether.gloucesterschools.com/updates/dashboard-covid-cases
Please remember to conduct a daily symptom check with your children. Link here for the daily symptom check information. Please be sure to call the nurses' office at 978-281-9847 if your child is experiencing any of the symptoms as described. Our nurses, Kim Cameron and Alycia Gossom can answer questions and will guide you as to what you need to do related to testing and/or documentation from your child's doctor. Students must not come to school with symptoms.
Weekly Testing: Testing will return Monday, October 25th (Rev. 10.18) and will continue on Mondays at O'Maley. Sign up information is below. Please make sure your child knows that he/she/they is to be tested, and remind them to listen for announcements for testing.
To Sign Up for Testing: Link here: https://www.cic-health.com/consent/ma?district=Gloucester.I encourage families to sign their children up to be tested. Individuals signed up to participate last year DO need to re-register. Parents/Guardians MUST complete the form to give permission in order for a student to be tested.
Similarly to last year, students and staff will be tested with samples collected in groups of up to 10. If a sample is found to be positive, all individuals tested from that group will be notified and retested at school. Unless an individual is found to be positive, there is no need to quarantine.
Masks & Distancing: Per the Massachusetts DESE and the Gloucester School Committee, all students and staff will be masked in GPS buildings except at lunch or mask break when they are socially distanced at 3 feet or more. Masks are not required outdoors. For details on our health and safety protocols district wide, please visit the GPS COVID Guidance and Updates website at https://backtogether.gloucesterschools.com/.
Students must bring their own masks to school each day. While we all wish we did not have to wear them, masks continue to be required indoors at school. Thank you!
From PTO
On Thursday October 21st O'Maley PTO will be hosting its first Staff Appreciation Luncheon of the school year!! Donations can be made through Paypal at the link below. Help us say Thank You to our AMAZING staff that keep our children focused on their education despite all the noise going on in the outside world.
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=XKTD8E98X8RNQ
Clear 2-Liter Bottles Needed!
We have an upcoming opportunity to work with artist Marilu Swett from the Boston Sculptures Guild. Marilu has proposed a sculpture project having students create individual lanterns that as a whole will formulate a collective light show. You can help! Please save Clear 2 liter bottles for us, send them into school and to the art teachers. The projected date for construction is October 12 and 13th.
Contact Information
Email: lbeattie@gloucesterschools.com
Website: http://omaley.gloucesterschools.com/
Location: 32 Cherry Street, Gloucester, MA, USA
Phone: 978-281-9850
Twitter: @omaleyprincipal