Isanti Middle School

Thanks for another great week at Isanti Middle School! Our In Person students did a great job with the Reading MCA this week and today many of our CIO students are wrapping up the Math MCA. Next week our In Person students take the Math MCA on Tuesday and Wednesday. Friday will see our 8th grade CIO students completing the Science MCA.

Please make sure that your child gets enough rest during the testing period, eats a nutritional breakfast, and brings a fully charged chromebook to school. We appreciate the support you give your student each and every day, thank you for partnering in your child’s success.

Have a great weekend!

Mr. Pauly

Student COVID-19 Testing Program

(CMS, IMS and Woodland Campus secondary students)

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 5/10:

• Wednesday, 5/12: Students pick up tests from the nurse’s office
• Thursday, 5/13: Students return completed tests to the nurse’s office

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.

The “cutting through” St. E’s parking lot needs to stop. If it doesn’t, access to the St. E’s lot will be lost. I ask for your help in improving this situation.

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