Isanti Middle School

Parent/Family News - January 22

Hybrid Learning -- First Full Week

Good afternoon everyone,

Thank you for taking the time to access this Newsletter. I would encourage you to review some of the links from last week's newsletter, especially if there are still questions regarding how and when students can access their teachers each day of the week.

Quick look at items in this Parent/Family News:

Hybrid Learning Model Calendar x2
Hybrid Learning Model --> Distance Learning Days Schedules
Hybrid Learning Model --> In Person Schedules
CIO Schedule update
Picture Day
Winter Conferences (Parent/Student/Teacher)
Every Meal (The Sheridan Story)
Cafeteria Tracking
Drop-Off & Pick-Up Procedures
Winter Sports Update
Virtual Resource Rooms
Face Coverings - Physical Education (repeat)
Grab-n-Go Meals (repeat)
Lighthouse Child & Family Services (repeat)
Parent/Family News - Previous Editions (repeat)

Hybrid Learning --> Distance Learning Days

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Hybrid Learning --> Distance Learning Days

Our Hybrid Learning Model consists of In Person days (2) and Distance Learning days (3). This can be confusing because it is different from our Distance Learning Model.

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Hybrid Learning --> Distance Learning Days

Monday thru Thursday Schedules

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6th Grade

Science: 9:25-10:00

Reading: 11:10-11:45

Social Studies: 12:05-12:40

Math: 1:35-2:10

Writing: 2:30-3:05

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7th Grade

Health: 8:30-9:05

Social Studies: 9:25-10:00

English: 11:10-11:45

Math: 12:40-1:15

Science: 1:35-2:10

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8th Grade

Math: 8:30-9:05

English: 10:20-10:55

Science: 12:40-1:15

Social Studies: 1:3502:10

Hybrid Learning --> In Person Day Schedules

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6th Grade

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7th Grade

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8th Grade

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C-I Online Program Schedule Update

Your student's schedule was adjusted this past Wednesday, January 20th. Please review the new schedule if you are unsure when your student can connect with their teachers.

Middle Level CI Online Schedule (1.20.21)

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Picture Day

We are currently working with Lifetouch Pictures to reschedule our Fall pictures which were postponed. When a new date is set we will communicate the information to families and students.

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Winter Conferences (Parent/Student/Teacher)

We are looking at doing our second round of conferences, our Winter Conferences, the first two weeks of February. We are planning to continue our past practice of doing one night of Open Conferences and following that up with Selected Conferences.

Open Conferences: One night (Possibly Thursday, February 4)
Selected Conferences: Teachers identify specific students and parents to conference with.

We will get more information out to you in the next week!

Every Meal -- The Sheridan Story

We are excited about the opportunity to partner with Every Meal to help fight child hunger in our community.

Every Meal -- OUR MISSION

Fighting Child Hunger

More than 200,000 children in Minnesota live with food insecurity. Without reliable access to food – such as free and reduced meal programs at school – the risk of hunger is very real. Every Meal works to fight hunger in our community by filling the gaps to food access that children face during weekends, summers and extended breaks

Please look for more information this next week for how to sign up for this great program.

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Cafeteria Tracking

As we are bringing students back into our building, it is important to remind everyone of our necessary protocols and procedures. One of these is our need to know where each student sat in the lunchroom on any given day. Similar to the first trimester, all students need to submit the cafeteria tracking form each day during or after lunch. This will allow our health office to contact trace should that become necessary. Below you will find the specific times students are expected to submit this form. Parents and guardians - please encourage your student to bookmark this link so they can easily access it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation!

6th Grade: Period 6
7th Grade: Period 5
8th Grade: Period 4

Link to Cafeteria Tracking Form (Bookmark This Link)

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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Winter Sports Update

We encourage our athletes to register for wrestling and boys basketball at your earliest convenience! This helps us to plan for the season and to ensure that we have the most accurate picture of the coming season.

There are two options when registering;

register and pay at the same time by credit card, or
register and pay later.

You are allowed to practice without the fee being paid. The fee by school policy, must be paid to compete or participate in any events. By MSHSL policy, you must have a current physical within the past three years. For this year, any physical that expired after March 12, 2020 through the end of this school year is a current physical. If you do not have a current physical, please plan now to get a physical by a health-care provider. Doctor, Physician's Assistant, and Chiropractor are all acceptable according to the MSHSL.

Registration Information: https://cambridgeisanti-oar.rschooltoday.com/home

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Basketball

Girls: Monday, January 4th - Friday, February 5th

Boys: Monday, February 8th - Thursday, March 11th

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Wrestling

Tuesday, January 19th - Friday, February 19th

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Volleyball

Monday, March 15th - Friday, April 16th

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Virtual Resource Rooms

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.

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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.