9/17/2021 Community News

Dear EMS Community,

We have found that we are much more efficient conducting health screens for our entire student body than taking the time to sort through the online screener to determine which students filled it out online before school. There is no need for any Escalante parents to fill out the online screening tool before school starts for your middle school children.

However, it is extremely helpful when parents keep students home when they have symptoms. When your student’s symptoms begin to improve or are resolved, they can return to school if they have a negative molecular COVID test, which you can get for free at Fort Lewis College or the Fairgrounds. We can also test them here at school. The frustrating thing about COVID is that symptoms vary greatly from case to case. For some students, symptoms may just be a sore throat or stuffy nose, while others may have a fever or a cough. The bottom line is that we want to keep our school open, and our best mitigating practice is to keep students home when they are ill.

So far, our school year is off to a great success. The school culture feels fantastic in our hallways, our classrooms are focused, and I can’t put into words how glad I am that all of our programs are up and running. Thank you for your continued support.

Principal Jeremy Voss

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9/17/2021 Escalante MS Community Newsletter

Published September 17, 2021 Print