11-03-20

 

To Woonsocket School & Community, 

 

Announcement: The Woonsocket School is transitioning from Green Phase into Yellow Phase for the rest of this week and next week.  We are starting to see a little bit of spike with positives and close contacts within our school and community.  We do not see the spread occurring in school, but we are adding some possible precautions with our daily routines.  We are also strongly recommending masks for all students and staff.  Yellow Phase is more of warning reminding everyone to use extra precautions at home and school before a Red Phase could occur.   Red Phase is where school closes and we utilize flex learning with lunch deliveries for a certain period of time. 

 

As of right now, we have some quarantined staff returning early to school with masks as essential workers.  If we did not do this, we would be in Red Phase already.  The main goal of our school is and has been is to keep the school open and be safe at the same time. But if we do not have enough staff to run or other circumstances from the DOH occur, we have no other choice but to close down for a certain amount of time.    We need everyone to help take the extra precautions so this does not happen.   Thank you. 

 

Rod Weber 

Woonsocket Supt. 

 Breakfast: Cinnamon roll

Lunch:  Buffalo chicken sandwich, corn

 

Lady Blackhawks finished their season with a loss to Coleman/Egan.

18-25
15-25
19-25
0-3 Loss

Morgan Schmiedt 1 ace, 13 assists
Trista White 6 kills
Kaitlin Brueske 4 kills
Ellie VonEye 1 ace
Brooke Doering 1 ace, 2 blocks
Teya Moody 7 digs

 World Prematurity Day T-Shirts for sale.

Andrew Lindgren, a senior at Woonsocket High School, for his senior project, is raising awareness for premature births. November is Prematurity Awareness Month, and Nov 17th is World Prematurity Day. To raise awareness, he is selling T-shirts to be worn on World Prematurity Day in support of the important work the March of Dimes does for mothers and babies. Order forms are available at the school. Orders are due November 9th.

 There will be access to group counseling for the upcoming weeks anyone who would like to participate. There will be sign up on Mrs. Foxley's door next week for those who want to participate. 

There will be a basketball cheerleading practice today after school to talk about squads, uniforms, etc.  Please try to be there!!!

HS football will have its end of the season meeting in Coach Rodriguez's room on Monday at 4:00.

 The next food drive will take place Wednesday, November 4th at 4:30 until gone.  It will be drive through only at the Santel west-garage with pre-packaged boxes of food. food drive information

We are bringing back the yearbook! Anyone interested in joining the staff should fill out an application or talk to Mrs. Potrament.  She is available daily at 2pm or after school until 4pm.

An informational meeting will be set up for next week.  Date and time TBD.   

 

 

Found:  Several pairs of glasses.

Found in change donations, small silver ring.

                                                                                                                                                                       

Woonsocket School District Covid-19 Update

Woonsocket Active Student/Staff Positive Cases

PK-6 Elementary

Current # positives

Students-1

Staff-0

Current # recovered cases

Students-3

Staff-1

7-12 High School 

Current # positives

Students-2

Staff-1

Current # recovered cases

Students-2

Staff-2

                                                                                                                                                                      

 

 Upcoming Information 

Thursday, November 5th

VB regions TBD 

Breakfast: Muffin & yogurt

Lunch:  Chicken enchilada nachos, refried beans

Friday, November 6th

VB practice @ SC 3:45pm

5/6th GB/BB vs Springs @ Woony 6:00pm 

Breakfast;  Mini donuts

Lunch:  French bread pizza, green beans

Monday, November 9th

5/6th GB/BB vs WW @ Sanborn 6:00pm 

Breakfast:  Long john

Lunch: Corn dog, coleslaw

 

Tuesday, November 10th

5/6th GB/BB @ Iroquois 6:00pm 

Breakfast: Cereal

Lunch:  Walking taco, refried beans

 Wednesday, November 11th

Breakfast:  Yogurt parfait

Lunch:  Turkey & gravy, mashed potatoes 

Thursday, November 12th

Breakfast:  Cinnamon roll

Lunch:  Sloppy joe, green beans 

Friday, November 13th 

No School

                                                                                                                                                                      

FFA

Annual FFA Fruit sales fundraiser is underway! Get your fruit, nuts, cheese, meat goodies and butterbraids from your favorite FFA student. Sales end on Friday, November 13th. Will be delivered before Christmas break. 

                                                                                                                                                                      

 

Counseling Corner

Dual credit applications for next semester are open. Juniors and seniors interested in taking dual credit classes for the Spring 2021 semester, please come talk to Mrs. Foxley.

ASVAB makeup date for juniors will be Thursday, November 12 at 8:30 am in Mr. Olsen's room. 

Seniors - November 2-6 is Free College Application Week!

 

 A representative from SDSU's College of Engineering will be available Thursday, November 5 at 11:00 in the Board Room.

 

                                                                                                                                                                    

Music

                                                                                                                                                                    

Library

We have a monthly book club for adults. If you are interested in joining, please contact Bev Dunn at Woonsocket.library@k12.sd.us of 605-796-1412.

Any student at home can do an AR test by contacting Mrs. Dunn and setting up a time to do one over the phone. You can test of email her at 605-461-8905 or bev.dunn@k12.sd.us.

A friendly reminder that you must put on hand sanitizer when entering the library. Thank you.

Just a reminder that you can also get your AR points by doing a book report. Please use the following form. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Dunn.

Halloween Trivia has started in the library. Have your own pencil or pen with you and get the slip from the library to write down your guess. One guess only please. Answers must be in by Tuesday at 4 pm. A new question will be posted on Wednesday 

Sophomores and juniors will need parent permission to check out books in the adult fiction section of the library.

                                                                                                                                                                   

WEPC

Board members: Jolynn Foos, Kami Moody, Tasha Hagman and Jessica Anderson. Keep saving Box Tops, County Fair United Savers Cards and pop tabs .

                                                                                                                                                                  

Community

Woonsocket Wi-Fi

The Woonsocket Community and Events Center has expanded its central role in connecting community residents and visitors. Santel Communications recently installed a Public Wi-Fi system that provides free Wi-Fi.

According to Woonsocket Schools Superintendent, Dr. Rod Weber, “The school’s remote and eLearning platforms require the student’s reliable access to the Internet. It is important for the school to work with families and community to provide connectivity they need to continue learning through varied pandemic conditions and restrictions. Santel approached the school on ways to help and within a short amount of time, free public Wi-Fi was implemented.”

The community center now has Wi-Fi coverage inside and outside the building. The students and public are invited to use and access Internet for their needs. General Manager Ryan Thompson of Santel states, “Our enhanced Wi-Fi systems allow expanded coverage in an area commonly used by the community for many different events and gatherings. If more stringent social distancing is required, we felt it was important to offer students and residents outdoor ‘drive up’ Internet as well. Drive up, park, connect. Easy, safe and convenient.”

Internet-connected device users should select the community center Wi-Fi access point on their device and with no password required the system allows up to a 2-hour session of free Wi-Fi internet.

To add anything to the announcements, please contact luci.grassel@k12.sd.us