Raccoon Grade School

Raccoon volleyball and basketball practices are cancelled for today.

Volleyball VS Odin tonight at 3:30 at Raccoon School. Varsity will play first. https://fb.me/e/P4Pn8PST Boys basketball VS Odin tonight at 6pm at Raccoon School https://fb.me/e/3neNGqKx8

If you are dropping off students in the morning, please make sure they are prepared to get out of the car quickly. Two cars may let their students out at the same time, but please wait until temps are checked to completely pull away. We don't want any traffic to be backed up on the highway so the line needs to keep moving. Thank you for making drop-off as safe as possible.

New morning drop off protocol: Starting tomorrow morning we will start a new morning drop off routine. You will only use the Right lane - closer to the school. DO NOT DROP YOUR STUDENT OFF FROM THE LEFT LANE. From 7:30-8:00am, you will drop your student off at the cafeteria doors and their temps will be taken inside. They will go to the gym as normal. Please wait a moment to make sure we don’t need to get your attention for a high temp. From 8-8:20am (after the 8am bell) you will drop your student off at the main entrance and their temps will be checked inside. Again, please wait a moment to ensure their temp is below 100.4. They will then go to their classroom as usual. ANY drop off from 8:20am and after will be considered a tardy and you will need to sign your student in. Please park in the left lane.

If you pick your students up from school and you need a name tag for your car, please call the school or email me at kinlow@raccoonschool.org. Thanks, Nurse Inlow

Link for the boys basketball game at HOME VS Selmaville https://fb.me/e/deuBywKn7

Here is the link for the volleyball game tonight VS Selmaville. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzQjhYvlHd4t7Pf4__Y2tQ

Hello RGS families - I wanted to remind everyone why we are not accepting RAPID negative COVID tests to return to school. The false negative rate of RAPID tests can be up to 40% (depending on onset of symptoms) . Due to this, we feel it is in the best interest of students and staff that a symptomatic student should have a Diagnostic COVID Test. This test normally takes 2-5 days to get the results. Please call me at the school if you have any questions. Thanks, Nurse Inlow

Boys basketball game tonight VS Kell https://fb.me/e/1w9wSB7a4

Volleyball link for tonight's game vs Kell https://fb.me/e/3nmEYv7yc

Monday is the last day to send your Raccoon Valentine a CRUSH soda!

Good morning RGS families! I wanted to clarify some guidelines regarding "household contacts" of SUSPECTED COVID (+) individuals. If there is a member of the household (living in the same house) that is experiencing COVID-like symptoms and/or awaiting COVID test results, then your student MUST quarantine at home until the household member's symptoms have resolved and/or the pending COVID test is negative. Your student does NOT have to exhibit symptoms themselves to be excused from school. Please contact the school and let us know that your student will be absent. Upon hearing the circumstances, I will be able to give you more guidance on how long your student may be out. When in doubt, always call. The guidelines vary (depending on the situation) and I understand that it can be confusing. Please let me know if you have any questions. As always, thank you for continuing to keep our school safe! Nurse Inlow :)

Good Morning Raccoon families! Remember to please let Mrs. Johannes or I know if your student or household has been in contact with a COVID case or is symptomatic. We can't wait to see everyone tomorrow, but want to make sure that everyone is returning healthy! Thanks again for all of your continued efforts in keeping our community safe! Nurse Inlow

We would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy Christmas break! While you are enjoying time away from school, please monitor COVID symptoms and contacts. If you become symptomatic, are a close contact or household member to a known positive case or test positive, please keep us updated. Contact Mrs. Inlow at kinlow@raccoonschool.org or 618-367-1219 or Mrs. Johannes at mjohannes@raccoonschool.org or 618-231-4050. If you are traveling, please be mindful of symptoms upon return. If you are traveling outside of the country, please contact Mrs. Johannes for verification of return to school. We want to do our best to provide the most healthy environment that we can when the students return on January 4th. It will take us all working together! Thank you and have a blessed holiday!

Reminder to parents/guardians: If your student has been absent due to COVID, COVID symptoms, or sent home from school for symptoms please call to verify that your student may return to school PRIOR to sending them. If you have any questions call me at school or email me at kinlow@raccoonschool.org. Thanks for your cooperation in keeping our school healthy, Nurse Inlow

This is a message for those who ride Mary and Rick's bus routes. Mary will be picking up kids on her route ten minutes earlier on Monday morning. Mary will then start Rick's route around 7:35, so please watch for the bus as times will not be as usual. We are sorry for this inconvenience, but we are short a bus driver. Thank you, Mrs. Johannes

Raccoon Families - During our Thanksgiving break and when we return to school, we want to make sure everyone stays healthy. If your student(s) begins having COVID-like symptoms or is a close contact to a known or probable COVID positive individual, please communicate with me. My email address is kinlow@raccoonschool.org. I will be checking it periodically and will get back with you as soon as I can. Let's keep our school a safe and healthy place! Thanks, Nurse Inlow

Jr. High Students - Please check your Math Google Classroom stream for an important message from Mrs. Alli regarding remote learning. 6th Grade - Please check your GC page for Homeroom, as Mrs. Alli has attached a Google Doc that includes a very detailed explanation of your schedule.

10/3/20 Raccoon Families and Staff: A second positive case in one classroom has been confirmed. Since we have two confirmed cases in one classroom, the school has been directed by the Marion County Health Department that we will have to go remote, starting Monday October 5th. The students will be able to return to school on October 19th. Students should have taken everything home that they needed on Friday, in case this was to happen. Meals will be delivered to all homes on Monday by noon. If you would like to continue receiving meals during this remote learning time, please call the office on Monday at 532-7329 to be placed on the list. Staff will be at school during this remote learning time and will be conducting classes remotely from their classrooms. We now have Wi-Fi access in our parking lot. QNS will be here Monday morning to make sure everything is working properly. Students will be able to access it using their student accounts. We will continue to follow the advice of and cooperate with the Marion County Health Department as information comes to us. Please call the office if you have any additional questions. Sincerely, M. Johannes

Dear Parents & Guardians, I wanted to let you know that at this time, we are continuing in-person learning. As you are aware, we only have to close school for two weeks if there are two positive cases in one classroom. At this time, we do not meet that criteria. We are waiting on test results from an individual and as a precaution, teachers sent home school items today. I will update you if there are any changes. Again, at this time, we will be in school on Monday. Thank you! Mrs. Johannes Superintendent