Medinah Intermediate School Families,

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a great start to the new year.  We are excited to get back to in-person learning on January 19^th and to continue our remote learning practices as well.   Please note that we are implementing the following guidelines to promote the health and safety of Medinah School District 11 staff and students (and their families).

• We will be maintaining the full 14 day quarantine period. Staff or students with close contact to a positive Covid case (at home or at school) must quarantine.  
• Staff or students displaying Covid symptoms will be sent home. In order for the individual to return, one of the following must occur: 
  1. Doctor’s note with alternative diagnosis  
  2. Negative Covid test result 
  3. 10 days of isolation  
• If a student is sent home for Covid symptoms, their siblings will be sent home as well.  
• If a teacher (Pre-K thru 5th grade) tests positive, the entire class will go remote. 
  1. Middle School will review teacher sections to finalize what classes need to be quarantined.  
• Masks are required to meet specific guidelines as outlined by the Health Department. 

For all the latest news and updates, please check our website by using this link.

https://www.medinah11.org/Default.aspx

Remote Students

Our full remote students have been working so hard to participate fully and share in the classroom experience, even from home.   Students are expected to be engaged in their learning with their teacher and classmates during these hours.  Our next supply pick-up for our remote learners will be January 28^th anytime between 10:00AM and 6:00PM.

In Person Students

We are looking forward to welcoming our students back to in-person learning!

Students should bring all their district materials back to school. Chromebooks will continue to come home every night and brought back every morning. Chromebooks need to be charged at home in a safe place every night. 

The weather has changed since we were last in session. We will continue to go outside for recess and mask breaks as much as possible.  Please make sure the students are dressed for the weather every day! Students must have hats, gloves and a warm winter coat.  We also encourage boots and snow pants so that the students will stay warm and have fun during outside play.  These items will need to be transported home each day.

Here are a couple of reminders:

• Please check your child for any Covid 19 symptoms every morning before sending your child to school. 
• Teachers will take a daily temperature once the students enter the building.
• Please send your child with a couple of masks in case he/she needs to change it throughout the day- make sure to wash them each night!
• Send a refillable water bottle. 
• Remember to pack a healthy snack every day.
• Return any library books.

We appreciate all of our families being flexible as we return to in-person learning for the second half of the 2020-2021 school year.  Our top priority this year is to safely meet each student’s academic, social, and emotional needs.

As always, Medinah Schools are committed to Every Student, Every Day.

Sincerely, 

Natalie Czarnecki, Medinah Intermediate School Principal

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