Mildmay-Carrick Public School

January 25th, 2021- RETURN-TO-SCHOOL COVID PROTOCL UPDATES
PLEASE READ!!!!
URGENT & IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL MCPS FAMIIES RE: RETURN-TO-SCHOOL (JAN. 25TH) COVID PROTOCOL UPDATES AND MANDATES:
Dear Parents and Guardians: As we work hard at the school level, to keep our school community, and our wider community healthy and safe, we ask for your continued and diligent support and adherence in this, and to please take a moment to read and familiarize yourself with these important COVID protocols (see below), established by the Grey-Bruce Public Health re: Return-to-School protocol updates and expectations for students. Please note that these protocols will continue to be strictly enforced and actioned and we truly appreciate your support with this. 
Updated COVID Screening Tool link:
https//covid-19.ontario.ca/school-screening/?fbclid=IwAR25Yf_Qq1foF0P5-86qECmO7Mv1AEaG_ZCjqxQ56LnlIioOyEPdgHg2zWo
*****Updated Attestation Form link
(MCPS will be requiring this to be sent via email to the school prior to child's return and confirmation received by the Principal- Tracy_napper-sharpe@bwdsb.on.ca or Martha_barrett@bwdsb.on.ca (on Fridays)). Students sent home/kept home with a symptom/s, may not return to school without following this protocol process, and with this attestation form in place. Students sent to school without a form received, will require a call home/be sent home, until the form is forwarded to the school.
Mandatory Attestation Form link:
https://www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca/Portals/0/Topics/InfectiousDiseases/COVID19/GBHU_attestation_Form_Following_Illness.pdf?ver=2021-01-22-145007-277&fbclid=IwAR3bCdeQZg6XSeatvkeinB9w_yeMWoRzWSDmmk2Kz7YoYZrEulR-JbYpcAI

Exclusion Criteria and When a Student Can Return To School Chart link:
https://www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca/Portals/0/Topics/InfectiousDiseases/COVID19/Grey_Bruce_Exclusion_Criteria.pdf?fbclid=IwAR27Zcw3EsE4ZqLNF64rslTNiMSy9yKWOraOx3kzEoO7DNlzucYuNt2seAU


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Dear MCPS Friends & Families:
It is that time of the year again (yes, already!)... it's Kindergarten Registration time!!!
If you have a little one who will be starting JK or SK, next September 2021, or if you know of someone who needs to know this information, please read the message below and please pass it on! 
In normal, non-COVID times, parents/guardians of JK/SK registrants, would attend our registration night (normally held in the school in October), however with new protocols and rules, this process, like most these days, will be completed online or with calls to school, to initiate the process. 
Registrations for 2021-22 need to be completed in October for the coming year, as they are used to determine educational staff and needs.
If you have a child starting kindergarten in September 2021, please visit www.bwdsb.on.ca 
Click the “Pre-Registering Your Child for Kindergarten” button to locate the registration guide.
Parents/guardians will pre-register their new JK or SK children online for the 2021-22 school year, during the month of October. When the school receives the pre-registration email, we will send an electronic package to your indicated email. 
Note: Parents/guardians who do not have access to the internet are kindly asked to call the school at (519)367-5548. Printed packages can be made available for you for pickup at the school at a scheduled date/time.
If you should have any questions, please just give us a call, as we are here to help! 
Registrations must be completed in October for next year's incoming JK/SK students. 
We can't wait to meet our newest Thunderbolts!

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IMPORTANT:
UPDATES TO PUBLIC HEALTH COVID PROTOCOL FOR STUDENTS/STAFF WITH/WITHOUT SYMPTOMS. 
PLEASE READ THIS VERY IMPORTANT MEDIA RELEASE WITH UPDATED ACTIONS.

https://www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca/.../School...
https://www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca/.../School...
Students who present with one symptom will still be sent home/cannot return to school until they have received a negative COVID test result and are symptom-free for 24 hours OR... have self-isolated for 14 days and are symptom-free for 24 hours.
Siblings/family members who do not have any symptoms will now be able to remain at school. 
If you have a symptomatic child (using the COVID screening tool included in the the link below), who has a pre-existing condition which may present as a symptom on the screening tool, this will need to be verified by a family doctor, prior to being allowed to return to school. Until then, it will be treated as a symptom under the COVID Protocol.
If you have any questions throughout this process, please do not hesitate to contact me at:
Tracy_napper-sharpe@bwdsb.on.ca 
Or call the office at (519) 367-5548. 
We are always, always here to help!

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URGENT FOR ALL PARENTS- REGISTRATION FOR ALL STUDENTS FOR SEPTEMBER IS REQUIRED (new and returning students)!
PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW THE DETAILS BELOW AS THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO STUDENT RETURNS IN SEPTEMBER:

(From the Director letter- excerpt)

Dear BWDSB Parents/Guardians: There is an important requirement in this year’s return to school planning that I would also like to bring to your attention.
In order to ensure adequate safety plans are in place, the Ministry of Education is recommending that all parents/guardians in Ontario register their children for the fall term in advance.
This will be required even if your child(ren) previously had been registered to attend a Bluewater District School Board school. All students, new and current, who are planning to attend Bluewater District School Board schools must be registered on or before August 19, 2020 in order to ensure they will be able to start on the first day of school, September 8, 2020.
To register, simply complete our student pre-registration survey at this link:Link to BWDSB updates

Parents/guardians who choose to keep their child(ren) at home at the beginning of the school year are also required to fill out the above student pre-registration survey, where they will indicate their preference for remote learning.

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Please use the following link to access a letter from BWDSB Director Wilder re: the July 30th MOE Return to School Announcement:
http://ow.ly/AAr250AMMwD

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Year-end letter and slideshow from Mrs. Napper-Sharpe
Slideshow link below:
https://www.facebook.com/357081721130269/videos/971058313339659

Dear MCPS staff, students, families & community friends:

I wanted to take a moment to touch base with all of you, to thank you for an amazing first year at MCPS! Mildmay has always been a very special community to me, as it is where I spent summer holidays, Christmas Eve's, and Hanging of the Greens with my grandparents and great-grandparents who were life-long members of this amazing Bruce County town and surrounding area. For me it was a true treasure to be back here, surrounded by my own memories and those of my mother and her siblings, who were born and raised here! The traits of community friendship, support, kindness and fun that I remember, has been everything that these memories reflected and much more! I was thrilled to be able to see some former classmates who are now MCPS parents and grandparents, and I was able to reconnect with some former colleagues!

As an educator, I have had the privilege of working with amazing students, staffs and families, and I have to say that MCPS has been a gift to me! I want to thank you all for welcoming me and making me feel so very, very at home here. There is an absolute sense of warmth of heart, in this school community; the staff here is amazing and truly love each and every one of your children. I watch them go above and beyond daily, in order to create strong academic programming, and to lead instruction that allows for explorations, engagement and true meaning, that connects to real-world applications, and to building the future skills that they will need. They are a staff who know that kids need to love school and they have made that their priority- for this, please join me in thanking them!!!

It is very clear that the students at MCPS have strong adult role models both here at school and at home with all of you! I have always believed that expression that "it takes a village to raise a child", and at MCPS this combination of strong parents/guardians, teachers and wider community volunteers, supporters and events, has raised a village of some of the most kind-hearted, selfless, respectful, funny, thoughtful, diligent, and hard-working students out there.

Commitment to children in our "village", be it here in Mildmay, Ontario, Canada or the world, has been tried and tested this school year, as we all find ourselves in unchartered waters with COVID-19. It has been hard for everyone- young and old(er), as we have faced steep learning curves with online learning, financial and work worries, health and safety measures, trying to manage working from home or away from home while also supporting our own children and families, and now, some uncertainty about what the world and our schools and school year will look like in the Fall. Please accept my sincerest thanks to all of you (parents, students and staff) for your partnerships during this time, for your strength of character, your patience and flexibility, for your perseverance to overcome hard times and obstacles, and for your sense of strength as we forged our way through everything- together and will all continue to do so, regardless of what comes our way. Together we stand strong, and as we have learned this year, we can still stand together even when we are physically apart. We can do hard things at MCPS!

I would truly like to thank each and every one of you, for allowing us to be a part of your children's lives- these amazing students are true testaments to all of you and you should all be so very, very proud!

As we look back on the past year, I encourage you to think of the wonderful memories and continue to exemplify positivity and optimism as we go forward. We have a powerful team of students, parents and staff in our Thunderbolt community, and I will keep saying it because it is simply true... "Together we are all Thunderbolt strong!"

On this note, my wish for all of you, is to have a relaxing, rejuvenating and fun summer, and to continue to be your Thunderiffic selves. Attached is a small slideshow of just a few of the wonderful and cherished MCPS 2019-20 memories I have of this school year, including our Grade 8 grads, who are exceptional in every single way! I hope it makes you smile...

Link to BWDSB updates
Link to World Health Organization
Link to Health Canada
Link to Province of Onatrio site
Link to Grey Bruce Health Unit