Harvey-Swanson News

It's pretty amazing to think we have successfully completed two full months of school and the end of our first marking period is just around the corner! Thank you for everything you do to support our students wearing masks and social distancing. These two important practices have helped keep us in-person learning! This newslettter includes several important updated documents from the OCHD. Please know we must follow OCHD guidelines for screening and responding to symptoms, and we appreciate your continued support.

Another important step that we must take is conducting mental health screenings for all students- F2F and BLFH. This screening is a rating scale completed by your child’s teachers and will be reviewed by mental health professionals employed by the district. If there are concerns noted, parents will be notified and interventions and supports will be developed. If you would like to opt out of this screening for your child, please notify your child's teacher by the end of the day on Tuesday, November 3rd.

Sincerely,

Debbie Brauher

• Click here for the updated Student and Staff At-Home Screening Checklist. The symptoms are now separated into two categories. The top section indicates the one symptom that requires a student to stay home and the lower section includes symptoms that if there are two then the student must stay home.
• Click here for the updated Symptomatic Student Letter to Parents. Please note that the updated process does not include the three choices like before. There are only two choices now, when a student is sent home with possible Covid symptoms. This is the change... no longer is an alternate diagnosis accepted. Students and staff must have either a negative PCR (not the rapid antigen test) COVID test or isolate at home for 10 days. In either situation the person must be fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications and other symptoms must be improving or resolved before returning to school.
• Symptomatic students aged 4-17 are eligible for free testing at Oakland County Health Department by appointment by calling 1-800-848-5533. This information is also on the bottom of the Symptomatic Student Parent Letter.
  
• Click here to view the telephone screening resource "Safe For School" hotline.

This week we will focus on the character strength perspective. Click here for a one page character card.

What it is: Having perspective means you are able to understand things from multiple points of view.

Why it matters: People who practice this character strength are able to remain calm and get clarity. People with perspective are able to learn from their mistakes. This builds confidence and helps us succeed.

• Visitors must have an appointment to enter the building. All visitors will be screened outside by our securtiy guard before entering and must be wearing a mask to enter.

• If you are dropping off items for your child, the security guard will meet you outside to collect the item/s.

• Please see the Visitor and Vending Screening Checklist below.

Please click here to see some options through Paramount Signs & Graphics. Last spring some of our staff had some cool hats made as well. Check out the website or stop in the store to see what they have.

Due to allergies and for infection control, if students are going to be bringing food to share, it must be store bought and contain an ingredients list. Individually wrapped food items would be best.

• November 3rd – No School
• November 13th – End of first marking period
• November 17th: Picture retakes. BLFH will be on the same date, but from 4:15-5:15PM.
• November 20th – Progress reports sent home
• November 25th – 29th – Thanksgiving Break

• Click here to view the Oakland County Covid-19 Public Health Toolkit.
• Click here to visit our Harvey Hawk Facebook Page.
• To sign up for e-news- Go to the Brandon Schools main webpage under Quick Links and choose subscribe to e-news.

The following documents are attached below:

• Safe Home Alone and Certified Babysitter
• Challenge Island STEAM
• Pack 531 is still looking for scouts!

• Preschool before and after care as well as latchkey will need to wear masks as they will not be with their cohorts.

• Parents will drop off and pick up outdoors and not enter the building. Staff will check in and sign out students noting the parent/adult who is dropping off and/or picking up and also ask the COVID screening questions and record the answers.
• All cleaning and handwashing procedures will also be in place.
• All soft toys, dress up clothing, etc that can't be cleaned easily has been removed.
• For quesitons or to sign up, please contact Diane Zedan: dzedan@brandon.k12.mi.us or Penny Green: pgreen@brandon.k12.mi.us

Office Hours: 8:45 AM to 4:45 PM

Connie Zak Administrative Assistant

Jaqueline Herbart Attendance Clerk

Student Day: 9:30-4:00

Arrival/Drop off: 9:20 AM

Dismissal: 4:00 buses will load and pick ups will be waiting outside

Email: dbrauher@brandon.k12.mi.us
Website: https://brandonschooldistrict.org/index.php/schools/harvey-swanson-elementary
Location: 209 Varsity Drive, Ortonville, MI, USA
Phone: (248) 627- 1850
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010341280577