Hornet Nation,

With approximately 6 weeks of learning left in our school calendar, it the time of the year when we really are able to see and celebrate academic and social success. Academically, our goal is to have each student gain a year's worth of growth for the year in school. Socially, we hope that each student made gains around self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.

Last week, I joined a spontaneous celebration with a class of third graders who had just learned that they all met or exceeded their growth goals on the NWEA-MAP assessment. I also did the cupid shuffle in P.E. with younger students who happily had no problems dancing in front of others.

In our middle school, I visit lunchtime fairly regularly. Using my experience as a middle school principal, the social skills I see our 6th-8th graders demonstrate during lunch is definitely at the high end of expectations. In our classrooms, I continue to see and hear deep, meaningful academic conversations.

At the high school, social awareness was on full display during the community blood drive. Next week, we will celebrate the academic accomplishments of our senior class.

All of this is to say that Hornet Nation is a great place to learn! And, we're not going to rest on our nest. You can count on us to continue to grow our teaching practices through learning and doing, and we are going to count on you to continue to be an active participant and partner in your child's academic and social growth. Anytime you have questions, please reach out to your child's teacher(s) and principal.

In partnership and with Hornet Pride,

Judy

juwalton@harrisonschools.com

989.539.7871

Every student who attends will receive a free STEM kit of their choice!

The staff of Harrison Community Schools, in the spirit of a growing and changing community, pledge to educate all students by teaching the District Curriculum and beyond, ensuring the development of responsible learners prepared to take an active role in a complex society.

April 22: Junior/Senior Prom

April 24: Senior Honors Night

April 27: Parent Engagement Night at middle school

April 28-30: High School Play

May 1-5: Teacher Appreciation Week

May 18: Graduation

May 31: Last day of school for students

June 12-29: Summer school for students deemed academically at-risk (invitations to be send by individual schools)

• Early Childhood & Larson Elementary, 989.539.3259 (Principal Andrea Andera, aandera@harrisonschools.com, Assistant Principal Sandy Hargraves, shargraves@harrisonschools.com)
• Middle School, 989.539.7194 (Principal Jennifer Thrush, jthrush@harrisonschools.com, Dean of Students Stacey Van Antwerp, svanantwerp@harrisonschools.com)
• High School/Hive, 989.539.7417 (Principal Joe Ashcroft, jjashcroft@harrisonschools.com, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Brad Carlstrom, bcarlstrom@harrisonschools.com)

COVID-19 protocols for positive cases, staff or student:

• With a positive case, the person must isolate for 5 days and not attend or be in school. In counting those days, the first date of symptoms (or the test, if no symptoms) is day 0.
• The COVID-positive person may return to school on Day 6, assuming symptoms are subsiding. We recommend, but do not require, masking for days 6-10 in school.

We are also attaching a handy resource from public health officials that provides guidance on when to keep a child home from school in a variety of illness-related situations.