South Conejos School District

Good afternoon Trojan families. Here is an athletic update for the rest of the week: 🏀MS Girls Basketball Jan 27 @4:30pm Creede @ Antonito 🏀HS Basketball Jan 28 @5pm Antonito @ Sierra Grande Boys game will start around 6:30pm 🏀HS Basketball Jan 29 @3pm Antonito @ Cotopaxi Boys game will start around 4:30pm 🤼‍♂️HS Wrestling Jan 29 Butch Melton Tournament in Ignacio GO TROJANS!!!

Dear Parents and Guardians, I am excited to share that South Conejos School District is enrolled in Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s free, voluntary, and statewide COVID-19 school testing program for the 2021-22 school year. This is a critical step to keeping our students and teachers healthy and allowing us to continue in-person learning. The safety of our students and educators is our top priority. All students under 18 must obtain parental/guardian consent to participate in this voluntary program. Through Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) Reopening Schools award funds, students are eligible to receive an incentive, regardless of their current vaccination status. A participating student will receive $25 for the first COVID-19 test administered to them through this program. A student can then receive $10 for every subsequent test that is administered each week (at a maximum of one incentive allowed per week). Parents may choose to opt out of the individual student incentives. To enroll your child, please visit the portal . https://trackbynovir.com/register. Printed enrollment forms will also be available to you at the front office. Guadalupe Track Org Code is c0248 Antonito Middle School Track Org Code is c0250 Antonito High School is c0252 Register yourself first, as the parent (head of household), then add your children (members of your household). If you have children in more than one school, please use the appropriate code. The COVID-19 testing program is available to all students and staff, regardless of vaccination status or presence of symptoms. School testing will be implemented with the help of a state contractor. I’ve linked additional materials for your consideration, including: Facts on the program with additional information. FAQ to answer any questions or concerns you may have. For additional questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact: School Nurse at 719-376-7009 or stephanie@southconejos.com or either one of the Covid Coordinators at 719-376-7018 or gvigil@southconejos.com or lsandoval@southconejos.com Thank you for helping keep our kids and teachers safe. Sincerely, Stephanie Kreps South Conejos School District Nurse

NWEA Make-Up Testing will take place Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week (January 25-27). Notices will be going home with students that need to do make-ups. Please have your students rested and on-time to school for testing this week. Our first testing session begins at 8:15 each morning in the library.

Free at Home Rapid Covid tests Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have learned how important it is to layer strategies to protect ourselves and our loved ones from COVID-19. Using multiple prevention strategies is especially important to stop contagious variants of COVID-19-- like omicron that is now circulating in Colorado. CDPHE is providing free over-the-counter tests for parents, guardians, and caregivers to administer to school-aged children at-home. The at-home testing program complements other tools in CDPHE’s COVID-19 toolbox, including in-school screening testing, free community testing sites, and other point-of-care testing programs. These programs help ensure Coloradans have access to multiple free COVID-19 testing options. Through ongoing testing, Coloradans can help slow the spread of COVID-19. About the program Colorado is distributing free rapid COVID-19 over-the-counter (OTC) tests directly to resident’s homes. The program uses rapid antigen tests that show results within 15 minutes. This program has been specifically designed to provide parents, guardians, and caregivers some peace of mind by making it easy to test their children and help keep schools open. Can I get free tests if I am not a parent, guardian, or caregiver? Yes. If you are not a parent, guardian, or caregiver, you may also use this program. All Coloradans can sign up for the Rapid At-Home COVID-19 testing program. There currently is unprecedented national demand for rapid tests, and we are proud to be the first state in the nation to provide these tests for free to Coloradans. Because of the increased demand it may take 2 weeks to get your order. How it works Step 1 Order tests, free of charge, to be shipped directly to your home at https://covidathometesting.colorado.gov/ Step 2 You will receive a confirmation email from CDPHE that your order has been placed. You will receive a second email from Amazon with tracking information once your order has shipped. Step 3 When you are ready to test, follow the instructions included in the test kit. Step 4 Once you have your test results, please follow these instructions on how to interpret and report your results.

COVID-19 Info and Testing: If you have questions about quarantines, possible COVID-19 symptoms, or would like to get your student tested please call us at 719.376.7018. Testing is available at the following times: Monday: 8:00 am -10:00 am Tuesday: 1:00 pm-4:00 pm Wednesday: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Thursday: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Friday: 8:00 am - 10:00 am

All school activities including the PTO meeting have been canceled.

Trojan Families, After consulting with public health, we have been advised to go to remote learning for the remainder of this week for all students preschool through twelfth grade due to a rapid increase in positive cases amongst both vaccinated and unvaccinated students. While this is not a decision we wanted to make, it is in the best interest of all students' health and safety. Head Start at the Conejos building will currently remain open unless families are contacted otherwise. Student pick-up will be from noon to 4:00 pm. Please call the front desk if your student is to drive themselves home or walk home or if you have an issue with pick-up. For families wanting their student tested, please call the front desk and they will take your student's name and we will call back to schedule a testing time. The school will remain staffed this week for families who need to pick-up work or would like to get tested later on this week. Students who are not symptomatic will be able to return to in-person learning on Monday the 24th.

The South Conejos School Board of Education will be conducting a Regular Board Meeting on the 18th day of January 2022 at 6 PM. This meeting will be conducted virtually and open to the public via videoconferencing and teleconferencing through zoom. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83984029808

SLV Covid Update

Free Food Distribution every 3rd Wednesday.

This is a reminder that we will not have school on January 17th in observance of Martin Luther King Day. We will see students back on January 18th and want to wish everyone a restful long weekend!

Upcoming COVID Vaccine Buses 1/7/22-Alamosa Friday 1/7/22 9 am - 5 pm Wal-Mart Super Center 3333 Clark Street Alamosa Co 1/8/22 - Alamosa Saturday 1/8/22 9 am - 5 pm Adams State University: Nielson Library Parking Lot 1701 First Street Alamosa Co 1/9/22 - Alamosa Sunday 1/9/22 9 am - 5 pm Adams State University: Nielson Library Parkin glot 1701 First Street Alamosa Co 1/10/22 Monday 1/10/22 9 am - 5 pm Family Dollar 215 Spruce Street La Jara Co 1/19/22 Wednesday 1/19/22 10 am - 5 pm Sanford Schools Auxiliary Gym 755 2nd Street Sanford Co 2/9/22 Wednesday 2/9/22 10am- 5pm Sanford Schools Auxiliary Gym 755 2nd Street Sanford Co

Good afternoon Trojan families. High School basketball teams are scheduled to play Centennial at 5pm this Saturday at Centennial. There is some restrictions for this event. 1. Masks are required for everybody. 2. No concessions or outside food/drinks. 3. Fans need to sit separated and spaced out by household. 4. East side entrance only. 5. Fans limited to 100 for each game. The gym will be cleared out of the school building between the girls and boys game. Fans for girls game will enter on East side between 4:45-5:15. After the first 100 fans are in, no one else will be admitted in. After the girls game, fans will be cleared out and they will start admitting fans for the boys game up to 100 fans. Approximate game start time is 6:45. Fans will be admitted when gym is ready. Please be patient with this process as times may need to be adjusted. GO TROJANS!!!

If you have any questions about Covid-19, Covid-19 testing or any quarentine questions, please contact either of the district's Covid-19 coordinators, Ms. Gabby Vigil or Ms. Linsdey Sandoval at 719-376-7018. You can also email either at gvigil@soutconejos.com or lsandoval@southconejos.com.

We are asking all parents/guardians to please take this survey about our counseling programming: https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/YuCsyA.

We want to welcome back all our students for a great second semester!

There is no tutoring today 12/16/21! Enjoy winter break. School will resume on January 3rd. Tutoring will resume for Middle School and High School on Monday, January 10th.

The Youth Entrepreneurship Showcase is going to be prerecorded today by student request and showcased to the community in the new year! We hope you will join us for our streaming event in January.

Hello Trojan Families, We will be going to remote learning for today. Teachers who have access will be posting assignments for students in Canvas. If students have the ability, they can find their work there. They will not be marked off if they do not have power or appropriate technology. We will not be Zooming in for any classes. The preschool family night tonight is postponed and all practices are cancelled. Ms. Jordan will update preschool families on a new date and time when it has been selected.

Hello Trojan Families, We will be going to remote learning for today. Teachers who have access will be posting assignments for students in Canvas. If students have the ability, they can find their work there. They will not be marked off if they do not have power or appropriate technology. We will not be Zooming in for any classes. The preschool family night tonight is postponed and all practices are cancelled. Ms. Jordan will update preschool families on a new date and time when it has been selected.