Click here to view the Ready, Set...Kindergarten Presentation

My PCS Online Parent/Family Information

This link is the one-stop shop for all My PCS online resources. Parents can view videos and participate in training to navigate the online platform.

https://www.pcsb.org/mypcsonline

For parents who would like their child to return to school, please contact the front office at 727-893-2332. Filling out the Learning Option Change form is not required at Bear Creek Elementary. All students may return.

Click here to view information for families returing to campus after winter break.

WEEK OF JANUARY 11, 2021

Happy Sunday, Bear Creek Families!

Please see calendar of events for the month of January.

January Calendar of Events

January 11 – Bear Creek READS featuring Mrs. Sackett and Mrs. Reed @ 6pm on DOJO

January 13 – Ready, Set…Kindergarten @ 5:30pm (for families with incoming K students)

January 15 – End of grading period/Semester 1

January 18 – School Closed in Observance of MLK Day

January 19 – Teacher Planning (Trade Day) – Non-Student Day

January 19 – PTA & SAC Meeting @ 6pm/7pm via teams

January 20 – New Grading Period begins

January 20 – Ready Mathematics Virtual Parent Night (click here for the more information)

January 21 – Picture Make-up Day (My PCS Online Students will be allowed to participate).

January 21 – Ready Mathematics Virtual Parent Night (click here for the more information)

January 25 – Grades due in FOCUS

REMINDERS and UPDATES

Semester 2 Learning Option Change Request

As we prepare for the second semester, the request for a change in learning option window is still open. If you are interested in having your student(s) return to face-to-face instruction, please contact the front office staff and they will be able to assist you. Please note that start of the third grade period/second semester begins on January 20th.

Ready Mathematics Virtual Parent Night

 Dates: Wed, January 20th, 2021 or Thurs, January 21st, 2021

Time: 6:30pm-7:30pm

Join Link: https://cainc.zoom.us/j/99499748019

YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IS NEEDED

Please note that the district’s mask mandate is still in effect. A mask is still required for all students and adults entering a district office, building or campus. Refusal to wear a mask is grounds for a student to be assigned to virtual learning. I am flexible on many things; however, this is a non-negotiable. As the principal of Bear Creek Elementary, I will protect the health, safety and well-being of my staff and students at all cost.

As we continue to navigate our current reality, I would like for us all to keep the safety and wellness of Bear Creek Elementary as our main priority. Before sending your child to school each day you are to assess your child’s wellness with the following questions:

SELF-SCREENING QUESTIONS

1. Has your student experienced any of these symptoms, not associated with previously diagnosed conditions, in the past 72 hours:

• Fever greater than 100.4/chills
• Cough/shortness of breath
• New loss of taste or smell
• Nausea/vomiting/diarrhea
• Experienced multiple symptoms

2. In the last 14 days, has your child:

• been in close contact with anyone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19;
• been placed on quarantine for possible contact with COVID-19;
• traveled abroad or to an area of the country where it is recommended that they self-quarantine;
• had a COVID-19 test pending

If your child is experiencing any of these symptoms or conditions, it is extremely important that they not enter the school building and you should contact their healthcare provider.

All PCS staff, students or visitors entering a school board building are required to affirm their wellness by answering the questions above.

BEAR CREEK MITIGATION STRATEGIES

Face covering/mask must always be worn while on campus

Daily wellness screenings

Only one adult/family will be permitted to enter the front office lobby at a time

Appointments are required for the following:

     -Finalize student registration (now available online – please see directions below)

    -Medication drop-off to the clinic (Please DO NOT send medications with students)

    -Device Pick-up for My PCS Online families

    -Meeting/conference with staff

Routine cleaning and daily sanitizing

Practice social distancing (to the greatest extent possible)

Theme for the school year: All Means All

Quote for the school year: “The strength of the team is each member. The strength of each member is the team.”  - Phil Jackson

Thank you for being a member of the TEAM.

Principal Houston

Click here to view Principal Houston's Welcome Back letter.

Click here for the District Reopening Plan.

Click here for the Bear Creek Student Handbook.

Click here to view Open House teacher videos.

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