Richmond Elementary School

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Hello, こんにちは, Kon'nichiwa Dear Richmond Community,

As always THANK YOU, ありがとうございます, Arigatōgozaimasu!

All best, Be Well, and Let’s Take Care of Each Other,

Alicia sensei

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PPS CALENDAR SITE 

Richmond Items of Note - see below areas for any event meeting links/detail

✩ 1/17 Mon. NO School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

✩ 1/28 Fri. NO School for Students - Teacher Planning/Grading Day

✩ 1/31 Mon. POSSIBLY NO School for Students - per Fri 1/14 PM email

✩ 2/1 Tues (OR Mon 1/31 per above) Quarter 3 begins - Switch AM/PM for K, 1, 2 & 4

✩ Read for Richmond (info & dates coming soon)

SCHOOL NEWS, NOTES & Reminders
COVID SAFETY INFO, UPDATES & REMINDERS We hope that families are following the latest Covid updates to stay informed as things continue to evolve: national, local (very helpful description on the latest changes!), and district. On Friday, MESD announced changes for Contact Tracing to only Maskless activities in school, for us that’s lunch. Positive case Isolation & Close Contact Quarantine timelines are now reduced (was 10, now 5 days with a return on Day 6 IF feeling well) and may in fact be over by the time individuals are aware of their own case as a positive patient and/or exposure. It is that much more critical that families use the Family Daily Illness Screening tool before coming to campus and Stay Home If Ill while communicating all absences to the office. Symptom-free Fully Vaccinated students and staff are exempt from school quarantine after an exposure. Unvaccinated students who are identified as a campus close contact exposure are eligible for the new PPS Test-to-Stay program and those exposed off-campus are eligible for Test-to-Return (slides & Consent links - come to West Cafeteria Door 5 at Arrival with your Notification Information and we’ll follow the relevant procedures). Multnomah County Health Department continues to update Vaccination opportunities at multco.us/vaccineclinics. IF Richmond is told to move to TDL (Temporary Distance Learning) we’ll share information with families as soon as we can. We so appreciate families sending students well-geared up for weather and in protective masks that fit well all day without educator-reminders!

OHSU SCREENER UPDATE Backpack Check reminder - OHSU test kits and labels (3 sets) were sent home on Friday 1/14, instead of Monday due to the holiday. Test collection will happen on Tuesday as usual. Please contact Kirstin in the office at kyamakawa@pps.net with Richmond-specific distribution queries. For program and/or result-specific inquiries, please contact OHSU directly at 833-376-1027 / k12covidtesting@ohsuhealthmarketing.com.

LOST & FOUND REPEAT If your child lost an item between September and December and you were not able to check the lost and found on Wednesdays, please fill out this form for a staff member to look for your item(s). Please note that we will only contact you if we CANNOT find your item(s) or need clarification. If we can find it, we will send the item home with your child. This form will be reviewed roughly once a week and will be closed at the end of January. Items lost the last week of December and moving forward will still be collected in the Lost and Found (by the Dance Studio during the day) and brought out in front of the school on Wednesdays (volunteers permitting, please sign up in Konstella if you can help with this).

CHEERS to our Family VOLUNTEERS! A huge thank you for all of our community volunteer efforts! Daily Safety Patrol support, Arrival Chalking, Lunch Helpers, Mon/Tues OHSU Screener collection/distribution, and Wednesday Lost & Found supports! Turn-out has been amazing, and it’s been lovely having family collaborators back on campus. Staff have been polled about their feelings related to allowing more volunteers into the building during this ongoing pandemic, and we’ve agreed that the PTA Class Representatives can all be considered Essential Volunteers (already cleared as Fully Vaccinated and Background Checked) so that the annual ONK Art Auction projects can happen. With omicron spreading, we remain cautious and also look forward to a day when more opportunities for volunteering on campus are possible. Please continue to check out the Konstella volunteer sign-ups and pitch in if you can. Many hands make light work : )

FROM PPS
SEGC UPDATE PPS Enrollment Balancing efforts continue with recommendations slated to go to the Board mid-February. To keep current with the recommendations, proposal models, and any further opportunity to participate in processes, please refer to the district’s www.pps.net/enrollmentbalancing webpage. Schools were asked to share this most recent January 6 Meeting Summary with school communities.

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