Grand View School

Grand View School schedule for virtual learning for Monday, November 16th. A. Meal distribution will be from 12 noon until 6pm. B. K-2 students will receive packets that will be distributed with the meal pick-up. C. Classes will be held virtually for grades 3-8. Students will be expected to log on to Google Classroom and participate in Google Meet conferences with their teachers throughout the morning. 3rd-8th grade virtual schedule: Period 1 8:00am Period 2 8:30am Period 3 9:00am Period 4 9:30am Period 5 10:00am Period 6 10:30am Period 7 11:00am Period 8 11:30am D. Teachers will be available for students in the afternoon until 3:30.

In response to Cherokee County’s COVID ranking being labeled “red” Grand View will match other county schools as we all switch to Virtual Learning for all students beginning Monday, November 16. Grab-and-go meals will be available for all students on Monday from noon until 6:00. We plan on students returning to a traditional on-campus schedule on Monday, November 30.

Good evening, Grand View School has recently confirmed positive cases in middle school students from two different grades and cohort classes. Those two students will isolate at home as recommended by the Health Department. We have done contact tracing on both cases. Our stringent policies on social distancing, seating charts, mandatory masks, hand-washing, classroom cleaning and line spacing make us think that no quarantining is necessary. Still, the Grand View Health Aide, Ladonna Walls is contacting families of students in those two cohort groups. We are giving parents the option of keeping their child at home to quarantine. If you are called and you elect to quarantine your child, please call the school and let Davada Davis know that your child will be a virtual learner for a short time. Mrs. Davis 918-456-5131 Ext 800 If you have questions about COVID or quarantine timelines, please call Mrs. Walls 918-456-5131 Ext 505. Thank you for continuing your hard work to keep Grand View safe and healthy for our students, staff and families.

Hello Grand View families: We continue to learn about strategies that impact our ability to avoid COVID and how to track and isolate it. A couple of plans we are implementing: - We are going to the same seating charts for every classroom. - We will use the same order when we line-up for meals, class changes, or to go outside. Experts say this plan will allow us to contact-trace specific groups. That will let us identify a small group for quarantine, instead of an entire class. Two more very IMPORTANT points: - If your child was exposed to someone that feels ill, or is getting tested it means; they think they have COVID. Therefore, your child should stay home. - Don't send a child to school and then go for your COVID test. Assume you have COVID and keep them with you until results come back negative. - In the event you hear someone is getting tested after your child was in close contact, you should be especially aware of your child's symptoms. You should also immediately begin a contact-trace of your own. This helps us determine who may be affected if the test results are positive. These strategies will help to reduce transmission of COVID at home and at school. It will help us keep our school open when others may close.

Cherokee Nation Health Services is offering after hours drive-thru flu clinics at ALL Cherokee Nation Health Centers (excluding Gadugi Employee Health Center) on Tuesday, Nov. 10 from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Flu season is in full swing. So be sure to stop by one of our health centers and get your flu vaccine! For the complete schedule of community flu clinics visit https://health.cherokee.org/community-flu-clinics/

Picture Retakes and 8th Grade Panel Pictures are November 9th.

Reports cards will be going home Wednesday, October 21st for traditional students. Monday, October 26th reports cards will go out for virtual students during food disbursement times. Any remaining report cards will be mailed.

Important reminders: a) Yearbook photos will take place Thursday in the gym from 9:30-11:30 for virtual students. b) Virtual students can pick-up up their Chromebook protective sleeves on Thursday when students are lined up for school pictures. c) The technology support team will be on-site to answer questions for virtual or traditional learners. They will be set up in the gym. Parents please bring your Chromebook and hotspot. d) Many of you still need to submit important forms. We are attempting to call all families that we need to see. When you arrive at the gym, please check with the Grand View representative so that we can be sure we get all information needed. e) virtual students will also get to pick up their free-book-give-away packets. f) the 9 weeks ends on Thursday, October 15. Any assignments need to be submitted by that time.

Just a reminder: Monday, October 12th through Thursday, October 15th will be Distance Learning for PK-2nd and Virtual Learning Days for grades 3rd-8th. Students 3rd-8th should check Google Classroom for meeting times and assignments. On Thursday virtual students will be taking pictures from 9:30 until 11:30. Please make sure you come that day so you can be included in the yearbook.

Please visit the link below to learn more about the upcoming Virtual Days next week & school photos for virtual learners. Lastly Impact Aid forms were sent home on Wednesday. Please return these forms filled out by Friday. Thank you. https://www.grandviewchargers.org/article/323147

We have sent a very important form home with every student as we try to identify families that live or work on government or tribal land. By completing the Impact Aid form Grand View School gets extra government money. These funds can be used in a variety of ways. Please return a completed form for each student in your home by Monday, October 12. The more forms we submit, the more government funding the school will receive. On a similar note, if you have not completed your U.S. Census form please do this right away. Our school district loses about $17,000 per year for every resident within the boundary of the Grand View School District for a total of 10 years if census forms aren't completed. Please go to my2020census.gov/ to complete your census information today. Thank you.

Parent-Teacher Conferences continue on Tuesday. There is no Boys & Girls Club on Tuesday due to the conferences. We want to thank families for the outstanding job you have all done supporting our COVID safety initiatives. Your children are doing an outstanding job. Frankly, we are amazed. We thank them daily. They wear masks. The kids socially distance. They work to keep their hands and workspaces clean. We realize that without your modeling and encouragement, we would not be so fortunate to have minimized our COVID risks. Again, thank you.

Friday is Virtual Day. Both traditional and virtual students should treat this as a normal school day. Students should check Google Classroom for their meeting times. Please email your teacher if you have any questions.

Parent-Teacher Conferences are Thursday, Oct. 1 & Tuesday, Oct. 6th. Pre-K through 4th grade will be handing out a "schedule your conference" note to traditional students. Teachers of those grades will call, text, or email their virtual students to set up appointments. Middle school parents may click the link attached to this text or visit grandviewchargers.org to schedule your appointment. Middle School---https://forms.gle/pPyj6NyjCuAGjsa98

A few reminders for this week: 1. Monday is picture day for traditional students. 2. Parent-Teacher Conferences are this Thursday, Oct. 1st and Tuesday, Oct. 6th. from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. The conferences will be either a phone call or held virtually. More information to come. 3. There is no Boys & Girls Club on Thursday due to Parent-Teacher Conferences. 4. Any virtual students that would like the Special Olympics Fundraiser T-shirt "You Can't Mask Our Charger Pride", may order when you pick up your grab and go breakfast/lunch on Monday Sept. 28 or email nwilson@grandviewchargers.org for more information.

School day photos will be taken Monday, September 28th for traditional students from 3 year olds through 7th grade. Virtual students will have picture day on Thursday, October 15th. Eighth grade students will take pictures on Monday, November 9th. Please mark this on your calendar or visit this link for the Google Calendar https://bit.ly/33TX7rG

Progress reports will go out today for traditional learning students. Virtual learning students may pick up their progress reports on Monday at the Grab-and-Go meal distribution. Progress reports not picked up Monday will be sent in the mail. Grab-and-Go meal pickup on Monday will be 11:00 to 12:30 and 5 to 6 p.m. Virtual day is this Friday. It is the expectation that both traditional and virtual students treat this as normal school day. 5th through 8th grade traditional and virtual students need to check their teacher’s Google Classroom for the times to meet. PK through 4th grade have given the expectation for their classes too. Middle school students will be marked absent if they don’t show up for virtual class. Please email your teacher(s) if you have any issue.

There has been one confirmed COVID case at Grand View. Families that may be impacted have been contacted. After contact tracing, the Cherokee County Health Department will also contact any other families that may be affected. Please do your part to continue to keep the school safe for our kids and staff. Make it a family effort at home and at school. Follow the CDC recommendations of social distancing, hand washing and wearing masks. And remember, quick screenings every Sunday evening and temperature checks every morning.

A few reminders: On Friday we will have our second Virtual Day. Both traditional and virtual students should treat this a normal school day. Please remember to do you Covid screening this evening and temperature checks each day. If we all do our part we can stay safe together.

Boys & Girls Club after-school program will start on Tuesday, September 8th. At this time we ask that you only send students in need of after-school care or supervision. This will allow us to get new procedures in place and catch up on enrollment. Only students with a completed enrollment form will be allowed to stay. Forms were sent Thursday with student's who had incomplete enrollment packets. Please check your student's backpack to insure your child's after-school enrollment forms are complete.