The bi-weekly combined county case counts are complete for the most recent two week period. The combined county case counts have decreased from 67, to 57 to 50 over the last three reporting periods. The case count of 50 puts us right on the edge of in-person learning, but in recognition of the trend we are moving our learning model to in-person learning for the elementary students. This data trend, while encouraging, does not mean that we should let our guard down.
The Kickapoo District will allow elementary students back to in-person learning starting Monday, with 4K and 5th grade cohorted. Parents will continue to have the option of having their child connect virtually on Monday, if they are uncomfortable with in-person attendance. This change in learning model will continue for a minimum of a two week period. Nov. 2nd - Nov. 13th. We will continue to focus on our local county data to make informed decisions about our learning model. The board and administration appreciate the understanding of the community, and the recognition that no matter what decision is made, not everyone will be pleased.
Have a nice weekend,
Mr. Olsen
Attention Parents:
In an effort to continue to keep students involved we have added one more REQUIRED video log in, per class, per week. The daily schedule is listed below so you can easily keep track of the requirements. If you have any specific questions about certain classes, please touch base with the teacher. *It is critical to to stress to your children that they need to keep a schedule and put in the effort to make this work as well as possible.
Required Live Meeting Days
Monday - Math, Science
Tuesday - English, Social Studies
Wednesday - Math, Science, Spanish
Thursday - English, Social Studies
Friday - Specials, Vocational Ed, Spanish
Afternoon Class Times
12:00 - 12:20 - Period 1 6th Block 1: 12- 12:30 6th Block 2: 12:30 - 1:00
12:20 - 12:40 - Period 2
12:40 - 1:00 - Period 3
1:00 - 1:20 - Period 4
1:20 - 1:40 - Period 5
1:40 - 2:00 - Period 6 7th/8th Block 1: 1:40 - 2:10 7th/8th Block 2: 2:10 - 2:40
2:00 - 2:20 - Period 7
2:20 - 2:40 - Period 8
Each live session will be worth 5 points. If you notify the teacher IN ADVANCE that you aren't able to attend, you can make up the 5 points by logging in on another day. If you do NOT notify your teacher in advance, (pending an emergency where you were unable to) you will NOT be able to make up the 5 points.
Hello,
A reminder of PT conferences tonight, from 3:30 - 7:30, and tomorrow 1 - 5. Students have all been sent a link for each individual teacher.
@wiaawi State Cross Country Preview including the Virtual Program, Apparel Store, and much more! #klfcc https://www.wiaawi.org/Sports/Fall/Girls-Cross-Country/News/state-cross-country-championships-preview-3
Lifetouch Email Alert - Families, please be aware that some parents are receiving emails from Lifetouch about pictures and yearbooks. Kickapoo DOES NOT USE LIFETOUCH. If you get any of these emails, please ignore them. We have contacted them and asked them to stop. Kickapoo uses Josten's for pictures and yearbooks.
Dear Parents,
You can now sign up for parent-teacher conferences with teachers online via Skyward. The instructions are below. We encourage you to do it this way so you get the time you want. Calling into the office or to the teacher may not guarantee the time if someone else were to take that time slot.
Conferences will be done virtually through Google Meet, which means that your child will receive an email with the Google Meet Link from EACH teacher ahead of conferences. You can click on that link to join the conference and your child can share the link with you. You click on the Google Meet Link when it is your time for a conference. It is up to you if you want your child as part of the conference. Please keep in mind that conferences will be 10 minutes. The 15 minutes slot allows for login and log-off time.
**If you need an alternate method for conferences, please contact your child’s teacher directly.
How to sign up for a parent-teacher conference time:
Go to the school’s website at kickapoo.k12.wi.us
Go to Menu, then Students, then Skyward Access
Enter your login in and password. If you do not remember it, please call Marla in the MS/HS office at (608) 627-0100 or Melissa Wiegel in the Elementary office at (608) 627-0107.
Click on Conferences
Click on All Conferences which will show all the student’s classes and you will be able to schedule a conference for each class if you want. Then click on Select A Time to show all conference times available for both dates.
If you have more than one child, you can schedule them by switching the student name at the top and following the same process in steps 4 & 5.
You will get an email confirming your conference.
Cross Country fans - here is a link to the WIAA 2020 Cross Country State Tournament Apparel. No apparel will be available for sale the day of. Online orders only. https://wiaa-state-cross-country-2020.itemorder.com/sale
7:00pm BOE Annual Meeting & Special BOE Meeting after the Annual Meeting live link: https://youtu.be/6Ok3jKJrV6A
Meal Pick-up reminder. Today is the day to pick up meals behind the school at Kitchen Door #14 from 8:00am to Noon for those who have signed up! Thanks!
The Cross Country runners will be escorted through downtown Viola at 6:50pm and through downtown La Farge at 7:10pm.
Congrats to the entire Girls CC Team and to Nolan Reese from the Boys Team on advancing to the WIAA State Meet! There will be a fire-truck drive through this evening through Viola and La Farge. Stayed tuned for an exact time. K-LF CC!
Girls Race @ 3:30pm and Boys @ 4:15!
Check out this page for a live feed link and results for tonight’s CC Sectionals at Darlington. Go K-LF!!! http://www.accuracetiming.com
Attention Parents of Juniors
All students have completed the ACT pre-test and been sent their results. Please touch base with them on this. We will now begin to analyze what concepts we can improve on for specific subjects. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
The Kickapoo School Flu Clinic for those who signed up and have turned in their forms is today, Friday, October 23rd, in the overflow parking lot. Look for the Vernon County Emergency Management Trailer.
Both Vernon and Richland counties posted lower Covid positive numbers this week than they did last week. The two week total case counts are still high in Richland county. The board will discuss possible modifications to our back to school plan and our gating metric on Monday evening. I hope this drop in weekly cases is representative of a new trend. I will update the community on Tuesday with any modifications to our metric.
Mr. Olsen
Thursday, Oct 22 - Football Practice is cancelled. Cross Country will practice in the HS gym.
Congrats to the KLF CC Teams on their performances at the Sub-Sectional meet today at Brookwood! The girls team earned first place and will move on to Sectionals @ Darlington as a team! Anelise Egge earned herself a first place finish, while Autumn Jacks 3rd, Lilly Geary 6th, Jayla Nagel 7th, and Colene Grefe 11th rounded out the scoring and Tahmara Hendrickson and Hailey Gander completed the girls team! Nolan Reese from the boys team will move on as an individual with his 4th place finish! Full Results: www.accuracetiming.com
REMINDER: Please be cautious when driving behind the school for meal pickup. We get a lot of traffic back there when we are trying to load unload trucks & they can't get in. Thank you!
Parents: Please sign up for flu shots by the end of the day today. Due to COVID, we must have everyone make an appointment and have their flu shot sheet turned in prior to Friday. We will not be accepting flu sheets on the day of shots. Thank you for working with us on this. Stay safe!