Raccoon Grade School

Hi Raccoon families - I wanted to let you all know that we have 2 confirmed cases of strep throat. These students are being treated. Please talk to your students about the importance of hand washing. We will continue our efforts with extra cleaning and social distancing. As always we are doing our best to keep all of our Raccoon Families safe and healthy. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks - Nurse Inlow

Parents/guardians: Please have conversations with your students regarding symptoms and the importance of being honest. While we do not want to send students home, if they complain of symptoms, we must follow the guidelines. Please review the COVID guidelines attached. If you have any questions feel free to call me at school. Thanks - Nurse Inlow

September Cross Country Schedule.

If your son/daughter plans on participating in softball, baseball, or cross country, please make sure he/she has a current sports physical done before try-outs. Right now we are looking at try-outs to be anytime after July 22. We are still waiting on a decision from SIJHSAA to go forward with Fall Sports.

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If you have not picked up your child’s belongings from school please come before 2:00 today. Thanks.

Raccoon Parade Pics.

Parade pics for Raccoon!

Reminder, there will be no school work for students on April 6th-10th. Teachers will be planning for upcoming weeks of remote learning. We will still deliver lunches as normal.

Check out Friday’s Parade Pics!

More Parade Pics from Tuesday

Pics from Tuesday’s Parade of Cars

Illinois has extended the stay at home order until at least April 30th. There are many “unknowns” for schools moving forward from that date. We will share information as we get it. What that means for us at Raccoon is this: We will continue with remote learning through the end of the week (Friday, April 3rd). Students will have next week off. Teachers will be using next week as Remote Learning Planning Days. We will expect students to back to learning on Monday, April 13th. This a a day earlier than previously announced. Students need to continue to check in with teachers regularly. If you have not been in contact with your child’s teacher you should do so very soon. Work students have completed during Remote Learnkng Days will be credited to the students. It is important that all students attempt to complete work. We will update parents weekly regarding change and new State guidance. We are now seeing COVID-19 move into our area so please take precautions over the next several months. If you avoid public contact it is better for everyone. Mr. Renaud

Good morning! We will be leaving the school at 10:30 with the parade of cars. We will be following the bus routes and delivering lunches, some chrome books, and curriculum. If your child is in 1st, 3rd or 4th grade you will have multiple books delivered so please be watching. If you are not home we will leave work in mailboxes. Please keep children from running up to the cars as we want to keep them as safe and healthy as possible. As a reminder, if you live on a dead end road or long driveway, you may choose to come up to the main road to wave to teachers and pick up packets. Hope to see lots of our little friends out! Mr. Renaud

Good morning! The Raccoon staff wants to bring a little sunshine to the students tomorrow (Tuesday, March 31st) so be looking for the parade of cars passing by your house in the morning between 10:30 and 11:15. We hope to see many of our little faces we miss here at school.

Good morning. I have been waiting to give an update to you this week in hopes that we would have new guidance from the State Board of Education regarding additional closure days and how school work will look moving forward after spring break. Unfortunately, we do not have new information, but we are moving forward with a plan to serve our students with the best information available. Please understand, this is subject to change. Here’s what you need to know: 1. We will continue working on the original packets sent home by your child’s teacher through the end of the day on April 3rd. Remember, this work was designed to be review and will not hurt your child’s grades. 2. We will observe Spring Break from April 6-13. No work is expected, but you may be getting updates from your child’s teachers. We will continue to serve breakfast and lunch during the Spring Break. 3. We are planning for Governor Pritzker to close schools for additional weeks after Spring Break. The State Board has told us to begin to work with parents and students to introduce new curriculum. This is going to pose a challenge, but we will be working to get this done. In order to do this, students will need access to WiFi. Most homes have access. The Raccoon Board of Education is working to secure hot spots to provide WiFi for students who do not have access at home. A signed waiver will be required to obtain one from the school. Students without a device will be provided one by the school. Most students have a school email address. Please be checking this email address frequently for updates. You can also expect contact from your child’s teachers via other methods. You may be asked to learn how to use Google Classroom. We anticipate that the days following Spring Break will require students/parents to log into Teacher Ease to verify attendance. We also anticipate that school work will count toward a grade. More guidance on all of the above will be forthcoming. Any needed devices or curriculum will be delivered to homes on Tuesday’s or Friday’s using our regular bus routes. 4. We know that these weeks have been trying and stressful for parents. We are working to move more of the work load back to student-teacher interaction. If you will spend the necessary time helping your child get set up and organized it will pay off in the long term for you at home by making them less dependent on your help. 5. Finally, thank you for your continued efforts and patience. We appreciate our Raccoon Community and miss all of our kids. M. Renaud

AR - After talking with many parents and Mr. Renaud, I have lifted the time restrictions for taking an AR test. RGS students will be able to test whenever it is convenient for their families. Thanks for all you are doing to help keep learning happening! Mrs. Register

Starting tomorrow Monday, March 23rd—please post your picture on the Raccoon PTO Facebook page. Let’s stay connected 💙

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