Raccoon Grade School

Reminder that yearbook order forms are due by February 26th. If your student has already turned it in or does so by February 19th, they may go to the office for a little treat. Please continue to email me pics of snow days to kinlow@raccoonschool.org. I love all the fun you all are having!! Stay safe and warm!! ❤️❤️

Raccoon volleyball and basketball games are cancelled for tomorrow, Tuesday 16th.

02/15/2021- Board of Education meeting has been cancelled this evening. It has been rescheduled for February 23, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 14.

RGS volleyball and basketball games are cancelled for tonight!

Raccoon Volleyball and boys basketball practices are cancelled for today.

If anyone has fun Snow Day pictures of RGS students/families, I would love to add them to the yearbook. Please email the pictures to me at kinlow@raccoonschool.org

Raccoon volleyball and basketball practices are cancelled for today.

Volleyball VS Odin tonight at 3:30 at Raccoon School. Varsity will play first. https://fb.me/e/P4Pn8PST Boys basketball VS Odin tonight at 6pm at Raccoon School https://fb.me/e/3neNGqKx8

If you are dropping off students in the morning, please make sure they are prepared to get out of the car quickly. Two cars may let their students out at the same time, but please wait until temps are checked to completely pull away. We don't want any traffic to be backed up on the highway so the line needs to keep moving. Thank you for making drop-off as safe as possible.

New morning drop off protocol: Starting tomorrow morning we will start a new morning drop off routine. You will only use the Right lane - closer to the school. DO NOT DROP YOUR STUDENT OFF FROM THE LEFT LANE. From 7:30-8:00am, you will drop your student off at the cafeteria doors and their temps will be taken inside. They will go to the gym as normal. Please wait a moment to make sure we don’t need to get your attention for a high temp. From 8-8:20am (after the 8am bell) you will drop your student off at the main entrance and their temps will be checked inside. Again, please wait a moment to ensure their temp is below 100.4. They will then go to their classroom as usual. ANY drop off from 8:20am and after will be considered a tardy and you will need to sign your student in. Please park in the left lane.

If you pick your students up from school and you need a name tag for your car, please call the school or email me at kinlow@raccoonschool.org. Thanks, Nurse Inlow

Link for the boys basketball game at HOME VS Selmaville https://fb.me/e/deuBywKn7

Here is the link for the volleyball game tonight VS Selmaville. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzQjhYvlHd4t7Pf4__Y2tQ

Hello RGS families - I wanted to remind everyone why we are not accepting RAPID negative COVID tests to return to school. The false negative rate of RAPID tests can be up to 40% (depending on onset of symptoms) . Due to this, we feel it is in the best interest of students and staff that a symptomatic student should have a Diagnostic COVID Test. This test normally takes 2-5 days to get the results. Please call me at the school if you have any questions. Thanks, Nurse Inlow

Boys basketball game tonight VS Kell https://fb.me/e/1w9wSB7a4

Volleyball link for tonight's game vs Kell https://fb.me/e/3nmEYv7yc

Monday is the last day to send your Raccoon Valentine a CRUSH soda!

Good morning RGS families! I wanted to clarify some guidelines regarding "household contacts" of SUSPECTED COVID (+) individuals. If there is a member of the household (living in the same house) that is experiencing COVID-like symptoms and/or awaiting COVID test results, then your student MUST quarantine at home until the household member's symptoms have resolved and/or the pending COVID test is negative. Your student does NOT have to exhibit symptoms themselves to be excused from school. Please contact the school and let us know that your student will be absent. Upon hearing the circumstances, I will be able to give you more guidance on how long your student may be out. When in doubt, always call. The guidelines vary (depending on the situation) and I understand that it can be confusing. Please let me know if you have any questions. As always, thank you for continuing to keep our school safe! Nurse Inlow :)

Good Morning Raccoon families! Remember to please let Mrs. Johannes or I know if your student or household has been in contact with a COVID case or is symptomatic. We can't wait to see everyone tomorrow, but want to make sure that everyone is returning healthy! Thanks again for all of your continued efforts in keeping our community safe! Nurse Inlow

We would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy Christmas break! While you are enjoying time away from school, please monitor COVID symptoms and contacts. If you become symptomatic, are a close contact or household member to a known positive case or test positive, please keep us updated. Contact Mrs. Inlow at kinlow@raccoonschool.org or 618-367-1219 or Mrs. Johannes at mjohannes@raccoonschool.org or 618-231-4050. If you are traveling, please be mindful of symptoms upon return. If you are traveling outside of the country, please contact Mrs. Johannes for verification of return to school. We want to do our best to provide the most healthy environment that we can when the students return on January 4th. It will take us all working together! Thank you and have a blessed holiday!