Principal's Weekly Update

Hello Sea Dragon families!

Here goes the last week of school for 2023-24!

Thank you to all our parents and the Home & School Club for the wonderful Staff Appreciation luncheon last week! Aptos St. BBQ did the catering, and everything was delicious! Thanks to our HSC Committee and Kelly Mennie for your organization!

8th grade promotion info - if you didn't see the email sent out last week, here is a link to is again. Here is a link to the Van Zantes website for ordering your child's official pictures from Promotion Day - https://vanzantes.com/sytistvz/graduation/ajhs_promotion_2023/

You will need to create an account. If you go to the website before the images are there, Van Zantes will be emailing those when the images are online.

Schedule for the last week of school

Best wishes for a great week, and a wonderful Summer Break! The office will be open until June 30 and will open again on July 17.

Kerry le Roux

Tues, 5/30

• 7:15am Dance team in the gym

• Promotion Practice for 8th graders

• Play Day (see schedule)

Wed, 5/31

• Promotion Practice
• Regular minimum day

Thurs, 6/1

• 7:15am Dance team in the gym (last meeting)

• 8th Grade Promotion at Cabrillo football stadium - students to be there by 10:15am

(Ceremony is expected to end by 12:15pm)

Fri, 6/2

• Last day of school - minimum day schedule (like Wednesday)

6/15- Report cards mailed home

6/30 - Office closes for the summer

7/31 - Office opens for 2023-24 school year

8/8- Sea Dragon Days (info to come)

8/9 - Sea Dragon Days

8/15 (Tues) - First day of school (Calendar)

The Aptos High School cheer team is hosting a Summer Cheer Camp, and is inviting all students ages 5-14 to participate. Proceeds support the team's competition fees, and buses for transportation to competition. Please click the link below for more info!

LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHNXVBwhfSo6pzRIrIeS7xH1mKdq2Zul7BEivn_R7G9SOyhQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

8th grade parents, if your student is interested in football at high school, please click here for more information!

Is your student interested in a summer day camp "Ocean Learning" adventure at the Monterey Bay Aquarium? Click here for details and to sign up!

Just a reminder to let our attendance office or health care assistant know if your child has COVID. (T. 831-728-7834) And don't send your child to school with COVID symptoms. Keep them home until their symptoms resolve AND they test negative. Quarantining at home when they're sick is the only way to avoid infecting others - we appreciate all the families who support this protocol.

Scenario 1: My student develops symptoms at school, what will happen now?

Your student will be sent to the Health Office and evaluated by our Health Care Assistant and/or School Nurse. You will receive a call to pick your student up from school and you will be provided two (2) home test kits and a COVID Form which you can also complete online. Please note: PVUSD will not test on site.

Upon arrival at home, have your student take the first home test kit. If negative, have them take the second home test kit 24-48 hours after the first test. Please note: if you would rather have your student take a PCR test through INSPIRE, please utilize the Inspire COVID-19 testing center at one of the county testing locations. Please note that PVUSD (Green Valley Road) and SCCOE (Encino Rd.) no longer offer COVID testing.

If both home test kits (or the INSPIRE PCR test) have resulted as negative for COVID, and at least 24 hours have passed since resolution of fever without the use of fever- reducing medications, and other symptoms have improved, your student may return to school. For your student to be “cleared” to return to school, you are required to return the completed COVID-19

Clearance form provided when you picked up your child or complete the Google COVID-19 Clearance form online indicating that your child’s tests were negative and their symptoms have improved.

Scenario 2: My student develops symptoms at home, what should I do?

Please call (T. 831-728-7834) or email Yolanda Figueroa, our Health Care Assistant) and Susie Cunha our Attendance Specialist, to let us know your student has developed symptoms at home. Please include your student’s first and last name, grade level, and school site. An asymptomatic parent may pick up home test kits for a child from your home school site.

Have your student take the first home test kit. If negative, have them take the second home test kit 24-48 hours after the first test. Please note: if you would rather have your student take a PCR test through INSPIRE, please utilize the Inspire COVID-19 testing center at one of the county testing locations.

If both home test kits (or the INSPIRE PCR test) have resulted as negative for COVID, and at least 24 hours have passed since resolution of fever without the use of fever- reducing medications, and other symptoms have improved, your student may return to school.

For your child to be “cleared” to return to school, you are required to return the completed COVID-19 Clearance Form or submit the completed Google COVID-19 Clearance form online indicating that your student tests were negative and their symptoms have improved.

Parents, is your student multi-lingual? Click here for a great opportunity from the County Office of Ed to register your student in the Language Ambassador program (English) (Spanish)

Please help us keep your students safe - the wooden bridge crossing over from Redwood Village to Soquel Ave is out of bounds due to damage from the storms. This includes the bridge itself, as well as the surroundings/underneath.

We have had a spate of challenging behaviors recently from some of our students who head to Palm Deli after school. We want to be good neighbors with our business partners and ask that parents pick students up promptly after school. Students are not to loiter in the Redwood Village after school. Thank you for your support!

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