April 9, 2021
Dear School Community,
As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, late in the evening of Friday, April 9, 2021 we learned about a School Associated Case of COVID-19 in the High School.
We are working closely with District Health Department #10 to identify Close Contacts of this School Associated Case. Any students or staff that have been identified as a close contact will be notified by the health department and/or Mason County Central Schools as a part of the COVID-19 investigation process. Please answer the phone if the health department or MCC Schools calls you, as a contact tracer may be trying to reach you with important information.
Thank you for understanding that, due to medical privacy laws, we are not able to release the names of the individuals with COVID-19. We will continue to communicate changes and updates with you. With your help, we believe we can maintain a safe environment while also providing quality education. If you have any questions, contact District Health Department #10 at 231-845-7381. For answers to your COVID-19 questions, please call the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hotline at 888-535-6136 or visit Michigan.gov/coronavirus.
Sincerely,
Jeff Mount
Superintendent
Head on over to the NEWS portion of the high school section of the MCC app for the latest high school newsletter from Mr. Tuka.
Dear MCC School Family,
Today, the Governor and MDHHS encouraged High Schools to pause all face to face activities (including sports) for two weeks. Unlike the December mandatory shutdown of our High School, this was a recommendation.
Since coming back from Spring Break we have seen 5 positive cases here at Mason County Central Schools with 2 of those cases happening in the High School. At this time, our number of cases do not justify the need to pause our face to face instruction and shutdown our athletics for 2 weeks.
While that time may come if the circumstances change, we learned from the mandatory December shutdown that such a pivot to online instruction had a detrimental impact on many of our high school students' academic progress. We do not want to repeat such a mistake... and this time, it would be voluntary.
So, we will continue to stay the course but ask that all of you double down on your efforts to monitor your family's health and do the morning health checks before coming to school. If a student has any of the symptoms: Fever, Sore Throat, Cough/Shortness of Breath, Diarrhea/Vomiting, or Headache - please stay home and get a COVID test. Coming to school could cause the illness to spread and/or require unnecessary quarantines for others.
And in the meantime, Mason County Central Schools will continue to work hard on our end to provide a clean, healthy and safe learning environment.
Stay Healthy and Strong Spartans!!
Dear MCC Parents and Students,
Please be sure to do your daily health screenings prior to coming to school each day.
As you are likely well aware, Mason County and the State of Michigan have become a hot zone for the spread of the highly contagious COVID variant. This new variant appears to be very contagious for student populations as compared to what we experienced with the COVID virus in the fall.
A health screening each morning could prevent any further spread of the virus in addition to preventing mandatory quarantines of close contacts here at school or on our sports teams.
In addition - Check out the News Feed of this App or the District Website for information from District Health Department #10 regarding Vaccination Clinics for ANYONE 16 and older.
Stay Healthy and Strong Spartans!!
April 8, 2021
Dear School Community,
As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, Thursday, April 8, 2021 we learned about 3 School Associated Cases of COVID-19, two students in the Middle School and one student in the High School.
We are working closely with District Health Department #10 to identify Close Contacts of this School Associated Cases. Any students or staff that have been identified as a close contact will be notified by the health department and/or Mason County Central Schools as a part of the COVID-19 investigation process. Please answer the phone if the health department or MCC Schools calls you, as a contact tracer may be trying to reach you with important information.
Thank you for understanding that, due to medical privacy laws, we are not able to release the names of the individuals with COVID-19. We will continue to communicate changes and updates with you. With your help, we believe we can maintain a safe environment while also providing quality education. If you have any questions, contact District Health Department #10 at 231-845-7381. For answers to your COVID-19 questions, please call the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hotline at 888-535-6136 or visit Michigan.gov/coronavirus.
Sincerely,
Jeff Mount
Superintendent
Please consider donating blood at our blood drive on Friday. Use this registration link to get an appointment https://donate.michigan.versiti.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/127976
April 6, 2021
Dear School Community,
As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, Tuesday, April 6, 2021 we learned about a School Associated Case of COVID-19 in a High School Student. We are working closely with District Health Department #10 to identify Close Contacts of this School Associated Case.
Any students or staff that have been identified as a close contact will be notified by the health department and/or Mason County Central Schools as a part of the COVID-19 investigation process. Please answer the phone if the health department or MCC Schools calls you, as a contact tracer may be trying to reach you with important information.
Thank you for understanding that, due to medical privacy laws, we are not able to release the name of the individual with COVID-19. We will continue to communicate changes and updates with you. With your help, we believe we can maintain a safe environment while also providing quality education. If you have any questions, contact District Health Department #10 at 231-845-7381. For answers to your COVID-19 questions, please call the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hotline at 888-535-6136 or visit Michigan.gov/coronavirus.
Sincerely,
Jeff Mount
Superintendent
Congratulations to Junior Andrew Quinn and placing third at the state wrestling meet today. We are proud of you, Andrew!
Fans wanting to watch the live stream of the Boys Basketball Regional game today vs Beaverton at 5:30 can go to the following site: hlcsk12.net
Go Spartans!!
Congratulations to Andrew Quinn as he placed 3rd in individual wrestling regionals and is off to state!
Cheering on Andrew Quinn and Carter Hirschfeld in individual wrestling regionals.
It’s not a tip off but we are ready to begin in the district championship game vs. Hart here in Scottville. Go Spartans!
Victory for MCC!!! Girls varsity gets the win over Hesperia to advance to the district finals 44-25. MCC now plays the winner of the Hart-Shelby on Friday night in Shelby.
District boys basketball action in 10 minutes. MCC takes on Shelby for a trip to the finals on Thursday night. Let’s Go, MCC!!!
Really good win by MCC girls basketball over Hesperia 40-37 in district quarterfinal despite being short handed. We play Hesperia in the semis on Wed at 5:30pm in Shelby. Go Spartans! 🏀
Click/touch the picture for some summer job opportunities. Make sure to mention and show your Spartan Way credentials when you apply and interview. #TheSpartanWay
Congratulations to MCC’s Andrew Quinn and Carter Hirschfeld on getting past the district round making to individual regionals in wrestling next weekend.
Senior night for girls basketball. We honor M. McHenry, N. Tyron, R. Wiese and A. Jensen. Thank you seniors!
Great finish to the season by our girls JV basketball team by beating Oakridge in the final game. Coach Lyon and the team finished 11-6 on the season. Great job, Spartans!
ATTN SENIORS: If you have not voted on mock elections, go to the senior class Google Classroom and click the link to vote. It will be open until Sunday at midnight.