MCC Middle School - Our Actions Will Inspire and Equip Students to Excel

Please see the attached picture for the Joint Vaccine Statement from District Health Department #10 and Area Superintendents

If your son or daughter is interested in basketball opportunities this summer, please fill out the Google form on the link below. This is for boys and girls who will be in 3rd thru 9th grade in the 2021/2022 school year. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEn3FV-Z3QEIxMnO8rg7eUqjV4z0G0RJm3rn7NUZfxJlY-Xw/viewform

STAND students helped clean up the area around the middle school for Earth Day!

Check out the News Feed of this App or the District Website to learn more about the West Shore Educational Service District's Special Education Millage Renewal Election coming up on Tuesday, May 4th.

Check out the News Feed of this App or the District Website to learn more about the WSESD Special Education Millage Renewal Election coming up on Tuesday, May 4th.

April 19, 2021 Dear School Community, As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, Monday, April 19, 2021 we learned about a School Associated Case of COVID-19 in another Middle School student. We are working closely with District Health Department #10 to identify Close Contacts of this School Associated Case. PLEASE NOTE: ANY STUDENTS OR STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A CLOSE CONTRACT HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND/OR MASON COUNTY CENTRAL SCHOOLS. But just in case, 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

April 19, 2021 Dear School Community, As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, the morning of Monday, April 19, 2021 we learned about 3 School Associated student Cases of COVID-19, 2 in the High School and another in the Middle 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

Reminder to all athletic event spectators: The MHSAA, the MDHHS, and the West Michigan Conference require ALL outdoor athletic event spectators to be masked when in attendance. We don't want to see an event paused or a spectator removed for not masking. Thank you for your support and cooperation.

Dear Family, You can choose to have your books shipped to your home or delivered to me with our class order. With a $25 order, you can pick a FREE $5 Book (use code: READS). Class Order Due Date: 04/30/21 Shop Our Class Page: https://orders.scholastic.com/LBPQ4 Shop Digital Flyers for Our Grade with Your Child: https://scholastic-clubs.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=698465 Please share the Class Page link to extended family and friends. All orders also earn FREE Books for our class. Thank you for your support! Ms. Vernier Class Code: LBPQ4

Parents of Mason County Central Students please take a moment to head on over to our Parent survey page to take a brief survey about your child's school year and give us your feedback. Thank you! https://www.mccschools.org/page/parent-surveys

April 12, 2021 Dear School Community, As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, Monday, April 12, 2021 we learned about a School Associated Case of COVID-19 in a Middle School student. We are working closely with District Health Department #10 to identify Close Contacts of this School Associated Case. PLEASE NOTE: Any students or staff that have been identified as a close contact have already been notified by the health department and/or Mason County Central Schools. But just in case, 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

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

Summer Baseball Fans in the documents folders on our App is the sign up for summer baseball. Open the Summer baseball Folder and document is located there. We look forward to watching our young Spartans run the bases!

It's Spelling Bee Week! The Competition is Tuesday March 16th. Good Luck to the following Spellers! 8th Grade Chase Wood Victoria Chaple 7th Grade Brody Austin Chance Nash 6th Grade Cambria Sly Brody Walle

Sports Updates The Wrestling meet this week is that was scheduled for Tuesday 3/16 has been switched to Wednesday 3/17 @ Shelby with a start time of 4 PM The Volleyball game scheduled for Tuesday 3/16 will be just for the 8th grade team. This game will start at 4 PM @ Montague. The 7th grade team will not travel to this game.

Middle School Track will begin the week we return from Spring Break. If you have questions please email: ksanders@mccschools.org esanders@mccschools.org

The Book Fair is coming 3/15-3/19! https://www.scholastic.com/bf/mccms Students will be allowed to shop the Book Fair in person following guidelines put in place for health and safety. There is an e-wallet function as well as an online storefront for all levels of comfort. Thank you for your support.

Dear MCC School Family, This morning we were made aware of a suspicious vehicle and interaction with one of our Upper Elementary Students while walking home from school yesterday, March 4th. We are working with local law enforcement to investigate this matter and are asking that you help us keep a watchful eye out for our community's children. It truly takes a village to raise our children and it is all of our responsibility to help keep them safe. If you should see any suspicious activity, do not hesitate to report it to law enforcement and/or the school. We will work together to check into it. Thank you for your help. Stay Strong and Healthy Spartans!!