In the midst of the crazy we get to celebrate Ms. Kelly and Ms. Sonja’s birthday today! Happy birthday ladies!
Board meeting Monday, October 19th has been moved to Monday, October 26th.
Update:
Prairie Parents and Community, due to our 4th positive COVID-19 test in the high school, grades 7th-12th will remain in at-home, e-learning through Monday, October 19th. We will resume in person learning on Tuesday, October 20th. Elementary classes will continue to take place in-person at school.
Remote Learning vs E-Learning:
We will be moving from e-learning to remote learning. In remote learning, we will move to a modified block schedule. Please see the attachment below. We have gone through this modified block schedule with students. What the block schedule will do for students is provide only four Zoom times with teachers each day. Teachers will Zoom with students every other day and provide direct instruction for the next 2 days of work. This helps both students and teachers with minimizing technology time and issues with Zoom meetings. We ask that students check Google Classroom as all the details will be posted there for students.
Lunch and Breakfast:
We will be serving lunch and breakfast for students in the remote learning environment. If you would like the school to provided meals for you, please follow these steps:
1. Please call the school by 8:00 am (970-437-5351) of the day you would like a meal. The school will provide lunch and the next day's breakfast for the students.
2. Please be at the school by 11:00 am to pick up the meals.
Sports:
There will not be any junior high football this week. The game on Friday will be postponed.
High School Football is postponed. We are looking at rescheduling this game for Monday, October 19th. More information will come out in the weekly athletic update. Coach Kerns will be in touch with the football boys about the week's plans.
Parent Teacher Conferences:
We will be cancelling the in-person parent-teacher conferences. We ask that parents reach out by email to teachers if they would like an email update or a Zoom meeting for an update about their child's progress. Teachers will be reaching to parents if they feel it is necessary. We hate to not have face-to-face conversations with parents, but at this time we believe this is the best alternative we have.
Junior Parents:
Please see the email below from Coach Kinnision regarding the PSAT for the Juniors. The high school teachers will be waiving assignments on Wednesday because of this assessment.
Juniors,
On this Wednesday 10/14 at 1 PM we WILL give you the option to come to school and take the PSAT. This is optional, not required. There is no makeup date for this test.
Please let me know your decision ASAP by emailing me back.
Should you choose to take the test we will proceed as follows:
You will remain in your car until we ask you to come into the building. You will enter the school through already open doors, not touching anything and head straight to your assigned table in the gym. You will set your calculator and powered down phone and your snack on the table. You can set your sealed water bottle on the floor. You will need to bring 2 or more #2 pencils already sharpened to the school with you. You will not be allowed to go to your locker to get them. Your table will be a safe distance from any other tables and we will ask that you remain socially distant during the time at the school. You will not be required to wear a mask while at your table taking the test. I ask that you wear one while not at your table.
The pre-admin session will begin at 1pm. Test will start at approx 1:30 and you should be dismissed by 4:30.
Senior Parents:
Please see the email below from Coach Kinnision regarding the SAT for the seniors. The high school teachers will be waiving assignments on Wednesday because of this assessment.
Seniors,
On this Wednesday 10/14 at 8 am we WILL give you the option to come to school and take the SAT. This is optional, not required. There is an option of taking the test at a makeup date should you choose not to take it Wednesday.
Please let me know your decision ASAP by emailing me back.
Should you choose to take the test we will proceed as follows:
You will remain in your car until we ask you to come. You will enter the school through already open doors, not touching anything and head straight to your assigned table in the gym. You will set your calculator and powered down phone and your snack on the table. You can set your sealed water bottle on the floor. You will need to bring 2 or more #2 pencils already sharpened to the school with you. You will not be allowed to go to your locker to get them. Your table will be a safe distance from any other tables and we will ask that you remain socially distant during the time at the school. You will not be required to wear a mask while at your table taking the test. I ask that you wear one while not at your table.
The pre-admin session will begin at 8. Test will start at approx 8:30 and you should be dismissed by 11:45.
We are doing our very best to make decisions with the support of the Weld County Health Department that are in the best interest of the district. We know that some information may be unknown to some, and questions may be asked as to "why we do this" or "why we do that". Please assume the best in us and know we are trying our best for our district.
If you have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Thank you,
Thanks New Raymer Stoneman Fire Department for coming to teach us about fire safety and showing us your new fire truck!!!!!! Fire safety month!!! 🚒😁
Congrats to these 3rd graders who completed turning in their homework on time for the entire 1st quarter!
Our Prairie Students, Bobbie and Bryndel, at the Live stock exchange in Brush.
The high school football team won big in Idalia yesterday afternoon...76-41! Awesome job Mustangs!!
Prairie Parents and Community,
Due to another positive COVID-19 test in the high school, grades 7-12 will remain in at-home, E-Learning, tomorrow (Monday). Elementary classes will take place in-person at school. On Monday we will work with the health department to analyze our current situation. We will inform you about what the rest of the week looks like for grades 7-12 as soon as possible.
There will be no in-person football practice tomorrow.
Leadership doesn’t take a day off! Check out Cierra Lebsock, our only student who took advantage of a great online leadership event today. She is collaborating with over 200 students from around the state. Keep up the great work Cierra!!
Junior High won last night in their game against Pawnee! Good job Mustangs!!
It was a great day for a Range Contest yesterday!! The sophomores have been working hard since August to be prepared for the day. The whole chapter did great! We were high overall team. Bobbie S was high plant individual and high overall individual.
Bronze Category: Tori A (Woodlin), Arek W, and Megan A
Silver Category: Sy N, Levi T, and Montana G
Gold Category: Maverik M, Zoey S, and Bobbie S
It is so wonderful to see these students gain knowledge about range management and apply practically. Much thanks goes to these entities and individuals as we wouldn’t be able to host this contest without them: Colorado Section Society of Range Management, Colorado State Land Board, West Greeley Conservation District, Prairie School, Ben Berlinger and Emmett Jordan!
Congrats to all on a great day!
4th Grade - Will a Mountain Last Forever?
The junior high football game is on for this afternoon!! We are going to follow the CHSAA football guidelines that we agreed to abide by in order to play fall football. Please maintain social distancing and wear a mask at the game! Thank you for supporting our Prairie Mustang athletes and thank you for doing what you can to keep our players on the field. See you tonight!! GO MUSTANGS!!!
10/8/2020
Breakfast: Apple and Cherry Turnover, Fresh fruit
Lunch: Buffalo Ranch chicken Slider, Sweet Potato Fry, Cauliflower, Grapes
School lunch will be different then normal tomorrow. I will be changing it due to not having our 7-12 grade in school tomorrow.
Lunch will be Sloppy Joe's, Chips, cauliflower, grapes
Prairie Community,
We have had the second high school COVID-19 case. We have worked closely with Weld Health to develop our plan going forward.
We will have E-Learning days tomorrow and Friday for all students in grades 7th-12th due to the lack of subs and precautionary cleaning of the high school wing. Grades Pk-6th will be a normal in-person learning day.
The student's parents that need to be quarantined will get an additional letter with information.
*At this point the junior high game with Pawnee is still on. Junior high students will have to take part in the E-Learning in order to be able to play in the game. Coach Calrson would like athletes here by 3:00 pm tomorrow.
If you did not get this notification through an email eariler today, please email tpiel@prairieschool.org.
10/7/2020
Breakfast: Biscuit and Gravy, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Turkey Roast, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Squash, Cinnamon Apples
Second grade has two more math fact rockstars! Hailey and Harrison both passed all addition facts on xtramath! Way to go!
10/6/2020
Breakfast: Tornados, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Pizza , Salad, Chocolate Pudding, Diced Pears
10/5/2020
Breakfast: Sausage and egg McMuffin, Fresh Fruit
Lunch: Meatballs, Baked Potato, Corn Bread, Applesauce