COVID Update for 1/18/2022:
Students:
8 new positives for the week. This puts our count to 63 total for the year with students.
On average, we had to exclude 20.75 students this week.
Teachers:
6 new positives for the week. We are at 24 total for the year.
1 teacher was excluded.
1/20/22: The JH wrestling meet for tonight at West Carroll has been cancelled.
Practice will also be cancelled tonight and will resume as scheduled tomorrow.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the junior high wrestling schedule for this week and next will be as follows:
Friday, Jan 14 - No Practice
Monday, Jan 17 - No School (holiday), No Practice
Tuesday, Jan 18 - Meet vs DuPec CANCELLED, Practice 3:30-5
Wednesday, Jan 19 - Practice 3:30-5
Thursday, Jan 20 - Meet @ West Carroll as scheduled
Friday, Jan 21 - Practice 3:30-5
COVID Numbers:
The adaptive pause is ending for Centennial on the 19th. The students will come back on the 20th.
Our numbers for the week of 1/10/2022:
Students:
We had 9 new positives this week. This has moved the district up to 55 total positives for the year.
We had an average of 54.6 students excluded this week.
Teachers:
We had 4 new positives this week. This has moved the district up to 18 total positives.
We only had 1 staff member quarantined.
Polo High School Girls Basketball game scheduled for 1/15/22 at Pearl City has been cancelled.
Polo HS Wrestling meet at St Bede and Polo HS Wrestling practice scheduled for tonight 1/11/22 have been cancelled.
Polo HS Boys Basketball game scheduled for tomorrow @ Milledgeville has been rescheduled to 1/24/22 at 6 pm at Milledgeville.
Due to testing, Aplington will dismiss at 2:37pm on Thursday, January 13th and Friday, January 14th.
COVID Numbers for the week of 1/3:
Students: We had 25 students become positive this week. We went from 21 positives for the year to 46. Please make note that some of these students did receive it over break and were already out of exclusion prior to coming back from break.
On average we had 36 excluded this week for being a close contact.
Staff: We had 7 staff members become positive this week. Once again, please note that some of these staff members did receive it over break. We went from 7 prior to Christmas break 14. We had 2 staff members excluded due to being a close contact.
Sauk Valley Community College will be hosting virtual information sessions about the Impact Program on Monday, January 10th at 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday, January 12th at noon. The Impact Program allows students in the Sauk Valley Community College district the opportunity to earn up to three years of tuition and fees in exchange for volunteering in our community. To register for an information session, please use this google form or visit www.svcc.edu/impact. Participants will be emailed the Zoom link the weekday before the session.
Girls basketball practice for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders will be cancelled for Friday, January 7, 2022. There will be practice tonight, Thursday, January 6th.
Aplington's spelling bee champion is Marley Linboom, and the runner-up is Jasmin Hart. Congratulations! The winning word, spelled in the 12th round of competition, was drudgery. Marley will represent AMS at the regional bee in February. Kudos to all nine participants for giving their best effort and for exhibiting positive conduct throughout the bee. Participants in the AMS bee were: 8th graders Ryplee Custer and Jasmin Hart; 7th graders Marley Linboom, Jordan Reed, Esteban Salinas, and Keyerra Maples; 6th graders Kylee Diaz, Kamden Sheaffer and Reid Scott.
Please see the attached letter from Dr. Mandrell.
Polo Schools will be e-Learning today (1/5/22) due to the weather. There will be no sporting events or practices.
Congratulations to our Positive Office Referrals for the month of December.
Polo HS Girls basketball game tomorrow 12/28 scheduled at Orangeville will now be played at Polo. Game will start at 6:00 with JV and Varsity to follow AT POLO.
Congratulations to the following students for being recognized by Sauk Valley Media All -Area Football Team:
1st Team- Avery Grenoble, Tyler Merdian, and Brock Soltow
2nd Team- Cooper Blake and Wyatt Queckboerner
Honorable Mention- Blake Diehl, Daniel Engel, Wayde Reimer, Kahil Sankey, and Cayden Webster
In PE on Friday Centennial students worked in small groups to "build a snowman." Each group had to use their imagination and creativity by using common PE items to create their own snowman.
Congratulations to Coach Alston for being name Coach of the Year by Sauk Valley Media. Thank you for your dedication to our athletes!
Tonight, our District became aware of the Tik Tok challenge threatening violence on schools on Friday, December 17th. In response and as a precaution, we are working with law enforcement and our staff to ensure student safety. Please contact administration should you have concerns or notice suspicious activity on or off school grounds.