Dearest PCS Families!

We are happy to say welcome back after a crazy winter storm! We hope that you all were safe during this time. However, we hope that you were able to get out and have some fun in the snow! We can’t wait to hear all of the fun stories that the kids have to share with us today.

Prior to our winter storm, our Kindergartners have been working on a PBL unit called “Making a Change”. The driving question that they have been working to solve is “How can we make change happen in our community?” The students from each classroom have been identifying areas of improvement in our school community. There have been so many wonderful projects! Check out the following video from some of our Kindergartners from Ms. Fronick and Ms. Collins class. There may be something that you as parents can do to help with one of these problems.

Making a Change

Covid Update:

Thank you so much for partnering with us during the last month as we moved through the covid surge. As the cases continued to increase throughout January we were definitely moving through staffing issues while doing everything we could to keep our students and staff safe and keep our doors open! We know many of you had to deal with longer than you wanted quarantine time and can empathize with the hardship that brings about, we know that wasn't easy. We have been keeping track of the data and are pleased to see a steady pattern of decreasing positive case numbers in our school (as well as in the community). Now that we are turning the page on the surge we are ready to move to shortened quarantine times. Effective today we will be moving to the 5 day quarantine time for positive cases. See updated info below:

Updated guidance for standard quarantine

Based on updated guidance from the CDC and St. Louis City Department of Health, a standard quarantine ends after 5 days of isolation provided the following conditions are met:

24 hours fever-free without medication and a negative antigen test
72 hours fever-free without medication if an antigen test is unavailable
After day 5 if symptoms have resolved if antigen test taken on day 5 is positive

We are super thankful for our nurses and our administrators. They have been working around the clock managing all things COVID-related and will continue to communicate with you and work with you if you have questions on your individual case/situation. Please remember nothing has changed with our mitigation practices. You can review those along with other items in the safe return to school plan linked HERE.

We are hopeful that between the shortened standard quarantine time for positive cases and the continued use of modified quarantine for close contacts we should see a sharp decline in time our kids are spending at home rather than in school learning and having fun! Thank you for your continued support.

Kids Heart Challenge:

Heart Month is here! And, we are so excited to celebrate our partnership with the American Heart Association and to help those with special hearts, like Finn. We kicked off our Kids Heart Challenge program last week with a focus on MOVING MORE, BEING KIND, DRINKING WATER, and HELPING OTHERS. This event will continue through the rest of the month. Don’t wait to get a jump start! Join our online team today!

Join Our Team at heart.org/KHC or download the FREE Kids Heart Challenge App for Apple or Android
Take the Challenge to Be Active or Be Kind and earn the FREE Road Warrior Wristband!
Complete FINN’S MISSION in your headquarters to learn Hands Only CPR, how to spot a stroke F.A.S.T., and how to help spread awareness.

Thank you for supporting our school and the American Heart Association. Together we are saving lives!