Sioux Central Community School District

Attention Elementary Parents: Elementary teachers will be contacting students/parents to set up Back to School Conferences in place of our traditional Open House. Conferences will be held Monday, August 24th from 12:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. and Tuesday, August 25th from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 pm. If you have not heard from your child's teacher by Thursday, August 20th, please call Christy in the office to set up your conference (may have wrong contact info, called while at work, etc). Every student and at least one parent/guardian must come in for a conference prior to school. Students will bring school supplies at this time as well. We can't wait to have all the elementary kids back at school on August 26th!!

Attention high school students taking online classes through Iowa Central: Classes start Tuesday, August 18th! Please check your school email for more information.

Registration Update: The Unified Classroom registration issues have been resolved. If you are still unable to log in to your Unified Classroom account to register your students please contact Matt at mhuddleston@siouxcentral.org or call (712) 283-2571 Opt 9, Ext 5500. Current log in issues are primarily personal account log in issues. Thank you!

We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our online payment system, SchoolPay. You are still able to pay at the school via cash or check. Once our technical issues are resolved we will update here. Thank you!

Important Registration update: We are experiencing technical difficulties with existing Unified Classroom Parent Accounts. If you cannot get logged in please email Matt at mhuddleston@siouxcentral.org. It may be a few days before the issue is resolved. An update will be sent out when the issue is fixed. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Sioux Central Community, We wanted to take this time to update all of you as we approach the start of the school year with the Back to School COVID-19 Information document. We are excited to see all of the students on August 24th! Here is the SC https://www.smore.com/2650c-sc-back-to-school-covid-information Go Rebels!

IMPORTANT: Registration Information Please check the following website for information on new and returning student registration: https://www.siouxcentral.org/article/279931?org=sioux-central

Hello Parents and Students, I wanted to update everyone after Thursday's announcement from the Governor and the Iowa Department of Education. We are still planning on resuming face to face instruction based on the start dates communicated previously in each district. Each district Administrative team has spent many hours preparing the Return to Learn plan for our students and staff. I will be sharing a more in depth plan early next week as we near the start of school. We will continue sharing the same message in each district, masks are not required but highly recommended to mitigate the spread. Each district has measures in place to promote safety, extra cleaning will take place, and we will do all that we can to help slow the spread. Understand, things are still rapidly changing and we will provide updates as soon as possible to keep you all informed. Please be on the lookout for additional information early next week. We are all eager to get started back up in the next few weeks, we look forward to seeing all of our students and staff! Kevin Wood Superintendent Sioux Central Clay Central Everly Laurens Marathon

Hello Sioux Central Parents and students, I hope everyone is staying safe and your son/daughter(s) are enjoying the final weeks of summer. There was some miscommunication surrounding a post from the school nurse nearly one week ago and I wanted to clarify a few things. We want all of our students to return safely come August 24, 2020. We realize there are students with underlying health concerns and we understand and will accommodate. The Statement from the earlier post stated : "In an effort to keep your child(dren) as safe and healthy as possible during the 2020-2021 school year, we are instituting new policy/procedures. One of these new policies is that all students with an underlying health condition will be required to obtain a clearance from their healthcare provider prior to coming to school, as well as a health plan/guidance regarding school attendance during this COVID 19 crisis." We are not requiring medical documentation or clearance for students to return on August 24, 2020. What we are looking for is any additional communication from parents to help our school nurse and staff ensure we are doing all we can do for our students with health conditions. We are not requiring a medical release for students to return to school, we are encouraging parents to communicate additional health concerns with the school nurse. The form that was created, is not a required form, we just want simple communication on any changes to your son or daughter's health. I hope this clears up any confusion and if you have any questions please reach out to the school. Thank you, Kevin Wood Sioux Central Superintendent

Elementary Start of School Notice: Monday, August 24 and Tue, Aug 25 will be Elementary Parent/Teacher Conferences. PK-6th grade students will not start back to school until Wednesday, August 26th. Teachers will contact parents to set up conference times.

All students entering 12th grade must have received 2 doses of the meningitis vaccine. To be valid, one of the vaccines must have been received at age 16 or older. There is no grace/extension period for this requirement.

All students entering 7th grade must have proof of having the TDap and Meningococcal vaccines prior to the first day of school, unless the student has a Certificate of Immunization Exemption. There is no grace/extension period for the implementation of this requirement.

2020-2021 Sioux Central School Supply List

Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) Program information: The attached information gives information for families eligible for the Free and Reduced Lunch program as of March 16, 2020. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NCNDQA1Sm6JGoSUr8HX7Up-qWo1e3TWW/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JSwVOwH0EjfoinfsMfFh8Ks-HGE3Jn9q/view?usp=sharing

Sioux Central will hold new student registration on Thursday, August 6th from 9am-6pm. Online registration for new and returning students will also be available at the beginning of August. More information will be made available at the end of July.

All students entering 12th grade must have received 2 doses of the meningitis vaccine. To be valid, one of the vaccines must have been received at age 16 or older. There is no grace/extension period for this requirement.

All students entering 7th grade must have proof of having the TDap and Meningococcal vaccines prior to the first day of school, unless the student has a Certificate of Immunization Exemption. There is no grace/extension period for the implementation of this requirement.

REMINDER: HS Dance team tryouts are Thurs, July 9 from 9am-12pm on the football field. Contact Coach Kayla for info (kaylatjaden87@gmail.com). Football Cheer tryouts are Fri, July 10 on the football field. Learn cheers from 9-11am, tryouts start @ 11am. Contact Mrs. Rusk for info

High School Dance Team tryouts will be July 9th from 9am-12pm on the Sioux Central Football field. Please wear black bottoms and a white top Contact Coach Kayla at kaylatjaden87@gmail.com if you have any questions!

Football Cheer tryouts will take place FRIDAY, JULY 10 on the Sioux Central football field. We will be learning cheers from 9-11, with tryouts beginning at 11. Please contact Mrs. Rusk if you plan on trying out or if you have any questions.