Washington District 50 Schools

Parents of Remote Learners- Please sign up for a time to get supplies and technology for your student(s). Thanks! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4BADAA2CA5FD0-district

Tomorrow I am hosting the District 50 Remote Learning Parent Support Sessions at 10:00 a.m. https://meet.google.com/vci-zjmm-cgg OR 4:00 p.m. https://meet.google.com/mgt-bdps-abv I look forward to supporting you and answering your questions! Thanks

Dear Parents and Guardians, In addition to our Wildcats Return Plan 2020-2021 that was recently shared with parents and staff, we are providing the information below to assist you with planning for the start of a new school year. We are committed to keeping our schools open when possible, and we appreciate your support in this effort. 1. HAVE A BACK-UP PLAN FOR CHILD CARE – School could be cancelled at any time for a variety of issues related to COVID-19. These may be short- or long-term closures. This does not mean we will close school at the drop-of-a-hat - we are committed to keeping our schools open when it is possible for us to do so. This is a heads-up, however, that similar to being in a hazardous winter weather pattern, school closures could come at any time, and with short notice. We will use our mass calling system and social media to notify parents when school closures occur. 2. MASK-UP ON BUSES AND IN SCHOOLS – We are serious about this! Face coverings are required for everyone entering a school bus, or a school building. Face coverings must remain on at all times while on buses and in buildings. The only exceptions are when students are being supervised during lunch, snack time, recess and/or outdoor P.E (while maintaining social distancing). Students who arrive to board buses or enter schools without a face covering, will be provided with a disposable face mask. Again, we look forward to the start of a new school year! Sincerely, Chad Allaman, Superintendent

Baseball Parents- Practice tomorrow (8/8/20) from 8:30am-10:30am. A parent meeting will be held at 10:15am at the field. Please bring a pen to sign required paperwork.

Thank you for your patience as we are finalizing bus stop times. They will be posted on Monday afternoon. Reminder that times are approx, especially these first couple weeks. It is always a good idea to have your child at their stop at least 5 minutes earlier than their scheduled time. Masks will be required on all buses and temperatures will be taken prior to loading.

Softball parents and players: Jersey distribution and parent meeting will be Saturday August 8th at 11:00. Meet at the field so we can keep our social distance. We will go over information and contracts at this time. Please bring your own pen to sign the contracts. Wear your masks if you can’t be 6 feet apart at all times. Thank you, Coach Lyles

Congratulations to the 2020/2021 softball team! 🥎 Brooklyn Bowman Malaysia Hawkins Brailynn Porter Kaylee Marsh Katelyn Heubi Maddie Irons Adalynn Meeks Alyssa Meyers Grace Mordhorst Jillian Black-Lester Nyla Brock Kylie Bowman

Softball practice tomorrow (Friday Aug. 7th) 11:00-1:00.

Welcome Back Beverly Manor Students! We have hit the time of year where we would usually be opening our front doors and having families flood the building for supply drop-off and taking a chance to tour the building or meet your teacher. Unfortunately, circumstances forced us to go virtual this year, but we are excited to welcome you under any circumstances. Welcome to Beverly Manor: Youtube link: https://youtu.be/Za3AqARHPUw G. Drive Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PGwaJCnH93dkWMhDnJHI7rja7mn0SObR/view?usp=sharing

Attention Wildcat Families; Can you believe it is less than 1 week before our 1st through 8th grade students return to school? Please remember all health forms are required by the first day of student attendance. See the image below for grade specific requirements. Any questions please Email Nurse Hedge @ khedge@D50schools.com

Softball open field tomorrow (8/5) 11:00-1:00. This will be the last open field before tryouts on 8/6.

KINDERGARTEN SCREENING It is time to sign up for your child's screening for Kindergarten. Please follow the link and sign up ASAP. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0B4CADAF22ABFA7-kindergarten Any questions please call the office at 309-745-3625.

The Wildcats Return to Play Plan has been sent out to D50 parents via email. If you do not receive it, please contact Mrs Miller via email at jmiller@d50schools.com. Softball Tryouts- Thursday, Aug 6, 11:00am-1:00pm Baseball Tryouts Thursday, Aug 6, 2:00-4:00pm and Friday, Aug 7, 2:00-4:00pm (if second day is needed) Athletes MUST have a completed physical on file prior to trying out (NO EXCEPTIONS), a water bottle, a face mask, and also please bring personal equipment if you have any.

Softball tryouts will now be Thursday August 6th 11:00-1:00. I will let you know ASAP if the date changes. Thank you for being patient with us as we figure this season out!

District 50 Remote Learning Q & A https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WFbrZLIQZzTDR1XqLC2pAC7B_X6lOTNuwGT9OzlW1yY/edit?usp=sharing Join me for a parent remote learning support session for additional guidance! Monday, August 10 at 10:00 a.m. https://meet.google.com/vci-zjmm-cgg OR Monday, August 10 at 4:00 p.m. https://meet.google.com/mgt-bdps-abv

The School Year is here and we are working on contacting our remaining families for registration. If you have not registered your child, please do so on Skyward today. Or if you are moving out of the district, please contact the school office so we can be sure to be on the lookout for transfer paperwork. Both of these items from parents greatly help us prepare for the upcoming school year and getting our class lists finalized for teachers. *You may choose remote learning or in-person instruction via the Skyward prompts. We appreciate you taking a moment to help us start this year off right.

Anyone interested in pitching or catching for the upcoming softball season- we will have pitching/catching practice on Monday August 3rd and Tuesday August 4th from 1:00-2:00 pm. - Coach Lyles

🥎Softball Tryouts🥎 Wednesday, August 5th from 11:00-1:00. This is a tentative date. If anything changes, I will post on here ASAP! Make sure your child has their physical turned in prior to tryouts. Can’t wait to see you on Wednesday! Coach Lyles

Tentative softball tryout date: Wednesday August 5th 11:00-1:00. Pitching/catching practice: August 3rd and 4th 1:00-2:00 Bring your own equipment, if you have any, and a water bottle.

Dear Wildcat Families, The IESA has sent out an updated statement regarding fall sports. It states that Baseball and Softball may begin to hold tryouts/practices on Monday, August 3rd. At this time we are asking our coaches to set a TENTATIVE tryout date/time on or after August 5th so that administration may discuss and plan for how to best move forward with the changed guidelines. We will send out communication next week with guidance and expectations for our Wildcat families. We appreciate your patience as we work through this process. Please be advised that sports physicals will still be required before an athlete is eligible to tryout. You may read the IESA's announcement and plan in its entirety at https://www.iesa.org/ Thank you! Jennifer Miller Athletic Director