FREE food boxes tomorrow from 9:30-11:30 at Ware Shoals High School! Farmers to Families food boxes have meat, fruit, and dairy products and weigh about 30 pounds. One box per family...first come, first served...while supplies last. No proof of income or identification needed. Come see us and take your box of food home to enjoy!
Attention Soccer Prospects:
Practice/tryouts will beginning on Monday, February 1st. Please meet at Youngs Park (across from the Middle School ) at 3:30.
You may email Coach Parada with any concerns @ dparada@gwd51.org
Food Distribution
Plans are underway for another food distribution Friday from the "Farmers to Families" program. We are getting a truck load of about 1,100 boxes, packed with chicken strips, sausage, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products. We are excited about this opportunity to provide food for our employees, students, and community! Distribution will be at Ware Shoals High School from 9:30-11:30 FRIDAY or until the food is gone. No proof of income or identification is required. This is a USDA program in partnership with farmers, ranchers, and other food producers and distributors. A lot of food that would normally be sold to restaurants is not being utilized due to the COVID-19 national emergency. This program helps businesses, prevents waste, and helps families have access to fresh, healthy food. Officers and employees will assist with traffic control, showing you where to enter to get in line. The line WILL be long at times, but our volunteers will get you through as quickly as possible. ONE BOX PER FAMILY...FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED...WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! Share this message - help us spread the word. We don't want any leftover food! https://www.ams.usda.gov/selling-food-to-usda/farmers-to-families-food-box https://www.usda.gov/media/press-
We look forward to welcoming students back to school next week! Monday, January 25th is A Day (Purple Hornets) and Tuesday, January 26th is B Day (Gold Hornets). Please be sure your child wears a mask to enter school or to the bus stop to board the bus. School staff will monitor students for wearing masks, social distancing, and hand washing. Please do not allow your child to get on the bus or enter the school if sick. If a family member or close contact has COVID symptoms, do not send your child to school. Call your school nurse to get advice. We offer rapid COVID testing onsite for students and staff.
Here is a link to an article by a doctor from MUSC. It may help those who are anxious about returning.
https://web.musc.edu/about/news-center/2021/01/19/data-on-covid-in-charleston-county-schools-stun-doctor-who-crunched-the-numbers
DESTINATION...GRADUATION!
All boys in 7th-12th grade wishing to play golf needs to email Coach Gilbert to get information for the upcoming season at dgilbert1@gwd51.org.
Monday (tomorrow) is an elearning day just as originally scheduled. Assignments will be given and attendance will be taken.
WSSD51 E-Learning/Distance Learning pick up meal plan REMINDER: All requests need to be completed for free breakfast and lunch meals for ALL students and children 18 years and younger in our community to receive meals for the week of January 11 - 15. Please sign up by this Thursday at 3:00 pm. Meals may be picked up curbside at each schools' chosen location Monday, January 11th and Wednesday, January 13th from 10:00 – 11:00 am. Please sign up using this link: https://rb.gy/6voqf4
Please contact Sharon Mann, Food Service Director, with any questions. 864-456-7496 Thank you!
During our return to virtual learning January 5th - 18th, we will provide FREE MEALS to ALL students and children 18 years and younger in our community. If you want your child(ren) to receive free breakfast and lunch, you must sign up in advance using the form at this link: https://rb.gy/6voqf4
Meals may be picked up curbside at schools from 10-11AM on these dates: January 6, January 11, and January 13. Sign up starts TODAY and ends Monday, January 4th @ 3:00 pm. for pickup on the 6th. Sign up will required again for the week of the January 11th, and may be done between 3PM on Monday (Jan. 4 ) and 3PM Thursday (Jan. 7) using the same link. Please contact Sharon Mann, Food Services Supervisor, with any questions (864-456-7496).
During our return to virtual learning January 5th - 18th, we will provide FREE MEALS to ALL students and children 18 years and younger in our community. If you want your child(ren) to receive free breakfast and lunch, you must sign up in advance using the form at this link: https://rb.gy/6voqf4
Meals may be picked up curbside at schools from 10-11AM on these dates:
Wednesday, January 6th
Monday, January 11th
Wednesday, January 13th
Sign up starts TODAY and ends Monday, January 4th @ 3:00 pm. for pickup on the 6th. Sign up will required again for the week of the January 11th, and may be done between 3PM on Monday (Jan. 4 ) and 3PM Thursday (Jan. 7) using the same link.
Please contact Sharon Mann, Food Services Supervisor, with any questions (864-456-7496).
The Board of Trustees met today to discuss our return to school, considering the spike in COVID-19 cases from the Christmas break. They decided we would return to virtual instruction from January 5-18. They will meet again in 2 weeks to review the data and decide what to do starting January 19th.
Right now community spread is higher than it’s ever been, so we will take a pause in coming to school to learn. It is the safest choice, but it is not an easy choice. Board members and I understand and accept that there is no solution that will please everyone; however, the priority in our district has been and will remain safety for all. COVID-19 is a threat…an intruder…one that we take very seriously because it is highly contagious, it causes illness that is sometimes serious, and it can cause death, especially for those who have underlying health conditions. Many of our employees are at risk of having complications if they get the virus.
During the remaining holidays and the 10 days of virtual instruction, please observe the safe practices that you’ve heard over and over and encourage others to do so as well, so that we can get back to school Jan. 19th!
Dr. Fay Sprouse, Superintendent
WSHS girls' and boys' basketball games scheduled for Friday vs. Dixie have been postponed. A make-up date has not yet been determined.
We have added three important links on our district website under the COVID-19 tab, which is circled in red.
Please review and submit the electronic permission form if you agree for our nurses to administer COVID rapid tests if your child becomes symptomatic. Read all about it on our website.
If your child tests positive for COVID or if your child is a close contact of a positive case during the holidays we need you to report it to our district nurse using the electronic form or by calling 864-377-0587.
The district will be monitoring the numbers over the holidays and will announce by January 1st if there is a need to return to eLearning. Students are bringing all needed materials home today and tomorrow to be prepared in case that happens. The extra work brought home by some is not homework to be completed over the holidays.
We encourage everyone to follow the CDC guidelines of wearing a mask in public, socially distancing six feet, washing hands frequently, and avoiding social gatherings. These simple steps prevent the spread of COVID-19. Let's all do our part so that we can be back to a normal schedule soon after the holidays!
At the varsity basketball games vs Dixie High School on Friday , Dec. 18th, we will be observing Senior Night. The ceremony will begin at 5:30. The ticket door will open at 5:15. Each Sr. will be given 4 tickets to distribute as they wish. All other players/cheerleaders will be offered a chance to purchase tickets. No tickets will be sold at the game nor to anyone but players/cheerleaders prior to the event.
Masks are required for entry and you are asked to remain “masked up” the entire time you are in the facility. Also we request that you exit the facility after your child has completed competition.
Due to the rising number of cases of Covid 19 in our area. Ware Shoals High School and Middle School are not going to allow visiting fans to basketball games. We will allow our home fans, and our coaches with high school league passes. We will not allow any coach from out of district to use his or her high school league pass. We will allow any Administrator/Administrators from the team we are playing to come in with a league pass. Thanks for understanding and we will be sure to comply with your home game guidelines to help prevent the spread of Covid 19.
Thank You,
Coach Johnston
Thursday, December 17th is a "B" Day for students. Dismissal is scheduled for 12:00. We will follow a normal schedule and release at the appropriate time. Students are expected to complete their eLearning assignments on Friday, December the 18th .
Tuesday, January the 5th is an "A" day.
Ring Ceremony Protocol for December 16th in the WSHS Auditorium @ 2:00
- Each recipient will be given two tickets.
- Visitors/recipients will be allowed inside the auditorium at 1:30.
- Masks are mandatory.
- Please sit in unmarked (not taped) seats. The auditorium has been set up to allow for social distancing to the extent possible.
- Students are asked to be seated in the section on the right (facing the stage) in their assigned seat.
- Students will be called up to received their rings and will remain on stage.
- Once all students have received their rings, they will be asked to place them on at the same time.
- The students will then exit the auditorium and meet their guests outside.
- Visitors are asked to leave the auditorium immediately after the ceremony .
Picture Day(s) are Friday, December 4th and Monday, December 7th. Underclassmen will be called throughout the day.
**Seniors ** please check your school email for your scheduled picture time for Friday, December 4th.
WSHS Class Ring Ceremony
December 16 at 2:00 PM
Ring balances should be paid 24 hours prior to the event at www.RhodesGraduation.com/payments