
Fall Sports Pictures are Sept 17th!
inter-state.com
JH Code: 61313TA
HS Code: 61313NA
Codes can be used before the picture day. Packets are here in the office and coaches will be sending those home.

Seventh graders in Mrs. Stacie Lewis’ classroom developing hypotheses around full water bottles with holes in the sides. Results tomorrow after experiment. Stay tuned. #AcceptOrReject #WeAreSterling


Seventh graders from Mrs. Christina Rowland’s history classes tour the Remembering Our Fallen exhibit at the Sterling American Legion, featuring Kansans who paid the ultimate price to defend our great nation. A sobering reminder than freedom isn’t free. #WeAreSterling


Please note the following calendar changes for athletics. JV football scheduled for next Tuesday the 5th in Sedgwick has been canceled. We will instead play a 5th quarter after tonight's varsity game, weather permitting. Varsity tennis scheduled for next Tuesday the 5th in Wellington has been moved to Chaparral. It will still be a 3:00 start.

Yesterday, September 2nd, we were informed that one additional SGS student tested positive for COVID-19. The additional positive at SGS will not change the anticipated return to "Masks Optional" date of September 7th.

For those traveling to Pratt tomorrow for volleyball, masks WILL BE required at the college where our pool play is. They will not be required at Pratt Skyline should we make it to the semifinals.

SJSHS: Happy Friday, Black Bears! Here is your early September edition of the Friday Focus: https://www.apptegy.net/s/news-usd-376/articles/friday-focus-sept-3


JV tennis scheduled in Ellsworth today has been postponed. We will update with a reschedule date when we have one.

Yesterday we were informed that one additional SGS student tested positive for COVID-19. The additional positive at SGS will not change the anticipated return to "Masks Optional" date of September 7th.

Due to the projected hot weather this Thursday, the junior high football game in Ellsworth has been moved to a 6:00 start.

Today we were informed that one additional SGS student tested positive for COVID-19. There we no additional close contacts as all students were masked. The additional positive at SGS will not change the anticipated return to "Masks Optional" date of September 7th.

Tomorrow night is fall sports preview night and below will be the schedule. Please note that tennis is at 6:00 due to the heat. All events will be held on Sterling Junior/Senior High School campus. Cross country will be announced at the practice football field and then run their mile at the track. The booster club will be on site selling bear wear.
4:00- Junior high Volleyball
5:00- High school volleyball
6:00- Junior high football and tennis
6:45- Cross country
7:00- High school football and cheerleading

Today we were informed that one SGS student and one SJSHS staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Close contacts have been contacted (there were none at SJSHS). The additional positive at SGS will not change the anticipated return to "Masks Optional" date of September 7th.

One more time: School pictures at SJSHS tomorrow. And then remind students to dress comfortably. We will have a shirt for them to wear after pictures.

ATTENTION ALL JH/HS STUDENTS & PARENTS:
PICTURE DAY IS THIS WEEK! 8/26
-Regular School Pictures (inter-state.com)
-JH Code: 61124KA (You must use this code before the day of pictures)
-HS Code: 61125GA(You must use this code before the day of pictures)
-If you forget to order pictures online you can fill out a form in our office!

Senior & Senior Parent Meeting, 6:30 tonight, SJSHS Theater. Then meeting for Jrs/Srs enrolled in Dual Credit at 7:00 in Commons.

ATTENTION ALL JH/HS STUDENTS & PARENTS:
PICTURE DAY IS THIS WEEK! 8/26
-Regular School Pictures (inter-state.com)
-JH Code: 61124KA (You must use this code before the day of pictures)
-HS Code: 61125GA(You must use this code before the day of pictures)
-If you forget to order pictures online you can fill out a form in our office!

ATTENTION ALL JH/HS STUDENTS & PARENTS:
PICTURE DAY IS THIS WEEK! 8/26
-Regular School Pictures (inter-state.com)
-JH Code: 61124KA (You must use this code before the day of pictures)
-HS Code: 61125GA(You must use this code before the day of pictures)
-If you forget to order pictures online you can fill out a form in our office!

Two additional SGS students tested positive today making 5 active cases in the building. Based on the updated plan approved by the BOE, all students, staff, and visitors at SGS will be required to wear an approved face covering beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, August 24th until Tuesday, September 7th. Like last year, we will give opportunities for masks breaks, and teachers and staff will be on the lookout for students in distress. If your child is having difficulty please contact your child's teacher, or our school nurse, Kristi Wilson. We will make every effort to support our kids and families, and make sure SGS is a good and safe place for all.

SGS Parents,
Over the weekend we had 3 students test positive for Covid. The USD #376 Board of Education met last night and passed new gating criteria for mandatory masks in school. They approved a policy that set a 2% rate as the trigger for all students and staff to have masks mandated for 14 days. For SGS a 2% rate would be 5 positive cases. If your child was a direct exposure to these positive cases, you have already been notified. Teachers will be working directly with parents to provide instruction for students that can't attend because of direct exposure.
Covid precautions continue to be taken at school. We have implemented the same lunch protocol as we did last year with students paced out and assigned lunch groups. Third and Sixth graders are eating in their classroom in order to help make room in our commons to spread out. However, a volunteer parent group is helping to make it possible for parents who want their child to eat outside to do so. If you would like for your child to eat outside when possible, please email the grade school office at kroned@usd376.com and the classroom teacher. You will need to give permission for your child to eat outside when an adult volunteer is present. The adult volunteer is not being provided by the school, but would be a parent volunteer, not associated with the school. Parent volunteers should wait in the office or outside and not come into the lunch room. Our lunch schedule is as follows:
Kindergarten 11:00-11:20
1st grade 11:20-11:40
2nd grade 11:40-12:00
3rd grade 11:50-12:10
4th grade 12:00-12:20
5th grade 12:20-12:40
6th grade 12:10-12:30