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SEPTEMBER 2021 Visit our website at www.lacrosseschools.org/

Emerson Edition EMERSON ELEMENTARY

2101 Campbell Road

Telephone (608) 789-7990

Fax (608) 789-7171 Email emerson@lacrossesd.org

Picture Retakes

October 14th

Early Release

October 15th, 1:10 p.m.

No School/Conferences

October 18th

Attention 5th Grade Parents: New Immunization

needed for the start of 6th grade:

All incoming 6th grader students will need a TDaP immunization on file

by the first day of school in the fall. Please contact your

provider or the La Crosse County Health Department (608-

785-9723) to schedule an appointment for this

immunization. Any questions, please call Sue Burrington

or Kim Mahlum at Emerson.

Hello Emerson Families,

It has been a great start to the

new school year thus far!

Thank you parents,

guardians and caretakers for

your help and assistance

with getting students settled

into the school routine relatively quickly this year. The first few weeks of school have seemingly

flown by as October is just around the corner. In this month’s newsletter, you will find information

regarding some new staff members here at Emerson, updated information with Covid-19 testing,

quarantine information and mitigation measures as well as other pieces of good information

connected to Emerson.

We take great pride in knowing you entrust your children being with us here at Emerson. If you

have questions, please feel free to contact us at Emerson. Until next month’s newsletter, be good to

each other, stay well and let’s take flight.

Eric Check, Principal

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Welcome to New Teachers and

Staff at Emerson Elementary! Molly Anderson - Cross Categorical TA

Mary Ciano Cross - Categorical Special Ed

Pam Clarkin - Preschool TA

Abigail Harder—Early Childhood TA

Rachel Hoscheit - Art

Jim Jessessky - Buildings and Grounds

Mandy Parmeter - Administrative Assistant

Morgan Schilz - Psychologist

Laura Tilander - Speech

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Hello Families!

To keep us all connected, we invite you to join the Emerson Facebook Page! Our content will focus on com-munity, connections, and Emerson up-dates so that we can share our Em-erson Excellence no matter where we are! Stay tuned for our Tuesday Ta-ble Talks where we will share topics to inspire conversations with families, friends, and our Emerson community. If you haven't followed, liked, or shared our Emerson Elementary Fa-cebook page, please join us to stay updated!" https://www.facebook.com/LaCrosseEmersonElementary/

NURSE’S CORNER

We want to thank the students and families for continuing to work together to keep stu-dents safe during the difficult time of COVID. We all can agree on what a difficult and frustrating time this has been for all and appreciate your patience as we continue to comply with Covid guidelines.

During this time of Covid, one of the most im-portant thigs you can do both from an effi-ciency and safety standpoint is to keep your child home if experiencing illness until tested to rule out Covid. This avoids both exposing others to illness and the incon-venience to a parent of needing to come in to pick up their sick child. Please refer to the symptoms below as to when to keep your child home.

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WHERE CAN I GO TO BE TESTED? In addition to Gundersen and Mayo, there are several drive up sites where your child and fami-

ly members can be tested. Please refer to the testing sites available and fill out the pre-registration

form.

WHEN SHOULD MY CHILD BE TESTED AT A

DRIVE-UP SITE? • If your child becomes sick before they go to school or after they get home from school. Your

child should not come to school while waiting test results

• If your child is a close contact seeking to return under a shortened quarantine

• If your child becomes sick at school and you prefer testing occur at a test site in the community

• If other members of the household are sick and you would like to have them tested

• If you want to assess your family risk with a a rapid antigen test or your asymptomatic child or

any household member (please note, a confirmatory PCR test may be necessary).

TESTING REGISTRATION We highly recommend pre-registration before testing at a district

drive-up testing site. Pre-registration is needed prior toe each time you are tested and for each indi-

vidual being tested. While registering, you will be asked for a testing location; please be sure to indi-

cate that you are being tested at a non-public site. Your test results will be emailed to the address

used in the registration process. Please use this link to pre-register: https://

register.covidconnect.wi.gov/

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Mitigation strategies that are happening at Emerson;

Masks required inside the building

Spacing with the classroom and during lunch in the cafeteria;

3-6 ft.

Hand washing and sanitizing as often as possible

Seating charts in the classroom and cafeteria to provide detailed

close contact tracing.

***For students in 4K and Kindergarten, they will quarantine the

entire 14 days and return on day 15.***

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Click here to access Emerson’s breakfast

& lunch menus, meal prices, &

nutritional information.

The Emerson Food Pantry days are the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.

We now have a new location to drop off donations at your convenience:

304 21st Street

Tubs are in the front to put your donation in. We greatly appreciate all that you donate!

This is where you can find out about

different events, programs, and

opportunities for your child(ren) in the

community. (These are flyers that used

to be sent home with your child.)

https://www.lacrosseschools.org/parents/virtual-backpack/

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Upcoming PTO meetings are scheduled for October 21,

6:00p.m. on Zoom.

Meeting reminder will be emailed to all families the week before, agenda and

minutes sent to members a few days ahead of the meeting

Sign up for PTO by emailing lacrosseemersoneagles@gmail.com or using the google

form at

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/

e/1FAIpQLSeoAsWO6oWUmVIY4gDhxycZtTwufkDidsvn1FlLnovb7Lmk6Q/viewform?

vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

You'll receive monthly meeting links, agendas and minutes, and occasional special

announcements.

Any questions regarding PTO please email: lacrosseemersoneagles@gmail.com

Box Tops are virtual! Clipping and

submitting Box Tops has earned us a

decent chunk of change in the past and

it's all virtual now. If you clipped

before, consider scanning now and

continuing to help Emerson! Check out

this Youtube video

for more information

- https://youtu.be/

ZfUGb_3JzZg

Set Emerson Elementary PTO as your smile.amazon.com charity and we'll earn money from your purchases! https://smile.amazon.com/ch/47-0920365

SPECIAL THANK YOU

TO THE EMERSON

PTO for providing teacher treats

this past Friday and for the fast re-

sponse to our need for

lanyards for our students

to help keep masks close

at hand for after lunch

and recess.

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