Beecher City CUSD 20

Red Ribbon Week kicked off today at the Grade School. Lots of red!

CONGRATULATIONS TO BCHS SENIOR HALEY EVANS FOR HER ACCEPTANCE INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY!

October 22, 2020 Beecher City’s current numbers for this week: - Staff Quarantined-0 - Staff Positive-0 - Non-Certified Quarantined-0 - Non-Certified Positive-0 - Students Quarantined-13 - Students Positive-2 Students quarantined are contact tracing students as well as students with any of the following symptoms that must stay home: • Fever >100.4 • Chills • Fatigue • Muscle or body aches • Headache • Shortness of breath • Difficulty breathing • Cough • Sore throat • Congestion or runny nose • Loss of appetite • New loss of sense of taste or smell • Nausea • Vomiting • Diarrhea • Abdominal pain • Any other COVID-19 symptoms identified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) or Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Philip Lark, Superintendent

October 21, 2020 On October 22, November 25, December 18, and December 21 the district will dismiss at 1:50 PM grade school and 2:00 PM Jr./Sr. high. The 1- hour early dismissal was for our regular 3:00 PM dismissal time. We have updated our website. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Great to see an artist at work!

Beecher City FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) Organization is selling Pies and Cookies from Neimergs from now until November 17th! Pies will be delivered on Wednesday November 25th! Students are selling Apple, Pumpkin, and Pecan Pies for $15 each and cookies of the following flavors for $10/dozen : Chocolate Chip, Snickerdoodle, Oatmeal Raisin, Peanut Butter, M&M Monster, and Macadamia Nut. Contact any FBLA member to order or you can email Morgan Cox at mcox@beechercity.org Thank you for your support!

October 16, 2020 Beecher City’s current numbers for this week: - Staff Quarantined-0 - Staff Positive-0 - Non-Certified Quarantined-0 - Non-Certified Positive-0 - Students Quarantined-9 - Students Positive-1 Students quarantined are contact tracing students as well as students with any of the following symptoms that must stay home: • Fever >100.4 • Chills • Fatigue • Muscle or body aches • Headache • Shortness of breath • Difficulty breathing • Cough • Sore throat • Congestion or runny nose • Loss of appetite • New loss of sense of taste or smell • Nausea • Vomiting • Diarrhea • Abdominal pain • Any other COVID-19 symptoms identified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) or Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Philip Lark, Superintendent

Parent-teacher conferences will be held on Wednesday, October 21 and Thursday, October 22 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM for junior high and high school students. To schedule parent-teacher conferences, please contact the high school office by phone at (618) 487-5100. Conferences will be for a duration of ten minutes and be scheduled every fifteen minutes. Please designate if you would like to do your conference remotely over the phone or in-person. One family member per student will be permitted in the building for the conference. This is to keep the number of people entering the building at a minimum.

The Illinois State Board of Education Nutrition Department is excited to share that the U.S. Department of Agriculture just announced waiver extensions that will allow schools to operate Summer Meals programs through the end of School Year 2020-21, offering free meals to students. This changes the expiration from Dec. 31, 2020, to June 30, 2021.

Seniors don't forget to fill out your FAFSA.

Upcoming: Seniors will be taking the SAT on Wednesday, October 14. Many of the juniors will be taking the PSAT on the same day.

The eighth graders have been working on personal projects in shop class. We are putting the finishing touches on projects as students are getting set to change exploratory classes at the end of the quarter.

High school cross country had a meet today at Ballard Nature Center. Way to go Bobcats.

Junior high cross country had a meet at Ballard Nature Center today. Nice job team.

Weekly Update

MENU CHANGE FOR TUESDAY 10/13/20 AND WEDNESDAY 10/14/20 TUESDAY BREAKFAST: PANCAKES LUNCH: CHICKEN AND NOODLES MASHED POTATOES CORN BANANAS WEDNESDAY BREAKFAST: MUFFIN LUNCH: TACO SALAD LETTUCE/TOMATO/ SOUR CREAM/CHEESE REFRIED BEANS/MIXED FRUIT

The Grade School was visited today by some of Beecher City's finest. Thanks for all you do to keep our community safe!

CONGRATULATIONS TO SENIOR JACQUE WITTEBORG FOR HER ACCEPTANCE INTO KASKASKIA COLLEGE IN CENTRALIA!!!

October 2, 2020 Beecher City’s current numbers for this week: - Staff Quarantined-0 - Staff Positive-0 - Non-Certified Quarantined-0 - Non-Certified Positive-0 - Students Quarantined-3 - Students Positive-1 Students quarantined are contact tracing students as well as students with any of the following symptoms that must stay home: • Fever >100.4 • Chills • Fatigue • Muscle or body aches • Headache • Shortness of breath • Difficulty breathing • Cough • Sore throat • Congestion or runny nose • Loss of appetite • New loss of sense of taste or smell • Nausea • Vomiting • Diarrhea • Abdominal pain • Any other COVID-19 symptoms identified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) or Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Philip Lark, Superintendent

CONGRATULATIONS TO JACKIE WITTEBORG FOR BEING ACCEPTED INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE!!!!!