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Bateman Buzz 2021-2022; VOL 8 BATEMAN WEBSITE   |  TRADUCIR ESTA PAGINA  |   TEACHER WEBSITES   |  CONTACT US Message from Administration Tuesday, January 18th   Dear Bateman Families and Friends,   It is difficult to believe we are nearing the end of the second quarter. We witnessed our students, educators and parents continue true partnership even when many throughout last week were in different learning locations. We saw students quickly engaging in authentic tasks and educators gracefully balancing students within the classroom and learning remotely, which is no easy feat.    We are grateful for the agreement that was reached with CPS & CTU which honors the shared commitment to our students, families, and staff.  We would like to thank all of our families for their extraordinary patience they’ve shown through these unprecedented challenges. Full details of the agreement can be found here, but listed below are the details that will impact families most:   Masks CPS will provide KN95 masks to all students and staff who want them. As a reminder, masks only work if they are worn properly over the nose and mouth, so the best mask for your child is one that they can wear comfortably throughout the day. Daily Health Screener Each school’s Safety Committee can decide whether or not to bring back the daily health screener. You will receive more information on this directly from your child’s school.  Remote Learning There are now set metrics in place to determine when COVID-19 cases/quarantines may send an entire school into remote learning. If a school meets these thresholds, the school’s Safety Committee will make the decision on whether or not to transition the entire school to remote learning. Remote learning will last for five days unless the school is directed otherwise by the Chicago Department of Public Health.  COVID-19 Testing Our existing program for COVID-19 testing, which provides students and staff at every school with free testing every week, will continue. Please visitcolor.com/readycheckgo-cps to register your student for weekly testing. CPS will test a minimum of 10% of students at each school every week. In schools with a high rate of positive Covid cases, additional testing will be provided to students and staff who do not have symptoms.  Students who have symptoms of COVID-19 can receive a free test at school with the consent of their parents or guardian. If an entire school transitions to remote learning, staff and students without symptoms will be offered COVID-19 tests at school within five days Currently, we have just over 35% of our student body with a record of being fully vaccinated in our system. This past week, all fully vaccinated students who were in a classroom in quarantine were able to come to school! If you have not submitted your child’s vaccination card, please either bring it to the main office or email a photo of it to adorosz@cps.edu and mcastro49@cps.edu.  We are excited to provide a vaccination clinic at Bateman on February 10th and March 3rd. Details are included below. For other locations, visit: Four (4) Regional CPS Clinics that offer weekly appointments: https://events.juvare.com/IL-IDPH/bce1da4f-a64a-464b-ba71-1620cc511492/ Various School-based Mobile Events: https://events.juvare.com/IL-IDPH/726589ad-1495-4ad0-94aa-386f7ca54087/  School Based Health Centers: https://scholinfo.cps.edu/covidvaccinationsites/ Please let us know if you have any questions.    Warmly, Ms. Davos & Ms. Kloepper Helpful School Information Bateman Protocols & Procedures     Quarter 2 Attestation Form Click Here to View the  Attestation Form ----- CPS Breakfast & Lunch Menus Click Here to View all CPS Menus ----- Bateman Approved Snack List Click Here to View the Bateman Snack List ------ How Does Contact Tracing Work? [ ENGLISH | SPANISH ] What happens when someone tests positive? [ ENGLISH | SPANISH ] COVID-19 Protocol for Families [ ENGLISH | SPANISH ] Outside of School COVID Testing [ ENGLISH | SPANISH ] COVID-19 Travel Guidance for Families [ ENGLISH | SPANISH ] Quarantine Protocol Update CPS shortened the quarantine timeline for students and staff impacted by COVID-19 from 14 to 10 days. Read the full message from CEO Pedro Martinez here. At this point in time, the Quarantine remains 10 days. CPS will notify families if it is updated to 5 days. Upcoming Dates at a Glance Click here to access the Monthly Calendar and add events to your personal calendar! See further details regarding all of these events & more below! THIS WEEK Essentials Week A Open NOW! Bateman Boosters Super Bowl Squares | See Below Open NOW! Pints with a Purpose Name Bidding | See Below Wednesday, January 19th: FORGE Session II Application Opens Thursday, January 20th: Kedzie Center Parent Workshop at 6pm | Join Here Friday, January 21st: BAC & PAC Meeting at 9am | Join Here NEXT WEEK Essentials Week B Tuesday, January 25th: Fathers' Club Meeting at 7:30pm | Join Here Thursday, January 27th: End of Quarter 2 Friday, January 28th: No School | School Improvement Day   LOOKING AHEAD Friday, February 4th: Quarter 2 Report Card Distribution Monday, February 21st: No School | Presidents' Day   2021-2022 Year at a Glance Calendar What's the Buzz? Upcoming Events These events are all within the next 2 weeks! Sign Up for COVID Testing COVID Testing is Every Tuesday | Sign up Here CPS has partnered with Thermo Fisher to offer free, regular testing to students and staff for COVID-19. Regular testing means that testing is offered to everyone on a weekly basis, even if they don’t have symptoms of COVID-19. Each Tuesday, registered students can participate in weekly COVID-19 Testing. Please access the CPS COVID FAQs for any questions regarding the testing process. Students only need to be registered once. Since we are above 10% as a school, students will remain on the list on a weekly basis. If your child has tested positive for COVID-19, per CDC Guidelines, the child should wait 90 days prior to testing again. Please remind your student or email the school to have your child removed from the list. CLICK HERE to register for Weekly Testing FORGE Winter Program Application Live Wednesday, January 19th at 9am FORGE Session II Programs Program Overview and Application will be available TOMORROW at 9 AM! Please check your email or Bateman Buzz! Programs will start February 8th!   CLICK HERE to view the FORGE II Preview Guide Children's Mental Health Parent Workshop Thursday, January 20th at 6pm | Join Here! Join the Kedzie Center for a virtual parent workshop on Thursday, January 20 at 6pm! You'll learn strategies and ideas to support your child's mental health. This is a bilingual workshop. Click here to join!   BAC & PAC Monthly Meeting Friday, January 21st at 9am | Join Here! Bateman BAC and PAC have their monthly meeting on Friday January 21st at 9am. This meeting will be held virtually. Click here to join!   Fathers' Club Monthly Meeting Tuesday, January 25th at 7:30pm | Join Here! Bateman Fathers' Club will be hosting a virtual meeting on Tuesday, January 25th! Join in the meeting to see how you can be more involved in the Bateman Community! Click here to join on Tuesday! Vaccination Clinic 1 Thursday, February 10th from 10am - 1pm Bateman will be hosting two vaccination clinics: Dose 1 on February 10th and Dose 2 on March 3rd. Students will need to register separately for appointments. Click here to register your child to receive their vaccination today! More information below.   Local School Council Updates LSC Elections Election Window Open Now!   If you are a parent, community member, student, or teacher looking to get more involved with your school, we encourage you to consider running in your school’s LSC election.  For more information on how to apply, please click here! Nomination Forms are due March 4th by 3pm in person to the North Office. Please see Evelyn Rivera with further questions. Click Here for LSC Nomination Form Haz Clic aqui para el forma de nominación Parent Organization Updates BAC & PAC Save the Date! Our annual Valentine's Sale is quickly approaching! Save the date for February 10th! BAC & PAC Meeting Schedule 2021-2022 Bateman Boosters Super Bowl Shuffle Happening Now!   Join in for a fun Super Bowl Square Fundraiser! YOU and Bateman Elementary Students can WIN BIG. $2,500 will go back to Bateman to support ALL students. Squares are $50 each and payouts are $500 for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Quarters. Final score payout is $1,000. Numbers will be drawn once all squares are sold. Contact Sinead Gallagher to purchase squares: Text: (773) 387-1149 Venmo: @Sinead-Gallagher Zelle: sinead.gallagher@yahoo.com Credit card payment via Boosters Donor Box: https://donorbox.org/bateman-boosters-pledge-drive Bateman Fathers' Club Pints With Purpose is Back!   Bateman Elementary School FUNdraiser Hosted by Bateman Fathers' Club   What’s better than an ice-cold delicious beer? How about an ice-cold delicious beer that raises money for our school!    Together with our good friends at Twisted Hippo, Bateman Fathers’ Club (BFC) is excited to announce its Spring FUNdraising event – Pints with Purpose (PwP).   First launched in 2019, the inaugural PwP raised more than $1,500 used to directly benefit the Bateman student body.  This year we look to build on our success, with a couple frothy new additions. Check it out: The PwP Bateman Brew will be available in 4-packs! While $1 from each PwP sold onsite at Twisted Hippo is donated to Bateman, BFC will now also receive $3 from each 4-pack of PwP cans purchased. But what’s its name? You tell us! This year’s Bateman Brew is a Red Ale featuring Centennial hops to celebrate Bateman’s 100th Anniversary. Get your ideas on tap and use this link to join the auction for 2022 naming rights.  Bidding starts today and runs through January 27. Can I help make the beer? Yes!…for a donation that will benefit ALL students at Bateman. Brewmaster Karl and the Twisted Hippo Beer team have graciously agreed to allow one lucky winner and a guest to hang out and help out February 2, 2022 when the PwP hits the barrels. Use this link to access the auction page and place your bid for this one-of-a-kind experience! Bidding starts today and runs through January 27. Is there going to be a launch party? We sure hope so.  Release date is scheduled for March 10th and we’d love to see the community out and about to support the BFC, Twisted Hippo and the Bateman students. That said, we’re getting pretty good at staying flexible, so look for additional communication and details about the launch party. Where can I get more information? As always, hit us up at batemanfathersclub@gmail.com Community Updates Click here to support Bateman through Amazon Smile! Click here to support Bateman Teacher Donors Choose Projects! Even one dollar will bring a teacher closer to fully funding their project! Do you have news to share? We are always trying to improve our communication! If you have information to share with the Bateman Community, we would like to know! To submit an item for our twice-monthly Bateman Buzz, please send an email with the event details including date, time, and location.  Any photos should be submitted in .JPEG format. Please submit by 5pm on Thursday and you might see it in the Bateman Buzz, Bateman Website, or on social media!  Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? 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