LATEST NEWS

Success in school involves a continued partnership between the home and school. We are thankful to have such an involved community, and have appreciated the attendance of so many of our parents to our Virtual Parent Information Meetings. We still have a couple of meetings this week (First Grade on 9/7 at 6:00 p.m. and Fourth Grade on 9/8 at 6:00 p.m.). Teachers will make sure to share their presentations with parents.

Around campus, our students have been actively reading, working on projects with partners, expressing themselves and showing us what they know! Active learning throughout campus is a joy to behold.

welcome

We would like to extend a warm Corey Cub welcome to our new Counselor (Jennifer Young) and Testing Facilitator (Omar Alonso) who joined us this past week. We would also like to take this opportunity to welcome two staff members who are working with Gunn Jr. High, Jones Academy, and Corey Academy. We are fortunate to be supported by our Fine Arts Integration Coach (Tabitha Gordon) and our Dual Language Coach (Rebekah Conrad). Please take a moment to read over our updated "New Staff Members" presentation.

REMINDERS

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

We love to join in celebrating our Corey Cubs during their special day! We ask that no edible items or goodie bags be sent to school during birthdays. Parents who are interested are welcome to send non-edible items (such as pencils, stickers, etc.) on their special day.

Dismissal

Thank you for your patience and collaboration as we continue to fine-tune our dismissal process. Just a few things to keep in mind:

• Please display your number car-tag as you enter the drive-way. This will help our staff members as they type in your child's unique number and notify the teachers to send them out to the front of the building.
• As we load cars, it helps to have your child's name displayed so that we can call their names and escort them to the vehicle.
• Please remember that no walk-up pick-up is allowed to ensure student safety. Parents are welcome to meet their North or South walkers off school property.
• Please adhere to the signed "Do Not Park" signs in the neighborhood or area businesses.
• Early Dismissal: The latest students can be picked up for "Early Dismissal" is 3:00 p.m. You are welcome to call the office to let us know that you are on your way, but to maximize instructional time, we will not call students down to the office until parents/guardians are actually in the office area.

CONTACT TRACING

Our school board voted to add contact tracing to its 2021-22 protocols for the school year. With that addition, close contacts of students who test positive for COVID-19 will be identified and notified. Please note that our mode of communication will be sending letters through Class Dojo. Parents may choose to isolate a symptom-free student who is a known contact of a positive case. That absence will be excused, and make-up work will be made available. Close contacts who develop symptoms should isolate until they obtain a COVID-19 test. As a reminder, the district does have a testing center again this year. Details about that can be found here. Please read additional information in "Nurse Jennifer's Corner" below.

DASHBOARD CHANGES

Because of the addition of contact tracing to our protocols, we have also made a change to our COVID-19 dashboard. The dashboard will no longer reflect grade levels impacted since those families will be notified directly. Remember you can find your school's dashboard at the bottom of the campus homepage or the district-wide COVID-19 dashboard here. It is updated before 5 p.m. daily during the week.

Nurse Jennifer's Corner

Please see important information below from Nurse Jennifer:

Good afternoon!

We are so excited to start week 2 at Corey! It has been a great first week and we are looking forward to a great fall semester.

I wanted to touch base with each of you regarding COVID-19 policies and procedures this school year. As we all know, these could change at any time. We will do our best to keep you up to date as things change.

At this time we will begin contact tracing again. When a positive person is on campus we will notify close contacts of that positive person. A close contact will be within 6 feet of the positive person for 15 minutes or more. We will send a letter via Class Dojo to inform you that your student was in contact with a positive person. Your student will not have to quarantine this year. If you feel the need to keep your child home due to being a close contact, then you will be allowed to do so. Please contact the school nurse and front office to let us know if you choose to keep your child home. This year we will not be quarantining classes. If your student does not develop symptoms, then they will be allowed to stay at school.

If your student has symptoms of COVID-19 then you will have three options to have them return to school.

1.) Have student tested for COVID. AISD has a rapid testing center for all students and staff that is free of charge. I will post information on this below.

2.) Student will need to receive an alternate diagnosis from a medical provider to return to class. This form will need to be sent to the school nurse. Example : Suzie King has a sinus infection and can return to school, signed Dr. Smith

3.) Student will need to stay home for 10 days with day zero starting the first day of symptoms. You will need to reach out to your homeroom teacher to coordinate homework during that time.

If your student is a close contact of a family member or friend who has COVID then they can return to school if they do not have symptoms.

If your student is a close contact of a positive person and develops symptoms, then they will be sent home and will need to do one of the three options listed above.

This year any test for COVID will work. PCR, Rapid, Antigen, home testing kits. We will accept each of these. Home Testing kits may only be used for students who do NOT have symptoms. We will need a copy of your student's negative test to return to school.

The testing center is now open for AISD staff and students only. The testing center is by appointment only. To get an appointment please email: rapidtest@aisd.net. Please include the name, school, grade level of your student and your phone number. They will call you to set up your appointment.

If you have any other questions at all please don't hesitate to call me. My number is: 682-867-3906. To send forms or test results to me please email me at: jsmith52@aisd.net

I know these are unprecedented times for us all, but I hope you know that we truly love and care for each child at our school.

Blessings,

Jennifer Smith Rn, BSN

Corey Academy School Nurse

District app

The Arlington ISD has a new app for the new year. The app, which is available here for Apple phones and here for Android phones, features everything from lunch menus to teacher contact information for families. It will also be a quick way to get district notifications. The app is part of the Blackboard notification system the district recently switched over to for communications with district families. The next part of that process will be the phone, email and text notifications families will receive. You will begin receiving messages that way through Blackboard later this month.

Parent support

Please make sure to check the Parent Support section of AISD's website. In this site, you will be able to find information about Bus Services (including signing up for the Bus Bulletin App), Student Dining (including PayPams App) , Parent Self-Serve (to check grades and attendance), Parent Volunteer Applications and many more items of interest.

Corey Cubs PTA

Please make sure to join PTA for the 2021-2022 school year at www.joinpta.org! Registration for this year is now available.

Remember, PTA isn’t just for parents and teachers! Students, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, business leaders, community members, and other staff members all help enhance the experiences of our students! 💙

Important links

Please take a moment to look over important links provided by our Corey Cubs PTA. This includes the link to become an AISD Approved Volunteer.

TARRANT COUNTY KIDS

Tarrant County Kids is beginning to accept enrollments for their Before and After school programs at Corey Academy. They will require a minimum enrollment of students in order to keep a location operating, so please make sure to sign up as soon as possible if interested.

Parents are allowed to enroll electronically by submitting their forms to receptionist@girlsinctarrant.org or completing the enrollment form at www.tckids.org.

Upcoming Events

August 30th - September 24th Reading and Math Universal Screeners (Grades 1st and 2nd)

September 7th - First Grade Virtual Parent Information Meeting (6:00-7:00 p.m.)

September 8th - Fourth Grade Virtual Parent Information Meeting (6:00-7:00 p.m.)

September 8th - Progress Reports for Grades 3-5 available on Parent Self-Serve

September 9th - PTA Ice Cream Social and Vendor Fair 6:00 p.m.

September 15th -17th CogAT Assessment Fourth Grade

September 17th - Six Flags Over Texas Education Celebration Event

September 21st - PTA Chipotle Spirit Night (4:00- 8:00 p.m.)

September 23rd - Curriculum Assessment #1 Reading (Grades 3, 4, 5)

September 24th - Early Dismissal 12:10 p.m.

September 28th - Curriculum Assessment #1 Science (Grades 4, 5)

September 29th - Curriculum Assessment #1 Math (Grades 3, 4, 5)

September 30th - Curriculum Assessment #1 Writing (Grades 3, 4)

Previous Editions - Corey Times

For your convenience, we will place previous editions of the Corey Times in this section. Please make sure to read each edition carefully, since we share important information in each one.

We share information in many different ways. Please make sure to check our School Story on Class Dojo frequently. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter (please see below).