A Message from Superintendent Vanden Heuvel - Welcom...

HEALDSBURG UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Welcome Back! August 12, 2022  Dear HUSD Families, We are extremely excited to welcome you and your kids back for a great school year in HUSD! This year promises to bring even more normalcy and opportunities for our students and community to learn and come together. At the end of last year, we were finally able to have Open House at our elementary schools, our annual Spring Fling, and promotion and graduation ceremonies all together. It was so great to come together again as a community and reiterated the importance of relationships for our students. This year we welcome two new principals - Ms. Tiffany Doughtery at HES and Ms. Nicole Odetto at HJH. You can find more information about them on the About Us section of our website . Please continue reading through this document for more important information regarding the beginning of classes. We’ve got an exciting year ahead of us and cannot wait to welcome your kids back to school on August 17th! Sincerely, Chris Vanden Heuvel Superintendent BACK TO SCHOOL ONLINE PAPERWORK - Aeries Data Confirmation Back to School Online Paperwork (Data Confirmation) is now open and must be completed by all families prior to the first day of school. Data Confirmation is the annual process that allows parents/guardians to update, review, and approve student information including emergency contacts, medical conditions, and other authorizations. It is incredibly important to our staff to have the most up to date information in our data system. Please note data confirmation must be completed for EACH student.   Please login to your Aeries Parent Portal   account to get started. Technical assistance is also available by contacting the school office or emailing kmendonca@husd.com COVID-19 AND THE PROTOCOLS FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR COVID-19 is still an active disease in our county and community. Though current variants are seemingly less severe, they are highly transmissible, and regardless of rules or guidelines, it should be assumed that the possibility of infection exists in almost every setting where people gather, including schools.   While most mandates for students TK-12 have become guidelines, we would strongly urge that families consider following these best practices:   Under this State-Required Guidance and in Coordination with Sonoma County Health Department here are the key recommendations and requirements: We will continue to recommend, but not require masking in schools We ask that staff and families conduct a health screen daily prior to arrival at school If our child is ill and displaying symptoms, keep them home and test Please notify your school site if your child is proven to have COVID, so that we can notify staff Keep your child home for at least five days, and after five days if their symptoms are not abating and/or they are still testing positive, please keep them home until they test negative or for ten days We will continue to communicate the importance of keeping students home when sick, vaccinations, and testing as appropriate Occasional visitors and volunteers are allowed.  Regular volunteers in the classroom will need to provide proof of vaccination.  We ask that all visitors register in the front office and continue to wear a mask while around staff and students While there is no longer a requirement to notify families of potential exposure to a positive case, we will continue to provide general notices as soon as possible so you may monitor for symptoms Due to the availability of at-home kits, we will no longer be offering symptomatic testing at the District Regular hand washing will be encouraged   HUSD will continue to adapt to new safety guidance. We are following the most recent health guidelines as set by the California Department of Public Health, Sonoma County Office of Education and Sonoma County Public Health. Medical and educational experts agree that schools are the best and healthiest places for students to learn and succeed, when the right precautions are taken.   For more information, please refer to our COVID-19 information page located here   HUSD COVID webpage .   WELCOME BACK COMMUNICATION FROM SITES: By now you have already received letters directly from your child's school. Below are the links to the school letters in case you did not receive. Healdsburg High School - English   Spanish Healdsburg Junior High -   English/Spanish Healdsburg Elementary School/Fitch Mountain Campus - English/Spanish HEALDSBURG UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING Our first Regular Board Meeting for the 2022-2023 school year is scheduled for Wednesday, August 17, 2022 (First Day of School). We will meet in person at Healdsburg City Hall. Open session begins at 6:00 pm. You may also join the meeting in person or virtually. The August agenda will have the zoom information. We will have Spanish interpretation both in-person and virtually. Please join us! To view the latest Board Meeting agendas please click HERE . CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES FOR 2022-2023 Healdsburg Unified School District has once again amended its policy for serving meals to students under the National School Lunch/School Breakfast Programs for the 2022-2023 school year. All students will be served one breakfast and one lunch at no charge at the following sites: Fitch Mountain Campus  Healdsburg Elementary School Healdsburg Junior High School Healdsburg High School Please continue to fill out the free and reduced price meals application. Click below: Application for Free & Reduced Price Meals - English / Spanish PARENT SQUARE - HUSD COMMUNICATIONS We are pleased to announce we have partnered with ParentSquare. For those of you not as familiar ParentSquare is a communication and organization tool designed to keep families informed and involved in their children's learning and school activities We use ParentSquare for school communication, primarily with email, text and app notifications. ParentSquare automatically generates an account for each parent, using their preferred email address and phone number originated from our student information system. For email or cell phone number changes, please contact your student's school. ParentSquare can only recognize you as a parent/guardian if your school has the same email and/or textable cell phone information for you in the system. We encourage parents to access their accounts so they can download the mobile app and update their preferences on when and how they are notified. While you don’t need an account to view emails and texts from HUSD we do believe we will use ParentSquare more in the months to come. If you create an account you will receive more information from us. Please check out our new webpage on our website -   ParentSquare   and create your account today! HUSD SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW: HUSD Facebook - @HealdsburgUSD HUSD Instagram - @hbgsup HHS Facebook - @HealdsburgHighSchool HJH Facebook - @HealdsburgJuniorHigh HES Facebook - @HESFMC NEWS FROM OUR COMMUNITY Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) is offering a FREE and bilingual (English/Spanish) Computers Level 1 class in Healdsburg!  It covers the parts of a computer, how to use a keyboard and mouse, do web searches and use an email account.  The class will be held on Wednesdays, from 6-9pm, starting 8/24 at the Healdsburg Community Center. Free child care is available! Click here to reserve your spot:   https://form.123formbuilder.com/6140481/comp-1-ae-761-1-2698-ho-hcc-fa22   For more information or assistance in filling out the form, please call 707-521-7962. Note: All students will be required to submit their proof of COVID vaccination prior to attending the class. We hope to see you there!  - The Adult Ed Program Team CONTACT US If you have any questions or concerns related to COVID-19, please contact our Director of Student Support Services/COVID Coordinator Diane Conger at dconger@husd.com . As always please reach out to your site principals for more site specific information. Below you will find the contact information for each principal:     Site Grade Levels Principal Email Healdsburg Elementary School TK - 2  Tiffany Dougherty tdougherty@husd.com Fitch Mountain Campus 3 - 5 Erika McGuire emcguire@husd.com   Healdsburg Junior High School 6 - 8 Nicole Odetto nodetto@husd.com Healdsburg High School 9-12 Amy Jones  ajones@husd.com   Marce Becerra Academy 11-12 Amy Jones  ajones@husd.com  

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