March Principal's Update

 QUEST Families,

What a wild winter filled with lots of up and down weather. I hope you and your family have enjoyed some time in the sunshine these last few days. As we enter the third marking period, QUEST is busy preparing for many end-of-the-year events. Please take a moment to browse the blog, and feel free to reach out should you have any questions. 

Report Cards

The second marking period report cards are out as of March 13, 2024 and you are able to access them through the Campus Backback. We appreciate you taking the time to talk through the report card with your child, but more than that we also appreciate the sharing the occurs through Portfolio Share. Our goal at QUEST is to push our students to be agents of their own learning, and our approaches are aligned with that philosophy. 

Placement

Similar to last year, in late April we will begin the placement process at QUEST. In order to create balanced classrooms, we collaborate as a school, ensuring that each student has their needs met through placement. Although we try our best, when possible, to honor family history, QUEST does not take requests for a specific teacher. 

As always, if you have any placement questions, feel free to reach out. You can expect to get the placement letter mid/late-June! 

COVID Update  

On March 1, 2024, the CDC adopted new guidelines for COVID-19, which can be found here: CDC Guidance for Respiratory Virus. This new guidance compares precautions and procedures for COVID-19 to those for other respiratory illnesses, and removes the requirement of mandatory isolation. The CDC reiterated that when individuals become sick with a respiratory virus, it is recommended that they stay home and away from others. For individuals who test positive specifically for COVID-19 and influenza, treatment is available and can lessen symptoms and lower the risk of severe illness. The new CDC recommendations suggest that an individual who tests positive for COVID-19 can return to normal activities when overall symptoms have been improving for at least 24 hours and, if a fever was present, the fever has been gone without use of a fever-reducing medication. You can find more information on the CDC's website: CDC: What to do when you are sick.

 

What this means for students who test positive for COVID:

• Mandatory isolation is no longer required.
• It is recommended that students with any respiratory illness stay home and way from others until their symptoms are improving and they are fever free.
• Students can return to school and extracurricular activities when their symptoms are improving and they are fever-free without using fever-reducing medications. 

 

Enjoy the rest of the month. As always, do not hesitate to reach out if we can support your family in any way.

Yours in Education,

Derek

QUEST Principal