Akron School District No. R-1

The pep rally for Akron HS is at 1:15pm today at the football complex. Sorry for not including this in the previous post.

Akron HS is going to have a small, high school only, pep rally today at the football complex. If parents want to come watch, you are more than welcome to park around the football field or come onto the track. Gate on the south side will be unlocked. Please social distance.

Akron Ram Fans, If you would like to have the opportunity to watch streamed videos of our school athletic contests, music concerts, plays, etc. you may do so by going to the NFHS website included with this message. If you already have an account or subscription you can log into your account and proceed with your purchase. If not, the link will take you to a page to subscribe for either a monthly or annual pass. Be sure to go to our school page to buy your subscription. This is called “School to Support” and it is asked during the sign-up process. Our school will receive a portion of the revenue and you will be linked to our events. You may subscribe to NFHS by going to https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/subscribe/retail Thank you for your support of our students and programs! Go Rams!

Home H.S. Football Guidelines

Spirit Week

Parents and Guardians, Please check your email for directions to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences next week. Mrs. Anderson and Mr. Randel

HS Football Parents/Players Information is coming from CHSAA about Fall/Spring Football. We would like to meet with HS Football parents and players tonight at 6:30 PM at the baseball field to discuss our options. Details are still coming out about the two HS Football seasons and what the guidelines look like. I know this is a quick turnaround but would like to get information into your hands before making a decision. Thanks Tyler Pickens AD Jerome Weers Head Coach Shawn Randel Principal

Parents/Guardians, This is the last call for eligible families (those receiving free or reduced price meals in the 2019/2020 School year) to apply for state P-EBT benefits. Applications are due on Wednesday, September 23rd. When filling out this application you will need your student(s) State ID or SAISID, to get this number please contact Meghan Camacho at 970-345-2266 or m.camacho@akronrams.org For more information about this program please visit: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdhs/p-ebt. If you have further questions, please contact pebt2020@state.co.us and a representative will respond. In May of 2020 the State of Colorado approved to provide P-EBT benefits for eligible families. Families with students that were eligible for free or reduced-price meals during the 19-20 school year (or were newly eligible within the months of March, April or May) could receive up to $279 per eligible child! These monies are intended to supplement the amount of meals the student would have received should their school had been in session during school closures due to COVID-19. Thank You, Meghan Camacho This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Parents/Guardians, The United States Department of Agriculture has extended its program of free summertime breakfast and lunch for any child that is age 1-18. The program started, Tuesday, September 9, 2020, and will end on December 31, 2020. What this means is that any student that attends school in preschool through 12th grade can eat both BREAKFAST and LUNCH for FREE. This is a great opportunity for your child to try the different meals that we serve here at school. I hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity. You can find our menu on the AkronRams app or at akronrams.net. For those of you that have already paid for meals, we can carry that balance forward to when we have to start charging meals again in January. If your child owes for meals served previously we will be sending home and emailing out negative balances. Please try to utilize this time to catch up on their balance. Meals that were served up until now were full pay unless you are on free or reduced meals. If you have any questions feel free to contact Meghan Camacho at 970-345-2266.

Akron Ram Families, We have had some questions about how to treat sickness symptoms with the new COVID guidances. The included document was created with collaboration from hospital staff and the NE Colorado Health Department. The Green and Yellow phases match our reopening plan. We are in Green when we have no cases or an isolated case. We move to Yellow when we have multiple cases in our school. The decision to move to a different phase will be evaluated weekly at a minimum. We are starting the school year in the Green phase. Let’s work together to keep our school safe and open!

Reminder: Preschool and Kindergarten Open House Thursday Night!

School Information

Akron Ram Families, Please go to our website and see the most recent version of our school reopening plan. Have a great evening!

We have come together in one place to answer your questions. Please join us for a Virtual Town Hall for Yuma and Washington Counties, August 12, 2020 at 7:00 PM. You will have the opportunity to ask questions to the following: Yuma District Hospital Wray District Hospital Yuma School District Wray School District Washington County School District Liberty School District Idalia School District Yuma County Emergency Manager Yuma City Hall-City Manager and Mayor Yuma Police Department Northeast Colorado Health Department There are two options to ask questions. You can submit your question in advance by clicking on the survey link below or you will have the opportunity during the last portion of the virtual meeting. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NQWT6JJ To register and join the virtual meeting, click on the following Zoom Webinar link. You also have the option to call in and listen to the meeting. It is recommended that you register in advance. Translation is available and provided by Y.U.M.A. Join Zoom Meeting Passcode: 205086 Or join by phone US: +1 253 215 8782 Webinar ID: 940 0915 0065. Nos hemos reunido en un solo lugar para responder sus preguntas. Únase a nosotros para un ayuntamiento virtual para los condados de Yuma y Washington, 12 de agosto de 2020 a las 7:00 p.m. Tendrá la oportunidad de hacer preguntas a los siguientes: Hospital del distrito de Yuma Hospital del distrito de Wray Distrito escolar de Yuma Distrito escolar de Wray Distrito escolar del condado de Washington Distrito escolar de la libertad Distrito escolar de Idalia Gerente de emergencias del condado de Yuma Ayuntamiento de Yuma-Gerente de la ciudad y alcalde Departamento de policía de Yuma Departamento de salud del noreste de Colorado Hay dos opciones para hacer preguntas. Puede enviar su pregunta por adelantado haciendo clic en el enlace de la encuesta a continuación o tendrá la oportunidad durante la última parte de la reunión virtual. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NQWT6JJ Para registrarse y unirse a la reunión virtual, haga clic en el siguiente enlace del seminario web de Zoom. También tiene la opción de llamar y escuchar la reunión. Se recomienda que se registre con anticipación. La traducción está disponible y proporcionada por Y.U.M.A. Únase a Zoom Reunión Código de acceso: 205086 O únase por teléfono +1 253 215 8782 ID de seminario web: 940 0915 0065. YUMA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES VIRTUAL TOWN HALL (1).png

Akron SD is participating in the CHSAA boys golf season for this year only. Any boys interested in participating should attend a meeting tonight, Monday August 10th, at 6:30 PM at the baseball field. If your student is wanting to play but can't make tonight's meeting please contact Tyler Pickens. Go Big Blue!

For Your Information: CHSAA just released activities schedule for the 2020-21 school year. The following link will give you access to the CHSAA activities calendar. Playoff formats and bulletin will be released later this week. https://chsaanow.com/2020-08-04/chsaa-announces-2020-21-athletics-and-activities-calendar/

School Registration will be held on August 3rd at the following times: ** 9:00-12:30 Elementary (Grades PS-6th) outside main doors ** 10:00-12:30 Junior High (7th & 8th Grades) outside southeast doors ** High school is as follows outside southeast doors: Seniors @ 8:30-10:00; Juniors @ 10:00-11:30; Sophomores @ 12:00-1:30; Freshman @ 1:30-3:00 We are looking forward to seeing everyone!!

Akron Ram Families, The Akron School District plans to return in-person instruction for the 2020-21 school year, following all required health and safety protocols. Washington County school district superintendents have been collaborating with members of our local health department, area hospitals, county commissioners and local school boards to develop a Reopening of Schools Plan for this fall. This plan incorporates three phases based on state and local guidelines to help keep students and staff as safe as possible. The goal of all area superintendents is to provide in-person learning while doing our best to protect against a large-scale outbreak of COVID. The Akron school administrative team and members of the staff will be working on details of the plan specific to our school, over the next couple of weeks. The Akron School Board approved moving the student start date back to allow staff additional time to train and prepare for new safety and instruction protocols and practices that will be put in place for the school year. The new start dates for students are as follows: JH & HS (6th – 12th grades) on August 24th and Elementary (PK-5th grades) on August 26th. We will be sharing registration information soon on our website and in the newspaper. More information and a detailed plan will be released to our communities in the weeks ahead.

FBLA is currently selling peaches. Please view the following image for more information.

The Play Well Company that brought us our Lego Camps informed us today that they are unable to provide us with this opportunity for our 5-12 year olds. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.