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COVID-19 Updates --
Updated April 14, 2021
Per guidance from Michigan’s
Department of Health and
Human Services through
Executive Order, K-12
schools are required to
report probable and
confirmed cases of COVID-19
in our school district.
Confirmed cases of
COVID-19: when a student or
staff member tests positive
for contracting COVID-19.
All but three of these cases
have been contracted through
contacts outside of our
school operations.
Probable cases of COVID-19:
when a student or staff
member has 1) contracted one
or more symptoms of COVID-19
and 2) they have been in
close contact (within 6 feet
for longer than 15 minutes)
with a person(s) who has
tested positive for
COVID-19.
We will
only update these numbers
when we receive this
information from the WUPHD.
Since we opened school on
September 8, 2020, our
students and staff have
experienced the following:
This is as of April 14, 2020.
At most, those
impacted are experiencing
cold-like symptoms and have
not needed to seek medical
treatment. We are all
thankful for this continued
trend.
As of
April 14, 2021, we have had
one Hancock Public School
staff member test positive
for COVID-19. They
contracted it over the
holiday break and were never
in our facilities during
their infectious period. The
team member experienced
severe cold symptoms, but
healed at home. Following
Health Department guidelines
and due to no previous
contact with students or
staff during the incubation
period, no other staff or
students have been
quarantined.
Working with U.P. Health
System – Portage and the
WUPHD, first and second
Moderna COVID-19 vaccines
were made available to our
education team. Second
vaccinations were
successfully completed in
mid-February.
We continue to be thankful
for our maintenance team and
education team for their
efforts to keep our schools
a safe space for learning. A
special thanks to all our
parents and guardians who
are following our Return to
Learn plan protocols,
including keeping their
students home when they are
sick. These efforts have
helped us continue to
operate our face-to-face
learning operations, where
our students learn most
effectively.
Please feel free to contact
me if you have any questions
by email at:
spatchin@hancock.k12.mi.us.
We hope you are all enjoying
our increasing warmth of
spring in the Copper
Country!
Steve Patchin
Superintendent -- Hancock
Public Schools
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Extended
COVID-19 Learning Plan
On August 20, 2020 Governor
Whitmer signed House Bill
5913 into law as Public Act
149. Section 98a states that
in order to receive state
aid for 2020-2021, districts
must provide for instruction
under an extended COVID-19
Learning Plan (“Plan”) that
has been approved by an
intermediate district or
authorizing body. The Plan
does not replace the
District’s/PSA’s COVID-19
Preparedness and Response
Plan, it is an additional
plan that includes new
assurances and sections on
educational goals,
instructional delivery,
grading, and equitable
access.
On Monday, March 16, 2020,
per order of Michigan
Governor Gretchen Whitmer,
Hancock Public Schools
closed its doors to
face-to-face instruction. On
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
the Hancock Public Schools
began distribution of meals
to its students, while also
beginning to distribute
activity packets to all its
K-12 students to aid in the
continued intellectual and
personal growth of our
students. Per state
direction, we modified this
plan to create the
Continuity of Learning and
COVID-19 Response Plan. The
focus of the plan that was
implemented in Spring of
2020 was increasing student
engagement in a remote
learning environment.
The Hancock Public
Schools full instructional
plan addresses ways all
learners are supported and
can be found in the MI Safe
Schools Roadmap – Hancock
Public Schools COVID-19
Preparedness and Response
Plan.
Attached is the
Extended COVID-19 Learning
Plan (ECOL) which builds on
Hancock Public Schools
COVID-19 Preparedness and
Response Plan. The ECOL will
be reviewed each month by
the school board. School
administration will continue
to seek and process public
comment as we continue to
enhance our education
efforts in a changing
environment.
Also
attached is the Extended
COVID-19 Learning Plan
Training on Delivery,
Access, and Use of Virtual
Content, per the ECOL
reporting requirements.
The
Hancock Public Schools
full instructional plan
addresses ways all
learners are supported
and can be found in the
MI Safe Schools Roadmap
–
Hancock Public Schools
COVID-19 Preparedness
and Response Plan.
Attached is the
Extended COVID-19
Learning Plan (ECOL)
which builds on
Hancock Public Schools
COVID-19 Preparedness
and Response Plan. The
ECOL will be reviewed
each month by the school
board. School
administration will
continue to seek and
process public comment
as we continue to
enhance our education
efforts in a changing
environment.
Also
attached is the
Extended COVID-19 Learning
Plan Training on Delivery,
Access, and Use of Virtual
Content, per the ECOL
reporting requirements.
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Free Meal Pick-up
When: every Tuesday between
4:00 pm and 5:15 pm
Where: in the bus lane at Barkell Elementary School –
1201 N. Elevation St.
Hancock, MI
The
Free Meals
for students are sponsored
by the USDA until June 30,
2021. Meals are available to
all children 18 years of age
and under.
For our online
learners, children not
eating in school and
families with qualifying
children not in school we do
a seven day meal pickup. Our
in-school learners will be
provided free meals in
school but can do a two day
meal pickup for their
weekend meals.
Please
register with Shelby
Turnquist for meals at
sturnquist@hancock.k12.mi.us
or calling
482-0456 ext:3340. Please
make sure to contact me if
you will not be able to make
it any week after signing up
or if you wish to
discontinue the service at
any time.
Information
that will be needed is first
and last name, grade, age,
what school they attend and
your telephone number.
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COVID-19 Preparedness and
Response Plan
To view our plan and
more information,
click here.
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HANCOCK EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP
The Hancock Education
Association is accepting
scholarship applications for
Hancock Central High School
alumni who are majoring in
education. A one-time
$500.00 scholarship will be
awarded to a fulltime
student for the fall 2021
semester. Application forms
may be found on the Hancock
Public School web page. All
applications are due by May
1, 2021. Please send
completed applications, or
request more information, to
Cheryl DeLong, Barkell
Elementary, 1201 Elevation
Street, Hancock MI, 49930 or
email
chedelo@hancock.k12.mi.us
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