{"id":1597,"date":"2022-01-10T14:07:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T14:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jennifer.scalley\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2022-01-10T14:27:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T14:27:57","slug":"rms-newsletter-1-7-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jennifer.scalley\/2022\/01\/10\/rms-newsletter-1-7-22\/","title":{"rendered":"RMS Newsletter 1-7-22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Snow Storms, Omicron, Power Outages… the Adventures Continue!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dear Parents,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it true that we’ve had just one week of school since 2022 started? It has been an “adventurous one” to say the least! We started with a snowstorm and 2 hour delay, sprinkled in some seriously surging Omicron numbers in our region, and ended with a power outage on campus for most of the day Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and along the way, Melissa Gerner (our beloved 6th grade math teacher) shared some exciting (and sad) news… she and her partner are expecting a baby! That’s the exciting part! The sad part is that she needs to move back home to Pennsylvania to be closer to family, and she’ll be moving at the end of January! We have already posted the upcoming vacancy, so if you know of an awesome math teacher who can even halfway fill Melissa’s big shoes, please let us know. Read Melissa’s letter to 6th graders here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A WORD ON OMICRON:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously we are asking all our staff, students and families to be very careful in order to help our school stay open! Please do not send your student to school if they are experiencing any symptoms<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Realms Middle School students have been AWESOME in their compliance with our mask wearing protocols – thank you!! During lunch, when masks are off, we are leaving doors and windows open and doing everything we can to spread students out on our small campus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you have heard from Dr. Cook’s messages to families, our District is committed, best as possible, to keep schools open for in person instruction! You can read more here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power Outage Activities on Friday:<\/strong> Big thanks to Deb and her Nutrition Services helpers for cooking our lunch off site and getting it to us on time. Meanwhile, in Crew, 7th graders mix it up socially while playing new games and 6th graders explore their values… all “in the dark”! <\/p>\n\n\n\n