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Check out the News Feed of this App or the District Website to learn more about the WSESD Special Education Millage Renewal Election coming up on Tuesday, May 4th.

April 22, 2021 Dear School Community, As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, Thursday, April 22, 2021 we learned about 2 School Associated Cases of COVID-19. Both are High School students. We are working closely with District Health Department #10 to identify Close Contacts of this School Associated Case. PLEASE NOTE: ANY STUDENTS OR STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A CLOSE CONTACT HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND/OR MASON COUNTY CENTRAL SCHOOLS. But just in case, please answer the phone if the health department or MCC Schools calls you, as a contact tracer may be trying to reach you with important information. Thank you for understanding that, due to medical privacy laws, we are not able to release the names of the individuals with COVID-19. We will continue to communicate changes and updates with you. With your help, we believe we can maintain a safe environment while also providing quality education. If you have any questions, contact District Health Department #10 at 231-845-7381. For answers to your COVID-19 questions, please call the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hotline at 888-535-6136 or visit Michigan.gov/coronavirus. Sincerely, Jeff Mount Superintendent

Students in Mr Weinert’s Botany Class today learned about the different structures in flowers and their function. #handsonlearning

April 20, 2021 Dear School Community, As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, Tuesday, April 20, 2021 we learned about a School Associated Case of COVID-19 in a High School student. We are working closely with District Health Department #10 to identify Close Contacts of this School Associated Case. PLEASE NOTE: ANY STUDENTS OR STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A CLOSE CONTACT HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND/OR MASON COUNTY CENTRAL SCHOOLS. But just in case, please answer the phone if the health department or MCC Schools calls you, as a contact tracer may be trying to reach you with important information. Thank you for understanding that, due to medical privacy laws, we are not able to release the names of the individuals with COVID-19. We will continue to communicate changes and updates with you. With your help, we believe we can maintain a safe environment while also providing quality education. If you have any questions, contact District Health Department #10 at 231-845-7381. For answers to your COVID-19 questions, please call the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hotline at 888-535-6136 or visit Michigan.gov/coronavirus. Sincerely, Jeff Mount Superintendent

Click/touch the picture for the latest mental health blast from MCC SADD.

Due to Covid-19 quarantines we must put our girls soccer team on pause for 2 weeks. We plan to return to contests the week of May 3rd.

April 19, 2021 Dear School Community, As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, the morning of Monday, April 19, 2021 we learned about 3 School Associated student Cases of COVID-19, 2 in the High School and another in the Middle School. We are working closely with District Health Department #10 to identify Close Contacts of this School Associated Cases. Any students or staff that have been identified as a close contact will be notified by the health department and/or Mason County Central Schools as a part of the COVID-19 investigation process. Please answer the phone if the health department or MCC Schools calls you, as a contact tracer may be trying to reach you with important information. Thank you for understanding that, due to medical privacy laws, we are not able to release the names of the individuals with COVID-19. We will continue to communicate changes and updates with you. With your help, we believe we can maintain a safe environment while also providing quality education. If you have any questions, contact District Health Department #10 at 231-845-7381. For answers to your COVID-19 questions, please call the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hotline at 888-535-6136 or visit Michigan.gov/coronavirus. Sincerely, Jeff Mount Superintendent

April 18, 2021 Dear School Community, As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, Sunday, April 18, 2021 we learned about a School Associated Case of COVID-19 in a High School student. We are working closely with District Health Department #10 to identify Close Contacts of this School Associated Case. PLEASE NOTE: Any students or staff that have been identified as a close contact have already been notified by the health department and/or Mason County Central Schools. But just in case, please answer the phone if the health department or MCC Schools calls you, as a contact tracer may be trying to reach you with important information. Thank you for understanding that, due to medical privacy laws, we are not able to release the names of the individuals with COVID-19. We will continue to communicate changes and updates with you. With your help, we believe we can maintain a safe environment while also providing quality education. If you have any questions, contact District Health Department #10 at 231-845-7381. For answers to your COVID-19 questions, please call the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hotline at 888-535-6136 or visit Michigan.gov/coronavirus. Sincerely, Jeff Mount Superintendent

Congratulations to the MCC Forensics Team. Regional Champions! We move on to the state tournament (all virtual) on April 29th and 30th! Let's see if we can hang another state championship banner. Go Spartans!

April 17, 2021 Dear School Community, As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, Saturday, April 17, 2021 we learned about 2 School Associated student Cases of COVID-19 in the High School. We are working closely with District Health Department #10 to identify Close Contacts of this School Associated Cases. Any students or staff that have been identified as a close contact will be notified by the health department and/or Mason County Central Schools as a part of the COVID-19 investigation process. Please answer the phone if the health department or MCC Schools calls you, as a contact tracer may be trying to reach you with important information. Thank you for understanding that, due to medical privacy laws, we are not able to release the names of the individuals with COVID-19. We will continue to communicate changes and updates with you. With your help, we believe we can maintain a safe environment while also providing quality education. If you have any questions, contact District Health Department #10 at 231-845-7381. For answers to your COVID-19 questions, please call the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hotline at 888-535-6136 or visit Michigan.gov/coronavirus. Sincerely, Jeff Mount Superintendent

The MHSAA, the MDHHS, and the West Michigan Conference require ALL outdoor athletic event spectators to be masked when in attendance. We don't want to see an event paused or a spectator removed for not masking. Thank you for your support and cooperation.

April 15, 2021 , Dear School Community, As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, Thursday afternoon, April 15, 2021 we learned about a School Associated COVID-19 Case of a student in the High School. We are working closely with District Health Department #10 to identify Close Contacts of this School Associated Case. Any students or staff that have been identified as a close contact will be notified by the health department and/or Mason County Central Schools as a part of the COVID-19 investigation process. Please answer the phone if the health department or MCC Schools calls you, as a contact tracer may be trying to reach you with important information. Thank you for understanding that, due to medical privacy laws, we are not able to release the names of the individuals with COVID-19. We will continue to communicate changes and updates with you. With your help, we believe we can maintain a safe environment while also providing quality education. If you have any questions, contact District Health Department #10 at 231-845-7381. For answers to your COVID-19 questions, please call the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hotline at 888-535-6136 or visit Michigan.gov/coronavirus. Sincerely, Jeff Mount Superintendent

ATTENTION JUNIORS: Today is MSTEP testing. Make sure you know if you are in the AM or PM session. Bring your chrome book with a fully charged battery.

ATTENTION JUNIORS: Today is the ACT WorkKeys test. Know if you are in the morning session or the afternoon session. Please bring a calculator.

Parents of Mason County Central Students please take a moment to head on over to our Parent survey page to take a brief survey about your child's school year and give us your feedback. Thank you! https://www.mccschools.org/page/parent-surveys

The girls soccer game vs Oakridge today has been postponed to Thursday, April 15th at home starting at 4:30 pm.

Tuesday is testing day. SAT for Juniors and PSAT for freshmen and sophomores. Students should bring a calculator (not phone) for the portion of the math test that calculators are allowed.

April 9, 2021 Dear School Community, As noted on our COVID-19 Dashboard, late in the evening of Friday, April 9, 2021 we learned about a School Associated Case of COVID-19 in the High School. We are working closely with District Health Department #10 to identify Close Contacts of this School Associated Case. Any students or staff that have been identified as a close contact will be notified by the health department and/or Mason County Central Schools as a part of the COVID-19 investigation process. Please answer the phone if the health department or MCC Schools calls you, as a contact tracer may be trying to reach you with important information. Thank you for understanding that, due to medical privacy laws, we are not able to release the names of the individuals with COVID-19. We will continue to communicate changes and updates with you. With your help, we believe we can maintain a safe environment while also providing quality education. If you have any questions, contact District Health Department #10 at 231-845-7381. For answers to your COVID-19 questions, please call the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hotline at 888-535-6136 or visit Michigan.gov/coronavirus. Sincerely, Jeff Mount Superintendent

Head on over to the NEWS portion of the high school section of the MCC app for the latest high school newsletter from Mr. Tuka.

Dear MCC School Family, Today, the Governor and MDHHS encouraged High Schools to pause all face to face activities (including sports) for two weeks. Unlike the December mandatory shutdown of our High School, this was a recommendation. Since coming back from Spring Break we have seen 5 positive cases here at Mason County Central Schools with 2 of those cases happening in the High School. At this time, our number of cases do not justify the need to pause our face to face instruction and shutdown our athletics for 2 weeks. While that time may come if the circumstances change, we learned from the mandatory December shutdown that such a pivot to online instruction had a detrimental impact on many of our high school students' academic progress. We do not want to repeat such a mistake... and this time, it would be voluntary. So, we will continue to stay the course but ask that all of you double down on your efforts to monitor your family's health and do the morning health checks before coming to school. If a student has any of the symptoms: Fever, Sore Throat, Cough/Shortness of Breath, Diarrhea/Vomiting, or Headache - please stay home and get a COVID test. Coming to school could cause the illness to spread and/or require unnecessary quarantines for others. And in the meantime, Mason County Central Schools will continue to work hard on our end to provide a clean, healthy and safe learning environment. Stay Healthy and Strong Spartans!!