LEADING THE CHARGE OF LIFELONG LEARNING!
weekly e-newsletter
January 3, 2021
SCHOOL-WIDE NEWS

MCA Families, we appreciate your assistance in supporting our health and safety protocols here on campus. As a reminder, below is the student health screener questions. If you can say yes to any of the symptoms below for your child, please keep your child at home until you can say no to all symptoms. If you can say yes to the questions, follow the instructions in red.
Student Health Screening Entry Form
 
Please assess your child daily for the following symptoms and answer the contact questions.

  • Fever of 100.4 or higher
  • Uncontrolled cough
  • Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
  • Sore throat
  • Loss of sense of smell or taste
  • Muscle aches
  • Vomiting or diarrhea

  1. Is your child currently awaiting COVID-19 test results? If yes, please keep your child home and notify the school nurse when test results received. Further instructions will be discussed at that time.
  2. Does your child live in the same household with someone positive for COVID-19? If yes, your child must quarantine for 14 days from the last date of contact with the positive individual. *Certain criteria may qualify for a shortened quarantine of 10 days. Please contact the nurse for more information.
  3. Has your child had close contact with someone who in the past 14 days who tested positive for COVID-19? If yes, your child must quarantine for 14 days from the last date of contact with the positive individual. *Certain criteria may qualify for a shortened quarantine of 10 days. Please contact the nurse for more information.*

Please refer to the attached document to review our health and safety protocols.
As a reminder, staff and students are required to wear face coverings that cover their nose and mouth at arrival, dismissal, transitions, and anytime they cannot socially distance.
Car Rider Exit Gate:
The Car Rider exit only gate will be closed during the school day starting on Monday, December 14th. This gate will be open for arrival and dismissal, but closed during the school day.
NJHS Applications

Applications for Mill Creek Academy chapter of National Junior Honor Society are being accepted for current 7th and 8th grade students. If you child is interested in applying; application packets can be found on the Mill Creek Academy website NJHS page, https://www-mca.stjohns.k12.fl.us/njhs/.

The deadline for applications is January 8, 2021 to Mrs. Arnold.

Early Release Time Change
At the end of first semester, we will return to the 1 hour early release schedule (1:45) for the remainder of the year.

Starting January 27th, we will dismiss at 1:45 p.m. each Wednesday.
Middle School Final Exams:
Middle School Final exams (PE and Visual Arts) will be administered in mid-January. Final exams will be administered face-to-face for distance learning students in mid-January. Additional information will be communicated.
PTA NEWS
HAPPY NEW YEAR MUSTANG FAMILIES!

We are very excited for this New Year 2021! We wish everyone a blessed year. To begin the new year, we are inviting you to join us in our General PTA meeting on Tuesday, January 5th at 9:00 am, it will be held virtually via Zoom, this is the link if you wish to join us:
Join Zoom Meeting

We also want to remind everyone that we need some helping hands on Thursdays, here is the link to the sign up Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4DABAD22ABFD0-helping, Please join us if you can.

Don’t forget that you can always give a donation to the school by joining us in our PTA Membership (it is just a donation, you are not signing up for any work or commitments, it’s just a donation for the school which in turn gives you some discounts, it’s a win win!)
You can continue to purchase your PTA membership and Spirit Wear from our shop at

PTA MEMBERSHIPS

Wondering what a PTA membership does? Last year your $12 donation helped provide Interactive Panels for classrooms and updated technology in classrooms. Did you know that there are many discounts available to you as a PTA member? Please take a look at this website to see some great offers!  

We Thank each of you for your continued support to our school!

Happy New Year!
MCA PTA 

SCHOOL-BASED DISTANCE LEARNERS(SBDL)
Distant Learning Webpage - Visit https://www-mca.stjohns.k12.fl.us/distance-learners/ for links and the latest information.
St Johns County School District
For the most recent news from the district, please visit the district's webpage.
Mill Creek Academy
3750 International Golf Pkwy
St. Augustine, FL 32092
(904) 547-3720