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weekly e-newsletter
December 13, 2020
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.


Winter Break Spirit Week
December 14 - December 18


Reminder: Friday, December 18, all St. Johns County Schools will dismiss 1 hour early. Mill Creek Academy will dismiss at 1:45 pm.
Classes resume on Monday, January 4.
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.
Nease Dance Camp - Register by Dec. 18th
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
BOX TOPS:
Please remember to scan your box top items so the school gets a percentage. We do appreciate every penny we can get for our kiddos school.

SPIRITWEAR:
If you would like to place a spiritwear order, please use this link:

GENERAL MEETING:
Please plan to join us for the PTA General Meeting on Tuesday, January 5 at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom.

Thank you for always being so supportive and wanting to help in whatever way possible, we appreciate you!
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