COVID-19 Parent Letter, April 7th, 2021 April 7th, 2021 Dear Parents: School division staff met today with Medical Health Officers from our local area as well as from Yorkton, and also with other Moose Jaw Public Health staff. The purpose of our meeting was to understand the data connected to the transmission of COVID-19 variants…
COVID-19 Parent Letter, April 1st, 2021 April 1st, 2021 Dear Parents: We wanted to update you today connected to remote and in-person learning in Prairie South. In our letter sent on March 26th, we outlined our plan to move to a remote learning model in Moose Jaw and Caronport this week, with a return to…
COVID-19 Variants of Concern, March 31, 2021 March 31, 2021 Re: COVID-19 Variants of Concern Saskatchewan has detected COVID-19 variants of concern and they are increasing in a number of regions in the province. It will be important to follow public health measures to keep you and your family safe this Easter weekend and the…
COVID-19 Parent Letter, March 26th, 2021 March 26th, 2021 Dear Parents: We have had a change in our situation related to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours that affects all PreK-12 students in Moose Jaw and Caronport Elementary School. Yesterday afternoon at 3:30, we met with Public Health officials to discuss the emergence of…
Moose Jaw and Caronport Schools Move to Remote Learning Amid Variant Concerns 26 March 2021 Prairie South Schools announced Friday that all schools in Moose Jaw and Caronport Elementary School would be moving to a remote learning model effective Monday, March 29th. Director of Education Tony Baldwin explained Friday that the change was the…
COVID-19 Parent Letter, March 24th, 2021 Dear Parents: We hope this note finds you and your families well. We are experiencing some different circumstances related to COVID-19 this week and wanted to bring you up to date as we look forward to the Easter break. As of today, we have had 47 positive cases of…
COVID-19 Parent Letter, February 26th, 2021 Dear Parents: It’s been a while since we’ve written because we don’t have much that is new to report. We see this in two ways – we’re continuing to do well at school in the COVID environment and we’re not making much headway in terms of getting back to…
COVID-19 Parent Letter, December 10th, 2020 Dear Parents: We hope this finds you and your families well. It’s an understatement to say that it has been a challenging fall and although we are doing a great job of taking care of students, families and each other, we know that many of you are anxious about…
Updated Mask Protocol, effective November 30th, 2020 Preamble This update to the Prairie South mask protocol is based on information received from the Government of Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Health Authority, local Public Health staff and a review of safety process compliance. Continuing with students in cohorts, hand hygiene, cleaning and limited physical contact are critical…
COVID-19 Parent Letter, November 26th, 2020 Dear Parents: We hope this letter finds you and your families well. As the COVID-19 situation changes in the province, we are updating protocols in schools throughout Prairie South and wanted to take the opportunity to communicate with you today. There has been a change in direction provincially related…