Avast ye, hearties: September 19 is National Talk Like A Pirate Day! Captain C and her fellow shipmates are working hard this week! Practice your best Aarrrr!
DCHD Weekly COVID Update
Arthur Grade School is proud of one of our newest students, Samantha Steward. During her first Cheese Festival following her move to Arthur, she competed and won the Junior Division of the Cheese Eating Contest. Great job being brave and trying something new!
Thank you Edward Jones for donating these school supplies. We really appreciate your generosity.
Good afternoon Knights!
This is a reminder that tomorrow, Thursday, September 9, is a School Improvement Day. The high school will be dismissed at 1:00 pm and the grade schools will be dismissed at 1:15 pm.
Are you interested in becoming a teacher? Learn about your options to earn a Professional Educator License at the Future Teacher Open House at the Regional Office of Education in Charleston. See attached flyer for more details.
Thank you Vine Street Christian Church for your generosity! We loved our cool treat.
Arthur Grade School Friday Note - 9/3/21
Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cmzHKDgIANSXQ_1dAjBUZenFfk1IaXv3/view?usp=sharing
DCHD Weekly COVID Update
Congratulations to our first group of Knight Buck winners: Clay Jefferson, Abygail Johnson, Maria Brenneman, Raelynn Dyer, Tynley Beck, Dayneton Stutzman, Hayden Hopkins, Miranda Gingrich, Kayla Gingerich, Kole Herschberger, Jaden Jess, Trinity Schrock, Kayla Slabaugh, Kaidence Terhaar, Jaxson Plank, Brynlee Hood, Bella Kielbasa-Mercier, Presley Johnson, Alex Miller, Alex Oliver’s, Preston Gingerich, Kaley Herschberger, Nathan Rafferty, Chloe Custer, Ismael Corona, Tristan Keagle, Olivia Westray, Wyatt Herschberger, and Lucas Colter!
Way to Go Knights!!
Starting Tuesday, August 31st, 2021
Good afternoon Knights! Arthur CUSD 305 will resume full day schedules beginning Tuesday, August 31. The dismissal times are 3:13 p.m. at the high school and 3:30 p.m. at the grade schools. Thank you for your understanding during the past week.
#GoKnights
Starting Monday, August 30th, 2021
Good afternoon Knights! Thanks for a great week of school. Looking at the projected forecast and in consultation with the administrative team we will be dismissing at 1:15pm at the high school and 1:30pm at the grade schools for Monday, August 30th. We do not have A/C in all of our buildings and with the wearing of masks, we are sensitive to the heat in some of our classrooms throughout the district. Again, next week on Monday, August 30th we will be operating on a shortened schedule with dismissal at the high school at 1:15pm and dismissal at each grade school at 1:30pm We hope that by providing you this message that it allows you time to plan. Thanks for your understanding and we hope you have a great weekend.
#GoKnights
DCHD Weekly COVID Update
4th graders are learning that our body is a human machine. Check out these robotic fingers that helped us understand that your muscles tense up and pull on tendons, which pull on the bones, causing us to move.
Arthur Grade School - Friday Notes
Thank you families for a wonderful week. Our hope is to provide families with bi-weekly messages to keep up with the events at the school. Please see this week's letter.
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The early dismissal will start on Wednesday, August 18. Sorry for any confusion.
Good afternoon Knights! Thanks for a great start to the school year today, it was nice to talk with students and experience their enthusiasm and excitement. In consultation with the administrative team we will be dismissing at 1:15pm at the high school and 1:30pm at the grade schools for the remainder of the week. We do not have A/C in all of our buildings and with the wearing of masks, we are sensitive to the heat in some of our classrooms throughout the district. We hope that by providing you this message that it allows you time to plan for the rest of the week. We have also looked ahead to next week and realize the projected forecast remains hot so a decision regarding next week’s schedule will be communicated on Friday afternoon. Thanks for your understanding and we hope you have a great rest of the week.
#GoKnights
Pfizer registration information from MCHD.
https://idph-mychart.pchosted.com/IDPH/signupandschedule/embeddedschedule?vt=24629&dept=9001410010953
Good Afternoon AGS Knight Families,
Just a quick reminder that First Night will be held tonight at Arthur Grade School from 6 pm to 7pm. Teachers will be stationed outside to greet you and your students. Students and families will be allowed to come into the school to drop off supplies and see their child’s classroom. Masks will be required for families to enter the building. Thank you for your cooperation. We look forward to starting the year off on a positive note!
Good morning! As we continue to navigate through this pandemic and as we prepare for the start of the school year, we were all thrown another curveball with the recent change in the return to school criteria. On Wednesday, August 4th the Governor held a press conference where he informed us all that the return to school criteria would be adapted to include a mask mandate for all school districts public and private in the State of Illinois.
Soon thereafter, the Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois State Board of Education followed with their updated document for schools to follow which mirrored the Governor’s mandate that all students regardless of vaccination status must wear a mask while indoors.
The process that the Board of Education developed to come to a conclusion included a Special Meeting to hear from our communities and an additional Special Meeting to vote on how we would begin the school year. This decision did not come easy and many factors were considered moving forward. Although some strong opinions vary on this recent mandate, the Arthur CUSD 305 school district will begin the school year in compliance with the recent mandates. The revised plan has been posted to the website and we will continue to monitor the situation and update our students, staff and communities when any future changes are implemented. Thank you and we look forward to another successful school year.