Mrs. New's 10th grade English classes wrote to celebrities to practice proper letter format. So far they have received: autographs from OSU Coach- Ryan Day and actor-Jack Black, a personalized, handwritten letter from YouTuber "Skeppy", a letter & sticker from Gatorade, guitar picks from Toby Keith, a package from YouTuber & farmer "Millennial Farmer", and a signed vinyl from the band Glass Animals- sent all the way from London, England!
Order your elementary and middle school yearbooks here! Go to https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/. Enter the code: 2367921. You will be able to order elementary and middle school yearbooks through March 14, 2021.
Bus 8 will be running about 20 minutes late to pick up the rest of the route due to a mechanical issue.
Seneca East has extended the holiday break by a week. Students will now return to class at Seneca East on January 11, 2021. Transportation for Sentinel students will be provided from Seneca East to Sentinel next week.
PLEASE help spread the word to SE families, Seneca East students will return to school on January 11, 2021. Today's (January 2, 2021) Advertiser Tribune weekend edition reported that we are planning to return on January 4th, this is INCORRECT.
December 31, 2020
SE Families and Community,
Many of you may be aware that Governor DeWine encouraged schools to delay the return to in-person instruction by one week as a precautionary measure to help slow the spread of COVID-19 after the holiday gatherings. This week, I have communicated with the Seneca County Health Department to determine our level of spread in the Seneca East area. The holidays have made this difficult, although there does appear to be an increase in testing and positive cases in our area. The health department does feel it would be helpful to delay the return to in-person instruction. This is not an easy decision as we have worked very hard to stay in school all year. However, in our community's best interest, we have decided to extend the holiday break another week. Instead of returning to class on January 4th students will now return on January 11th. To make up for the lost instructional time we will be developing a plan to transition future calamity days (snow days) to remote learning days. We fully intend to return to in-person instruction the week of January 11th. Thank you for your support, as I know this is not a message anyone wanted to receive. Information regarding remote learning days instead of future snow days will be shared with students and families after we return to school on January 11th.
We will also be providing meals to families who need assistance next week. Please complete the meal request form by copying and pasting the link provided here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1u6xsVTYi7A-PIx02JPvw_o4A8SFwyz6M3XYIV_f6VqE/edit?ts=5fee122d&gxids=7628
Requests for meals should be provided by Sunday at 7 pm for pick up on Monday between 1:30-2:30 pm at the front of the school for curbside pick up.
Thank you again for your understanding. We have worked so hard to be in school this year that this is a difficult message to send.
I realize it is getting late into New Year's Eve when this message is posting, but I also realize the more time families have to make arrangements for child care the better.
Laura Kagy, Superintendent
The boys JV / varsity basketball game with Monroeville that was scheduled for this coming Monday, December 28 has been postponed due to a positive COVID case on the visiting team.
December 22, 2020
SE Families and Community,
We have completed the contact tracing and have contacted all families directly impacted by today's positive COVID-19 case on the girls' basketball team. If you have not received a call you are not affected by this case. The information has been shared with both the Seneca and Huron County Health Departments and students who are required to quarantine should be contacted by the Seneca County Health Department in the future.
Laura Kagy, Superintendent
Tonight's girls basketball game against Colonel Crawford is canceled. This is due to a positive case of COVID-19, more information will be forthcoming.
December 18, 2020
SE Families and Community Update,
We learned of a staff member testing positive for COVID-19 last night. This case did not affect anyone at Seneca East outside of the immediate family.
Today we did have to quarantine the 7th-grade girls' basketball team. The team was exposed to a player from another school who tested positive for COVID-19.
We plan to be back in school five days a week after Christmas break, on January 4, 2021.
Laura Kagy
Students in grades 6-12 will follow the 1,2,3 period schedule today, Friday December 18, 2020.
Seneca East is on a 2-Hour delay today, Friday, December 18, 2020
Swim with Santa at the YMCA on Sunday, December 20 from 2pm-4pm! See the flyer for more information.
Google is reporting that their services have been restored.
FCCLA and SADD will be collecting the following items for Ronald McDonald House: Light bulbs, paper towels, cleaning products, gallon size trash bags, napkins, hand soap,granola bars, fruit snacks, chips, pretzels, popcorn, bottle water. You can take them to Mrs. McGathey's room.
Good Monday morning. We just learned that Google services are currently out world wide. This can effect just a simply search to trying to login into your account. Please be patient. We will update you when the service has been restored.
December 10, 2020
Dear SE Families and Community,
I want to inform you that we received word of a staff member who tested positive for COVID-19 today. No students were in close contact with this staff member. We continue to work with the Seneca County Health Department for every case of COVID-19 involving the school community. Again, we ask that students who have symptoms of COVID-19 stay home from school and isolate themselves from others. We also require that students stay home from school if anyone in the household is waiting for test results from a COVID-19. Thank you for your continued support!
Laura Kagy, Superintendent
December 7, 2020
Dear SE Families and Community,
Today we learned of a staff member who has tested positive for COVID-19. If your child was identified as close contact with this individual, you have already been contacted by Amy Ferres, the school nurse. If you have not received a call, your child is not impacted by this positive case. As a reminder, close contact is defined as being within 6 feet for 15 minutes. This notice should serve as a reminder that COVID-19 is present in our area. As members of the Seneca East community, we need to take steps to ensure our own safety and the safety of others. If your child is sick, please have him/her stay home, and if anyone in your household is waiting for COVID-19 test results, please keep your child(ren) home from school until a negative test result is confirmed, even if symptoms improve while you are waiting for these results. Thank you for everything you have done and are doing to reduce the spread of COVID-19 at Seneca East. Every week we can keep Seneca East's level low is another week we can be in school full time with face-to-face instruction and maintain sports and activities. Thank you for your continued support and patience through his pandemic.
Respectfully,
Laura Kagy
The 7th Grade boys basketball game this evening at Buckeye Central has been cancelled. However, the 8th Grade boys basketball game is still on and it will start at 5 p.m.
The volleyball team is raffling a 50” UHD 4K Roku Smart TV HDR.
Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased from any volleyball player. You can also send an email to asaylors@se-tigers.com if you are interested in buying one. The winning ticket will be drawn at school Friday, December 18!
