In the event of school cancellations due to inclement weather or some other emergency, those school days will be made up as follows:
Day 1 - traditional snow day, made up on February 20, 2023
Day 2 - traditional snow day, made up on April 7, 2023
Day 3 - traditional snow day, made up on April 10, 2023
Day 4 - E-Learning Day
Day 5 - E-Learning Day
Day 6 - E-Learning Day
Day 7+ - on any other days missed, school will not be in session and those days will be made up at the end of the school year starting on May 22, 2023
Greeting Ram Families, this is a friendly reminder that tomorrow Wednesday, October 5th will be an early release day for Paoli Community Schools. Students will be released at 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 6th is Service day for the Jr. High and High School students. Permission slips are due tomorrow, Wednesday.
Friday, October 7th is the start of Fall Break, no school for students. Classes will resume Monday, October 17th.
Have a safe fall break and GO RAMS!!
We are working to update our alert system so that PCSC families only receive alerts for specific bus route changes, limiting the need for the "all call" system. Please visit our website and click "Menu"> "Transportation Notification Request Form" to complete your request. This form will allow you to sign up for alerts on specific routes only.
If you have any questions, please email newkirk@paoli.k12.in.us.
Community Eligibility Provision Notification
We are pleased to inform you that Paoli Community School Corporation will be implementing the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) for meals served on the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for the 2022-2023 school year.
All students enrolled at Paoli Community School Corporation are eligible to receive a reimbursable breakfast and lunch at school at no charge each day of the 2022-2023 school year. No further action is required of you. Your child(ren) will be able to participate in these meal programs without having to pay a fee or submit an application. Please note that there will be a charge for extra milk and a la carte items.
If you need assistance with Curricular Materials, please fill out a Curricular Materials Application Form. Applications are available in the High School and Elementary office.
If we can be of any further assistance, please contact Throop Elementary at 812-723-3537 or Paoli Jr.-Sr. High School at 812-723-3905.
Sincerely,
Greg D. Walker
Superintendent
There will be no weekly early dismissals on Wednesday's this school year. We have applied to the DOE to have half day early releases for professional development on the first Wednesday of each month starting in September. We will know if we are approved when the State Board of Education meets in August. We will share more information at that time.
Due to final exams, we will NOT have early release NEXT WEDNESDAY, May 18th.
Hello Ram Families! This is Superintendent Greg Walker with an important announcement. Due to many of our county roads being slick and hazardous, Paoli Community Schools will operate on a two-hour delay tomorrow, Tuesday, January 18th. Thank you and Go Rams!
Hello Ram Families! This is Superintendent Greg Walker with an important school status announcement. Due to staffing issues related to Covid-19, Paoli Community Schools will switch to virtual learning for the remainder of week, January 12-14, 2022. Staff will return to school on Monday, January 17th and students will return to school on Tuesday, January 18th. Student lunches will be provided each day. Parents should go to the corporation website and fill out the Google Form if they wish lunch to be delivered to their home. Parents may also call their school office by 9:00 am each day to request lunch to be delivered to their home. Buses will leave school at 11:30 each day to deliver food. Grab and Go lunches will also be available each day 10:00 - 1:00 at each building. Students should follow the same procedures as in the past and are expected to complete all their assignments. Again, thank you for your understanding as we continue to navigate these challenging times. Thank you, God Bless, and Go Rams!
Dear Adults of Super Throopers,
This is a friendly reminder that illnesses and accompanying symptoms should be reported to the nurse’s office at Throop when a student is absent. Our nursing staff is well aware of illnesses that are currently affecting Throop students and their accompanying classes. The nursing staff will help determine steps and the appropriate timeline to get students back to school - that’s what we all want. Please do your part to help us mitigate the spread of all infections at Throop: COVID, flu, strep, and several others. Thank you for your help.
To report an illness and its accompanying symptoms please call 812-723-3537. If you contact a teacher to report an absence, please expect to be contacted by the Throop nursing staff.
On Thursday, November 18, Mr. Ryan Engleking of Engleking Pharmacy will be at Throop Elementary School from 3:10-5:30 p.m. offering COVID-19 vaccinations for 5 - 11 year-olds. If you are interested in your child receiving the vaccination, please call Throop Elementary at 812-723-3537. You may set up an appointment time with Deanna Poe or Amber Blankenbaker at the front office. Once your appointment has been made, paperwork will be sent home with your child. Parents/guardians must accompany their children and anyone receiving the vaccine will be required to wait for 15 minutes to monitor for adverse reactions.
The November Board Meeting has been moved to Monday, November 15th.
Just a reminder -- the Indiana Immunization Coalition is will be at our schools on Tuesday, October 26th to give mandatory school vaccines to students who need them.
Parents need to go to this link https://patients.vaxcare.com/r... to register their student(s). The enrollment code is IN65942 and select Paoli School Corp-10/26.
Please contact the school for a paper consent (in languages other than English, if needed) to those who need them.
Students who are missing required school vaccines should have received a letter in the mail.
Paoli Schools and Engleking Pharmacy will again be offering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during school hours on Tuesday, October 5th for any student age 12 and older. Consents can be picked up from the high school office or email the school nurse at mooree@paoli.k12.in.us. Parental consent is required for everyone under the age of 18 even if this is not the first dose.
Please contact the school nurse with any questions.
Thank you,
Emme Moore, MSN, RN
A Message from Throop Principal Amanda Crews:
One Chip Challenge is a trend from Tik Tok. We have now had two instances of these items showing up at Throop Elementary School. This item can cause serious side effects for any individual who might try it and is PROHIBITED from Throop Elementary School.
Hello Ram Families! This is Superintendent Greg Walker with a Friday update. I want to thank all our students and staff for adapting to our temporary mask requirement. The goal of that requirement seems to be working. We had two students and one staff member who tested positive this week for Covid-19 and since we have a temporary mask requirement in place, we had to quarantine zero students for being a close contact. We do have 24 students who are quarantined for being a close contact to someone outside of school. Thanks to everyone for their cooperation, God Bless, and Go Rams!
Hello Ram Families! This is Superintendent Greg Walker with an important update. At this evening’s regular monthly meeting of the Paoli Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees, in an effort to minimize the number of students who are excluded from school due to contact tracing and quarantine guidelines, the board voted to implement a temporary mask requirement for pre-K-12 students and staff effective tomorrow, September 14th through October 18th, their next scheduled regular monthly board meeting. The board will review data gathered at that time and will remove the mask requirement if warranted. It is our hope that after this short four week span, we will be able to do that. Thank you and go Rams.
This is a reminder to all parents and guardians of students age 12 and over - Engleking Pharmacy will be at school on Tuesday, September 14th to give the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to those who have a signed consent. Consent forms can be picked up from the high school office or by email request from the school nurse at mooree@paoli.k12.in.us.
Thank you,
Emme Moore, MSN, RN
The varsity football game scheduled between Springs Valley and Paoli has been cancelled for this weekend. Also the JV game schedule for Saturday morning has been cancelled as well.
Hello Ram Families! This is Superintendent Greg Walker with a Friday update. Paoli Community Schools will return to in-person instruction on Monday, August 30th. Close to half of the students who were quarantined last Friday are eligible to return on Monday, with many more scheduled to come back during the week. Dr. Lopez and the County Health Department have approved the following adjustment to our close contact and quarantine guidelines:
In an effort to minimize the number of students excluded from school due to being a “close contact” to someone who tests positive for Covid-19, Paoli Community Schools will utilized the following Indiana Department of Health updated guidance, which has been approved by Dr. Lopez and the Orange County Health Department:
Identification and listing of close contacts. A close contact is defined as any individual within 6 feet of an infected person (laboratory confirmed or probable case) for a total of 15 minutes or more within a 24-hour period.
Exception to the close contact definition: In the K-12 indoor classroom setting, the definition excludes students who were 3 to 6 feet of an infected student (laboratory confirmed or a clinically compatible illness) if both the infected student and the exposed student(s) correctly and consistently wore well-fitting masks the entire time. This exception does not apply to teachers, staff, or other adults in the classroom setting.
In summary:
Unvaccinated students who are a close contact to an infected student in a classroom will not have to be quarantined if they are wearing a mask AND the infected person is wearing a mask. Teachers will document who is wearing a mask when taking attendance.
This goes into effect August 30, 2021 and does not apply to students who are currently quarantined.
Wearing a mask is still optional, but strongly recommended. Unvaccinated students who chose to wear a mask will have less chance of being quarantined. Parents please keep your child home if they are having any Covid-19 symptoms. Thank you, God Bless, and Go Rams!
UPDATE from Corydon athletics:
The varsity football game tonight (8/27/21) at Corydon has been pushed back to an 8:00 kickoff due to the forecast.
Gates will open at 7:00
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Thanks and GO RAMS