We encourage parents/guardians to please pre-submit questions for the All-District Return to School Virtual Town Hall Webinar by Thursday, December 10, 2020.
District News & Announcements
December @ The Parenting Center: Parenting Support Groups
2020 SOMSD Parenting Center Toy Drive Accepting Donations
The Parenting Center needs your help to make this holiday season magical for all families, see below on how to support this year's toy drive:
Q1 Grades Now Available for Middle School & CHS Students; Q1 Tarjetas de calificaciones estudiantiles listas; Q1 Rapò elèv yo pare
- Parents/guardians you can view report cards by following the instructions found here: https://www.somsd.k12.
nj.us/mdocs-posts/online- report-card-and-progress- report-instructions/ - If you have issues with accessing your parent portal account, please reach out to: parentportalhelp@somsd.
k12.nj.us.
- Padres / tutores, pueden ver las boletas de calificaciones siguiendo las instrucciones que se encuentran aquí: https://www.somsd.k12.nj.us/
mdocs-posts/online-report- card-and-progress-report- instructions/ - Si tiene problemas para acceder a su cuenta del portal para padres, comuníquese con: parentportalhelp@nullsomsd.k12.nj.
us.
- Paran / gadyen ou ka wè kanè yo swiv enstriksyon yo jwenn isit la: https://www.somsd.k12.nj.us/
mdocs-posts/online-report- card-and-progress-report- instructions/ - Si ou gen pwoblèm ak aksè kont paran paran ou, tanpri kontakte: parentportalhelp@nullsomsd.k12.nj.
us.
SOMSD Newsletter: Happy Thanksgiving, School Nurse Message, Contact Tracing, Upcoming Events and More
A Message from School Nurses: Understanding COVID-19 Contact Tracing
WANT TO BE PART OF THE COVID-19 SOLUTION? ANSWER THE CALL
Understand Contact Tracing and help the Department of Health keep your family safe from COVID-19 spread
WHAT IS CONTACT TRACING? Contact Tracing is the long-standing Public Health practice used to identify those who come into contact with people who have tested positive for many contagious diseases; for example, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and – recently of course – COVID-19. Contact tracing is a little like detective work: trained staff interview people who have been diagnosed with a contagious disease to figure out who they may have recently been in contact with. Then, they call those close contacts* and encourage them to quarantine to prevent spreading the disease. Think of it as part public health work, part investigation.
If a resident of South Orange or Maplewood tests positive for COVID-19, contact tracing begins:
- The local Department of Health (DOH) officers recommend that the COVID-19+ resident inform their close contacts of their positive result. *Close contact is defined as being within six feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period.
- The local DOH officers and/or trained professionals will:
- Call that COVID-19+ resident to determine close contacts to whom they may have spread the virus; then they will get in touch with those close contacts
- Give instructions about next steps, such as self-isolation for the COVID+ individual and quarantine for close contacts
- Maintain confidentiality of the COVID+ individual
- NOT ask for your Social Security Number, bank account or salary information, money, or credit card numbers.
We encourage you to answer the phone – the DOH may be calling you!
Be well. Be safe. Be part of the solution to keep your family and friends safe from COVID-19 spread.