Spring break is quickly approaching (April 3rd-7th)! To facilitate a healthy return to school in April, we are asking students and staff to mask daily and/or test for COVID daily during the week following Spring Break (the week of April 10-14th). Masking: Families electing to mask their students are requested to provide enough masks for your child to do so with integrity. Our stock of children’s masks is low and we hope to prioritize the use of our stock for situations of greatest need. Testing: We have an ample supply of rapid tests available to be sent home for students and staff members. Please sign up by Saturday, March 25th, if you wish to access this resource. Tests will be sent home with families on Tuesday, March 28th. You will receive five tests per student/staff member in your household. If you have more than one student, we will send tests home with your oldest child. The rapid tests we have in stock take 30 minutes to process. Please plan your morning routines after spring break to allow enough time for the tests to process before school arrival. ***In alignment with our supply agreement from the State of North Carolina, these tests are for home use only and may not be administered on campus. Volunteer Opportunity: Jessy Tickle is looking for 1-2 volunteers on Monday, March 27th to assist with bundling and organizing COVID tests for distribution. Please contact Jessy if you are interested. Wishing you all a joyful and healthy spring break!

If your family would appreciate monitoring cases of COVID and/or other reportable illnesses in our school, we are providing a link titled "RCS/OMS Community Health Log" in the School Resources Box. You can access this from the PlusPortal login page by scrolling to the bottom of the page and looking under the calendar of events. You can also access this after you have logged into your PlusPortal by clicking the Home tab, and scrolling to the bottom of the page.

We have compiled a list of free COVID testing resources to assist families and staff with access to testing. Click the link to view testing resources.