Manton Schools

Tonight's varsity football game @ Evart will be live streamed on the following link. You will need a subscription in order to watch. https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/evart-high-school-evart-mi/gam5b073ea333

Good Evening. I have two messages for you today. 1. The first is that the Orange Tiger bus driven by Deb Butcher will be one hour late Friday afternoon on the return trip home due to a bus driver shortage. Again, the orange bus will be one hour late in the afternoon returning home. We are actively working on help in the transportation department, but will be short on occasion until that is fixed. We appreciate your understanding! 2. The second is that we did have three people in the middle school test positive for Covid-19 today. Anyone impacted has been notified, along with the health department. As always we will keep you informed of any future cases in our school.

We were notified today of an individual in the middle school that tested positive for Covid-19. No quarantines were required. As always we will keep you informed of any positive cases found within our building.

Good afternoon. I have two messages for you today. 1. The first is that the yellow giraffe bus driven by Chris Hoover will be one hour late Monday afternoon on the return trip home due to a bus driver shortage. 2. The second is that we did have a person in the middle school test positive for Covid-19 today. Anyone impacted has been notified, along with the health department. As always we will keep you informed of any future cases in our school.

Schedules will be available at Open House on Monday from 6:30pm-7:30pm. They will also be live in PowerSchool after Monday. Freshman Orientation is Monday at 6pm in the Ranger Room. All forms can be turned in at Open House. No schedule changes will be able to occur at Open House. Students will follow their schedule on the first day and request changes by setting an appointment with the counseling department through email.

This school year, the on-line virtual learning is still an option for your child. If you would like to register your child for virtual this school year, please do so by next Friday, August 13th. You can register by calling your child’s building office. Again, this is to help us plan accordingly for this upcoming school year. If you would like the on-line option for your child, please call your child’s building office by next Friday, August 13th.

I know that many of you are wondering what the upcoming school year will look like. While we don’t have all the answers yet as we look for guidance from the health department and the State of Michigan. We do have some current plans that we are recommending to the board. The first is that masks will be optional for students and staff at school this year. Each family will be able to decide what they feel is best for their child. As a federal mandate, students must wear a mask on a school bus, which the federal government deems as public transportation. The testing for athletes mandate ended on June 22 and as such no testing is necessary at this time. Please keep in mind that these things may change if mandates are given to schools. For a few more questions and answers, please see our website under the announcement section. We will have a special board meeting on August 2nd at 6:30 to approve the current recommendations.

This is just a reminder for an opportunity to get a sports physical right here at school for the upcoming school year this upcoming Monday, July 19th by appointment only. Sports physicals will be held at our Manton Wellness Center located in our high school. Physicals are being scheduled by calling (231) 306-4900. They can bill your insurance or are asking for a $25 donation to conduct the physical. If neither are possible, no student will be turned away because they don’t have insurance or are unable to make a donation.

Athletic Physicals: On Monday July 19th, the Manton Adolescent Wellness Center will be offering sports physicals for Manton Students. You must schedule an appointment by calling 231-306-4900.

Starting tomorrow, June 8th, any child 18 and under is eligible for a seven day meal box. Pickup will be every Tuesday from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Pick up is in front of the middle school office at the loading dock.

I would like to thank all the students, staff, and parents for a great school year under some very unusual and difficult situations. I wanted to give you just a couple of bits of information. 1. Starting next Tuesday, June 8th, any child 18 and under is eligible for a seven day meal box. Pickup will be every Tuesday from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Pick up is in front of the middle school office at the loading dock. 2. Our first day of school next year is Wednesday, August 25, 2021. We will have an updated calendar on our webpage early next week. I again want to thank everyone for a great school year and hope everyone has a safe and relaxing summer!

This is just to let you know that this Friday, June 4th, our red bird bus, Jess Keely's bus, will be running approximately one hour late for the afternoon run only. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes. If you are able to make other arrangements for your child to get home on Friday, please contact the transportation office at 231-824-6411 ext. #1. Thank you!

We were informed last evening of an individual who tested positive for Covid-19 in the elementary. As always we will keep you informed of any future cases in any of our buildings.

We are short a bus driver this morning. Mr. Stanley Troxel's bus, the black bus, will be running approximately 1 hour behind this morning. I am sorry for the inconvenience this creates for those families.

I have two pieces of information for you today. The first is that the health department is now allowing the school to only quarantine students who are 3 feet or closer to a confirmed case of Covid-19 if certain criteria are met. Close contacts are still notified if within 6 feet, but we will only need to quarantine 3 feet or closer. For more detailed information on these new guidelines, you can find them on our webpage or app under the Covid-19 section titled, “Guidance for Quarantine 5/21/21.” Secondly, we did have an individual in the middle school test positive for Covid-19 today. All close contacts have been notified and individuals needing quarantined have been told to do so. I hope you have a great weekend! Thank you!

Good afternoon. We had one individual in the elementary test positive for Covid-19 today. All impacted individuals have been contacted and quarantined.

I have two pieces of information for you at this time. The first is that the "Yellow" bus, Jody Kansis's bus, is returning to its normal schedule tomorrow. The second is that we did have an individual test positive for Covid-19 in the elementary. There were no quarantines required from this case.

Today we were informed of an individual in the elementary that tested positive for Covid-19. All impacted individuals have been contacted and quarantined.

Today we were notified that two individuals in the elementary and one that is in both the elementary and high school tested positive for Covid-19. All impacted individuals have been contacted and quarantined. Thank you.

We were informed today that we had an individual in the middle school test positive for Covid-19. All impacted individuals have been contacted and quarantined. Thank you.