Sherwood Elementary School

Hello Sherwood Families. We are looking forward to having our students return to in-person school this coming Monday, January 31st. If you would like to test your student before they return to school or ride the school bus, there is free testing today at the Willits Unified School District office from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Please remember to check your student for symptoms before you send them to school. Students with any Covid related symptoms such as fever, cough, headaches, body aches, sore throat, congestion, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea will be sent home. Please remember that fabric face masks are no longer an acceptable face covering when coming onto campus. Students must wear a 3 ply surgical mask, KN95 or N95 mask. We have these available in the office for our students. Thank you for your continued patience and support. We appreciate your efforts to keep our school community safe, healthy and in classrooms.

Sherwood Families, Please remember to come and pick up your students' work today. Someone will be in the office until 2:00 pm. If you can't make it, we will be leaving the student work on the porch. This work must be sent back with your student on Monday. Work completion counts for positive attendance. Thank you! Please call our office with any questions 707-984-6769

Attention Sherwood Families: Due to the WUSD new plan to address the Omicron surge we will be closing Sherwood School Wednesday (1/26) through Friday (1/28). Unfortunately, 15% of our students and/or staff has tested positive for Covid-19. This closure allows us five calendar days to calm the spread. We will return to school on Monday (1/31). Our teachers will have work packets ready to be picked up on Wednesday morning at Sherwood School. Please drive by the office and we will deliver the packets to the car. If you have requested the 10 day Modified Independent Study your student's teacher will contact you with information about picking up that work. We will have breakfast and lunch available for a drive by pick up in the bus circle at Baechtel Grove on Wednesday from 11-1:00 pm. There will be Covid testing available at the District Office on Friday (1/28) from 11-3:30 pm. On Monday upon returning to school, students must wear a three ply surgical mask or an N95/KN95 style mask. Cloth masks are no longer allowed. Please call the office 707-984-6769 with any questions. You can email mackenzieerickson@willitsunified.com If you have not responded to the survey that WUSD sent out https://forms.gle/c6A6WATGnFg7MD1h6 please do so. Please be well.

Hello Sherwood families. We hope this message finds you safe and healthy. Due to a staffing shortage and low attendance numbers we are combining our middle school classroom with our 3rd-5th grade classroom for today. We are continuing to do everything we can to provide a safe, healthy and happy educational environment at Sherwood School during this recent Covid surge. There are ways you can help! If you are a parent who is fingerprinted with WUSD, you can come in to be a classroom volunteer. All volunteers will need to take a rapid Covid test before entering the classroom. If you have not already done so please sign your student up to have consent to be tested at school. Calling parents for permission takes a great deal of time and keeps your student out of the classroom until they have been tested. If you are unable to do the consent online, we do have hard copy consents in the office that you can fill out. We can not test your student without permission from you. Please continue to keep your student home if they have any symptoms. Students displaying symptoms will be sent home from school. We are currently out of our take home rapid Covid tests. You can still come to the campus or to the District Office to have your student tested. You can also order up to 4 at home Covid tests per family from the Federal Government. I am including links to sign your student up for school site Covid testing and also the link to order your test kits from the Government after this message. We greatly appreciate your support and dedication to keep our students in school. Thank you and have a good day. Link to register student for site Covid testing: https://my.primary.health/r/willitsunifiedschools?registration_type=student Link to request free COVID At Home Test Kits from the Federal Government: https://www.covidtests.gov/

Good evening Sherwood families. This is just a reminder that tomorrow , January 20st, we will be having our monthly F.O.S.S.I Meeting. It will be held starting at 2:30 p.m. at the Sherwood picnic tables. Hope to see you there!

Good evening Sherwood families. We hope everyone had a good long weekend. Because Mendocino County has had a rise in positive Covid cases, testing will be available to all students if requested, on Tuesday, January 18th. Please let the office know if you would like your student tested. If your student has any symptoms of illness please keep them home. We still have home testing kits available for you in the office. Thank you for helping keep our Sherwood community healthy and safe.

Dear Families of WUSD, This week our students and staff have been heavily impacted by COVID. Currently about 15% of our staff and about 20% of our students are out. After careful consideration, we have decided to close school tomorrow, Friday, January 14, 2022. This missed day will be made up on Friday, March 18, 2022 (prior snow day). Also, as a reminder Monday, January 17th is a federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and schools are closed. We will resume classes on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your support. Thank you, Joe Aldridge Superintendent

Sherwood Families, Happy New Year! This is a message from the district office, due to staff illness, we do not have enough bus drivers to complete our bus routes as we normally would. January 4th and 5th will be affected at this time. We will be using vans to transport students. Your student may arrive earlier or later than their normal drop off time. Pick up times should not be affected. It may be easier to provide transportation for your student to and from school on both Tuesday and Wednesday this week. We are excited to see you tomorrow. Mackenzie Erickson

Happy New Year to our Sherwood Families. We hope you all had a terrific break and are ready to return to school on Tuesday, January 4th. There is no school this coming Monday, January 3rd. If you would like to test your student for Covid 19 before starting back at school, there will be free rapid Covid tests available for pick up to all WUSD students and staff tomorrow, January 3rd, at Brookside Elementary School from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This is a drive through event. Please remember that this testing is optional, not mandatory, and is offered as a way to help keep our school community safe and healthy. Thank you and have a good evening.

Good evening Sherwood Families. This is just a reminder to please drop off your student at the Willits Skunk Train Depot parking lot tomorrow, December 17th at 8:30 a.m. for our Christmas Train field trip. Make sure to send your students in their Pajamas! After the train ride the bus will bring all students up to Sherwood for some more holiday fun. Tomorrow is a minimum school day. School will get out at 1:30 p.m. Wishing everyone a very safe and happy holiday season!

Good Evening Sherwood Families. As of now we do have school scheduled for tomorrow. If this changes overnight due to winter weather, the District will send out an all call in the morning to inform you of a school closure. You can also find this information on the Willits Unified App and Facebook page. Please remember to have your student turn in their permission slip for the Christmas Train tomorrow morning. Please contact or stop by the school office if you would like the take home Covid test kits being offered to our families to use before returning to school in the New Year. We are happy to offer these to help keep our school community safe and healthy. If you have any questions about these kits, please contact the office. Thank you and have a wonderful evening.

Hello Sherwood Families. We are closing Sherwood School due to the snow and road conditions. We are asking that families that live near the school and in Brooktrails to please come pick up your student if you are able in the next 30 minutes. Please call the school office with your pick up plan. After that all students that are still at Sherwood School will be brought down to the Willits High School auditorium for pick up in town. Please call the school office at 707-984-6769 if you have any questions. You can also contact Heather Miya at 707-841-1373. Thank you and drive safe.

Hello Sherwood Families. This is a reminder that tomorrow is a regular school day and not a minimum day. We will get out at 2:30 p.m. This Friday, December 17th, is our minimum day for the week. Today, your child was sent home with a permission slip to ride the Christmas Train this coming Friday. Please return this to your student's teacher as soon as possible. We are excited to announce an opportunity to keep our school community safe. All students and school employees can get free I Health At-Home Covid-19 tests to use before returning to school in the New Year. This is not a mandatory test. You can request the testing kits from Heather Miya in the office. Thank you and have a wonderful evening.

Hello Sherwood Families. This is just a reminder that students will need to be picked up from the Willits City Park today at 2:30 to accommodate our field trip. There will be no regular bus services today. Thank you and have a great day.

Hello Sherwood Families. Tomorrow is our Ukiah on Ice field trip. Please remember that you must pick up your student at the Willits City Park at 2:30 p.m. There will be no additional bus services tomorrow afternoon. If you are a parent who is planning on attending this event as a volunteer, please contact the school office if you have not already done so. All volunteers must have fingerprint clearance from the district office and have a rapid Covid test completed before the field trip. Testing can be done tomorrow morning when you drop off your student. Please note that this is a private event and the skating rink will be closed to the public while we are there. Only Sherwood students, staff and volunteers will be allowed entrance. Thank you and have a great evening.

Good evening Sherwood families. Tomorrow is the last day of our See's Candy's Yum Raiser. Please have all your candy orders placed by tomorrow evening. Thank you and have a wonderful night.

Hello Sherwood Families. We would like to wish you a very happy upcoming Thanksgiving Break. There will be no school from November 22nd to November 26th. Report cards for Ms. Lisa will be mailed home on this Friday. Ms. Julie's report cards will be sent home with your student on Friday in their backpacks. Due to a technical issue the report cards for Ms. Marissa's class will be mailed home after the break. Friday will be a fun dress up day. Please send your student to school in their favorite fun hat for Hat Day! Please have a restful and safe vacation.

Good evening Sherwood Families. We would like to remind you that our FOSSI raffle drawing is this coming Friday, November 12th and will be held at 12:45. Raffle tickets may be sold up until Friday. Please make sure all raffle tickets are sent in no later than Friday morning. There is no school on Thursday, November 11th in honor of Veterans Day. There will be school on Friday, November 12th. As we move into more cold and wet weather, please make sure you are sending your students to school in weather appropriate clothing. You may also wish to consider sending in an extra set of clothes for them to have at school incase they get wet or muddy. Our first trimester is quickly wrapping up. Report cards will be sent home with students or mailed home on November 19th. Thank you and have a good evening.

Sherwood Families, Our phone and internet service has been restored. You may now call our office if you need anything. Thank you, Mackenzie Erickson

Good Morning Sherwood Families, We are sorry to let you know that our phones and internet are down this morning. We will send out another message as soon as we get up and going again. If you have any need to contact us, please call the district office at 707-459-5314 Mackenzie Erickson