As you may have heard, the Columbus area is experiencing a measles outbreak. Cases originally included only young children (age 4 and under), but at least one case has now been reported in a school aged child. Several infected children have required hospital care for their illness. With this rapid increase in identified cases (as expected based upon the highly contagious nature of measles), we want to make you aware so we can be prepared in the event we encounter Wyandot County residents as contacts of a positive case, or as a positive case themselves. Currently, we have NOT been notified of any measles cases among Wyandot County residents, but we want our community to be prepared.
Planning considerations for our school partners include:
· Measles is highly contagious. If one person has it, up to 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune (people born after 1957 who are unvaccinated and never had measles before) will likely also become infected.
· Infected people can spread measles to others from four days before through four days after the rash appears.
· Measles virus can live for up to two hours in an airspace after an infected person leaves an area.
· A person with measles will be isolated until at least 4 days have passed since the onset of the rash.
· About 1 in 5 people with measles in the US will be hospitalized (9 of the 24 cases in the current outbreak have been reported as hospitalized).
· A person who is exposed to measles and who doesn't have evidence of presumptive immunity are required to self-quarantine for 21 days from their last exposure.
o A person has evidence of presumptive immunity if they can document they were born before 1957 -OR- can document they have received at least one dose of MMR vaccine -OR- can document they have laboratory evidence of immunity -OR- can document they have had a previous physician diagnosed measles infection
· If there are multiple cases in a school that constitute an outbreak, quarantine is defined as 21 days from the last case
· Measles vaccine (MMR) is highly effective at preventing illness (approx. 93% effective after one dose and approx. 97% effective after two doses)
· Measles is a Class A reportable disease. It needs to be reported to our office immediately so we can initiate disease interviewing and contact tracing.
With this in mind, we encourage our school partners to think about how a measles case among a student would impact them. If you have any questions or would like to discuss/strategize further on this topic, please don't hesitate to reach out. We are here to support wherever we can. Please feel free to forward this information to your school nurses/clinic aides as appropriate.
Reality Store ~ 7 & 8th graders experienced adulthood for a day! They learned the cost of insurance, child care, housing through hands on stations! It was a great day! 🎉
More pictures of Mr. Kinnear’s students working hard to solve the ratio and proportions Escape Room.
The Ratio Escape Room was a big hit in 6th grade math today! Mr. Kinnear was very proud of the students for how engaged they were and that they did great on their exit tickets afterwards!
Help support one of our community partners!
Tomorrow is PIE PICK UP DAY! Come to the big gym at Union School tomorrow between 4 and 7pm to pick up all the pies you sold. You must deliver them quickly as they must be refrigerated! We do NOT have storage for pies that are not picked up so find someone that can help you if you can't be at the school between 4-7 to pick up your pies! Thank you!
In 4th Grade ELA, students are learning to summarize. STUDENTS took on the role of the TEACHER! They took turns guiding their peers through summary building and writing.
USHS Basketball Home Games Livestreamed
All our 2022-23 USHS home varsity boys and girls basketball games will be
livestreamed professionally and announced by OH.Report this season.
Games will be available LIVE and FREE on both YouTube and Facebook
through the OH Report. Follow their channels to be notified when coverage
begins for our games.
www.youtube.com/c/BSMedia
www.facebook.com/oh.report
6th grade students in English and Reading dissecting and responding to literature in creative new ways.
Students in 7th grade are finishing up a Veterans Day project for Reading and History.
A friendly reminder that Upper Sandusky Schools will be on Thanksgiving Break from Nov. 23rd through Nov. 27th! Happy Thanksgiving to all!
8th grade incentive trip to the Walleye game!
It wasn’t all about Rock-n-Roll in the 6th grade today! Students were on the clock multiplying and dividing their way out of a Math Escape Room.
6th Grade Stem Challenge: Build the tallest and cheapest pumpkin stand? Must hold 🎃 for 30 seconds!
Cup $100, Card Stock $30, Tape 1ft $10, Index Card $20, Popsicles Stick $50.
USHS cross country runners Evan Hinesman finished 93rd (17:28) and Ashton Vent finished 112th (17:42) at the state cross country meet in a windy and physical race at Fortress Obetz. Both runners finished in the top 120 Division II runners in the state of Ohio.
Congratulations to Ashton and Evan plus Coach Arnold on an outstanding cross country season!!
Q1 All A’s Grades 6-8
Please visit USMS Facebook for assembly photos!
Upper Sandusky High School Accounting Class is teaming up with Kimmel Cleaners for a COATS FOR CHRISTMAS DRIVE again this holiday season. If anyone has any new or gently used coats please bring them in and drop them off at your school's office by Monday, November 18th. Give the gift of warmth this holiday season!
USHS Drop off : Mr. Emerick's Room 315B
Good luck to USHS cross country runners Ashton Vent and Evan Hinesman who will be competing in the OHSAA D-II State Cross Country Championship on Saturday, November 5th, 1:00 p.m. at Fortress Obetz. The USHS team bus will be leaving the USHS athletic complex on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. to head to Columbus. Community members, staff, students and friends are welcome to arrive around 8:45 a.m. to give them a "send off" and wish them good luck as they head to the state meet.
Good luck Ashton and Evan!!
Students working together on projects in Mr. Gagnon’s 8th grade History class!
Staff fun during spirit week!
