High School Students and Families,
I hope you all had a great long weekend. As you know, we participated in a professional development day yesterday. Our Diversity & Inclusion consultant, Dr. Lanier, presented his first training to our K-12 faculty and staff. It was a great day of learning and fellowship. We will have another full day of training in January, but until then, Dr. Lanier will be joining us in our monthly staff meetings to continue the work.
Please see the latest and greatest updates from the high school world:
Updates and Information:
Check Out: For parents or authorized adults coming to the front office to check out a student, please be sure to have ID ready to show to our front office staff. For students who are self-driving, please have your parent/guardian call the front office or send a note to authorize an early release. We want a safe campus, and these two protocols will help ensure that.
Excused vs. Unexcused Absences: Click here for more information on what counts as an excused versus unexcused absence for school. This is per NC attendance laws.
COVID Testing: We are now offering on-site COVID testing for our students. If you want your student to be eligible to participate in on-site testing, complete this Student Registration Link The link will ask you several Covid questions, checkboxes for approval, and HIPAA compliance. The registration page will come after you’ve answered those questions and given consent. If your child has Covid-like symptoms, we will notify you and get your consent prior to testing your child. Pre-registration will speed up the process for us.
Club Information: Our Club Fair on Friday was a success Click here for a list of clubs and contact information for the clubs. Students who are interested in joining a club and did not sign up on Friday may reach out to the contact listed.
Athletics: Please visit the following document or the ERA Athletics website for ongoing updates with our Athletics Department including tryout dates for fall season sports.
Future Visions Meeting: Are you interested in contributing your time and ideas to Eno River Academy? Consider joining the next ERA Future Visions meeting! This year we have a special focus on outdoor learning and athletic spaces. Future Visions will meet on Wednesday, September 29th at 5pm on Zoom
Blood Drive: Are you interested in donating blood? Click here for more information.
Yearbook Ambassadors: Yearbook Ambassadors are students, parents, or staff members who would like to help collect stories, content, and photographs for specific sections within the yearbook. Students should see Ms. Webb in room 501 if interested in helping. There will be an interest meeting in the near future. If any staff members or parents are interested, email Ms. Webb at lwebb@enoriveracademy.org
2022 Yearbook: The 2022 Yearbook will be a bigger version with approximately 50 more pages. Order your yearbook by September 30 to get a special price! Click here to order! To help them capture all the happenings of the Bobcat community, you can submit your photos throughout the year by using this link and 416224545 as the User ID.
Yearbook Social Media Links: If you’d like to follow our yearbook students and submit pictures of your own, please follow these links:
Facebook: @enoriveracademyyb
Instagram: @enoriveracademyyb
Twitter: @enoriveryb
Online Book Fair: The Scholastic Book Fair is back! While the Fair will be held online this fall, we’re so excited to connect our community through the joy of reading and create a fun virtual experience for our kids. Mark your calendars for SEPTEMBER 25 – OCTOBER 8! Our Virtual Fair will feature:
- A fully virtual Book Fair experience where you and your child can browse nearly 300 titles by grade, meet popular authors, watch book videos, and discover the magic of reading.
- Direct access to over 5,000 additional titles with family-friendly prices at the Scholastic Store Online
- Rewards that benefit our school directly—25% of every purchase will go back to our school community.
Check out this letter that includes a virtual tour and book trailers and get a jump on the Virtual Store to stock your bookshelves! Teacher wish lists will be available soon!
Makeup Picture Day: We will have makeup pictures for students in grades 9-11 as well as senior portraits on October 7. We will share more information with students as we get closer to the date.
Good News Gazette: We have many talented students here at ERA and want to highlight their great accomplishments inside and outside the classroom. Feel free to share any good news with Dr. Davis. This will be a feature in each weekly message.
COVID-19 Dashboard: Beginning this week, Dr. Davis and I will begin sharing our Covid numbers in our weekly updates. Currently, all transmissions have been from outside of school.
Since the beginning of school:
K-8: 7 cases
HS: 3 cases
Thank you for your continued support throughout this school year. We appreciate it!
Have a great week!