Maine School Administrative District #4 -

The middle school games scheduled to be played at Medway next Tuesday, have been canceled. There is no make up date at this time. Medway is not allowing away spectators as well. The boys will now practice 3:00-4:30 and the girls will practice from 4:30-6:00 on Tuesday.

PCHS Basketball Tryout Schedule Monday, November 22: GB: 3:30-5:30 in the HS Gym (This is a change) BB: 5:30-7:30 in the HS Gym (This is a change) Tuesday, November 23: BB: 3:00-5:00 GB: 5:00-7:00 Wednesday, November 24: GB: 10:00-12:00 BB: 5:30-7:30 Thursday, November 25: No Practices (Thanksgiving) Friday, November 26: GB: 10:00-12:00 BB: 5:00-7:00 Saturday, November 27: Alumni Games GB: 5:00-6:00 BB: 6:00-7:00

Tomorrow's middle school home game vs Ridgeview has been postponed until Monday, December 6 with a 3:30 start. Boys play first.

Positive COVID-19 Cases.11-19-21

Here are the Penquis Middle School Covid Guidelines for each school that we will be playing against this year. Sedomocha: No Away fans: Steamed through Youtube to be published the day before each game. Ridgeview: Will allow visiting fans: Streamed through Youtube Penquis: Will allow only 40 away fans using a voucher system. Each coach will get twenty vouchers to hand out to the players. Penquis will stream through "NFHS $10.99 Subscription https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/penquis-valley-high-school-milo-me" Hichborn: 50 Vouchers/25 per team. Streamed through "NFHS $10.99 Subscription https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/penobscot-valley-high-school-howland-me " Greenville: Fan will be allowed/No Concessions/Streamed through Greenville Consolidated FB Live Medway: No Away Fans/Streamed through Facebook Live PCMS: Away fans allowed/Concessions for all games but on 11/22 Streamed through either "NFHS $10.99 Subscription https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/piscataquis-community-secondary-school-guilford-me Possibly Season Cast To watch on the website, you can go to SeasonCast.com and click watch and search for SAD4 Or by using this direct link, your channel is set up to be SAD4.mylivegame.com" Please be patient with the streaming as I am sure there will be glitches by each school going forward.

MSAD #4 will not be hosting a Pediatric Vaccination Clinic. For those who would like information on where to find a clinic please see the link listed below. Site Link for Pediatric Vaccine Clinic https://covid.northernlighthealth.org/Vaccine/Vaccination-Request-Form-Home

Letter to Families.11-17-21

Parents of 5-11year-olds: If you’re getting your child vaccinated against Covid, please inform me after the second shot. I will update his/her record. Otherwise, with each exposure I will have to run every exposed child through the state’s database to check. Once fully vaccinated (2 weeks after the second shot), I will mark his/her record and he/she will not need to quarantine with exposures. -Mrs. Viera

Sports physicals are next week. Check with Mr. Gallant to see if your child needs one! We need forms back ASAP so the provider can plan his time away from the office.

PCHS/PCMS This Week In Sports Monday, November 15 Nothing Tuesday, November 16 Nothing Wednesday, November 17 PCMS A Teams @ Penquis G/B 4:15/5:45 Thursday, November 18 Nothing Friday, November 19 PCMS A Teams Host Hichborn G/B 4:00/5:15 in the High Gym Saturday, November 20 Nothing

Piscataquis Community Secondary School Covid-19 Guidelines Masking-Indoor Sports Universal Masking of all athletes, coaches, referees, and spectators are required for all indoor sports while community spread is at a high (red) or substantial (orange) level as identified by the US CDC County View for Penobscot and Piscataquis Counties. Failure to comply with universal mask mandates may result in an individual’s removal from the venue and may result in a forfeit of the match for the team represented by the individual. While universal mask measures are in place for indoor play, food and drink will be prohibited in the same gymnasium where the athletic competition is taking place. Those schools who wish to set up a separate location for eating and drinking, may do so but are encouraged to secure 6 foot distances between individuals. All games at PCHS will offer concessions but they will have to be eaten in the cafeteria. No outside food or drinks will be allowed. There will be no pep band allowed. Tournament/Post season play will be guided by MPA and hosting facility rules. Athletes and coaching staff must remain universally masked at all times, including on the bus, during competition, and in locker rooms. No eating on the bus rides. Athletes and coaching staff are to step away at least 6-feet when lowering the mask to take a drink. Locker rooms will be assessable to both home and away teams. When competing against teams with more stringent guidelines these will be followed. Wrestlers will have to wear a masks during their match as well as inside the facility. Due to the lack of space, due to social distancing needs, all middle school games will be played at the high school while the high school teams will practice after the middle school game (6:30-8:00) or in the middle school gym (3:00-5:00) Each school that we travel to, will have different spectator guidelines, then ours as we have zero control over their own guidelines. If a school chooses not to allow visiting spectators we will honor their guidelines. Some schools are offering a Voucher system that I will receive from them and then pass along to the coaches to give to athletes. You will use these to purchase tickets at the game. I will be sending out the link for each school who will be streaming their games . As of right now, PCSS will not be not be limiting the fan base, but this could change at any time. The visiting team will sit behind their team bench as not all the bleachers will be assessable. The home spectators will sit across from the benches will all the bleachers out. There will be no Season Passes this year. All of our games will be streamed through NFHS (Pixellot or Season Cast) Stay tuned. Our MAIN goal is for these athletes to be able to have a season with spectators. By following these guidelines set forth by the Penquis Superintendents, we may be able to achieve a succ

Well, after the rocky start to school in September, we've enjoyed 6 weeks in October/November in which we only saw 9 positive Covid cases in the District. After watching area Districts struggling with an influx of cases over the past couple of weeks, as well as seeing several communities around us struggling with an increase in cases, I figured it would be a good time to remind our SAD4 families to do pre-screening at home before sending your child to school. He/She/You should stay home if any ONE of these symptoms are present: -fever (100.4 or greater) - sore throat -chills - new cough - loss of taste or smell or TWO or more of the following: -congestion/runny nose - body aches -headache - nausea/vomiting/diarrhea If you're unsure, call the school before sending your child in. I'm usually in by 7:40AM! 876-4633 If you haven't signed your child up for pooled testing, now is the time to consider it. The link for information and to sign up is on our sad4.org website. Code word is PIRATES Participants in the pooled program can continue to come to school and participate in school-related activities as long as they remain without symptoms. They do, however, need to quarantine outside of home. In my most recent case, 14 students/staff were able to continue coming to school because of the program.

Positive COVID-19 Cases. 11-21-21

PCMS Girls Basketball Practice will be from 4:30 to 6:00 all week. PCMS Boys Basketball Practice will be from 6:00-7:30 all week except there will be no practice on Thursday.

PCHS Boys Open Gym Schedule November 8 and 9th: 5:00-7:00 November 10: 3:00-5:00 November 15: 3:00-5:00 November 17: 5:00-7:00 November 19: 3:00-5:00 PCHS Girls Open Gym November 8, 9, and 12: 3:30-5:00 November 16, 17, and 18: 3:30-5:00 On November 9, after Open Gym, there will be an organizational meeting for all the girls interested in playing basketball this winter. This is a night that all players should attend. Stay tuned on the Open Gym nights for wrestling. The High School Winter season for all sports start Monday, November 22. Information on masking will be out as soon as I have the guidelines from Mrs. MacFadyen.

Positive COVID-19 Case Report.11-5-21

SPORTS PHYSICALS: NorthernLIght, Northwoods will be at both schools on Tuesday, November 23rd to do free sports physicals for anyone in need. I sent out emails to all fifth grade students with physical forms attached. Mr. Gallant has the list of all athletes that will expire prior to the spring season. The forms are at each school, and Mr. Gallant can get them to you/your student. A questionnaire needs to be filled out and signed by you in order for your student to receive an exam. Forms need to be back by 11/17 in order to organize time slots. Alternately, if your student is notified he/she is due to expire, you can have their PCP fax a copy of their most recent well-child check to the school at 876-4291. PLEASE have student pass the physicals into the office and NOT the coaches! I have to review them all before clearing them to participate and they don't always get handed into me in a timely fashion.

Good morning! With winter right around the corner, I wanted to share the Winter Kids app/website with you all. In the past, we've participated in the program at the elementary level. Check out this link and see if there is anything that may work for your family to encourage the kids to get outside and stay active this winter! Maine has so much to offer outside! https://winterkids.org/winterkids-app/?utm_source=WinterKids+General+Email+List&utm_campaign=50e07ccf4c-EMAIL_APP_LAUNCH_FY2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c0094700ad-50e07ccf4c-20791993&mc_cid=50e07ccf4c&mc_eid=436175b1a2

Positive COVID-19 Cases.10-29-21

Luke Knowlton, PA-C, from Northern Light, Sangerville, will be coming to both schools in the near future to offer sports physicals. Mr. Gallant has a list of who is/will be in need of a physical prior to the end of the winter season. If your child has had a physical at his/her PCP, you can have the office fax a copy to the school at 876-4291. Please, do not give physicals to coaches; they often don't make it to my desk in a timely manner.