Maine School Administrative District #4 -

M.S.A.D. #4 Abbot, Cambridge, Guilford, Parkman, Sangerville, Wellington 2021-2022 Spring Coach Openings PCMS – Track Coach PCMS – Assistant Track Coach PCMS – Baseball Coach PCMS – Softball Coach PCHS – Track Coach PCHS – Tennis Coach PCHS – Baseball Coach PCHS – Softball Coach Positions will be filled when suitable candidates have been found. Please call for an application (207-876-3444) M.S.A.D. #4 25 Campus Drive Guilford, ME 04443 www.sad4.org E.O.E.

7th and 8th graders who are participating in the Ski program need to have their forms and money in tomorrow.

MSAD #4 will return to in-person instruction tomorrow, January 31st.

PCHS This Week In Sports Best of luck to all the teams this week. Monday, January 31 PCHS Girls Basketball Host Dexter 5:00 PCHS Boys Basketball Host Dexter 6:30 Marc Calnan will be streaming this game Marc Calnan https://youtube.com/channel/UCnS3XzJQlEki0zhRTKbaqMw Tuesday, February 1 Nothing Wednesday, February 2 PCHS Girls Basketball Host Central 5:00 PCHS Boys Basketball Host Central 6:30 Streamed by adbrown123.mylivegame.com Thursday, February 3 PCHS Girls Basketball Host Valley 5:00 PCHS Boys Basketball Host Valley 5:30 Marc Calnan will be streaming this game Marc Calnan https://youtube.com/channel/UCnS3XzJQlEki0zhRTKbaqMw Friday, February 4 Nothing Saturday, February 5 PCHS Girls Basketball @ Lee 3:00 Depart 12:30 PCHS Boys Basketball @ Lee 4:30 Depart 12:30 Streamed by Youtube-Randy Harris Wrestling PVC's @ FA Weigh-In 9:30 Start 11:00 Depart 9:00 Streamed by Foxcroft Academy Film Youtube channel

Tomorrow's PCHS Basketball games at Searsport have been moved to Monday, January 7. GV-5:00, BV-6:30. Departure time 2:30.

COVID Positive Cases.1-28-22

M.S.A.D. #4 Abbot, Cambridge, Guilford, Parkman, Sangerville, Wellington Elementary Art Teacher for 2022-2023 Salary commensurate with experience per teacher scale. Must have or be able to get Maine Certification #620 – Visual Arts (Interested candidates should make out an SAD #4 application plus send a letter of application, transcripts, resume, current certification, and three written references.) Position filled when a suitable candidate has been found. Please call for an application (207) 876-3444 or get one from our website at sad4.org M.S.A.D. #4 Superintendent Kelly MacFadyen 25 Campus Drive Guilford, ME 04443 (207) 876-3444 E.O.E.

Luke Knowlton, PA-C from Northern Light, Sangerville, will be doing sports physicals at no cost on Friday, March 4th. These are offered to all students, fifth grade and up. Our sports policy requires a current physical to be on file within the past two years in order to participate at the school level. Mr. Gallant has access to the updated physical list. The next physical won't be offered at school until AFTER the Fall season, so if your student is due to expire between now and October 31st, that will be reflected on the master list. If your child gets a well-child check between now and the end of August, please have the PCP fax a copy (or a clearance note) to Mrs Viera at 876-4291. It is best to have your student hand them in at the office instead of giving them to coaches; it often takes days or weeks to make it to her desk for final review/clearance.

M.S.A.D. #4 has IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR 2021-2022 -Ed Techs I, II and III Interested candidates - please call or email Central Office. Superintendent of Schools M.S.A.D. #4 25 Campus Drive Guilford, ME 04443 (207)-876-3444 www@sad4.org Positions will be filled when suitable candidates have been found.

M.S.A.D. #4 Abbot, Cambridge, Guilford, Parkman, Sangerville, Wellington Immediate Job Opening Special Education Teacher Grades 7-8 Resource Room (Maine Certification #282) Interested candidates should call for an application or obtain one from our web site. Superintendent of Schools M.S.A.D. #4 25 Campus Drive Guilford, ME 04443 http://www.sad4.org Telephone (207) 876-3444 Position will be filled when a suitable candidate has been found E.O.E.

If your child is in the pooled testing program and has recently tested positive for Covid, and you haven't notified Mrs. Viera, please do so so that she can remove him/her from the pool for 90 days. A small amount of the virus may be present in the nostrils for up to 90 days and trigger a "false" positive on the PCR test. This would cause unnecessary swabbing of pooled participants twice weekly if no positive is found by rapid antigen test. Thank you. Mrs. Viera

Remote Learning Instructions and Information for PCSS - Week of 1/24-1/28 Thank you for you continued patience as we manage your child’s education during this crazy pandemic. This remote learning period is certainly throwing a curve ball at us, since it is happening at the end of the semester. After meeting with the PCSS staff this morning we have the following strategies to assist with your child being successful for the second quarter and first semester. High School This week students need to complete assignments in Google Classroom for their classes as they did last week. Some teachers may assign additional work and some may not. This depends on what students were working on when we went remote i.e. projects due or assessments that needed to be completed. The end of the semester will be moved to February 1st. This will allow for two in-person days for students before the end of the quarter happens. Keep in mind all work for the semester needs to be complete and turned in by February 1st in order to be considered for Honor roll and Senior Privileges. Any student who needs to come in-person this week to meet with a teacher may make those arrangements with their teacher. Please know that we will be screening for symptoms at the door. Teachers will still have virtual office hours from 1-2:00 pm every day via Google Meets. Teachers may send home specific requests for students to come in person at certain times. (It is possible for two teachers to request a student at the same time). Again, we will screen for symptoms at the door and we will help organize the student on who they should see and when. If a student wants to be in-person or a student is requested to be in-person and they do not have a ride, Mr. Keane will pick them up with the school van. Students that are complete with all work can ask for extension assignment(s) from their teacher this week. These assignments are considered extra credit. Lunch can be picked up at the school (if it was not delivered) and a student can get a bag lunch if they are in-person. If a student does not complete the assignments for the quarter an INC will be entered for the quarter and semester grade. Incompletes can be made up until the SNOW academy during February break. After that the quarter and/or semester grade stands and a student who is failing or incomplete will need to repeat the class. Middle School Middle school students need to tune into their classes remotely all week via Google Meets. They should follow the class schedule they normally have and use the classroom links provided by their teachers. There are no specials this week, no need to tune into those classes. The end of the quarter will be moved to February 1st. This will allow for two in-person days for students before the end of the quarter happens. Keep in mind all work for the quarter needs to be complete and turned in by February 1st in order to be considered for Honor Roll. Teachers may send home specific requests for students to come in person at certain times. (It is possible for two teachers to request a student at the same time). We will screen for symptoms at the door and we will help organize the student on who they should see and when. If a student is asked by a teacher to be in-person and they do not have a ride, Mr. Keane will pick them up with the school van. Just call the main office to request that. Lunch can be picked up at the school (if it was not delivered) and a student can get a bag lunch if they are in-person. Just call the school to order a lunch to be picked up. Students are REQUIRED to complete all assignments that are in their Google Classrooms. If they do not complete these assignments an INC will be entered for the quarter grade. Incompletes can be made up until the SNOW academy during February Break. After that the grade stands for that student who is failing or incomplete. TCTC TCTC student have the option to attend in person or to attend online. We are not providing a bus, but if a TCTC student really wants to attend in person and they do not have a ride, they can let call the office and we can arrange for a ride.

PCHS This Week In Sports Monday, January 24 PCHS Girls Basketball @ Stearns 5:00 Depart 2:45 Streamed by NFHS Tuesday, January 25 Nothing Wednesday, January 26 Nothing Thursday, January 27 Nothing Friday, January 28 PCHS Girls Basketball @ Valley 5:00 Depart 3:00 PCHS Boys Basketball @ Valley 6:30 Depart 3:00 Streaming Valley Cavaliers Youtube page Saturday, January 29 PCHS Girls Basketball @ Searsport 1:00 Depart 10:00 PCHS Boys Basketball @ Searsport 2:30 Depart 10:00 Streamed through Searsports Facebook page Wrestling @ Belfast Weigh-Ins 8:00 Start 9:00 Depart 6:30 Streaming through NFHS Best of Luck to all the teams this week!

Thank you to all the parents that were able to get your student to the school on Friday after receiving notification that your student's pool was positive. We captured 13 positive cases that were picked up with the follow-up rapid test! Your attention and diligence helped minimize the spread within the community. -Mrs. Viera

Good morning. In light of the surge in covid case within the district, Mrs. MacFadyen and I have discussed possible changes to the new guidelines that may help slow the spread. We will go back to doing an "extended quarantine" period for students who have a positive within their home. What this will look like is, if child A is positive, child B will quarantine at home for child A's five days of isolation PLUS an additional five days, being cleared to return on day eleven IF no symptoms have developed. (The same holds true if the in-home person is a parent). I am seeing delayed positive cases within families. With the new pooled testing guidelines allowing students to continue to attend even with a positive in the home, this is affecting more students than anticipated. I don't think we (as a community/society) will be able to get ahead of this at this point, but if we can do things to slow the spread within the school/community and allow the best opportunity to keep kids in school, we will. As always, feel free to email me with questions: wviera@sad4.org (I'm not on Facebook regularly so questions here probably won't be answered in a timely manner).

More detailed information regarding next week's remote learning plan for PCSS will be emailed and robo-called on Monday Morning.

Extended Remote Learning 1-21-22

Tough 2 point loss for our Boys Middle School basketball team in the Semi final game at Hichborn yesterday. A great season even though they came up short. The future is bright and best of luck to the 8th graders as they enter high school next year.

M.S.A.D. #4 Abbot, Cambridge, Guilford, Parkman, Sangerville, Wellington Immediate Job Opening Special Education Teacher Grades 7-8 Resource Room (Maine Certification #282) Interested candidates should call for an application or obtain one from our web site. Superintendent of Schools M.S.A.D. #4 25 Campus Drive Guilford, ME 04443 http://www.sad4.org Telephone (207) 876-3444 Position will be filled when a suitable candidate has been found E.O.E.

Congratulations to the Girls Middle School Basketball Team for advancing to the Penquis League Small School Championship game at Hichborn on Saturday, January 22 with an 11:00 start time. Go Pirates!!