The Brandon-Evansville 4th grade students virtual Christmas Concert performance 2020. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/mTDGCg4UPrc
The Brandon-Evansville 3rd grade students virtual Christmas Concert performance 2020. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/lIIc3O_BASw
The Brandon-Evansville 2nd grade students virtual Christmas Concert performance 2020. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/vQ02n1Onxnc
Shout out to our FFA crops team (Kayla, Kiley, Wesley, and William). They placed 2nd overall in our region to advance to state during the virtual contest last Tuesday 12/15. Wesley placed 1st overall individually and Kayla placed 5th overall individually.
Date: December 15th, 2020
Subject: Coronavirus Confirmed Case-Staff, Students
Dear Families/Students/Staff,
We were notified by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) of a lab confirmed case of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) with a member of the Brandon-Evansville staff with an exposure date of December 10th, and two students confirmed positives with exposure dates of December 9th and 10th. 2020. We have 14 confirmed cases of a staff members since the start of school and 12 students in the district.
We have worked with local health officials to identify those who had close contact with the cases, and have communicated with them individually. The staff member is an isolated case and no contract tracing was necessary. The student cases involved students in distance learning in the middle school and high school. No students currently in our buildings were exposed. Parents of students affected have been contacted and the appropriate course of action has been taken. The risk of exposure for other individuals present in the buildings on those dates is no greater than the risk of contracting the virus in the general community.
If you were not identified to have close contact with the positive case you should still monitor for symptoms of illness, but do not need to stay home unless symptoms develop. If symptoms develop, stay home and consult with your health care provider to determine if medical evaluation is needed.
We understand that this may create unease in our community.
We have taken action to clean and sanitize the facility and are working closely with MDH to monitor the situation. We are asking all members of our community to minimize the spread of illness by taking the following actions:
· Protect yourself and others by wearing a face covering when it is hard to stay 6 feet away from people; washing your hands often with soap and water; covering your cough and sneeze; and avoiding touching your face with unwashed hands.
· If you are sick, stay home from child care and other activities.
· Be prepared in case you get sick and need to stay home. Keep enough food, regular prescription drugs, and other necessities on hand in case you need to stay home and are not able to go out easily.
· Frequently clean all commonly touched surfaces (e.g., telephones, doorknobs, countertops, etc.).
If symptoms develop, stay home and consult with your health care provider to determine if medical evaluation is needed.
If you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, MDH recommends:
1. Stay at home for at least 10 days, and for 24 hours with no fever and improvement of other symptoms (your fever should be gone for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medicine).
2. Use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website on
how to care for yourself at home; see What to Do If You Are Sick:
(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html)
3. If your household contacts were exposed to you while you had
symptoms, they should try to stay home as much as possible for 14 days.
This is a challenging time and I know many of you may be feeling stress or anxiety. We will get through this together as a community, and will be stronger when we emerge.
Here are additional resources:
· Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
(https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/index.html)
· If You Are Sick (COVID-19)
(https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/sick.html)
· Coronavirus (COVID-19) (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Sincerely,
Don Peschel Brian Novak
Superintendent Brandon Site Principal
Evansville Site Principal
Pre-Christmas/Winter Break dress up days. Starting this Friday, December 18 we are kicking it off with Hat Day.
Starting today December 14 - December 22, The National Honor Society is collecting non-perishable food items to help those in need. All donations will be delivered to the Douglas County Food Shelf. Information will be going home with students K-5 today in their backpack. We will be collecting items at both campus locations.
Girls Basketball Clothing order for the 2020-2021 season: https://fancloth.shop/TC0VR
Get all your Charger basketball fan gear here! Online store is open through December 21.
Order your 2020-2021 Yearbook Online Today! Order through December 18 online and receive $5 off.
https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1062900/Brandon-Evansville-High-School/
Brandon-Evansville Superintendent Mr. Peschel School Update - 12.9.2020
https://youtu.be/GGz5i9RSJZ4
Hello Charger students, parents, and fans,
Here is an athletic and extracurricular activities update from today's December 3rd Minnesota State High School League meeting:
In regards to athletics, even if we return all-in for school, winter athletics and extracurricular activities will NOT begin until December 21st at the earliest. We will continue to update our students and parents as we hear more from the governor.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Trent
Date: December 1st, 2020
Subject: Coronavirus Confirmed Case-Staff
Dear Families/Students/Staff,
We were notified by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) of a lab confirmed case of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) with 2 members of the Brandon-Evansville staff with an exposure dates of November 19th, and November 23rd, 2020. We have 13 confirmed cases of a staff members since the start of school and 10 students in the district.
We have worked with local health officials to identify those who had close contact with the cases, and have communicated with them individually. This cases result from staff in distance learning in the middle school and high school. Parents of students affected have been contacted and the appropriate course of action has been taken. The risk of exposure for other individuals present in the building on that date is no greater than the risk of contracting the virus in the general community.
If you were not identified to have close contact with the positive case you should still monitor for symptoms of illness, but do not need to stay home unless symptoms develop. If symptoms develop, stay home and consult with your health care provider to determine if medical evaluation is needed.
We understand that this may create unease in our community.
We have taken action to clean and sanitize the facility and are working closely with MDH to monitor the situation. We are asking all members of our community to minimize the spread of illness by taking the following actions:
· Protect yourself and others by wearing a face covering when it is hard to stay 6 feet away from people; washing your hands often with soap and water; covering your cough and sneeze; and avoiding touching your face with unwashed hands.
· If you are sick, stay home from child care and other activities.
· Be prepared in case you get sick and need to stay home. Keep enough food, regular prescription drugs, and other necessities on hand in case you need to stay home and are not able to go out easily.
· Frequently clean all commonly touched surfaces (e.g., telephones, doorknobs, countertops, etc.).
If symptoms develop, stay home and consult with your health care provider to determine if medical evaluation is needed.
If you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, MDH recommends:
1. Stay at home for at least 10 days, and for 24 hours with no fever and improvement of other symptoms (your fever should be gone for 24 hours without using fever-reducing medicine).
2. Use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website on
how to care for yourself at home; see What to Do If You Are Sick:
(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html)
3. If your household contacts were exposed to you while you had
symptoms, they should try to stay home as much as possible for 14 days.
This is a challenging time and I know many of you may be feeling stress or anxiety. We will get through this together as a community, and will be stronger when we emerge.
Here are additional resources:
· Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
(https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/index.html)
· If You Are Sick (COVID-19)
(https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/sick.html)
· Coronavirus (COVID-19) (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Sincerely,
Don Peschel Brian Novak
Superintendent Brandon Site Principal
Evansville Site Principal
Congratulations to the 2020 B-E Fall Clay Target Team who took 1st place in Class 1A Conference 8. Kyle Schaffran, Chase Holtberg, and Hunter Koep took 1-2-3 in Conference 8 for males. Katrina Buccholz took 2nd in Conference 8 for females. We had six in the Top 100 in the state: Kyle Schaffran 4th, Chase Holtberg 9th, Hunter Koep 24th, Riley Bitzan 60th, Spencer Olson 86th, and Braydon Englund 86th. GO CHARGERS!
Tonight's home ABC Chargers Volleyball Games against the Park Christian Falcons can be watched live at: https://www.b-e-activities.com/page/show/5973159-live-stream
Games start at 5:00 pm. GO CHARGERS!
Tonight's away ABC Chargers Volleyball Games against the Parkers Prairie Panthers can be watched live at: https://youtu.be/000nHkvdTA8
Games start at 5:00 pm. GO CHARGERS!
Good morning Brandon-Evansville Families, Parents, staff and Students, Today will be our last day all-in in grades Pre K-5. We will be moving to distance learning starting Thursday, November 19th. Our student numbers and staff numbers are starting to spike and to protect staff, students, and families, we will be making this move. Today your child will come home with materials including devices to help accommodate the change-over. Your classroom teacher’s will be preparing on Tuesday, November 17th and Wednesday, November 18th for this transition so there will be no school. Staff will be in touch with you over the next couple of days regarding the learning platform. We will be sending a survey out to K-5 parents regarding meals on Tuesday, November 17th. We will be collecting the data by Thursday morning so please respond by then. Meal delivery will start on Monday, November 23rd. More information will be available later this week regarding meal delivery. This change will not affect athletics at this point. Thank you, I know this is hard for you, we will re-eluate and make a decision regarding our model on Friday, November 27th for the week of November 30th through December 4th. Stay Healthy and Safe.
