Inclement Weather Announcements for JFK
If there should be a weather related late start, early dismissal, or school closure, this information will be sent out via automated email, text, and phone call. The automated message goes to all primary contacts and is shared as soon as we can. We also put the information on our website and main Facebook page. Typically, we will follow the Davenport Community School District due to bus transportation. We will NOT have messages for JFK on local TV stations, as they have proven to be too unreliable over the years.
If school is cancelled, we will just let it be a snow/inclement weather day; students will not have to go online for instruction.
On two-hour early dismissals due to weather, we do operate our after school childcare programs, but we ask that everyone try to pick up as soon as possible so all can travel safely.
Ignite Sundays
See below for the list of IGNITE Sundays. There is no cost or registration required to participate. Come to as many of the opportunities listed below as you are able on IGNITE Sundays. Families are encouraged to participate together. There are small group activities and family activities at each session.
Typical schedule for IGNITE Sundays:
- 4:30-5:30pm Mass
- 5:35-6:05pm Meal in the Parish Center
- 6:10-7:15pm Group Gatherings
Ignite Sundays:
- Feb 13: Anawim (Hebrew word meaning “poor one”) Poverty and the dignity of work
- March 6: “I thirst” Lent
- March 20: “I hunger” Eucharist
- April 10: Family: The foundation of society
- April 24: What does God want me to do?
COVID Guidance for 2021-22
Click on the JFK COVID FAQ, 2021-22 to have your questions answered. Please note that the information is, however, subject to change. The most recent changes were made on January 2, 2022:
- The changes reflect the December 27, 2021 CDC guidance for the “general population” and the Scott County Health Department’s interim guidance for schools issued on December 31, 2021. The changes shorten the time periods for isolation for those testing positive for COVID and for quarantining for those who are close contacts to a person who has COVID. The CDC is expected to release updated particular guidance for K-12 schools in the near future.
- Due to the shortened absences for isolation and quarantining, “Zooming” into classrooms will be discontinued and bring JFK into alignment with neighboring public and private schools and remove this additional level of work for staff members. COVID related absences will be treated the same as all other absences with make-up work being the norm.
COVID Data and Comments
Below is a link to a .pdf file that shows several graphs for Scott County and JFK. Below are also some comments related to the pandemic.
- As one might have expected, things have not really improved in Scott County over the Christmas break. After the holidays, no one is expecting things to improve for several weeks or even a couple of months either.
- For the year, we have had 12.1% of our PS-8th grade student body test positive for COVID. Every homeroom except one has had at least one case.
- In about one and a half school years, about 15% of PS-8th graders at JFK have tested positive for COVID. Nationwide, about 16% of Americans have tested positive since around March 2020. When it comes to COVID, JFK does not seem that different than the rest of the country. We’ll see what things are like at JFK once school begins.
Chad
