Harrisburg High School

Attention: Harrisburg High School Parents and Athletes The Athletic Department at HHS now hosts their Pre-Participation Athletic Forms online with PlanetHS. This digital platform will allow parents & athletes to complete and access athletic forms via computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Please click the link below for step-by-step instructions on how to setup your account. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AJdKTcZeeENmStsDNUZg8bvErlwSflWC/view?usp=sharing

Attention: The following Harrisburg Fall Sports will hold short informational meetings for all athletes interested in participating in: Girls Golf: Monday August 3 at 4 pm at Shawnee Hills Country Club Boys Golf: Tuesday August 4 at 11 am at Shawnee Hills Country Club Boy/Girls Cross-Country: Monday August 10 at 6 pm in Davenport Gym. Please wear a face mask and follow social distancing.

ATTENTION: Harrisburg Golf and Cross Country make sure to plan your annual school physical this coming week! You won't be allowed to participate on Aug 10th without one!!!

Unit # 3 students and parents, I wanted to provide an update on our plan regarding the opening of school for the 2020-2021 school year. We were provided a 100+ page document from the state on Thursday evening that we are going through currently to determine if needed changes to our plan are needed. We also are considering the increasing number of cases in our area to help us determine the best path possible. We want all of you to understand that we are making an attempt to consider everyone and their concerns regarding this plan. However, our final determination as administrators and a School Board will be what is in the best interest of our student's safety and education. That has to be the determining factor for us at the end of the day. We have re-posted the survey regarding parents and their thoughts on sending students back to school. We decided to re-post this due to how the situation has changed in regards to cases in our area since it was last posted. Thank you again for your patience as we continue this journey to make the best decision for our children. We put a plan out as early as we could to make sure you had some information, but we made sure to let you know we expected it to change. We just want you to know that changes to our initial plan is still a very distinct possibility and we will keep you informed as our vision for a solution to this plan becomes more clear to the district. Thank You, Mike Gauch Superintendent

Dear Parents, Concerning the latest increase in cases of Covid19 in our district and the surrounding area, we are asking that you again answer the following question in regards to the 2020-2021 school year. https://forms.gle/yjXN5ws73QFwHRB36

For the 4th straight year Harrisburg FFA is the Section 25 Premier Chapter. We also had a clean sweep winning the Building Communities, Growing Leaders, and Strengthening Ag Areas for Section 25. This awards recognizes the hard work all of the members put in throughout the year.

Reminder for Harrisburg High School Athletes: sports physicals will still be required this season. All athletes are encouraged to make an appointment sooner than later to be able to participate in a sport this year.

Attention Unit 3 Family: Please view the image or click the link for a statement from Mr.Gauch concerning reopening. Also attached is the link to the district's reopening plan. Parent/Guardian letter: https://5il.co/idnt District Reopening Plan: https://5il.co/idns

Harrisburg Unit # 3 Phase 4 Return to Play Guidelines and Daily Operations For Harrisburg Athletic Department As a result of the Governor’s Restore Illinois Plan, Phase 4 for the state and Phase 4 for the IHSA have started, IHSA member schools are now permitted to begin use of voluntary summer contact days. Prioritizing the health and safety of all students and staff must remain the focus of Harrisburg High School. This plan will be modified as needed and guided by IHSA standards and guidelines. Start Date for Contact Days: Monday, July 6th Coaches need to set up contact, conditioning, and weight room days and times with athletes in your sport using social media, Remind, etc. Students that participate in multiple sports for the year are encouraged to be grouped, for summer participation, in their fall sport. Spaces That May Be Used: Weight Rooms, Track, Outside Fields, Gymnasiums (Auxiliary Gym will be Unavailable on July 20) Personnel Allowed: 50 Total Individuals including coaches. Students are limited to 5 hours of participation per day. The following procedures will be followed when conducting voluntary strength and conditioning sessions (Weight Room/Conditioning do not count as a contact day) and voluntary contact days (Sports specific skill training and use of equipment). * The IHSA Board of Directors has modified the language of IHSA By-law 3.153 to reduce the number of summer contact days from 25 to 20 for the Summer of 2020. . * The IHSA Board of Directors has modified the language of IHSA By-law 3.153 to expand the timeline for use of summer contact days through Sunday of Week 6. This eliminates the "dead week" during the first week of August. * The IHSA Board of Directors discussed but did NOT waive the requirements of IHSA By-law 2.150 requiring students to have a physical examination not more than 395 days preceding any date of practice, contest or activity. Please remind your athletes to schedule a physical examination as soon as possible. PRE-WORKOUT • Schools must maintain a daily record of what athletes are participating, when, symptoms they may present. These forms should be returned to the Athletic Office. * Athletes and coaches should be screened at the start of practice for temperature >100.4F/38C or symptoms of COVID-19 (fevers, chills, cough, muscle aches, headache, sore throat, runny nose, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or loss of taste or smell). Please see me for thermometers and COVID forms. * Any person with symptoms or a positive COVID-19 test should NOT participate in practice, competition, or conditioning and should be referred to a physician for evaluation and only return after clearance to do so from a physician. Athletes will need to provide doctors documentation if they are showing signs of one of the before mentioned symptoms for an unrelated health issue (Other than COVID) to be able to participate. * Signage about symptoms and transmission of COVID-19 should be posted around facilities. District will be putting up signs at facilities. • Multiple groups of 50 or less permitted outside only with 30 feet of distance required between groups. • Multiple groups of 50 not permitted indoors by defined spaces (50 in gym, 50 in the fieldhouse, 50 in a band room, etc.) * When students are not actively participating in a drill, practice, or contest, they must maintain social distance between individuals. • If locker rooms are a necessity, capacity should be limited to ensure members can maintain 6ft of social distance. • Individuals should sanitize or wash their hands for a minimum of 20 seconds with warm water and soap before touching any surfaces or participating in workouts. • Appropriate clothing/shoes should be worn at all times in the weight room to minimize sweat from transmitting onto equipment/surfaces. • Students must be encouraged to shower and wash their workout clothing immediately upon returning to home. FACILITIES CLEANING • Adequate cleaning schedules, before and after each use by a group of athletes, should be created and implemented for all athletic facilities to mitigate any communicable diseases. Cleaning supplies and gloves will be supplied. • Prior to an individual or groups of individuals entering a facility, hard surfaces within that facility should be wiped down and sanitized (chairs, furniture in meeting rooms, locker rooms, weight room equipment, bathrooms, athletic training room tables, etc.). • Hand sanitizer should be plentiful and available to individuals as they transfer from place to place. • Weight equipment should be wiped down thoroughly before and after an individual’s use of equipment. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT • On July 6tht, summer contact days may begin for Harrisburg Unit # 3. Coaches are encouraged to use a staged approach to build back up to full summer contact activity and competitions. Local districts should work with their health departments and local school officials to make decisions about team travel to summer competitions. * Athletes, who did not participate in Stage 1, are encouraged to follow the fall acclimatization schedule for any sport. * Football players should maintain their summer acclimatization schedule, per IHSA By-Law 3.157. • There should be no shared athletic towels, clothing, or shoes between students. • Hand sanitizer or hand washing stations should be plentiful at summer contact events. • Other equipment, such as bats, batting helmets, catchers gear, hockey helmets/pads, wrestling ear guards, football helmets/other pads, and lacrosse helmets/pads/gloves/eyewear should be worn by only one individual and not shared. • Shared equipment such as athletic balls, thud pads, sleds should be cleaned frequently during practice and competitions. • Below is the link from Wilson regarding ball sanitization guidance. • Wilson Sporting Goods Guida#A18 • In Phase 4 spotters for weightlifting are allowed. Maximum lifts should be done only with power cages for squats and bench presses. Spotters should stand at each end of the bar and MUST wear a mask. HYDRATION • All students shall bring their own water bottle. Water bottles must NOT be shared. • Hydration stations (water cows, water trough, water fountains, etc.) may be utilized to fill individual water bottles ONLY but must be cleaned after every practice/contest. CONTESTS • Group sizes should be limited to 50 total participants, coaches, and referees (i.e. excludes spectators). * Any additional team members can sit on the sidelines 6 feet apart from one another. • During the use of summer contact days, multiple groups of 50 or fewer participants are permitted in a facility at once as long as: facilities allow for social distancing of students, coaches, and spectators or 30-ft of distancing is maintained between groups/ opposing teams on the sidelines, and/or areas for each group are clearly marked to discourage interaction between groups outside competitive game play. • Schools must have information posted at entrances and around facilities explaining the transmission as well as symptoms of COVID-19, encouraging all visitors to maintain social distance, and reminding people to stay home if they feel sick or have any of the symptoms of COVID-19: temperature >100.4 F/38 C, fevers, chills, cough, muscle aches, headache, sore throat, runny nose, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or loss of taste or smell. • If schools choose to permit spectators, there should be a designated area for spectators with existing seating capped at 20 percent of capacity. This will be determined at a later date. • Visual markers shall be displayed at queue points (Check-ins, along sidelines, concessions, bleachers, etc.) to help people maintain social distance. • Concession stands may open in line with restaurant businesses physical workspace guidelines. • Encourage spectators to bring their own chairs from home for outdoor activities. • No handshakes, high fives, fist bumps, hugs, etc. can occur pre- or post-match. • No spitting or blowing of the nose without the use of a tissue is allowed. PPE • Students should be masked unless actively engaged in activity. • Coaches should be masked. • Officials should be masked unless ACTIVELY exercising as part of their officiating duties. • Officials must use electronic whistles. It is the responsibility of each IHSA member school to comply with these requirements. If available, it is encouraged that an athletic trainer or medical personnel be available for workouts. They should be masked for any interactions with athletes and maintain appropriate social distance when feasible. GUIDELINES MUST BE FOLLOWED. It is the sole responsibility of the coaches to adhere to all safety guidelines and requirements stated in this plan. There will be no deviation of these guidelines.

Please take our parent survey regarding returning to learning. Parent Survey Link: https://forms.gle/Bz4zFo6veEM1X3Sr7

Taylor Field will be closed to the public on Wednesday, June 24 from 8:30 am - 11:30 am for Harrisburg High School Cheerleading Tryouts. It will be back open to the public around 11:45 am.

The IHSA announced that sports physicals will still be required this season. All athletes are encouraged to make an appointment sooner than later to be able to participate in a sport this year.

Harrisburg High School Stage 1: Return to Play for weight lifting and conditioning will begin Monday, June 22. Workouts will be conducted on Monday and Thursday to start. Please complete the form below to schedule your group time slot. Times available are 9am, 10am, 11am, 3pm, and 4 pm at each location. Taylor Field Weight Room: Juniors and Seniors Middle School Weight Room: Sophomores High School Weight Room: Freshman All equipment is sanitized before use. Students work in groups of 9 + 1 coach. Temperature checks and questions are completed prior to entering facilities. Anyone showing a temperature over 100.4 or answers yes to any of the 5 questions asked (Symptoms of COVID-19) may not participate and should be referred to a physician for evaluation and testing. Hand sanitizer is given out prior to workout. Athletes wear a Face Mask to the workout. Maintain a distance of 6 feet from another person at all times. Locker rooms will NOT be used. Mandatory time of cleaning is done each time a new athlete is using a piece of equipment. Athletes bring their own water and water bottles, drinking fountains are NOT permitted. Athletes wash hands at the conclusion of workout. Groups of athletes should not cross each other when leaving. This plan will be modified as needed and guided by IHSA standards and guidelines. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepyil6Xq4Zm6KK_tjPNlPuxuEgNgXGByiaY8H5nRnn_htTJQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Great news Bulldog Nation, the governor has allowed us to resume behind the wheel portion of Drivers Education. The process will go as follows.. We have 84 students to be completed. It will not be possible to get all of these students drivers completed this summer but we will try to complete as many as possible before school resumes. These students will be driven oldest to youngest ,by date of birth, that hold a current white slip and is available to drive at the time slots presented to your students. We understand it is a hectic time, we have three (3) instructions driving this summer to increase flexibility but students we need you to help us and be flexible as well. Mr. Dwyer will be in touch with you oldest to youngest. If you do not receive a call this week you can contact me to see where you are at on the list of 84. If your child is not driven this summer they will again be driven oldest to youngest, by date of birth, once school starts in August. This will also depend upon the availability in your students schedule. Most importantly student is required to have a mask with when they show up to drive. We will follow the state guidelines regarding cleaning the car. Each time your student shows up to drive they will be required to answer the standard Covid -19 questions regarding any possible symptoms. It is crucial that you show up for your designated time slot to drive. We are required to have two kids in the car each session and if one does not show up we sacrifice an hour of driving. WARNING If you miss your scheduled time slot more than once you will be moved to the end of the list of 84 to be driven. Thank you for your patience with this process. This is all new to us as well as you. We are trying our very best to work out details. Just to reiterate I do not have Facebook so please do not comment on this post. Please feel free to contact my cell phone number if you have questions. Sincerely, Richard Dwyer Drivers Education Chair

2020 HHS Graduation is tomorrow at 11 am Saline County Fairgrounds. Students arrive at 9:45 am and parents can arrive at 10:15. WEBQ will be broadcasting/streaming on the radio and Hart's Music will be videoing so bring your devices.

Just a reminder that Harrisburg High School's 2020 drive thru/drive in graduation ceremony is set for Saturday, June 6 11:00 am at the Saline County Fairgrounds. Students please arrive in cap and gowns at 9:45. If you need a vehicle to drive in the graduation, please let me know as soon as possible. Parents, please arrive at the fairgrounds no earlier than 10:15. I hope everyone enjoys this special occasion.

Graduation Map of Fairgrounds

Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremony The recommendations below must be employed for a drive-in ceremony to be held: -Harrisburg High School has handed out all caps and gowns, so all graduates can arrive in their vehicles dressed in caps and gowns. If a graduating student needs a vehicle provided, please email me as soon as possible so I can get that arranged.  Students will need to arrive at 9:45 am and park in their designated rows in the northeast parking lot.  Last name beginning with A-C will be Row 1, D-H Row 2, I-O Row 3, P-S Row 4, and T-Z Row 5.   -There may be no person-to-person contact during the ceremony. Administration may not hand students diplomas, or any other items, or shake graduates’ hands.  -High school personnel will be present to ensure students remain at least six feet apart at all times and mark safe walking pathways for students exiting cars.  -Parents, please do not get out of your vehicle to try to take pictures. Harrisburg High School will provide someone to take multiple pictures of all individual graduates and provide the photos free of charge to families in order to reduce concern of missing these important moments.  -Students will walk across a stage and pose for a picture individually.  -Only staff and a limited number of students may be outside of their cars.  Sitting on flatbed trailers or sitting in the bed if a truck will not be permitted.  -Parents will be in their vehicles, and parked in the parking lot in front of the stage.  Parents may start arriving at 10:15 am. Extended family members will be parked in the lots behind the parents.  The ceremony will be broadcasted by WEBQ radio station, so that everyone will be able to listen, even if they are unable to make it to the ceremony.  -The graduation will start at 11:00, so it might be warm.  We understand that your vehicle might need to be left running to provide air conditioning, but please be considerate of the graduation ceremony. Only staff and a limited number of students may be outside of their cars.  -Restroom facilities and refreshments will NOT be available.  -Facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities and provide all necessary accommodations for students with special needs.  -We are trying to set expectations, policies, and guidelines in advance to ensure overall health and safety of everyone.

Class of 2020 and parents, The HHS Graduation Ceremony has been officially set for Saturday, June 6 at 11:00.  This event will take place at the Saline County Fairgrounds to allow for a "drive thru" type ceremony.  Specific details, guidelines, and parking instructions will be posted over the next couple of days.  Again, congratulations to the HHS Class of 2020.

Driver education students, Bulldog Nation I am back with another update regarding Driver’s Education this time this is for all students who have completed BOTH classroom and the behind the wheel portion of Driver’s Education. I will be passing out the needed paper work to obtain your Driver’s License once the Illinois Secreary of State reopens all Drivers license facilities at a date yet to be determined. I will be in my classroom on Tuesday May 26th from 1:30 PM-5:00 PM and also again on June 8th from 1:30PM -5:00 PM. Again please do not contact me via Facebook due to the fact I do not have a Facebook account and HHS Staff must contact me with your questions. You can contact me at 618-841-3605. Thank you for your time. Continue to stay Bulldog Strong! Mr. Richard Dwyer