Tuesday, April 6, 2021

A Day – Day 5 band-choir lessons

1. Humboldt County Historical Museum is offering three summers programs. The first is a youth history club, second is Laura Ingalls Wilder program, and the third is Golden Days of Youth schoolhouse program. Stop in the office for information.
2. Eighth grade baseball players will have a hitting practice today in the MPR from 5:15-6:15.
3. The first of four Transitions to high school meetings for 8^th grade studenets will be held tonight. See your email for more information.
4. To help make our schools and community a safer place for everyone, HCSD has decided to purchase an anonymous tip line called Safe Schools Hotline which will have a soft roll out this week. (see additional information below). Information will be posted in hallways this week.

Parents: We are in need of volunteers for our MS boys (April 13) and MS girls (April 22) track meets. Meets start at 4:30 PM. If interested in helping out, email Greg Thomas at gthomas@humboldt.k12.ia.us. 

To help make our schools and community a safer place for everyone, HCSD has decided to purchase an anonymous tip line called Safe Schools Hotline which will have a soft roll out this week.

The 24/7 Safe School Helpline service is a service that allows our school community to anonymously report wrongdoing or concerns via web, text or phone. There is also a mobile application for Apple and Android phones and tablets. 
 The reports are sent to admin and/or counselors either by phone or email depending on the severity. They also are able to alert the LEC in heightened situations such as suicide, safety, etc.   follow up questions. Reports are monitored 24/7. They transcribe the tips as they come in and follow up immediately in emergency situations. It is important to note they also allow  and   ASIST Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is an intensive, interactive, and practice-dominated course designed to help caregivers recognize and review risk, and intervene to prevent the immediate risk of suicide. It is by far the most widely used, acclaimed, and researched suicide intervention training workshop in the world. Our counseling organization itself is also CARF accredited which is the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities.      http://www.carf.org/Accreditation/ The  Safe School Helpline has 24/7 mental health crisis counselors to help troubled students who are suicidal, bullied, or simply having a tough time. Importantly, the members of the counseling staff meet the two major suicide counseling qualifications         QPR    https://qprinstitute.com/research-theory

Additional information will be posted on the school website and throughout buildings.