Minco School District

Good Afternoon!! As you know, we are expecting a major winter storm next week. The chances of heavy snow, a blizzard and below zero temeratueres are in the forecast form the national weather service. We must be prepared for an extended closure for the entire week next week. We are fully prepared to move into remote teaching and learning for next week. Students in grades pre-k through 3rd will be sent home with packets of work for next week. Students in grades 4-12 will have assignments sent in google classroom and email. It is imperative that your children check their classroom portals and emails daily should we have to move to remote learning. I am also cancelling next week's parent/teacher conferences and moving them from Feruary 18th to March 11th. In conjucton to the new date, we will be out of school on March 12th followed by spring break the next week. Please stay safe and warm next week. I will be sending reglaur updates through the week next week. We will have an update go out Sunday at 3:00PM. I appreciate your patience as we move through this situation. Thank you, Kevin Sims Superintendent

Minco Public Schools will be in session on Thursday. The roads are in decent shape. I will drive the roads early to make sure that doesn't change overnight. To repeat we will have school on Thursday. Thank you, Mr Sims

Out of an abundance of caution after consultation with the National Weather Service, Minco schools will go to remote learning on Wednesday. Travel is predicted to be treacherous in the morning. please stay safe and warm.

Dear parents/guardians: I hope everyone is doing well and staying warm and safe in this weather situation ​we are in. We are keeping a close eye on the weather for the rest of the week and into early next week. Safety is certainly of the utmost importance in what we do. In the event of icy or snowy conditions that could cause a cancellation of in-person instruction, we will notify you in a timely manor. We will use our school app, text-email , phone call and it will be placed on local media outlets. We are fully equipped and ready to roll out with distance learning plans. If your child is in elementary PK-5, your child will have a packet of paper work or instructions on their google classroom portal. Students in middle school and high school will access assignments on google classroom and email. Once again we are watching the situation closely, and we have our students prepared for distance learning. Be watching for updates. Thank you, Kevin Sims

Minco Public Schools will be in session today Tuesday, February 9th. It is extremely cold, and we want no child walking to school. please call your child's school if they need a ride. We will make sure they get to school.

The Road conditions are much better tonight and as of right now Minco will be in session on Tuesday. I will drive again in the morning and make another announcement on here at 6:00AM. Thank you, Mr. Sims

The Road conditions on Gin Road and 152 as well as the side roads are very dangerous. We are not wanting to run our bus routes at all this afternoon. If your child rides a bus, we ask you to pick them up. If this is not possible, please call your child's school office to let us know. At this time we are NOT running busses this afternoon.

The Minco MIM after school program has been cancelled today. Thank you

The High School and Junior High Basketball games at Dibble tonight have been cancelled. Thank you, Mr. Sims

Tonight we will honor seniors at 6:00PM before the games vs Cordell. We will also be honoring the Duvall family and the legacy of Coach Robert Duvall on between the boys and girls games. These events will be broadcast on WWW.MINCOBULLDOGS.TV and live streamed on the Minco Public Schools Facebook page. Thank you, Mr. Sims

This Tuesday's basketball game vs Mount Saint Marys has been cancelled and replaced with Cordell on Thursday night at 6:30PM. Thursday night at 6:00PM will be senior night presentations.

You can watch on WWW.MINCOBULLDOGS.TV

Basketball update: HS girls at 7:30pm in Washington Masks required. Monday 4:00PM JH at Ampo and HS at 6:30PM. Tuesday is senior night at 6:00PM with games vs Mount Saint Mary starting vs 6:30PM

Minco High School GIRLS will play at Washington on Friday at 7:30 PM No boys game.

The Junior High Basketball games vs Rush Springs on Thursday and High School Basketball games on Friday vs Verden have been cancelled. Thank you, Mr. Sims

The Minco High School basketball game vs Hydro-Eakly scheduled for Tuesday night 1/26 has been canceled. Thank you.

Please se revised basketball schedules.

Minco Patrons, I am happy to report that the last two weeks Minco Public Schools has had no known cases of covid 19. We are very grateful for this. We also realize this will change, and we are ready to deal with this as in the past. There are some major changes however to certain rules of exposure and quarantining. If a student is exposed to covid 19 IN THE CLASSROOM, That student will be allowed to attend school academic classes. The students must wear a mask. The students who have been exposed in the classsroom although allowed to be in classes WILL NOT be allowed to participate in extracurricular activities such as athletics, band, FFA, FCCLA, vocal music and the such. These are the rules as amended by Governor Stitt and only refer to classroom exposure. We do believe this will help keep children in the classroom. Exceptions to this are students who are exposed outside the classroom settings. If a student is exposed in athletics, extracurricular activities or outside of the classroom such as home, he or she will be required to quarantine at home 10 days or 7 full days with a negative test days FIVE through SEVEN. This has been a challenging year for all for all of us. As we continue, let us strive to do our part to limit the spread of this evil virus. Please feel free to email me at ksims@minco.k12.ok.us if you should have any questions. Thank you, Kevin Sims Superintendent

Due to the ongoing pandemic, and the rigidity of the rules that we as a school have to deal with, we have decided that Minco Public Schools will not sponsor a prom this year. We are sorry, but we are required to follow the directives of the state department of health. That is why we have reached this particular decision. If the parents of the juniors and seniors elect to have a prom, it will not be school sanctioned or led. Thank you for you understanding in this matter. Regards, ​Kevin Sims, Superintendent

The Minco High School boys basketball game in Rush Springs at the Grady County Basketball Tournament has been moved to 6PM. Thank You Mr. Sims