Free books for kids: Siskiyou Office of Education is liquidating its collection
Those interested in adding to their kids book collection are in luck.
The Siskiyou County Office of Education is dispersing for free its large collection of books geared for children in pre-K up through high school, as well as some professional books for teachers, said volunteer Kathy Graves.
The books are coming from the COE s library media center, which is being shut down. Books have already been offered to local schools and the public library system, Graves said.
There are about 5,000 books up for grabs, including easy readers, picture books, big books, fiction, and nonfiction. Many of the books are winners of children’s book awards, and many are new, Graves said.
Yreka High School nurse honored for hard work during COVID pandemic
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For the past year, nurse Amy Gaither has been hard at working making sure things are running as smoothly as possible with COVID-19 measures and safety at Yreka High School.
“It s a challenging year for nurses,” she said. “In my 32 years as a nurse this has been my most difficult year yet.”
Gaither said it is a true team effort to make sure safety measures are constantly in place: ensuring students keep a safe social distance from one another and they re wearing their masks. Since the start of the year students have been going to school in a rotation of three days and two days a week.
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COVID-19 case at Grenada Elementary will not close the school
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A staff member at Grenada Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19 and has been isolated per public health guidelines, although the situation will not affect in-person classes said the school s principal/superintendent GingerLee Charles.
The school received word of the positive test on Monday, and parents and guardians of the students in the staff member s cohort group were sent a notification.
“We are a very close staff, so we all worry about and take care of one another,” Charles said. “This was our first case of an employee testing positive. I am happy to report that they are recovering well and will return to school after the holidays. We care very much about the health and welfare of our school community.