Liam HalawithMaroon Echoes News Managing Editor The Mount Pleasant Panther Varsity Football team defeated the Clear Creek Amana Clippers in a close game Friday night. The Panthers ran out the clock with a final score of just 28 -27.
Quarter by Quarter Breakdown: 1st Quarter: Panthers Senior Quarterback Jack Johnson scored the first touchdown of the game. MP up 7-0. 2nd Quarter: The Panthers slip allowing the Clippers to score 2 touchdowns leaving the score 7-14 at halftime. 3rd Quarter: QB Jack Johnson and Junior RB Isaiah Albright each scored a touchdown in the third quarter. Giving them the lead that won the game. The score at the end of the quarter was 21-14. 4th Quarter: Panthers kept a close lead over the clippers for a majority of the game. The Clippers scored two touchdowns during the quarter but missed a 2-point conversion attempt. The Panthers scored one touchdown during the quarter but kept a strong defense to end the game with a 1 point lead. The Panthers MVP was #7 Senior Jack Johnson who scored 3 out of the 4 Panther touchdowns. The Panthers started off their season strong by defeating long time rival Clear Creek Amana in the first game of the season. The Panthers face off against the Tipton Blue Devils next Friday night at Tipton City Park.
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Liam HalawithMaroon Echoes News Editor-In-Chief At Monday’s Mount Pleasant Community Schools Board of Directors meeting they approved their Return-to-Learn plan that included plans about Remote Learning Options for students and families that request it.
The district is giving families the option to attend school remotely instead of going to the school building in the Face-to-Face model. The district will be offering remote learning to anyone who would like to attend school in that fashion. Those who attend remotely will be taught by Mount Pleasant teachers with the same curriculum as if they were attending in person. “I believe that it's the expectation of our governor that we provide [remote learning options] to all families...so a remote learning option will be made to all students,” said Mr. Henriksen. The district has yet to nail down the specifics of the optional online learning but has a general plan for the service. The district will have teachers in every grade level act as academic-technical advisers for the students. They will keep in touch with the students and make sure that they are staying on track with their school work. All grade levels will be able to participate in the remote learning option, with all grade levels moving their curriculum onto the district’s learning management system, Canvas. Students will be required to complete work at a regular pace and the core teachers will be managing their instruction and grading. School Board Member Josh Maher was excited to see that we were putting our remote learning skills to the test and hopes to see us expand our capabilities in the future. “Online learning is one of the things I think we should be more situated with. COVID is giving us a really great opportunity to really get into it, and have a robust online presence in the education. I would really like to see a very good online education from the Mount Pleasant Community School District, so they can look at Mount Pleasant’s online platform and say ‘That’s a school district I want to go to.’,” said Mr. Maher. To register your child for remote learning contact your building principal or central office staff. For more information visit the district’s return to learn plan or contact the central office. Here is a link to the district’s Return to Learn Plan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bUIOTYW G8NF6Wyn-bdXdM6j8tUVfnl_a/view?usp=sharing Liam HalawithMaroon Echoes New Editor-In-Chief The Mount Pleasant Community School Board of Directors approved the district’s current Return-to-Learn plan with a 6-1 vote at their regular monthly meeting Monday night; member Chuck Andrews being the lone dissenting vote.
The plan’s biggest point of contention, a face mask requirement for students and staff, came with bouts of disagreement Monday night. Board member Chuck Andrews was against requiring masks. He motioned that the language be stricken from the plan; however the motion failed. “I’ll make a motion to approve the return to learn program with the exception of making face masks/coverings highly recommended and not required,” said Mr. Andrews Dr. Joe Tansey, an orthopedic surgeon at Henry County Health Center, pleaded for the board to require masks at all times with exceptions, in addition to the social distancing part of the policy. “Masks should be mandated in schools if you want to prevent the further spread of this disease. If you want to avoid Hybrid learning, if you want to keep your school and staff as safe as possible, you must have everyone wear a mask all the time.” said Dr. Tansey. Tansey used HCHC as an example of the effectiveness of proper PPE, “At the hospital, we don’t catch COVID. At the hospital the only time we’ve had the staff catch COVID was from the community, and the reason why is there are some people who go out in the community and don’t wear a mask.We don’t catch COVID because we are always wearing masks.” Board member Willy Amos agreed with Dr. Tansey saying, “If even one child passes away I could never forgive myself for not mandating masks.” The board considered removing the social distancing language from the policy but decided to leave it as is. The current policy states: “Face coverings/Shields will be required of all students and staff when 6-foot physical distancing cannot be maintained.” Meaning that facemasks are only required indoors if you are unable to maintain social distancing. Face masks are also not required if you are eating, drinking, or outside. John Henriksen, the district superintendent, explained that there would be other circumstances when masks would be allowed to be removed, “ Face coverings are a mitigation effort and you are expected to wear a mask or a face shield and it is reasonable to assume that there will be circumstances that it will need to be removed to provide educational programming.” Although masks are not the only mitigation effort used by the district. According to Mr. Henriksen mitigation efforts are 3 pronged using heavy sanitation requirements, PPE, and social distancing to reduce the possibility of an outbreak. The plan also states that the district will start in “Face to Face” instruction on August, 24th. All students will be required to wear masks and social distance when possible. There will also be other safety and sanitation procedures in place, like bottle fillers, hand sanitizer stations, three lunch shifts, and more. For more on specific guidelines see the attached link for a PDF version of the approved plan. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bUIOTYWG8NF6Wyn-bdXdM6j8tUVfnl_a/view?usp=sharing The board has recognized that the plan will have to change as more is learned about Coronavirus. Most parts of the district’s plan will have to remain fluid but the heart of the plan should stay the same. |
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