The Southeast Cornerstone School Division will allow a return to extra-curricular activities in a phased-in fashion, according to information posted on their website.
As extra-curricular activities are reintroduced to schools, they must occur within the parameters of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plans set out by public health officials for the province, along with the guidelines for primary and secondary schools.
According to the posting, Cornerstone has initiated phase one, with the other phases “to be determined at the system level.”
Phase one covers Phys.Ed and recess activities, and arts extra-curr, which includes drama, choral and band.
Areas such as local school intramural and interschool play in sports are slated for Phases 2 and 3, and inter-divisional play is under Phase 4.
Extra-curr activities can be offered when schools are at Level 1 or 2 of the health and safety response plan, and all activities require staff supervision.
Under Phase 1, a committee is to be established to develop processes and guidelines to resume activities in class and at recess, with an increase in access to shared equipment, and to review Re-Open documents with the Sask. High School Athletics Association (SHSAA).
In Phase 2, students will then have opportunities to participate within their own cohort of students, with cohorts at the Weyburn Comprehensive School to be defined by grade level for students in Grades 9 to 12. In Phase 2B, cohorts may begin to compete against other cohorts within the same school.
Interschool play for teams won’t happen until Phase 3A, when teams are formed and practices established, and in Phase 3B, mini-leagues may be established. Students will only be allowed to participate in one sport or event at any given time.
For the arts, a committee is to be established in Phase 1 to “study a gradual return to arts extra-curricular activities”, including following performing arts guidelines set out in the Re-Open Saskatchewan guidelines.
The same rule about cohorts will apply at the Comp schools in Phase 2, and groups won’t be permitted to form until Phase 3 for activities within the school division. In Phase 4, groups “may be approved” to perform in jurisdictions outside of Cornerstone.
There are no time-lines given for when schools will move to phases 2, 3 or 4, other than the phrase that it “will be determined at the system level.”
