Updated COVID Policy (as of 5/17/22)
If your child tests POSITIVE.....
Please alert Principal Raciunas, Assistant Principal Cieloszyk and your child's teachers via ParentSquare right away!
Kindergarten and Up:
-Keep your child home for 5 days.
- Children can return on Day 6 if they have no symptoms and have been fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
-Students returning from isolation of Day 6 must wear a well-fitting mask such as a KN95 or KF94 on Days 6-10.
Pre-K:
- Keep your child home for 10 days. If symptoms improve they can come back on Day 11.
- Pre-K students are required to wear masks in school, regardless of exposure.
Home Test Kits
● Your child(ren) will be sent home with 4 tests each week. Please test them every 5 days.
● Schools will distribute free, take-home COVID-19 rapid test kits to any student or staff who exhibit COVID-like symptoms or have been in a classroom where a positive case has been identified.
● If your child was exposed to COVID-19 at school, please help your child take the first test on the day they receive the home test and help your child take the second test five days after exposure or at the first indication of symptoms.
● Your child may continue to attend school as long as your child receives negative test results and does not experience any symptoms of COVID-19.
● If your child has COVID-like symptoms or feels ill before the fifth day, please have your child isolate and take the second home test immediately.
Any student who tests positive on a take-home test should immediately report it to the school and begin isolating.
As a reminder, all students, staff and visitors must pass the DOE health screener in order to enter school buildings. Additional questions will be added to the health screeners for those students and staff who receive at-home rapid test kits to share their negative result. No other proof of a negative result is required in order for these students to enter the school building.
Increased In-School Testing
To further ensure the safety of our students, families, and staff, the in-school surveillance testing program is expanding to double the number of individuals tested in each school, including both vaccinated and unvaccinated students, in grades 1 and up. The random in-school surveillance program continues to provide public health experts with an accurate look at the prevalence of COVID-19 in schools.
We encourage all families who have not yet submitted consent, regardless of whether their child is vaccinated, to consent to in-school testing through their NYC Schools Account (schoolsaccount.nyc) or return a signed paper form to the school. Additional information on testing for students and the printable version of the consent form in multiple languages can be found on the New York City Department of Education (DOE) website: schools.nyc.gov/covidtesting
Testing is a critical part of keeping schools open and communities safe. Thank you to those families who have already consented to testing, and for your cooperation by participating in our in-school testing program!
To further ensure the safety of our students, families, and staff, the in-school surveillance testing program is expanding to double the number of individuals tested in each school, including both vaccinated and unvaccinated students, in grades 1 and up. The random in-school surveillance program continues to provide public health experts with an accurate look at the prevalence of COVID-19 in schools.
We encourage all families who have not yet submitted consent, regardless of whether their child is vaccinated, to consent to in-school testing through their NYC Schools Account (schoolsaccount.nyc) or return a signed paper form to the school. Additional information on testing for students and the printable version of the consent form in multiple languages can be found on the New York City Department of Education (DOE) website: schools.nyc.gov/covidtesting
Testing is a critical part of keeping schools open and communities safe. Thank you to those families who have already consented to testing, and for your cooperation by participating in our in-school testing program!
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