RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS Wantagh High School Principal: Dr. Paul Guzzone Assistant Principal: Mr. Nick Pappas #WeAreWantagh Welcome Back! Twitter: @WantaghHS Instagram: @wantagh_high_school
A Brief Message From Myself! Dr. Paul Guzzone RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
BLENDED/HYBRID LEARNING (YELLOW SCENARIO) Wantagh High School (Grades 9-12 ONLY) Students were divided in two core cohorts: Two Cohorts: Cohort A – Attends in person on Monday/Tuesday and Alt Wednesday Cohort B – Attends in person Alt Wednesday and Thursday/Friday On the opposite days, cohorts participate virtually. • Lessons will be streamed from the classroom live using either Google Meet or Schoology. • Students will go through their schedule at all the regularly scheduled times. RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
REMOTE LEARNING (RED SCENARIO) Wantagh High School • Both High School and Middle school will operate on the same schedule during full remote days (beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 3:02 p.m.) High School – All students will follow a virtual 9-period day on a six-day cycle just as if we • were in school. • School day will begin at 8:30 a.m. starting with periods 2-9. • Period 1 will become Period 10 (ending at 3:02 p.m.) • Homeroom will not take place if we are ever to be in a Red Scenario RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Health Screenings All parents are asked to do a daily temperature screening each morning before a student arrives at school. • Any student with an elevated temperature over 99.9 degrees should not report to school. • In addition, district health aides will take each child’s temperature before they can enter the building. • If a student's temperature is higher than 99.9, they will immediately be sent to a quarantine health office where they will wait to be picked up by a parent. • This will take place as students arrive, and as they enter the building. All staff members are required to submit a daily health screening form and have a temperature screening upon arrival to work. RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Wantagh UFSD COVID-19 Screening RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Staff Roles Flow Chart RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Bell Schedule RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
WHS Morning Arrival Plan Arrival: No students may enter the building prior to 7:20 AM • They may wait under the canopy or colonnade in marked spots prior to 7:20 AM • Upon entry, students must report to the auditorium or Room 150/152 • Students will be released to go to their classrooms at 7:36 RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
WHS Morning Arrival Plan Colonnade Entrance : All Buses and walkers who enter through the back gate Buses will enter complex through administrative offices, wrap around MS, and drop off • students under the colonnade. Students will line up socially distanced and will be temperature screened prior to entering the building. Gates located in the back of the building will be closed to automobile traffic. Walkers will • enter through the walkway and enter through the side entrance. Main Entrance & Music/Tech Entrance : All student drop offs and student drivers Walkers coming from the footbridge will enter through the music/tech entrance • Parents dropping of students will do so at the front of the building • Two lanes will be outlined by cones. Security will direct traffic. • Student drivers will park in student designated spots on their cohort day • RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Diagram of Car Drop-Off Route RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Transportation • Route details will be provided for all students riding the bus by our transportation department. • Students will be required to maintain a safe distance on the bus. – One student per seat except for siblings. • Masks are mandatory at all times on the bus • Buses will be disinfected at the end of each day RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
WHS Dismissal Plan There will be 2 dismissal bells at the high school: • At 2:18 p.m. all walkers and students taking the bus will be dismissed. • At 2:20 p.m. students that are being picked up will be dismissed. * Walkers, student drivers, and those being picked up are asked to leave the building by using the nearest exit. We ask that those students zoned for Forest Lake, who are being picked up, arrange to do so under the colonnade. Parents may use the back gate or Beltagh Avenue entrances. We ask that those students zoned for Wantagh Elementary or Mandalay, who are being picked up, arrange to do so using the front of the High School. *To avoid crossing cars with busses, pickups in the front of the building will not be permitted until 2:23. At that time, all buses will depart. Once the busses have left, we will allow pickups to begin. RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
WHS Dismissal Pickup Plan Zoned For Forest Lake Zoned for Wantagh Elementary Zoned for Mandalay RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Hallway Travel Students are not permitted to gather in hallways at any • time during the day. Hallways will be 2-directional with arrows illustrating the • direction of travel. Students may cross the center part of the hallway to change directions. Bathroom usage during period changes will not be • permitted as we will be unable to monitor the number of students use the facilities during that time. RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Lockers • In order to limit the amount of students gathering in the hallway, the use of lockers will be prohibited. • We will re-evaluate this in the winter months. • Students are encouraged to travel light and limit the amount of textbooks and notebooks they carry. • Teachers are being asked to limit paper usage as much as possible in favor of electronic methods via student Chromebooks. • Textbooks will either stay home or stay in classrooms, depending on its usage, whenever possible. RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Bathroom Usage • We are limiting the usage of bathrooms to 2 students at a time • Distance markers will be placed outside of bathrooms for students to wait at safe distances • Hall monitors will monitor bathroom traffic • Bathroom usage during hall passing will be prohibited; students will only be permitted use the bathroom during class time. RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Stairwell Travel Morning Arrival All 5 stairwells will allow students to travel up to the 2nd floor • Passing between Periods 1-9 The main lobby stairwell will be 2-directional (large and has a divider railing) • The west wing stairwell by the tennis courts will be 2-directional (large and has a divider railing) • The stairwell by the nurse's office will be “ DOWN ” only • The stairwell by music/tech entrance will be “ UP ” only • The smaller stairwell in the west wing will be “ DOWN ” only • Dismissal All 5 stairwells will allow students to travel down to the 1st floor • RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Mask Breaks Students will be permitted to remove their masks under the below conditions: • In the cafeteria while eating • During instruction – At a student’s request, every child will be permitted to step out into the hallway for a length of approximately 1 minute during a period of instruction. – In a 9-period day, they may receive 9 breaks, 1 per period RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Lunch Currently, students will not be permitted to leave campus for lunch. All grade levels will eat lunch in designated areas on school grounds. 9th Grade : Freshmen will eat lunch in the 9th Grade Cafeteria 10th Grade : Sophomores will eat lunch in the North Cafeteria 11th Grade : Juniors will eat lunch in the Study Hall Rooms (Rooms 150 & 152) 12th Grade : Seniors will eat lunch in the Study Hall Rooms (Rooms 150 & 152) Outdoor Seating Areas - We will have a limited amount of outdoor seating spaces in our courtyard (15 to 16). Right now, these spaces are reserved for our 11 th and 12 th grade students Masks - Students MUST wear their masks as they enter the cafeteria and as they are receiving their food. They may remove their masks once they are seated and ready to eat. Anytime they stand up from their table, they will be required to put their mask back on. RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Lunch 9 th Grade Café : The snack shack in the 9 th grade café has been converted to a fully functional food line. Students will be permitted to purchase their lunch when directed to do so by the monitor on duty. This will minimize any congregating, as well as eliminate mixing students with other grade levels during lunch. RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Lunch 10 th -12 th Grade Food Line: All student will enter the food line through the 10 th grade café. Students will be permitted to purchase food by grade level. To keep students evenly spaced, markers will be placed on the floors. RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Lunch Food: All food will be pre-packaged in a grab and go style. Each day their will be an assortment of cold options such as sandwiches, wraps, and salads, as well as one pre-packaged hot option such as wrapped burgers or boxed chicken fingers. Food Deliveries: Outside food deliveries will not be permitted as we are actively attempting to minimize the number of non-essential visitors who approach our building. RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
Classroom Layout Student desks will be socially distanced in the classroom. Desks are spread out and appropriately spaced. Students will be required to wear masks. Most academic classrooms have a capacity that sits in the range of 15 to 16 students. RE PENING OUR SCHOOLS
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