Upper School Town Hall Thursday, September 3rd Town Hall Agenda 1. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Upper School Town Hall Thursday, September 3rd

Town Hall Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Words of Wisdom 3. Phased Campus Reopening 4. Our Responsibilities 5. What School Will Look Like 6. Distance Learning 7. Response to Covid on Campus 8. Q & A 9. Closing

Phased Campus Reopening We look forward to welcoming our students back to campus. ● The delay in reopening campus is due to unstable internet strength. ● Phasing allows the school to give care and attention to establishing new routines with precision for teachers and students alike. ● We are opening our doors to 11th and 12th Grade Students on Wednesday, September 16th. We are doing this because 1. Our internet bandwidth situation allows for a smaller group of students to be present on campus. 2. We want our school’s leaders to be the first ones on campus.

Upper School Phased Campus Re-Opening MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY September 7 8 9 10 11 NO ZOOM CLASSES No School Labor Day Teacher Training Holiday 14 15 16 17 18 11th & 12th Grades on Campus 21 22 23 24 25 Only 12th 11th, 12th, 11th , 12th , ALL ALL Grade 10th & 6th 10th , 8th & Grades on Grades on on Campus Grades on 6th Grades Campus Campus for SAT Campus on Campus NO ZOOM 28 29 30 October 1 2 ALL Grades on Campus

Student Responsibilities ● We cannot guarantee a contagion-free environment. ● Our actions are Preventative and Responsive . ● Opening our campus, and keeping our campus open is a Team Effort . ● All our actions must be guided by Courtesy and Right Conduct . ● Students and Teachers have responsibilities in keeping our campus safe.

Student Responsibilities ● When entering the building ● Handwashing ● Face coverings are required on campus ○ Face shields can be used with a face covering underneath

Student Responsibilities ● Keeping a Safe Distance ○ Be aware of where you and others are. ○ Be courteous. Courtesy → Dignity ● Keep Traffic Moving ○ Students should always walk on the right side. Participate and Learn! ●

Teacher Responsibilities ● Be examples by modeling new routines for students. ● Teach! Our teachers are dedicated to serving their students online and on campus simultaneously. We are grateful for their tireless work.

What Class Will Look Like Normal Classroom ● Student will be spread out as much as possible. ● Hand sanitizer will be present in every classroom.

What Class Will Look Like MUSIC CLASS DRAMA CLASS ● Music Theory will be ● Acting involves facial taught inside the expression and projection. classroom. To allow this, scenes will be rehearsed outside with ● All Singing will be done appropriate distancing. outside with appropriate space between students so they can take their masks off.

What Lunch Will Look Like ● Before lunch, students will have the opportunity to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer. ● Students will be spread out while eating. ● We have increased the number of tables outdoors and will use that space when weather permits.

What Hallways Will Look Like ● Locker assignments are spread out as much as possible and grouped by grade. ● Students will no longer line up in the hallway before entering a classroom. ● We will keep traffic moving by walking on the right side of the hallway.

Other Preventative Measures ● Hand sanitizer is placed throughout the building. ● We have installed higher grade air filters in HVAC units. ● The building is disinfected nightly and our cleaning crew is constantly cleaning throughout campus during the school day.

Home Screening We will start each day with the following measures to keep everyone safe and healthy by preventing Covid from coming to campus: ○ Home Temperature Screening ■ There will not be routine temperature checks done on campus. ○ Home Symptom Screening ■ If your student is exhibiting symptoms that are abnormal please keep him or her home. Home Screening Guidelines will be sent in advance of the Brick & Mortar start date.

Response to Covid on Campus What happens if a student begins to experience symptoms while at school. ● The student will be sent to a wall-mounted, no touch thermometer station located in multiple places throughout the building. ● This will play a part in determining if they are sent to the nurse’s station or our supervised CARE room. ○ Our C.A.R.E. Room ( C ovid- A ssessment- R esponse- E valuation) is a room separate from the nurse’s clinic and will be supervised by a well-trained faculty member. ● If sent to the C.A.R.E. Room, the nurse will then assess and determine if the student’s symptoms are consistent with COVID-19. ○ If the symptoms are consistent with COVID-19, the parents will be called to pick up their student as quickly as possible. ○ If not consistent with COVID-19, the nurse will proceed in the usual manner to address the ailment.

Response to Covid on Campus Symptoms List: Temperature > 100 0 ● ● Shaking or exaggerated The list of symptoms is very broad, causing shivering us to send home more students than the ● Loss of taste or smell ● Cough past, but this is done to keep our scholars ● Nausea or vomiting and teachers healthy. ● Headache ● Fatigue ● Difficulty breathing ● Sore throat ● Runny nose/congestion ● Chills ● Significant muscle pain ● Diarrhea ● Nausea or vomiting ● Headache ● Fatigue

Response to Positive Tests What happens if a student has a positive test or suspected positive Covid case? ● Student or staff that are COVID-19 positive or Suspected Positive Cases are required to quarantine for 10 days from the onset of symptoms. ■ until they have a negative COVID-19 test or ■ an alternate diagnosis from a doctor is found and symptoms have lessened significantly· ● If a student is confirmed positive by a lab test and they are asymptomatic, they will still be required to quarantine for 10 days. ○ The 10 days begins the day you were tested for COVID-19.

Response to COVID For students who have been in close contact with individuals with a lab-confirmed COVID positive case. ○ You will be notified within the day if there is a lab-confirmed COVID positive case in your student’s section. If not notified directly with a phone call, no further action is necessary, as your child was not identified as a Close Contact. ○ If your student is determined to be Close Contact, you will receive a phone call from either Nurse Nolte or Mr. Malone, the Campus COVID Response Coordinator. ○ Close Contact Individuals are required to quarantine for 14 days. ○ If your child is exposed to a COVID-19 positive individual outside of school, the student will need to stay home and quarantine for 14 days. ○ During this time, the school will work with you to move your student into Distance Learning.

Distance Learning We remain committed to a robust online learning experience for our distance learners. Distance Learning Updates in Response to Parent Feedback: ● Teachers are collaborating by grade to better balance daily screen time each week ● To increase interaction between students and teachers, students may have more short Zoom classes in place of recorded instructional videos.

Schedule & Club Updates ● Because of COVID restrictions, clubs will not meet 1st quarter. The district will determine at a later date whether we can safely offer clubs 2nd quarter. ● All clubs will be extracurricular this year (i.e. they will be optional and meet outside of the regular school day). ● Since we are moving the club period outside of the regular school day, we will no longer run a Thursday/Friday Block schedule beginning the week of September 21st.

Distance Learning Schedule ● Monday - Thursday the schedule of classes will be the same as the previous Monday-Wednesday schedule. ● On early release Fridays, students will now attend all classes for an abbreviated time.