Grammar is working hard to ensure a safe teaching and learning environment for all.
Highlights of these efforts include the following:
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Installation of high-grade air purification units in every classroom.
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Continuation of our cohort models in the Prep and Middle Schools.
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Addition of appropriate gathering protocols in Senior School.
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Continuation of our heightened hygiene protocols.
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Provision of ten N95 masks for each member of faculty and staff.
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Emphasis on the proper wearing of three-ply masks, as recommended by the Department of Health & Wellness.
In addition to these efforts, we have crafted protocols, which reflect current provincial guidelines, for Covid positive cases and exposures. I ask that you carefully review them below.
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COVID POSITIVE CASE AND EXPOSURE PROTOCOLS
POSITIVE CASE
If your fully vaccinated child or child 11 years old or younger tests positive for Covid, your child must attend to the following:
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Have a parent or guardian inform the school.
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Isolate for a minimum of seven days following the onset of symptoms or a positive test if asymptomatic.
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May leave isolation after Day 7 if there are no symptoms or symptoms are improving and there has been no fever for at least 24 hours.
If your unvaccinated or partially vaccinated child or child who is immunocompromised tests positive for Covid, your child must attend to the following:
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Have a parent or guardian inform the school.
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Isolate for a minimum of 10 days.
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May leave isolation after Day 10 if they no longer have symptoms or symptoms are improving and there has been no fever for at least 24 hours.
If someone in your household has Covid, and your child cannot isolate from the person who has Covid, then the child must abide by the isolation rules for testing positive, regardless of vaccination status, and attend to the following:
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Have a parent or guardian inform the school.
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Test on Day 3 or 4 and again on the last day of isolation.
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May leave isolation if the last test is negative.
EXPOSURE TO A POSITIVE CASE
Your child is considered exposed to Covid if he or she has come into contact with a positive case under the following conditions:
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Your child was within six feet of a Covid-positive person for at least 15 minutes while indoors.
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A Covid-positive person coughed or sneezed near your child.
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A Covid-positive person touched, hugged, or kissed your child.
If your child was exposed to a Covid-positive person, and your child is older than 11 and not fully vaccinated or your child is older than 11 and is immunocompromised who has not had a booster, your child must attend to the following:
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Have a parent or guardian inform the school.
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Immediately isolate for seven days.
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May leave isolation after two negative rapid tests done on Day 6 and Day 8 or after one negative PCR test done on Day 6 or 7.
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If symptoms develop, the child must remain isolated and get tested.
If your child was exposed to a Covid-positive person, and your child is fully vaccinated (two shots of Canadian approved vaccines) or is 11 years old or younger, your child should attend to the following:
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Have a parent or guardian inform the school.
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Get tested 72 hours after exposure and watch for symptoms. (A negative PCR test means no further testing is required unless the child develops symptoms. A negative Rapid Test, requires a second rapid test 48 hours after the first.)
Please note: Your child may continue attending school until he or she receives the test results. At the same time, the child should abide by the following:
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Practise physical distancing when at school, including while eating or drinking.
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Wear a properly fitted, three-layer mask.
If someone in your household has tested positive for Covid-19, your child should attend to the following:
If you are able to isolate away from the positive household member:
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Because the positive case is in your household, there is a higher risk of COVID-19 transmission than fa regular close contact, even with the positive case isolating away from you.
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As a result for close contacts who are fully vaccinated (or are a child 11 years and under) without symptoms, you will need to have an additional negative test result before returning to work, school or childcare. You can do this test as soon as you are able. You should still get tested 72 hours after last exposure and monitor for symptoms.
If you need or choose to isolate with a positive household member (for example: parent with child), follow these instructions:
For further information about positive cases, exposures, close contacts, and isolation, I ask that you carefully review the information in the following links:
Finally, in the event a Covid-positive person is identified at the school, we will make every effort to inform the families of the relevant class.