PDTogether 2.0

• If your child is not feeling well and has one or more of these symptoms they will need to stay home and contact their physician to be evaluated: 

  • Fever (temp >100.0F)

  • Cough

  • Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

  • Fatigue

  • Muscle or body aches

  • Headache

  • New loss of taste or smell

  • Sore throat

  • Congestion or runny nose

  • Nausea or vomiting

  • Diarrhea
     

• If your child is experiencing any of the above symptoms they will need to have tested negative with a PCR COVID test or provide a note from their physician stating they have an alternate diagnosis and are symptom and fever-free for 24 hours prior to returning to campus. The physician is not required to detail the specifics of the alternate diagnosis that explains the symptoms.

• If you have more than one child at home and one of them is experiencing any of the above COVID symptoms, please keep all others home until the ill child has been tested or has received an alternate diagnosis from their physician. 

As shared last spring, we will not be offering Remote Learning as an option unless your child has a medically documented issue. All medically documented Remote Learning requests will need to be approved by our nurse’s office. Please note that our Remote Learning model will be offered until the end of the calendar year and will be reassessed for 2022.  The following changes have been made to our Remote Learning model for fall 2021.

• Remote Learning students will be fully remote and not participate in extracurricular activities such as athletics, performing arts, etc.

• Remote Learning will not involve live lessons streamed from the classroom.

• The course of study, specials, and electives will be limited due to staffing.

If your child is exposed to a positive COVID-19 case while on or off campus, the time away from campus in quarantine will be treated like other illnesses and classwork/makeup work should be coordinated with the teacher/s. 

All individuals need to wear masks while indoors.  PD will begin this school year requiring masking while indoors for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals and socially distancing whenever we can, with the exception of lower school afternoon carpool. No masks are required for anyone while outdoors. All children will wear masks while on school buses. 

No. We are not requiring a Daily Health Screening or temperature checks for our students or vaccinated employees.  If you have been exposed or showing symptoms of COVID-19 you are required to report to the nurses using this reporting form. 

Our unvaccinated employees will be required to complete a daily health screening. 

All students, faculty and staff are required to complete their Magnus Health Forms before returning to school. This year we included a “yes” or “no” question concerning vaccination status. If vaccinated, a copy of the vaccination record must be uploaded or we will assume the individual is not vaccinated and must wear a mask indoors. 

We are relying on the honesty and integrity of our PD families to adhere to the mask and quarantining protocols based on their child's vaccinated or unvaccinated status. 

Screening testing of our unvaccinated employees can provide another layer of protection for our school community. We are so pleased with our high vaccination rate of 95%+ for faculty and 90% + for all employees. At this time, vaccination continues to be our best mitigation strategy and we will encourage all employees to be vaccinated. For those employees that cannot or choose not to be vaccinated, we may require ongoing screening testing. 

We will attempt to maintain 2-3 ft of distance while students are in the classrooms.  We will maintain distance while masks are removed and students are eating.

Please refer to your divisional letters (delivered via Charger Commons) and FLIK (via Charger Commons) for detailed dining information. 

No. All plexi-glass barriers were removed over the summer. 

Last summer we had a total of two positive COVID-19 cases on campus, both of which were traced to off-campus exposures. We had over 3,275 campers on campus with Summer Programs.  

School community COVID-19 cases are shared using our dashboard on Charger Commons (login required).  Exposed close contacts are contacted directly by our nurses.

Based on current CDC and NCDHHS quarantine guidelines, vaccinated individuals do not need to quarantine but must monitor symptoms. If you believe you have been exposed or are showing symptoms, please reach out to our Nurses using this reporting form. 

At this time we are following the health and safety protocol established by the NCISAA for our athletes. Athletes participating in indoor activities must be masked while not actively engaged in the sport. This applies to vaccinated and unvaccinated athletes. Athletes are not required to wear masks while outdoors. 

Custom made masks have been created for choral students, and bell covers will continue to be used by all band students. Band, chorus, and theatre classes will continue to use multiple rehearsal spaces, to include outdoor and larger indoor spaces. 

Yes, we have started  domestic travel on a limited basis. Class trips, field trips, and off campus activities are being evaluated individually based on grade level, location, and activities. Health and safety protocol is developed specifically for each trip. 

All bus riders are required to wear a mask. We continue to keep windows open when possible, promote the use of hand sanitizer, and assign seating. 

Yes. Extended Day is offering after school enrichment programs for all interested Lower School students.  Our Enrichment providers follow the same health and safety protocol as our employees. Please refer to Charger Commons for more information on Extended Day. 

We follow CDC, NCDHHS, and locally mandated guidelines.

We are pleased to announce that Providence Day School will be hosting a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Saturday, January 8, and again on Saturday, January 29. We are thankful to our school nurses for their leadership and the strong partnership they have continued with StarMed to make these clinics possible. Parents received a sign-in link from the school via email on Dec. 22, 2021.