Covid-19 Procedures

All students are required to wear a clean, solid colored face covering daily. Students in 1st grade and under will wear face coverings upon entering, exiting, transitions, and at the discretion of the teacher.  We encourage each student to keep a spare in their backpack.  Please label each face covering with student’s name. All members of our faculty and staff, as well as any visitors on campus will be required to have masks/face coverings.

The student will be evaluated by the school nurse or office staff.  If they exhibit symptoms, they will be placed in the designated waiting area to be picked up by their parent or guardian.  Out of an abundance of safety for our students and staff, we are asking for sick students to be picked up within 30 minutes of the parents being notified.  Parents will need to contact their child’s physician for further guidance.  The student may return to school once symptoms are resolved and with a note from the physician. 

• A student will need to quarantine for the following:

• if a student has been in close contact with someone who has tested positive with COVID-19.  “Close contact” is defined as within 6 feet of someone for at least 15 minutes, direct physical contact (touching, hugging, kissing), or shared eating or drinking utensils.
• if  a student or a member of his or her household tests positive for COVID -19, all students in that family will be required to quarantine.  

• Quarantine may end after the following criteria are met:

• 14 days from possible contact exposure. 
• 10 days from a positive test result and at least 24 hours after recovery.

“Recovery” is defined as resolution of fever without the use of fever reducing medication and progressive improvement of other symptoms.

“Symptoms” include but are not limited to cough, shortness of breath, congestion, runny nose, new loss of taste or smell, muscle/body aches, headache, sore throat, loss of appetite, nausea/ vomiting, diarrhea.

If a household has a pending COVID-19 test, all students from that household must quarantine until they have the test results. If negative, the student may return to school.  If positive, they may return after 10 days from positive test results.

Trinity will follow CDC and ADPH guidance in regards to reporting.  We will notify the parents of students who had close contact with the student or staff member who has tested positive.  Those who have come within close contact of the student or staff member will be instructed to quarantine and switch to Distance Learning.