Weekly Update
4/1/2021
GOOD DEEDS WEEK
Kindergarten Information
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/KindergartenBrochure.pdf
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/Early-Childhood/KindergartenBrochure_SPANISH.pdf
Thank you!
BOOK FAIR THIS WEEKEND
Water Bottles and Extra Clothes Needed
The students are also finding the mud outside this spring. Please be sure your child has a change of clothes in his/her backpack just in case. This is for students at all grade levels. We do not have the inventory of clothes this year to offer to our students.
Thank you for your help.
Upcoming Events
4/2/2021 - NO SCHOOL - Good Friday
4/12-4/16/2021 - NO SCHOOL - APRIL BREAK
When To Quarantine
For additional information:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html
Stay home if you might have been exposed to COVID-19
Quarantine is used to keep someone who might have been exposed to COVID-19 away from others. Quarantine helps prevent spread of disease that can occur before a person knows they are sick or if they are infected with the virus without feeling symptoms. People in quarantine should stay home, separate themselves from others, monitor their health, and follow directions from their state or local health department.
Quarantine or isolation: What's the difference?
Quarantine keeps someone who might have been exposed to the virus away from others.
Isolation keeps someone who is infected with the virus away from others, even in their home.
Who needs to quarantine?
People who have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19—excluding people who have had COVID-19 within the past 3 months or who are fully vaccinated.
· People who have tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 3 months and recovered do not have to quarantine or get tested again as long as they do not develop new symptoms.
· People who develop symptoms again within 3 months of their first bout of COVID-19 may need to be tested again if there is no other cause identified for their symptoms.
· People who have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19 are not required to quarantine if they have been fully vaccinated against the disease and show no symptoms.
What counts as close contact?
· You were within 6 feet of someone who has COVID-19 for a total of 15 minutes within 24 hours, or a direct exposure such as being sneezed or coughed on in the face.
· You provided care at home to someone who is sick with COVID-19
· You had direct physical contact with the person (hugged or kissed them)
· You shared eating or drinking utensils
· They sneezed, coughed, or somehow got respiratory droplets on you
Steps to take
Stay home and monitor your health
· Stay home for 14 days after your last contact with a person who has COVID-19.
· Watch for fever (100.4◦F), cough, shortness of breath, or other symptoms of COVID-19
· If possible, stay away from others, especially people who are at higher risk for getting very sick from COVID-19
Options to reduce quarantine
Reducing the length of quarantine may make it easier for people to quarantine by reducing the time they cannot work. A shorter quarantine period also can lessen stress on the public health system, especially when new infections are rapidly rising.
Your local public health authorities make the final decisions about how long quarantine should last, based on local conditions and needs. Follow the recommendations of your local public health department if you need to quarantine. An option they will consider include stopping quarantine
· After day 10 without testing
After stopping quarantine, you should
· Watch for symptoms until 14 days after exposure.
· If you have symptoms, immediately self-isolate and contact your local public health authority or healthcare provider.
· Wear a mask, stay at least 6 feet from others, wash your hands, avoid crowds, and take other steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
What to do if you have COVID-19
If you have tested positive for COVID-19, you must separate yourself from others and watch yourself for symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, headache, muscle pain, sore throat, or loss of taste or smell. This is to protect yourself, your family, and your community.
Separate yourself from others
Stay home. Do not go to work, school, or any other place outside the home. If you need medical care, follow the instructions below.
Stay home until all three of these things are true:
§ You feel better. Your cough, shortness of breath, or other symptoms are better, and
§ It has been 10 days since you first felt sick, and
§ You have had no fever for the last three days, without using medicine that lowers fevers.
Stay away from other people in your home. As much as possible, stay in a separate room and use a separate bathroom, if available.
Wear a facemask if you need to be around other people and cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Wash hands thoroughly afterward.
Avoid sharing personal household items. Do not share food, dishes, drinking glasses, eating utensils, towels, or bedding with other people in your home. After using these items, wash them thoroughly with soap and water. Clean all frequently touched surfaces in your home daily, including doorknobs, light switches, or faucets.
Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol. Avoid touching your face with unwashed hands.
Monitor your symptoms
Look for emergency warning signs* for COVID-19. If someone is showing any of these signs, seek emergency medical care immediately:
§ Trouble breathing
§ Persistent pain or pressure in the chest
§ New confusion
§ Inability to wake or stay awake
§ Pale, gray, or blue-colored skin, lips, or nail beds, depending on skin tone
*This list is not all possible symptoms. Please call your medical provider for any other symptoms that are severe or concerning to you.
Call 911 or call ahead to your local emergency facility: Notify the operator that you are seeking care for someone who has or may have COVID-19.
News from the PTO
Please sign up for the Konstella App if you haven't done so yet. This is where the PTO is posting all information and upcoming events.
Please take a look at the BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION attachments below. It's an easy way for our school to get money for items that you are already buying.