Prospect Family Newsletter
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Welcome Back!
Travel Reminders
Travel Guidance:
The District is following the CDC and IDPH's most recent guidance on international travel.
International Travel: Per the CDC and IDPH, anyone returning from international travel is required to:
- Quarantine for 7 days and get a PCR test on days 5-7 with a return on Day 8 OR
- Quarantine for 10 days if not getting tested with a return on Day 11
Note: The day you travel to return home is considered Day 0.
If you are traveling internationally, please connect with Mrs. Richardson, school nurse, to determine your child's return date to school and discuss the required documents needed.
Domestic Travel: There is currently no restriction when returning from domestic travel.
Please note that travel increases your chance of getting and spreading COVID-19 and staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others. Please continue to wear your mask, watch your distance, and wash your hands when around those outside your household.
Travel-Related Absences
Any absent/quarantined students due to travel will receive daily work through SeeSaw, Google Classroom, or print materials. No live instruction will be available.
Food Allergy Management Plan
As part of our goal to maximize social distancing while maintaining class sizes in our return to full in-person, we will expand the use of some spaces for lunch in Room 121. It is unlikely this room will be used for instruction, but we will continue to follow the D181 Food Allergy Management Plan.
Please know that all classrooms other than this room will be used for instruction only and no food will be allowed.
In compliance with the D181 Food Allergy Management Plan, no peanuts or tree nuts will be allowed in this room. If your student is eating in a lunchroom that is also a classroom, you were sent a separate message to inform you that your student cannot bring peanuts or tree nuts in their lunch.
Custodial staff will thoroughly disinfect tables, chairs, and high-touch surfaces following any lunch period. All students have assigned seating which will assist with making individual seats allergy-free spaces. If you have specific questions or concerns, please let me know.
CSCI
Thank you to all who completed the CSCI survey. We had 50% participation, which exceeded the 40% needed. I truly appreciate you taking the time to give your feedback.
Safety Reminders-Full Return on April 5th
Student Arrival and Dismissal Procedures:
Student arrival begins at 8:25 a.m. There is no staff supervision before 8:25 a.m.
Students should continue to enter through their assigned grade level door.
There will be a staff member assigned to each grade level door to assist students as needed.
Students should stand on the social distance markers on the sidewalks by their doors and remain 6 feet apart at all times.
Masks are required on school property (this includes adults).
Students will sanitize their hands upon entry into the school.
Walkers/Car Riders will be dismissed at 3:10 each day.
Bike Riders:
Students should walk their bikes once on school property and lock their bike on a bike rack.
Only students in grades 3,4, and 5 are permitted to ride their bikes to school.
At the end of the day, bike riders should leave school property right away.
Walkers:
Students walking to school should head directly to their grade level door to enter the building.
At the end of the day, walkers should use the pedestrians crosswalks and leave school property right away.
Car Line:
The car lines are for drop off and pick-up only. Parents should remain in their car at all times. Students should exit and enter only from the passenger side door. This may mean that child seats need to be rearranged in your vehicles.
Students should be ready to exit the vehicle, fully masked upon arrival to the school parking lot.
Cell phone use on school grounds is prohibited.
Pull all the way forward and follow the directions of the staff members on duty.
All parents and students must use the crosswalk at all times. We cannot cross through lines of cars to get to vehicles parked. Parking in the parking lot is prohibited during drop-off and pick-up.
Lunch/Recess Procedures for Students Going Home for Lunch/Recess
Upon arrival to school each day, your student will indicate to their classroom teacher that they will be going home for lunch.
- The classroom teacher will enter the lunch absence on our attendance sheet.
- Students will exit the front office doors if they are getting picked up in the car line.
Upon returning to school, please ensure that your student goes in through the front office doors and Ms. Alberts will let them in to go to class.
Classroom teachers will take PM attendance and ensure that all students have returned from lunch/recess on time.
Lunch/Recess Schedule
IAR and ISA Assessment Schedule for In-Person Students:
IAR and ISA Assessment Schedule for Remote Students:
Surveillance Testing
As we return to full in-person school on Monday, April 5, one of the components that will add another layer of safety for our students and staff is our voluntary surveillance testing program.
As you know, asymptomatic children can spread the virus. Some children do not have symptoms when infected with SARS-CoV-2, and outbreaks occur when the coronavirus spreads silently through the community. Therefore, please consider signing-up for testing and taking advantage of our school’s quick and easy collection process. To sign up, simply log in to your Skyward account and click on “Forms.” We hope that this additional layer of safety, along with our other mitigation efforts, will help your child and our entire school community stay safe.
More information on Surveillance Testing can be found at d181.org/reopening and in the Surveillance Testing Information Booklet.
D181 Meal Pick-Up
Prospect School Panthers
Email: kcummings@d181.org
Website: https://www.d181.org/schools/prospect-school
Location: 100 North Prospect Avenue, Clarendon Hills, IL, USA
Phone: 630-861-4401
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProspectSchoolPTO
Twitter: @ProspectSch181