Dear Henry Families,

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and you had time to reconnect with friends and family. These holiday breaks feel like they go by very quickly. However, winter break is not too far off so let’s put forth a good effort these next few weeks before the next holiday break.

We had no new positive cases during the short week. Overall, we’ve only had 6 confirmed cases of covid this school year. Please keep in mind, a new covid variant has been popping up recently in certain parts of the country and the world. We want everyone to continue to be healthy to be able to enjoy the upcoming winter holiday. Please keep wearing your mask at all times unless you are eating or drinking and remind your students to do the same. We know social distancing is challenging but do your best to encourage a healthy distance and promote consistent hand washing.

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

• Henry School will have covid testing on 11/30/2021 at HENRY from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• BAC Meeting: Thursday, December 2nd @ 3:30 p.m. (NOTE CHANGE OF DATE)
• Scholastic Book Fair: December 6th - 10th
• Picture Retake: Thursday, December 9th
• Medical Immunizations and Physicals Due: December 10th
• Go CPS High School Application Closes: December 15th
• Progress Reports: December 17th
• Winter Break: December 18th-January 2nd
• Return from Winter Break: Monday, January 3, 2022

Have a great week!

Juan Gutierrez, Principal

jgutierrez1@cps.edu

Mary Ann Reynolds, Assistant Principal

mamunozmaciel@cps.edu

Lora Abraham, Assistant Principal

ldabraham@cps.edu

Henry Spirit Wear Orders Extended!

LSC Special Meeting (Closed Session)

Student Covid Testing Registration

Go CPS Application Live

Student Fees: Pay via E-pay

Submit a Copy of Student Vaccination Records

Protocol For Suspected Illness

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Dear Henry Parent/Guardian,

Welcome back to an exciting and promising school year! As part of the district’s efforts to ensure the safety of our students, we are partnering with Thermo Fisher Scientific and Color Health to provide all students with COVID-19 testing beginning September 1, 2021 for the school year through the ReadyCheckGo™ testing program.

If you are interested in having your child participate in testing, please follow this link https://home.color.com/covid/sign-up/start?partner=tf-hen-609988-students and complete the registration process. A parent or guardian must register any minor under 18 years old, and you’ll give a one-time consent and HIPAA authorization to share your child’s results with the school and district.

Testing is optional for students, except for unvaccinated and partially vaccinated student athletes. Testing will take place during regular school hours and results will be available in 24 to 48 hours. Color Health will follow up with you directly if your child receives a positive result.

For more information on testing with Thermo Fisher and Color, including self-swab testing and receiving results, head to their Support FAQs or call 888-603-1028. You may also email the CPS COVID-19 Testing Team at covidtestingcps@cps.edu.

Thank you for your participation to keep our school community safe and healthy.

-CPS COVID-19 Testing Team

Click the "Henry E-Pay" button on our website patrickhenryes.cps.edu to make payments on student fees, field trips, fundraisers, etc. You will need your child's student ID number to make the online transaction.

Please call the office at 773-534-5060 if you have any questions.

Student Fees

$25 - 1 student

$50 - 2+ students (family)

Vaccination is the leading public health prevention strategy to end the COVID-19 pandemic. It benefits not only the individual, but also schools and communities by reducing transmission of the virus.

Nearly 60% of young people in Chicago aged 12-17 years have received at least one dose of an FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine is safe and effective for children, and is offered at no cost. To find more information regarding vaccine opportunities please visit:

• CPS COVID-19 Vaccination Program:

• www.cps.edu/vaccinations; or

• City of Chicago Vaccine Sites:

• www.zocdoc.com/vaccine

• or call 312.746.4835 to make an appointment

Parents/guardians of fully vaccinated students are urged to submit a copy of their child’s COVID-19 vaccination record to their child’s school. Student vaccination records will be entered into the student’s electronic record in ASPEN, where they can be stored safely and used to inform the contact tracing and quarantining process. School nurses are the only staff who are trained and qualified to enter student vaccination records, so forms that are given to teachers, school clerks, etc. will be routed to the school nurse.

1. Students are seen by the nurse to determine if there is a suspected illness to be sent to the Care Room. If there is a suspected illness, parents are notified to pick up student

2. Students wait in the Care Room until they are picked up. Ms. Reynolds or Ms. Abraham will speak to the parent regarding the "Referral For Suspected Illness". Parents are provided with the referral that also will need to be reviewed by a medical professional who will determine if a Covid Test is needed. Students may not return to school until there is clearance from the doctor.

3. Negative Test and no fever - students can return to school

4. Positive Test - parents have to call the school and self report on cps.edu/covidresults

5. Administration will get notification of a positive case and will follow the steps with the support from the Network Chief.

6. Administration will send information to parents if a classroom will have to flip to remote learning due to a positive case.

Please note that we are not allowed to disclose any medical information of any student or staff member due to HIPAA laws.