NEW: Mass Vaccination Site Opening by end of March. The Western MD site may open 1 week early.
Click
HERE for more information.
No one can test out of quarantine.
ILL STUDENT PICK-UP- Pick-up is at the double doors to the left of the main front entrance. Please ring the intercom.
The 2nd dose of the Covid-19 Vaccination for teachers who took the first dose last week is at the end of March.
SMCS building was once again treated over the Holiday break, utilizing the same treatment prior to school opening. Information regarding this treatment is on SMCS website- Covid-19 Updates, then Sanitation or via this link HERE.
SPRING BREAK -
All out of state or international travel moving forward are as follows until suspended by the Governor of MD. If families or staff traveled out of State, to other than the exempt States (PA, DE, VA, WV, or DC), those individuals need to ensure that they either complete a full 10 day quarantine prior to returning to in-person school or make arrangements ahead of time for the required tests 3-5 days upon return to Maryland or to their home state, if they reside outside of Maryland but attend or work in a school in Maryland. Please continue to inform the school with regard to Spring break family travel, transparency, any exposures, for the health and safety of our valued families and staff. There is no longer a threshold to consider such as a positivity rate of 10%. This travel order applies to
all travel with the exempted states noted above.
The period of quarantine is now reduced from 14 to 10 days, with continuous symptom monitoring, although 14 days is the gold standard.
Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test or Recovery from COVID-19 for All Air Passengers Arriving in the United States After International/Caribbean travel - See guidelines
HERE.
ALTHOUGH THE ABOVE STATES ARE EXEMPT, TRANSMISSION RISKS ARE EQUALLY AS LIKELY IN THOSE STATES.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND: The CDC continues to recommend avoiding all non-essential travel!!! The health concerns of the pandemic are not over and introduction of new, more easily transmissible variants have further exacerbated the risk of contracting or spreading this virus. PLEASE take into consideration when determining your plans for Spring Break, travel in general, and gathering in groups for ALL those that may be affected.
Sports outside of school- Families and students participating in travel sports, tournaments, are equally vulnerable to increased transmission of Covid. We appreciate everyone's transparency.
CLOSE CONTACT EXPOSURE TO POTENTIAL POSITIVE-
·With respect to the AOB policy, it is noted in the policy that the testing requirements are as follows:
It is recommended to test about 3 days after exposure. You must quarantine/isolate awaiting your test results. Covid cases throughout a household extends quarantine time as each person tests positive and/or has symptoms. You are required to call the Washington County Health Dept for
any positive case to initiate contact tracing requirements along with notifying the school ASAP. SMCS may also be required to complete contact tracing within the school. You will be required to quarantine for 10 days with continued symptom monitoring through 14 days. Please forward your student test results to
pradley@stmarycatholicschool.org upon receiving them. The student may return after being symptom/fever/medication free for a full 24 hours.
-At home Covid-19 tests or rapid tests are
not accepted for any purposes.
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