It is critically important that everybody follows the steps listed below, not just for their own health and safety, but for the health and safety of their family and loved ones as well.
Follow the travel guidelines - especially with the holiday season approaching - it is extremely important that we follow the APS travel protocol. Please contact your school nurse with any questions
APS Recreational Travel & Mandatory Self-Quarantine - Click here
Mass.gov Travel Order - Click here
The single most important thing to do, if any of the following symptoms are present, is to STAY HOME. Our collective health relies, in part, on individual attention and responsibility. Note that some symptoms of COVID-19 are the same as the flu or a bad cold; please do not assume it is another condition.
Please STAY HOME if you have any of the symptoms listed below:
Temperature >/= 100.0 F without fever reducing medication
Chills
Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
Cough
New loss of taste or smell
Sore throat
Muscle aches or body aches
Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea
Headache, in combination with other symptom
Fatigue, in combination with other symptom
Nasal congestion or runny nose (not due to other known cause, such as allergies), in combination with other symptom
CDC COVID-19 Symptom Checker
Daily Home Screening for Students
Monitoreo Diario de los Estudiantes en la casa
الفحص المنزلي اليومي للطلاب
Rastreio diário em casa para alunos
Depistaj Ou Kapab Fe Lakay ou Chak Jou pou Elev Yo
Daily Home Screening for Staff
COVID-19 Test Site Locator
Remember the 3 W's
Wash your hands
Wear a mask
Watch your distance (maintain 6 feet social distance)
Mask Up Mass! - Click here
Here is a link from the National Association of School Nurses on Washing Your Hands, Wearing Cloth Face Coverings and Staying Home When you are Sick.
It is not one mitigation strategy but a combination of all strategies taken together that will substantially reduce the risk of transmission." DESE/MDPH