COVID 19 Response

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During this difficult time, it is very stressful and challenging for both families and children.  We need to stay strong and stay resilient to move forward. Challenge School is doing our best to follow or refer to guidelines from CDC, San Mateo County Health Department, and Community Care Licensing. 

For Challenge School current covid quarantine schedule please click HERE. 

• Pandemic Recovery Framework (2/7/22)
• CDC Covid Guidelines

We encourage all students and the household member who is qualified for vaccination to get vaccinated.  All of our staff are mostly or fully vaccinated. 

For families who are choosing to come onsite with us, here is our COVID Policy:

Social Gathering Policy:

• For household with unvaccinated member, pls try to do your social gathering outdoor as much as possible
• For households with unvaccinated members, wear a well-fitted mask for indoor gatherings 
• We follow CDC social gathering guidelines Dec 2021, but try to be more stringent for preschool families as most preschoolers are not vaccinated.  Please follow our Exposure Quaranite Schedule for any un-masked, indoor, outside social bubble gathering.

Healthcheck and Illness Policy:

• All staff and children MUST conduct a daily health check before entering the school
• COVID symptoms include: Fever of 100.4 F or more, cough, runny nose, congestion, sore throat, shortness of breath, new loss of taste and smell, etc
• Please refer to Sick and Test Postinve Quarantine Schedule 
• School administrators will accept Molecular (PT-PCR), Antibody test results and Antigen tests (At home covid test kits) results

Check-in/out Procedure and Daily Health Check Requirement:

• Both Staff and Children need to fill in a daily health check before coming to school
• Children are asked to wash hand OR use hand sanitizer before coming inside the school

Mask Wearing Requirement:

• All staff and children older than 2 years old are required to wear mask indoor only
• Mask can only be taken off during mealtime and nap time when indoor
• Mask is optional for outdoor Starting May 1st 2022

Travel Requirement:

• Both staff and children + families should follow the following guideline if travel by air Exposure Quarantine Schedule.

Possible COVID Exposures:

• Staff/Children should follow the Exposure Quarantine Schedule below if staff/children or their direct household member has a confirmed case or COVID exposure
• Any confirmed case of COVID may lead to a closure of the classroom per Health Department guidance

Risk of COVID:

Please understand that sending your child to a group setting may have a COVID-19 exposure.  Teachers and the school will follow CDC, San Mateo County Health, and Community Care Licensing guidelines vigorously and work extra hard to clean and disinfect any common areas and shared toys/supplies/furniture.