Daily Health Screening

Staying home when sick is an important way that we protect each other from the spread of COVID-19.

Answer these questions for yourself or your child everyday before coming to school:

Has your child had any symptoms listed below that are new or different from usual?

• Fever (100.4°F/38°C or higher) or chills
• Cough
• Headache
• Sore throat
• Loss of taste or smell that started in the last 10 days (Children may say that food “tastes bad” or “tastes funny”)
• Feeling out of breath or having a hard time breathing
• Diarrhea, nausea or vomiting
• Fatigue
• Muscle aches or body aches

If your child has any of the symptoms above:

• Contact your child’s doctor, and have your child tested for COVID-19.
• Keep your child at home until you get their test results.
• Contact your child's school.

Have you had “close contact” in the past 10-14 days with anyone who has COVID-19 during their contagious period? 

• Under group tracing, regardless of vaccination status, students and staff may remain in school unless they develop symptoms or test positive for COVID-19. If they develop symptoms, they should notify their school sites and follow protocols for testing in order to return to school.

Have you tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 5 to 10 days? 

• Students who test positive will be asked to immediately isolate at home for at least 5 days. The student can return to school if:

  • 5 days have passed since their positive test was collected (not 5 days after the result was received) and

  • A negative test was collected on or after Day 5

• If the child is not retested, they may return 10 days after their original positive test was collected.

• If you or your child(ren) answered no, you can keep going to school.

Get more information on what to do for COVID-19 symptoms, exposures, and positive tests.