HEALTH & WELLNESS The health and well-being of our community—including our students, faculty, staff, parents, grandparents and alumni—are at the forefront of reopening our campuses under the guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Virginia Department of Health and the Commonwealth of Virginia. HEALTH CLINICS We have expanded our health clinics and now have designated clinics in each division. Additionally, we will have a dedicated nursing professional on each campus. Our clinics will allow for effective and safe treatment of medical needs, from everyday asthma treatments and Band-Aids to having dedicated “isolation” rooms, which will be utilized for potential COVID-19 patients, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Please note that a nurse or other adult will remain with students while in any of the clinics.
HEALTH PROCEDURES Students, faculty and staff will be required to submit daily temperature and symptom checks from home via the Magnus Health app, Magnus Mobile, which is available to download from your app store. To attend school, students must be free from COVID-19 symptoms. If during the day, your child appears ill or any of the following symptoms appear, your child will be separated from the rest of the student population and moved to a supervised, secure area. You will be contacted, and your child MUST be picked up from the facility within 30 minutes of being notified. Symptoms include: • Fever of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher • Dry cough • Shortness of breath • Chills
• Loss of taste or smell • Sore throat • Muscle aches
Additionally, Norfolk Collegiate will not administer Ibuprofen or Acetaminophen this year without a healthcare provider’s order for a specific condition. These medications may mask symptoms of COVID-19. Students who are experiencing symptoms should remain at home and be monitored for changes or worsening symptoms. If these symptoms occur while at school, the student will need to be picked up from school within 30 minutes of the parents being notified. In the event the parent or guardian is unavailable, the school will call the student’s emergency contact. Once the parent arrives, the nurse will bring the child to the vehicle for dismissal. The parent or guardian will be asked to contact a health professional for further guidance. We recommend parents make plans for who will pick up ill students from school. Once that plan is made, please ensure all contact information, including emergency contact information, is up to date in Magnus Health.
