RESTART PLAN as of September 14, 2020
Stratford Hall adapted the updated five-stage approach of the Ministry of Education for resuming in-class instruction in a measured way to align with the Restart Plan of our Province. Each stage will be guided by health and safety guidelines, measures, protocols and orders as well as the principles developed for continuity of learning during the pandemic:
Maintain a healthy and safe environment for all students, families, faculty and staff
Promote personal and community wellness through creativity, activity and service
Provide the services needed
to support the children of our essential service workers (ESWs)
Support vulnerable students
who may need special assistance
Provide continuity
of educational opportunities for all students
THE UPDATED BC MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FIVE-STAG STAGE 1
Learning as Usual Full-time & In-class
Stage 1 is full-time in-class instruction for all students in all grades. No learning group or density requirements. Schools will not enter Stage 1 until the Province moves to Phase 4 of the BC Restart Plan. This is conditional on global availability of a vaccine or treatment.
STAGE 2
Learning Groups Full-time & In-class
Schools will enter Stage 2 in September 2020. Learning Group Size • Elementary: 60 • Middle: 60 • Secondary: 120 Density Targets Not applicable Instruction Method Full-time instruction for all students for the maximum instructional time possible within learning group limits. Self-directed learning supports in-class instruction, if required. Students with Immune Suppression Parents/guardians seeking an alternative to in-class instruction will be required to obtain a doctor’s note indicating the need for accommodations due to health-related risks. We will work with these families to ensure continuity of learning and support.
GE APPROACH STAGE 3
STAGE 4
STAGE 5
In-class & Remote Learning
Remote Learning with Exceptions
Remote Learning for All
Learning Group Size • Elementary: 30 • Middle: 30 • Secondary: 60
Learning Group Size • Elementary: 30 • Middle: 30 • Secondary: 30
Learning Group Size Not applicable
Density Targets 50% for all schools
Density Targets 25% for all schools
Instruction Method Full-time instructions for: • Children of essential service workers • Students with disabilities/ diverse abilities • Students who require additional supports
Instruction Method Full-time instructions for: • Children of essential service workers • Students with disabilities/ diverse abilities • Students who require additional supports
In-class instruction for all other students for the maximum time possible within learning group limits and density targets.
In-class instruction for all other students for the maximum time possible within learning group limits and density targets.
Self-directed and remote learning supports in-class instruction.
Self-directed and remote learning supports in-class instruction.
Density Targets 0% for all schools Instruction Method Self-directed and remote learning only.
MOVING FROM STAGE 3 TO STAGE 2 ON SEPTEMBER 9 On Wednesday, September 9, we will be welcoming all our students as we begin the 2020-2021 school year. Stratford Hall will follow guidelines set by the BC Ministry on Learning Groups/Cohorts. Work is being done to prepare the school for the safe and healthy return of our full community.
ON JUNE 1, MOVED FROM STAGE 4 TO STAGE 3 On Monday, June 1, we extended the BCmandated provision of childcare from the current situation - the children of Essential Workers only - to any student from Kindergarten to Grade 7. Participation was voluntary; parents/guardians could opt to keep their child(ren) at home to continue with online learning. The expansion of childcare at school was intended to support those parents who intended to, or had to, return to work. Those children who attend childcare at school in June continued to follow their online program and were supported by Stratford Hall faculty and staff. Grades 6 to 11 students had the opportunity to reconnect with each other and staff one morning or afternoon. These sessions were voluntary and took place during previously scheduled “off screen� days (June 3 and 11).
HEALTH & SAFETY Guidelines Masks will be required for faculty, staff, MYP and DP students in high traffic areas such as buses and in common areas such as hallways, or anytime outside of their learning group. Those wearing masks must still seek to practice physical distancing whenever possible. Parents are asked to label their children’s mask with their name. There must be no crowding, gathering or congregating of people, even if non-medical masks are worn. Maintain a distance of 2 meters from others if possible. Parents and guardians will monitor their children daily for symptoms and not send them to school if they are sick. People who are sick will not be allowed in school. Parents will remind their children to minimize physical contact with their friends. Students will be asked to wash their hands frequently, including before coming to school. They will have access to hand sanitizer throughout the School when hand washing is not available. Students will be required to bring their own lunch and snacks at the beginning of the day. Parents are not permitted to drop-off food during the day. No outside food delivery is allowed except for Calhouns, our official hot lunch provider.
Students will be asked to label their personal items and not to share them.
The School will be cleaned more frequently, including classrooms and high touch areas. The School will implement staggered dropoff and pick-up times and modify lunch and recess hours, if needed. School and classrooms will look different: • Increased spacing between students in classrooms and smaller group activities • No physical contact sports but more time outside • Limitations on assemblies and other large gatherings Signs and reminders will be posted throughout the School to remind students.
DAILY HEALTH CHECK
Parents and guardians are to complete a Daily Health Check for their child prior to coming to school. Source: BCCDC COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 School Settings
1. Symptoms of Illness Does your child have any of the following symptoms? Fever
YES
NO
Chills
YES
NO
Cough or worsening of chronic cough
YES
NO
Shortness of breath
YES
NO
Loss of sense of smell or taste
YES
NO
Diarrhea
YES
NO
Nausea and vomiting
YES
NO
2. International Travel Has your child returned from travel outside Canada in the last 14 days? YES
NO
3. Confirmed Contact Is your child a confirmed contact of a person confirmed to have COVID-19? YES
NO
If you answered “YES” to one of the questions included under ‘Key Symptoms of Illness’ (excluding fever), your child should stay home for 24 hours from when the symptom started. If the symptom improves, your child may return to school when your child feels well enough. If the symptom persists or worsens, seek a health assessment. If you answered “YES” to two or more of the questions included under ‘Symptoms of Illness’ or you have a fever, seek a health assessment. A health assessment includes calling 8-1-1, or a primary care provider like a physician or nurse practitioner. If a health assessment is required, you should not return to school until COVID-19 has been excluded and your symptoms have improved. When a COVID-19 test is recommended by the health assessment: •
If the COVID-19 test is positive, you should stay home until you are told by public health to end self-isolation. In most cases this is 10 days after the onset of symptoms. Public health will contact everyone with a positive test.
•
If the COVID-19 test is negative, you can return to school once symptoms have improved and you feel well enough. Symptoms of common respiratory illnesses can persist for a week or more. Re-testing is not needed unless you develop a new illness.
•
If a COVID-19 test is recommended but is not done because you choose not to have the test, or you do not seek a health assessment when recommended, and your symptoms are not related to a previously diagnosed health condition, you should stay home from school until 10 days after the onset of symptoms, and then you may return if you are feeling well enough.
If a COVID-19 test is not recommended by the health assessment, you can return to school when symptoms improve and you feel well enough. Testing may not be recommended if the assessment determines that the symptoms are due to another cause (i.e. not COVID-19). If you answered “YES” to questions 2 or 3, use the COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool to determine if your child should be tested for COVID-19.
BCCDC PROTOCOL If a student develops any symptoms of illness, Parents or guardians must keep the student at home. If a student develops any symptoms at school, Staff must take the following steps: 1. Immediately separate the symptomatic student from others in a supervised area. 2. Contact the student’s parent or caregiver to pick them up as soon as possible. 3. Where possible, maintain a 2-metre distance from the ill student. If not possible, staff should wear a non-medical mask or face covering if available and tolerated, or use a tissue to cover their nose and mouth. 4. Provide the student with a non-medical mask or tissues to cover their coughs or sneezes. Throw away used tissues as soon as possible and perform hand hygiene. 5. Avoid touching the student’s body fluids (e.g., mucous, saliva). If you do, practice diligent hand hygiene. 6. Once the student is picked up, practice diligent hand hygiene. 7. Staff responsible for facility cleaning must clean and disinfect the space where the student was separated and any areas recently used by them (e.g., classroom, bathroom, common areas). Parents or guardians must pick up their child as soon as possible if they are notified their child is ill.
If a staff member develops any symptoms of illness, Staff must stay home. If staff develops any symptoms at work, Staff should go home as soon as possible. If unable to leave immediately: 1. Symptomatic staff should separate themselves into an area away from others. 2. Maintain a distance of 2 meters from others. 3. Use a tissue or mask to cover their nose and mouth while they wait to be picked up. 4. Staff responsible for facility cleaning must clean and disinfect the space where the staff member was separated and any areas used by them (e.g., classroom, bathroom, common areas).
Source: BC Centre for Disease Control | BC Ministry of Health: COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 School Setting
OUR COMMITMENT • Select, implement, and document appropriate control measures • Ensure that the resources required to implement and maintain the Health and Safety Plan are readily available when they are required • Inform faculty and staff about how they may become exposed to COVID-19 in the workplace • Provide training to faculty and staff on work safe procedures for COVID-19 (e.g. what to do in the event of new onset of illness of staff member or student, appropriate hand hygiene, correct respiratory etiquette use of personal protective equipment (PPE)) • Decide when to cancel trips and gatherings • Decide when there is risk to staff and students and close the school • Follow Public Health orders and recommendations, including closing school and enhance environmental services • Support the Facilities Team to ensure adequate environmental disinfection is taking place with the correct product(s) • Ensure quality assurance of procedures through evaluation and improvement • Maintain records of case exposures, training and public health investigations • Ensure that a copy of the Exposure Control Plan is available to all faculty, staff, families and students • Follow appropriate steps to determine if the work is unsafe and how to remedy the situation if a faculty or staff member refuses to work due to safety concerns *Taken from the Exposure Control Plan (ECP). Full plan is available online via the Parent Portal.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
Follow the Flu and Illness Policy. If your child has symptoms of respiratory illness, keep your child at home and consider getting your child tested for COVID-19.
DROP-OFF / DISMISSAL AREAS Primary Years Programme (PYP) Building Kindergarten - Grade 5 GRADE LEVEL
DROP-OFF
DISMISSAL
Kindergarten
8:00 - 8:10am PYP Front Entrance
2:50 - 3:00pm KG - Commercial Drive KB - East 15th Avenue
Grade 1
8:10 - 8:20am PYP Front Entrance
3:00 - 3:10pm 1M - Commercial Drive 1H - East 15th Avenue
Grade 2
8:10 - 8:20am PYP Back Alley Entrance
3:10 - 3:20pm 2S - Commercial Drive 2M - MacInnes Park
Grade 3
8:20 - 8:30am PYP Back Alley Entrance
3:20 - 3:30pm 3T - Commercial Drive 3M - MacInnes Park
Grade 4
8:30 - 8:40am PYP Front Entrance
3:30pm 4T - Commercial Drive 4P - MacInnes Park
Grade 5
8:30 - 8:40am PYP Back Alley Entrance
3:30pm Croatian Cultural Centre Lot
MacINNES PARK
EAST 15TH AVENUE
BACK ALLEY DOOR
ENTRANCE DOOR
COMMERCIAL DRIVE Please note: • Students not picked up within their 10 minute window will be brought back to their class. Parents and guardians are to wait in line if they are late for their child to be brought back down again. • Parents and guardians are not allowed inside the building. • Parents and guardians are to maintain social distancing at all times. If not possible, please wear a mask during pick-up/ dismissal.
Middle Years Programme (MYP) Building Grades 6 - 10 GRADE LEVEL
DROP-OFF
DISMISSAL
Grade 6
8:00 - 8:10am MYP Front Entrance
3:30pm MYP Front Entrance
Grades 7 - 8
8:10 - 8:20am MYP Front Entrance
3:35pm MYP Front Entrance
Grades 9 - 10
8:00 - 8:10am MYP Back Alley Entrance
3:30pm MYP Back Alley Exit
Diploma Programme (DP) Building Grades 11 - 12 GRADE LEVEL
Grades 11 - 12
DROP-OFF
DISMISSAL
8:00 - 8:10am DP Entrance
3:30pm DP Entrance
Please note: • All Senior School students are to be picked up from the Croatian Cultural Centre lot. • Parents and guardians are not allowed inside the building. • Parents and guardians are to maintain social distancing at all times. Wearing of masks is encouraged for adults during pick-up/ dismissal.
BE KIND BE CALM BE SAFE GO SABRES! WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!
JUNIOR SCHOOL Each grade is a learning group/cohort with educational staff also assigned to each group. Students will be spending an increased amount of outdoor time at Clark Park and on the rooftop during the school day in small groups.
AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, CLUBS, CO-CURRICULAR & INTRAMURAL SPORTS • Clubs/co-curricular activities adhere to physical distancing when involving students across cohorts. • Intramural sports will generally take place within a cohort. When cross-cohort intramural sports are taking place, students will maintain physical distancing. • Students will be taken outside as much as possible. • Shared equipment will be sanitized prior to and after use. • Hand sanitizing/cleaning of equipment will take place prior to and after activity.
CROSS COHORT INTERACTIONS Students can socialize with peers in different cohorts if they can maintain physical distance. Students must maintain physical distance when socializing with peers in different cohorts. No in-person cross-cohort assemblies will take place. Cross-cohort assemblies will take place virtually.
CLASSROOMS OCCUPIED BY MULTIPLE COHORTS When possible, spaces are allocated to a specific cohort only. For shared spaces, such as the gym, library and music rooms, frequently touched surfaces will be cleaned as per the sanitation protocols. Students will wash hands before and after use.
TEACHERS TEACHING ACROSS COHORTS • Teachers are assigned to a specific cohort. • Whenever possible, teacher assignments reduce the number of cohorts with which they come in contact. • Teacher offices located within their designated cohort space to minimize cross-cohort interaction. • Teachers working with students outside their cohort will maintain physical distance.
SENIOR SCHOOL Students will be spending an increased amount of outdoor time at Clark Park and on the rooftop during the school day in small groups. Grades 6 - 8: Each grade is a learning group/cohort with educational staff also assigned to each group. Grades 9 - 10: One learning group/cohort with educational staff assigned to the group. Grades 11 - 12: One learning group/cohort with educational staff assigned to the group.
AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, CLUBS, CO-CURRICULAR & INTRAMURAL SPORTS • Clubs/co-curricular activities adhere to physical distancing when involving students across cohorts. • Intramural sports will generally take place within a cohort. When cross-cohort intramural sports are taking place, students will maintain physical distancing. • Students will be taken outside as much as possible. • Shared equipment will be sanitized prior to and after use. • Hand sanitizing/cleaning of equipment will take place prior to and after activity.
CROSS COHORT INTERACTIONS Students can socialize with peers in different cohorts if they can maintain physical distance. Students must maintain physical distance when socializing with peers in different cohorts. No in-person cross-cohort assemblies will take place. Cross-cohort assemblies will take place virtually.
CLASSROOMS OCCUPIED BY MULTIPLE COHORTS When possible, spaces are allocated to a specific cohort only. For shared spaces, such as the gym, library, music rooms and science labs, frequently touched surfaces will be cleaned as per the sanitation protocols. Students will wash hands before and after use.
TEACHERS TEACHING ACROSS COHORTS • Teachers are assigned to a specific cohort. (e.g. Senior School assigned according to advisory grade) • Whenever possible, teacher assignments reduce the number of cohorts with which they come in contact. • Teacher offices located within their designated cohort space to minimize cross-cohort interaction. • Teachers working with students outside their cohort will maintain physical distance.
VISITORS • Visitors will only be allowed in the school for the benefit of student learning and wellbeing. • Parents are encouraged to call or email instead of visiting the school. • All visitors must complete the requirements of a daily health check before entering.
REGULAR COMMUNICATION Regular updates will be made in the weekly e-Newsletter and on the Sabres e-Learning page.
ADMINISTRATION Dean Croy
Head of School dean.croy@stratfordhall.ca
Michael Palmer
Junior School Principal michael.palmer@stratfordhall.ca
Meg Chamberlin
Senior School Principal meg.chamberlin@stratfordhall.ca
Gareth Jones
Senior School Vice Principal gareth.jones@stratfordhall.ca
Anne-Marie Butler
Director of Finance and Operations annemarie.butler@stratfordhall.ca
Isabel Sankaran-Wee
Director of Advancement isabel.sankaran-wee@stratfordhall.ca
Ellis Herbert
Director of Technology ellis.herbert@stratfordhall.ca
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