Health and Safety

• Eagle Hill will be using a daily health screening app through Magnus Health. All staff and students will be required to answer 4-5 short questions each morning prior to arrival on campus.
  • If the screening is not completed, students and staff will not be allowed to enter.
• If students or staff have a fever, or exhibit symptoms associated with COVID-19 per the CDC, they must stay home. Please notify the school by emailing attendance@eaglehill.org, calling the attendance/dismissal hotline at (203) 629-1408, or alerting the school nurse at E.Reid@eaglehill.org or (203) 302-3863.

Everyone on campus must adhere to the following PPE requirements:

• All students and staff must use a face covering that completely covers the nose and mouth when they are inside a school building.
  • Exceptions for students: While eating, drinking, participating in PE, or when students are outside and effectively practicing social distancing.
  • Exceptions for staff: While eating, drinking, when outside and effectively practicing social distancing, or while teaching if properly socially distanced or behind a physical barrier.
  • Eagle Hill will provide a paper surgical mask to students/staff if they have forgotten to bring one.

All staff and students will be educated on practices to be used to prevent the spread of diseases. Faculty will increase supervision of students to ensure adherence to good hygiene protocols. These practices include, but are not limited to:

• Social distancing - remaining six feet apart when feasible. Floor decals will be placed throughout campus as reminders.
• Frequent hand-washing and the use of hand sanitizer.
• Respiratory and cough etiquette.
• Enhanced cleaning/disinfection of surfaces.
• Increased signage reminding students and staff of social distancing, hand washing, and cough etiquette.
• Videos and live demonstrations regarding facial coverings, hand washing, etc are available as-needed through the school nurse.

• With the guidance of our school nurse, any community member that exhibits symptoms consistent with COVID-19 will be directed to an identified “isolation room” (other than the health office).
  • Parents/guardians will be required to pick the student up within 30-60 minutes after isolation begins.
  • Students will remain supervised in the isolation room.
• If any person who has been present in school has a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19, the local health department will be notified immediately.
  • Students and staff will be dismissed from campus for 2-5 days. This initial short-term dismissal allows time for the local health officials to gain a better understanding of the COVID-19 situation impacting the school and allows contact tracing to be conducted.
    • In the event that Eagle Hill needs to conduct contact tracing, three members of the administration have been trained to conduct and assist with this process.
  • Following short-term dismissal, local health officials will help the school determine the appropriate next steps, including whether an extended dismissal duration if needed to stop or slow further spread of COVID-19.
    • If Eagle Hill is dismissed for quarantine, the school will communicate next steps for continuing the educational program through remote learning.
• In the event of other circumstances of exposure, we encourage parents to contact the School nurse, who in conjunction with local health officials, can advise the next course of action.