• Magnus Health Forms: Magnus Health forms were due on July 21st. Please make sure all health forms are submitted prior to arrival on campus. Students who arrive on campus without completed health forms will not be cleared into campus or permitted to move into dormitories. Magnus forms can be accessed through MyCushing on the Cushing website.

• All students need to review, sign, and commit to the Penguin Promise here. (Parents need to sign the Penguin Promise in Magnus Health if they have not already done so.)

• All students must have a plan in place to depart campus in the event of COVID-19 illness or exposure. Please complete the COVID-19 health form found in Magnus Health identifying the contact information of the individual who will retrieve your child. All families must plan in advance for the possibility that your child will need to isolate or quarantine off-campus. 

• It is expected that a COVID-19 positive or suspected-positive student will be released to their parent or guardian within 24 hours of entering Cushing Heath Services, and further guidance on next steps will be provided by the Health Services staff. 

• 14 days prior to campus arrival:

• Beginning August 6th, students are required to self-quarantine at home with family or guardians ONLY for 14 days until arrival to campus. Please refrain from any unnecessary exposure to public places. If leaving the home for essential activities, students and family members are required to wear a mask and practice social distancing and frequent hand hygiene.  

• Beginning August 6th, students will be required to submit a symptom screen via the AUXS Safety App twice per day (morning and evening). Watch for a welcome email in student Cushing email accounts from SafetyApp@auxs.org, and download the app to start using the screening form.

• Students must obtain a SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) test (nasopharyngeal swab or saliva sample for PCR, NOT blood antibody testing, NOT rapid antigen testing) prior to arrival.  

• Day students and other local students can schedule testing at Heywood Hospital on August 6-14th. An appointment for testing needs to be made by calling (978) 630-6186, and the student to be tested needs to indicate they are a Cushing Academy student. Upon arrival at the testing tent at Heywood Hospital, the student is to again identify as a Cushing student. Please refer to the Heywood Hospital website for testing details. 

• Boarding students who are not living locally prior to arrival day will need to find alternative testing options. Testing is typically available through your primary provider, local hospital, urgent care centers or local pop-up testing events. Please obtain your test August 6-15th, allowing time for test results prior to arrival on campus. Please submit COVID-19 results to Cushing Academy Health Services prior to arrival by emailing healthcenter@cushing.org or faxing to 978-827-7147.

•  What to expect upon arrival:

• All students and their accompanying parent/guardian/chaperone are expected to arrive wearing masks and comply with social distancing.

• All students will be tested by nasopharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV-2 on the day of arrival before proceeding to their dormitories. (Please see the detailed reopening plan on the Cushing website.)

• All students will complete Health Services registration before proceeding to dormitories.

• All over-the-counter medications (OTCs) will be checked by Health Services at registration due to the interactions of some OTCs and COVID-19. Students will not be allowed to keep fever reducing medications in their dorms this year including but not limited to products that contain acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen, or multi-symptom cold remedies. These will be available at Health Services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

• Students will be asked to quarantine in their dorm room until testing results have been obtained. We hope and anticipate that this should be no longer than 36-48 hours.  

• Masks: Students will be required to wear masks at all times on campus unless eating, sleeping or bathing. We recommend bringing a supply of masks to ensure that a clean mask is available each day (10 or more). Masks should comfortably cover the student’s nose and mouth and ideally be made from 2-3 layers of tightly woven fabric.