January 14, 2022
Dear Trojan Family:
Last week we saw a spike upward in positive cases. Thankfully, that number is moving down. Our positive cases over the last four weeks were:
12/18-12/24 4
12/25-12/31 9
01/01-01/07 32
01/08-01/14 22
We will continue to require all students, staff and visitors, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a properly fitted mask while on the Bishop Chatard campus. The decision to wear masks will be reevaluated by our COVID-19 committee and communicated each Friday.
New K-12 guidance for schools concerning isolation, quarantine, and mask wearing was reported last week and was updated on our website. We previously reported that the Health Department was including boosters when eligible in their definition of fully vaccinated. This has changed. Updated definitions are:
Fully vaccinated=must be 2 weeks (14 days) out from the last dose of primary vaccine series.
Not fully vaccinated=less than 2 weeks out from the last dose of a primary vaccine series or have not received all primary doses.
With the spike in cases and the increased use of home kits to detect the presence of COVID-19 we want to remind you of a few things:
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If a student, or a member of the student’s household is confirmed positive for COVID-19, found to be a close contact, or symptomatic, we ask that the family inform the school by immediately emailing medical@bishopchatard.org. A nurse or COVID-19 team member will be in touch to determine the next steps.
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If a home test kit shows a positive result please remember to take a picture of the positive test result and send it to medical@bishopchatard.org.
- In some cases BCHS might request a negative PCR test, and not a home test, for a student to return to classes.
- If a student is at home and coded as COVID, a synchronous Google Meet is required of them. Students coded as COVID include those who are symptomatic, close contact quarantined, or have tested positive. Absent students should make every effort to connect with teachers by email, or via Google Meet during our daily Seminar period to talk about assignments and assessments.
If you have any questions concerning COVID-19 please feel free to contact me at (317-251-1451, ext. 1900) or via email at jhansen@bishopchatard.org.
Please continue to pray for the success of Bishop Chatard High School!
Sincerely,
