Student Sick? What You Need to Know
The symptoms of Covid are very similar to the common cold. Please keep your sick student home and get them tested to help keep other AHS students healthy and contain spread of illness. Thank you to all the parents and students that are doing this already.
Covid Symptoms:
• Any allergy-like symptoms
• Fever > 100.0 F and/or chills
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache, sore throat, congestion, runny nose
• Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
• Cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing
• New loss of taste or smell
Anyone with COVID-19-like symptoms should be tested (PCR or Antigen) see section below for 3 completely free testing sites
• NEGATIVE TEST RESULT or a doctor’s note with strep or influenza diagnosis is provided, an individual may return after:
- 24 hours fever-free without the use of fever-reducing medication AND
- Improving symptoms
If individual is unable/refuses to get tested, an individual may return after:
- 10 days from symptoms onset AND
- 24 hours fever-free without the use of fever-reducing medication AND
- Improving symptoms
RETURNING TO SCHOOL : When your student returns to school, please wear a mask for at least 5 days (see SUSD Mitigation Plan for more details)
