Our Lady of Lourdes Academy
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July 14, 2020
Dear Parents:
I hope this message finds you healthy and safe, amidst these uncertain times. We are looking forward to the start of the 2020-2021 school year, and hope to welcome our students and members of TeamOLLA, in just a few short weeks. As we prepare for our return to campus, please know our decisions prioritize the health, safety and well-being of our entire Lourdes Academy community. We all share a mutual responsibility to ensure a safe and successful return to school. Now, more than ever, I am counting on everyone's support and cooperation.
As you may be aware, consistent with the governor's recent announcement, Archbishop Thomas Wenski and our Superintendent, Dr. Kim Pryzbylski, have requested that
Archdiocesan
Catholic Secondary Schools resume classes on Aug. 19. (Freshman Orientation
and Retreat
will take place on Aug. 17-
18
.)
The following outlines the three models that will be available at each school:
- Students returning to the classrooms in the school building.
- Students joining classes virtually on some days and in the building on other days (hybrid/blended model).
While we are prepared for all, a decision as to what model will be employed at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy will be made closer to our start date. We will notify you, as soon as that information becomes available.
As always, our goal is to provide the healthiest and safest environment possible for our students and members of
TeamOLLA
. To this end, please be aware of the following:
- The entire facility has been deep cleaned and sanitized. Deep cleaning standards will be maintained during the instructional day and throughout the academic year.
- Restrooms will be cleaned and sanitized frequently throughout the school day.
- A phased "Return to Play" plan will be implemented for the resumption of athletic and co-curricular activities.
- We are reconfiguring our spaces to allow for and promote physical distancing; this includes the appropriate re-arrangement of desks, tables, and other furnishings/equipment.
- Desk and counter shields will be installed where feasible.
- Class rosters will promote physical distancing, in adherence with the CDC.
- Directional signs and floor graphics will be placed in hallways and stairwells, to ease the flow of students throughout the building and to maintain social distancing standards.
- All students and employees will be required to wear a mask or face covering when on the school campus or at school events.
- Students will be permitted the use of a personal container for water only. CDC guidelines will be followed, and water fountains will only be used to refill water bottles.
- Arrival, dismissal and class transition schedules will be adjusted and staggered as necessary, to reduce the number of persons traveling through the building at any given time. We will send details about our adjustments to the school schedule, delivery of instruction and lunches in the coming weeks.
- The school building will be closed to all persons except students, school employees and emergency personnel, until further notice.
- Plans and instructions for community service learning will be provided to students upon their return to school.
- All persons entering the campus will have their temperature checked. Persons with temperatures in excess of 100.4° (as per the CDC guidelines) will not be admitted. Adults will be denied admission; students will be isolated until they can return home, or their parent/guardian can arrange for the student to be picked up from school.
- Guidance services will continue to be available to students throughout the instructional day.
- School Masses and paraliturgical experiences will continue as planned on the school calendar. Adjustments for these events will be outlined in the coming weeks.
- Hand sanitizing stations have been installed throughout the school.
- Additional sanitizing supplies will be provided in each classroom.
Please be advised that, in compliance with social distancing guidelines, we will restructure our new parent meeting and Back-to-School Night presentations. More information is forthcoming.
Thank you for entrusting us with your daughter's education. As I have mentioned before, this is an honor, blessing and responsibility we do not take lightly, and it is this sacred trust that is foremost and paramount, as we make plans to welcome our students and the members of TeamOLLA, in August, to continue our mission, "to educate young women to face the future, strengthened by their faith."
You and your families are remembered in my daily prayers. Let us continue to pray for each other so that together we can move forward in faith and creative hope
trusting that, "With God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26)
With Mary In All Things,
Sister Carmen Teresa Fernández, IHM '85
President
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