Covid-19 Information

St. Paul's is monitoring the global Covid-19 pandemic and assessing the conditions within our school community and local area.

Nothing is more important to us than protecting the health and safety of our students, faculty, and staff. We are grateful for your partnership and will continue monitoring this situation and providing updates as necessary.

read our latest communication to our community below.

2021-2022 School Year Update

The School Day

Students will attend school in person full time
Preschool students will have their temperature taken upon arrival

Families in Pre-K through 12 will complete a health screening before coming to school each day using the SchoolPass app (more information to follow)
- Lower school families will show the "Go" pass at drop-off
- Middle and upper school students will go directly to homeroom/ advisory; an administrator will check the database each morning to ensure all screenings were completed
A shift from 6 feet to 3 feet of social distancing will allow for increased capacity in classrooms
Students will travel to different classrooms in the middle schools and to special area classes in the lower school
In the upper school, we will offer coordinated classes, with SP and SPSG students learning together
Although campus dining services will not be available to start the year, we plan to offer the Yay! Lunch delivery option as we did last year
- Lower school students will eat in their classrooms
- Middle and upper school students will have the option to eat together in the dining hall on certain days of the week
Students may use their lockers as well as the locker rooms and fitness centers
Although our dress code was relaxed last year, this year we will return to our normal standards

Covid-Related Policies

Covid vaccination is not currently required of students or employees, although we anticipate requiring the vaccine at some point in the future
We will do regular surveillance testing of any middle or upper school student who is not fully vaccinated. Our nurses will administer rapid antigen tests—weekly for upper school students and every two weeks for middle school students—at no cost to families. Unvaccinated students may not opt out of this testing

Masks will be required indoors and on school-sponsored transportation for all faculty, staff, and students in pre-K and up. Face coverings are optional outdoors. We strongly recommend that our 2- and 3-year-olds wear masks while indoors
Our travel policy remains in effect. Any unvaccinated community member who travels to a state with a 7-day percent positive rate above 10% must have a negative PCR test before returning to campus. Students may test immediately upon return to Maryland. Our neighboring states (DE, VA, WV, PA, and DC) are exempt

Although students cannot opt into full-time virtual learning this year, we will provide a remote option for students who are in quarantine or isolation
If we have a positive case on campus, we will conduct thorough contact tracing rather than quarantining a full homeroom
- An unvaccinated student who is identified as a close contact will need to quarantine for 10 days with the option to test on day 5 for return to school after day 7
- Vaccinated students with a known exposure can continue to attend school but will be required to test and to follow additional precautions
More visitors will be welcomed to campus for events and meetings; they will be expected to follow our health protocols, including screening and masking

Co-Curricular Activities

Aftercare will be available for lower and middle school students, and we will provide before-school care for middle school students
Field trips and overnight retreats will take place, with safety measures in place. All unvaccinated students will be PCR tested on campus two days prior to an overnight trip
International trips are still on hold for now

We are working with our athletic leagues, the MIAA and IAAM, to schedule a regular fall sports season
St. Paul's students will wear masks for indoor sports only; when competing in away games, we will follow our host school's policies

As previously communicated, we will resume our normal bus routes this year
Our performing arts faculty intend to offer in-person performances in theater, dance, and choir, with some needed modifications

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Contact Us

If you have a question related to coronavirus and The St. Paul’s Schools or would like to report a potential exposure or information about someone in your household who is being tested for the virus, you may send an email to ERTcoronavirus@stpaulsmd.org. Please know that all personal health information will be kept confidential, although information may be shared with the public health officials who are working to protect our community.

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Covid and School Opening Correspondence

Four Pillars of Health and Safety

By following these practices at St. Paul’s, we can work collectively to protect our community and keep our campus open.

Click here to read more about our pillars of health and safety:

Physical distancing and small groups
Health screening and preventative hygiene
Cleaning, sanitizing, ventilation, and disinfecting
Communications and safety procedures training

Four pillars of health and safety graphic

Campus Information

The St. Paul's Schools takes very seriously our responsibility to keep our community safe. All buildings currently are open for learning. Any person entering campus (faculty, staff, student, or visitor) must complete a health screening.

Thank you for working with us to maintain a healthy community.

Resources

TESTING LOCATIONS

COVID-19 Emergency Relief

What To Do If Your Child Is Sick or Exposed to Covid

Covid Counseling Resources

Fever Policy

If a student develops a fever of 100.0 F or above, they should stay out of school until they are fever-free for 24 hours without the aid of antipyretic medication. The nurses will use their clinical judgment to evaluate situations on a case-by-case basis.

Community Pledge

As we teach students on campus amid the continuing pandemic, the partnership between home and school is more important than ever. Whether it is completing a daily health screening or abiding by public health guidelines, we trust that our students, families, faculty, and staff will commit to our community standards to help mitigate the spread of Covid-19 and keep our campus open.

To help reduce the risk of Covid-19 exposure at The St. Paul’s Schools, we expect all students, families, faculty, and staff to:

Avoid hosting or attending large gatherings, events, and other high-risk activities where proper social distancing and mask wearing are not practiced.
Avoid unnecessary travel to areas with high rates of community transmission. (See "Covid-Related Policies" for more detailed travel guidelines.)
Wear masks in accordance with CDC guidelines.
Practice and reinforce hygiene measures.
Stay home at the first sign of any illness.

Covid-Related News

Lunch Packing Tips

As our youngest learners begin to return to campus, here are some helpful tips for packing lunches:

Have a SAFE Halloween!

Help us keep our community safe this Halloween! According to the CDC, many traditional Halloween activities can be high-risk for spreading viruses, but there are several safer, alternative ways to participate.

The St. Paul's Schools Donate PPE to The Johns Hopkins Hospital

At The St. Paul's Schools, we have been brainstorming ways to help our first responders, who are serving our community so courageously through this pandemic. As our health suites are not currently in use, we determined we had supplies we could spare.

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