2021 Daily Screening Guide - We are not requiring a form to be completed daily, but we do ask that you perform a daily health screening at home, using this document as a guide.  We ask for your help in this manner to try to keep our children and staff as safe as possible. 

2021 Return to School Form - Either email to jbliven@olgcschool.org or send in with student. 

Covid-19 Testing (VDH): www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/

Face Masks: Face masks are to always be worn in class except for quick drink/breather breaks (less than 1 minute). They are required to walk into the building, in halls, around the classroom, and at recess. They may be removed for eating, but students are to stay at their desks 6 feet apart while eating. If a student feels they need a mask break, they must notify a faculty member so that can be coordinated with the school nurse.

• No masks with valves allowed.
• Masks must cover mouth and nose and stay up on the face without assistance and continual readjustment.

Travelers/Travel Guidelines (CDC): https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/index.html

CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF RICHMOND AT VCU RESOURCES:

Emotional Health

• Anxiety and Covid with Kids
• Emotional Support for Kids during a Pandemic
• Kids Express a Rainbow of Emotions during stress

Testing, Isolation, and Quarantine

• We have been tested for Covid, Now What?
• Isolation vs Quarantine – positive verses exposed.
• What does Self-Quarantine Mean?

General Resources

• Coloring Book about Covid
• Activities and their risk level during Covid
• Covid verse Flu signs and symptoms
• Covid, Flu, and allergies – how to tell which one
• How to wear a mask graphic for kids
• How to make wearing a mask fun for kids
• Covid Vaccinated verses Nonvaccinated – what to know

IMMUNIZATIONS

Admission Physical and Vaccination Records:

Our Lady of Good Counsel School’s admission policy related to vaccines and state health assessments is as follows: We will not be accepting students, even for virtual learning, with religious or personal exemptions from Virginia State required school vaccinations for admission to our school. Medical exemptions for vaccination will be accepted with physician documentation of medical reason for delayed schedule or inability to vaccinate.  Please direct any questions regarding the vaccination policy to the school nurse.

Virginia State Required Immunizations - Virginia has passed legislation requiring additional vaccinations for school admittance effective July 1, 2021.  These requirements will affect the 2021-2022 school year and must be submitted to the school nurse by August 1, 2021.  For more information about the new legislative requirements, please go to https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title32.1/chapter2/section32.1-46/.

VDH Vaccine requirements for school admission: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/immunization/requirements/
Minimum Immunization Requirements

Summary of effective July 2021, Virginia State Requirements for vaccination for school admission require:

1. Three (3) hepatitis B vaccine (HepB).
2. Three (3) diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine (Dtap). One dose shall be administered on or after the fourth birthday.
   • Booster dose (Tdap) shall be administered prior to entry into the seventh grade.
3. Two or three primary doses of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine
4. Two (2) live attenuated measles (rubeola), mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
5. Two (2)  varicella vaccine.
6. Three (3) or more polio vaccine (IPV). One dose shall be administered on or after the fourth birthday.
7. One to four doses, pneumococcal conjugate (PCV).
8. Two (2) hepatitis A vaccine (HAV).
9. Meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenACWY). The first dose shall be administered prior to entry to seventh grade.

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV): Effective July 1, 2021, a complete series of 2 doses of HPV vaccine is required for all students both male and female. The first dose shall be administered before the child enters the 7th grade. After reviewing educational materials approved by the Board of Health, the parent or guardian, at the parent’s or guardian’s sole discretion, may elect for the child not to receive the HPV vaccine.

Bishop's Letter to Parent - The Bishop’s Letter is being edited and should be published soon by OCS.
VA Dept. of Health Ltr to Parents

For more information, please go to:
VDH School Required Immunizations Website
FDA Vaccines Website

MEDICATIONS

The following guidelines are outlined in the Office of Catholic Schools Policies and Guidelines and Virginia Health Guidelines Manual.

• OLGC does NOT provide medications for student use
• Medication forms are required for each Prescription and Over The Counter (OTC) medications administered in school. Prescription medications, herbal and OTC medications taken 4 or more consecutive days also require a licensed healthcare provider's (LHCP) written order. No medication will be accepted by school personnel without the accompanying completed medication authorization form.
• ALL medication must be transported to and from school by a parent/guardian.
• All medication must be in their original container and properly labeled. (NO baggies will be accepted).
• Students are NOT permitted to self medicate unless the student has prior written approval to self-carry a medication (inhaler, Epi-pen).
• Within one week after expiration of the effective date on the order, or on the last day of school, the parent or guardian must personally collect any unused portion of the medication. Medications not claimed within that period will be destroyed.