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• A fever greater than 100.0 F. Students must be fever-free for 72 hours, without the use of fever reducing medicine before they return to school.
• Vomiting and diarrhea: Students must be symptom free for 24 hours before returning to school.
• Untreated head lice.
• Strep throat: Students must remain home until two doses of antibiotics have been administered.
• Pink eye/conjunctivitis: Students must remain home for 24 hours after starting eye drops or until symptoms clear, there is no discharge and the eye is not irritated.
• If an adult or student on campus presents symptoms of COVID-19 or tests positive, we will adhere to the following protocol outlined by the Maryland Department of Health. Click here for a full size view the chart.

• Your child or a member of your household tests positive for COVID-19. This will enable the nurses to assist or initiate contact tracing.
• Your child develops another communicable disease. These include : chicken pox, measles, influenza, meningitis, hepatitis, tuberculosis, pertussis, MRSA, mononucleosis, scabies, conjunctivitis, ringworm and impetigo.
• Your child has an active case of head lice.
• Your child has a serious illness or injury incurring an absence of more than three days. A doctor’s note is required for returning to school and participating in athletics, PE, or dance as well as implementing any academic, medical or physical accommodations that might be needed.

• TESTING: On-campus weekly testing is currently required for unvaccinated employees and students (ages 5+). On-campus weekly testing is open to all students and employees.
• COVID Vaccination remains the single most effective strategy to eliminate COVID-19. As part of our Community Commitment to Health, Bryn Mawr strongly encourages vaccination of all eligible individuals. If an employee or student is not fully vaccinated for COVID-19, they are required to submit a weekly proof of a negative PCR test to the Health Center. On-campus weekly testing is open to all students and employees.
• Regardless of vaccination status, all students and employees must submit a daily health screening via MyMedBot prior to coming to campus. Parents will fill this out for Lower and Middle School students; Upper School students may fill this out for themselves or have a parent do so. 
• Masking: Wearing a properly-fitting face mask is the most important mitigation strategy in preventing transmission of COVID-19. In line with the most recent guidance from the CDC, AAP and local health departments, Bryn Mawr requires that all students (age 2+) and adults wear masks indoors while at school. Masks may be removed when outdoors and when seated for lunch. Employees may remove masks when in individual office spaces and/or if removal it is mutually agreed upon in small group meetings.
• Social distancing: Maintaining distance between individuals is an important layer of our  mitigation strategy. Wherever possible, students will be seated at least 3-feet apart from one another, as recommended by the CDC. 
• Hand Hygiene: Students must wash hands frequently throughout the day, for at least  twenty seconds, using soap and water, including when entering and leaving a building or  classroom, before and after meals and after using the restroom. 
• Flu Shots: All students are expected and encouraged to receive a flu shot.

• TESTING: On-campus weekly testing is currently required for unvaccinated employees and students (ages 5+).  On-campus weekly testing is open to all students and employees.
• Vaccinated individuals are exempt from weekly testing requirements at this time. Testing is advised only after international travel and/or when experiencing COVID-19-like symptoms. 

• Fully vaccinated students and employees may travel domestically and do not need to quarantine nor obtain a COVID-19 test upon their return to Maryland. 
• Fully vaccinated students and employees may travel internationally, but are advised to get tested 3-5 days after their return to the United States. No quarantine is needed. Only PCR tests will be accepted. Test results should be emailed to nurse@brynmawrschool.org and must include the name, date of the test, date of the report, and confirmation that it is a PCR test.

• Domestic travel: If families choose to travel domestically by any mode of transportation, any unvaccinated individual age 5 and older will be required to be tested for COVID-19 upon return AND stay home until results are received. This applies to any travel that includes an overnight stay in all states. Students may return to school while awaiting test results, given that other mitigation strategies are in place. 
• International travel: Bryn Mawr is following the current CDC recommendations for unvaccinated individuals traveling internationally: Unvaccinated students and employees who travel internationally need to be tested 3-5 days after their return AND stay home and self-quarantine for 7 full days following their return, even if their test is negative. Unvaccinated international travelers may not return to campus while awaiting test results. All unvaccinated students and employees who travel internationally should self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days after their return. 
• Only PCR tests will be accepted. Test results should be emailed to nurse@brynmawrschool.org and must include the name, date of the test, date of the report, and confirmation that it is a PCR test.

• Bryn Mawr will continue to follow the CDC definition of a close contact which is defined as “someone who has been within 6 feet  of an individual with a laboratory confirmed case of COVID-19 for a total of 15 minutes over a 24 hour period.”
• Fully vaccinated individuals who are identified close contacts of a person who has a laboratory confirmed case of COVID-19 do not need to quarantine at this time unless they develop symptoms.
  • Fully vaccinated individuals who are close contacts should test on 3-5 and observe for symptoms for 14 days.
• Unvaccinated close contacts of an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19 must quarantine for 14 days if they live in the same household as the positive individual.
  • If the positive individual can be completely isolated from the household, an unvaccinated close contact can shorten quarantine to 10 days.
• Unvaccinated close contacts of an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19 who is not a household member may obtain a supervised PCR test on day 5, quarantine through day 7 and return to school on day 8, provided the test result is negative and has been submitted to the Bryn Mawr Health Center (Note: The shortened quarantine period for unvaccinated close contacts of a positive non-household member is currently available because of Bryn Mawr’s weekly surveillance testing program.)
• Please contact the Health Center either by phone or email if you have any questions.

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