COVID-19 Testing for Students and Staff

COVID-19 Testing for Students and Staff

COVID TESTING CONSENT FORMS

December 9, 2020

Dear Families,

As a reminder, all students in Grades 1-8 who are returning for in-person instruction in school buildings must have a signed COVID consent form. If you have already submitted your consent form, you may ignore this email. If you have not, we are asking you to submit your consent as soon as possible now using this link: https://pdf.ac/Eaj6l.  

OR

1. Submit the form using the mobile consent app. (Use your child’s username and password.)
2. Submit the form using your New York City Schools Account (NYCSA) (You will need to have your account set up. If you need assistance, please reach out to Ms. Rodriguez (see above). 
3. Submit the form using a paper copy. (Other languages are available)

Students without signed consent forms will be switched to remote only learning if there is not a signed consent form or exemption on file. We encourage you to take action immediately. Should you have any questions, please let us know.

 

Español

Como recordatorio, todos los estudiantes que regresan para la instrucción en persona en los edificios escolares deben tener un formulario de consentimiento COVID firmado. Le pedimos que envíe su consentimiento lo antes posible utilizando uno de los métodos siguientes.

1) Envíe el formulario utilizando la aplicación de consentimiento móvil haciendo clic aquí. (Utilice el nombre de usuario y la contraseña de su hijo).

2) Envíe el formulario utilizando su cuenta de escuelas de la ciudad de Nueva York (NYCSA) haciendo clic aquí o visite mystudent.nyc. (Necesitará configurar su cuenta. Si necesita ayuda, comuníquese con la Sra. Rodríguez (ver arriba).

3) Envíe el formulario utilizando una copia impresa haciendo clic aquí. (Otros idiomas están disponibles aquí).

Los estudiantes sin formularios de consentimiento firmados serán cambiados a aprendizaje solo remoto si no hay un formulario de consentimiento firmado o una exención en el archivo. Le animamos a actuar de inmediato. Si tiene alguna pregunta, háganoslo saber. 

 

School-based Testing

Keeping school buildings open depends upon awareness of and immediate action on any COVID-19 concerns in our buildings. To do this, we need students and staff in our buildings to get tested! That’s why we’re instituting mandatory random weekly testing in all reopened school buildings as of December 7, 2020. Our testing partners will come to district schools each week and test a randomly selected group of staff and students from grades 1-12. The number of people to be tested will depend on the size of the school, but will consist of 20% of a school’s population each month, students and staff included.

In order for your child to return to in-person learning, you must submit the consent form for in-school COVID-19 testing by the first day your child returns to their school building .

 

Mandatory in-school testing will happen weekly for a random selection of staff and students in all reopened school buildings. In order for your child to return to in-person learning, you must submit the consent form for in-school COVID-19 testing by the first day your child returns to their school building.3K, Pre-K, and Kindergarten students are excluded from random testing.