COVID-19 Operations Plan

COVID Community Commitment

Summit School is committed to balancing the need to provide a safe school environment with students' developmental needs to socialize and engage in a love of learning. We are committed to implementing health and safety precautions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in our school community while prioritizing the safety of our teachers, as well.

Summit School’s approach and best practices have been shaped by:

the school’s mission to provide a challenging curriculum within a caring environment to help students develop their full potential;
the lessons learned during the schools emergency response to COVID-19 in spring 2020 and during the 2020–2021 school year;
conversations with local and national health experts, industry groups such as the Southern Association of Independent Schools, and health agencies such as the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Forsyth County Department of Health, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. In addition, CDC guidances, mayoral guidelines, and governor recommendations will inform the policies our Medical Advisory team establishes.

Safety Precautions and Protocols

Risk Mitigation

Masking: Inside our buildings, everyone must be masked. While outside, masking is optional.
Parent Presence on Campus: As we are allowing parents more access to campus this year, we are still being mindful of keeping visitors inside our buildings at a minimum for the time being.
Physical Distancing: Our combination of a large campus, small class sizes, agility, and creativity enable us to accommodate our entire student body while maintaining robust risk mitigation and health practices.
Cleaning and Hygiene: The Budd Group provides our janitorial services and follows the highest standards of disinfection of our spaces.
Lunch and Snack: Students will have snack and lunch outside as much as possible.

For more detailed information regarding our mitigation strategies, please click here.

COVID Community Commitment

Summit School and all members of our community are committed to balancing the need to provide a safe school environment with students' developmental needs to socialize and engage in a love of learning. Summit School is implementing health and safety precautions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in our school community while prioritizing the safety of our teachers, as well. To read our complete COVID Community Commitment, please click here.

Addressing COVID Symptoms

To maximize the safety of our on-campus attendance, we are asking all families to be vigilant for symptoms. When children are home sick with symptoms, they should be at home to recover and this will be considered a regular sick day absence. Make-up work will be handled by the homeroom teacher or advisor. COVID symptoms must be communicated to our nurses. For more detailed information regarding our procedures in addressing COVID symptoms, please click here.

Learning While Quarantined

Dashboard

We are continually tracking COVID exposures and test results data and sharing it with our community. For more detailed information about notification and reporting of COVID cases, please click here.

Summit COVID Status Report Dashboard

Community Guidance

To view Summit's comprehensive plan in addressing COVID-19, please download the Community Guidance for Summit School in Response to COVID-19.

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