Dear Parents,

A Happy and Healthy New Year to all!

On Monday January 11, 2021, our School will welcome its students back to in-person classes with great joy.   We consider it necessary to remind you of some important operational rules in order to ensure the best possible conditions that will allow our students to remain in a school environment.

The following measures are in place for in-person attendance:

1.     Mandatory temperature screening before boarding school buses.  Any student with a temperature of 37.5º C or above will not be permitted to board.

2.     Mandatory use of face masks while at school.

3.     Assigned seating for all students riding school buses, which is determined by school bus chaperones.

4.     Students who are transported to School by private mini-vans follow the same rules except for temperature screening, which is carried out upon the students’ arrival at School. Parents are kindly requested to inform min-van drivers about the observation of rules and to send us electronically the mini-van assigned seating chart, as well as contact telephone numbers for drivers and chaperones. 

Departure from School

Α) Transportation by School Bus

1.     Assigned seating on school buses and the mandatory use of face masks are in effect, as during students’ morning transfer to School.

2.     Extraordinary changes in bus routes are not permitted.

Β) Transportation by Car

1.        We remind you that no student is allowed to enter a car outside the School’s premises.

2.        Parents of 1^st and 2^nd grade students who enter from the East Gate after 15:40 (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) and after 13:40 (Wednesday), must display their entry permits in the windshield of their car.

3.        Parents must remain in their respective cars.

4.        If students are delayed in arriving, there will be free spaces in the covered Parking by the exit.

5.        Parents of students in grade 3 – 6 enter from the main gate and park (left and right) in the parking lot. 

6.        Parents pick up students from the steps of the parking area. 

7.        Parents are requested to practice social distancing from one another. The use of face masks is MANDATORY. 

C) Transportation by Private Mini Van

1.     Private mini vans enter from the East Gate after 15:45 (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) and after 13:45 (Wednesday) and pick up students from the area by the flagstaff. 

2.     Private mini vans depart after the first group of school buses leave. 

3.     Drivers and chaperones wait for students next to their respective vehicles wearing masks in observance of safety measures and social distancing. 

D) Extraordinary Departure by Car

1.     Parents enter from the East Gate after 16:15 (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) and after 14:15 (Wednesday) and pick up students from the northern area of the School (by the flagstaff).

ATTENTION!

Regarding the transfer of students to and from School by parents/guardians who drive them to School:  Per State instructions, send an SMS to 13033 – Option 4 and to carry along the “Certificate of Movement of a Minor” which was sent to you by the School on January 6^th.  

Organizational issues regarding School operation

1.  All students must wear face masks. Upon entering School, they disinfect their hands at the antiseptic stations.

2.   Desks are arranged to all face in the same direction and students are assigned seats, which may change as necessary.

3.   Classrooms are constantly ventilated.

4.   Classrooms are disinfected during breaks, as well as when students move to another classroom/facility for lessons.

5.   There is a permanent cleaning staff in the restrooms, where they also oversee that social distancing rules are enforced.

6.   Students are prohibited from exchanging/sharing materials (kindly check to see that your child brings only necessary materials to school, such as textbooks, notebooks, pencil cases).

7.   Students eat meals in their respective classrooms (homerooms).  Lunches from the School menu are served in individual, disposable containers. Students who bring their own meal from home will be unable to re-heat it.

8.   Each section takes a break in a specific, dedicated area. Masks must be worn at all times during breaks.

9.   All areas where students take breaks are supervised by teaching staff.

10. In the event that a student becomes ill at School, protocols set by EODY (Public Health Authority) are implemented (i.e. student remains in a special are, parents are notified to come and collect their child).

Our daily life during this period has changed considerably.  Health safety procedures are an immediate priority in order to provide our students with maximum protection in all facets of school life.

As parents, do your part by continuing to observe safety guidelines issued by the State so that our students’ daily routines both in and out of school run smoothly.

Sincerely yours,

Dimitris E. Siamopoulos
Director