Dear Families,

With the pandemic mostly behind us, we rejoice that we are able to enjoy life without COVID restrictions. I love being able to see our children’s faces and smiles. That being said, we still face some significant health challenges.

RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) has become prevalent in our very young and older populations. We have some flu making the rounds at school and in the community, and some cases of COVID are still popping up.

Though state mandates have been lifted, CCA still follows basic recommendations from the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. We ask that you read the following guidelines carefully and ask for your cooperation as we try to keep our students and staff as healthy as possible.

• Please keep students home when they develop signs of illness (runny nose, cough, congestion, sore throat, headache, body aches, fever).

• When ill, students should test for COVID and flu. If negative, they should not return to school until fever has been gone (without fever reducers) for 24 hours. If positive for COVID, they need to stay home for 5 days and mask for 5 days upon return to school, even if no symptoms are present.

• Students should not come to school if they feel ill, even if no fever is present.

• Once students return, they must mask if a cough or runny nose is present. If they cannot mask, they should wait until symptoms have mostly resolved before returning to school.

CCA will continue to encourage frequent washing and sanitizing in all classrooms.

Thank you for partnering with us!

In Christ,

Sherrie Gibelyou
sherrie.gibelyou@ccatacoma.org
253-389-0349