Covid-19 Response Levels & Mitigation Plan : Anchorage Junior Academy Anchorage AK

Student safety is our number one priority. We have prepared a flexible tiered plan to use throughout the school year. The school program will flex based on the needs of our local community and school families. Communication will be very important as we navigate this time together.

Response Level Decision Matrix

Response Level Tiers

CDC Daily Health Screening

Questions & Answers:

How are you promoting campus safety?

Hand hygiene: soap and water and/or hand sanitizer along with instruction of effective use
Stay home if ill expectations taught and maintained
Monitor health of students and staff for signs of illness
Signage about washing, physical distancing, masking, and staying home
Limit non-essential visitors inside the school building including groups wanting to use the facility
Limit student enrollment to what can be adequately physically distanced

What will the classroom be like and how many students in each classroom?

In the orange and yellow level tiers, AJA will keep the same group of kids together throughout the day. The number of children in a group depends on the physical distancing space needed and the size of the homeroom. We have made provisions to physically distance groups with our teachers’ aides helping with supervision of groups.
Desks will be physically distanced and have barriers separating them.
Student materials will be as individualized as possible, instead of shared baskets of materials. We will carefully choose individual supplies and materials that can easily be cleaned or disinfected between use.

Will masks be required?

AJA will try to minimize the need for students to wear masks by setting up classrooms according to social distancing rules and frequent cleaning that minimizes contamination.

Mask wearing is required for close-contact activities (ie. Cooperative partner work, small group instruction, singing, and when moving about campus.)
Staff visiting another classroom will wear a mask
Students may remove their masks during independent work time at own desk or divided table.
Students will be asked to wear masks during after school care unless participating in physical activity and physically distancing.

What food and lunch time accommodations are being made?

Students will need to bring their lunch from home each day this school year.
No food/beverages can be shared between students at any time.
Birthday and celebration foods will not be accepted during the pandemic. Birthdays may be celebrated in other ways in consultation with the teacher.
Microwaves may be used in the green low risk tier only, the handles and buttons wiped down between each use.

Anchorage Junior Academy

Covid-19 Response Levels & Mitigation Plan

Response Level Decision Matrix

Response Level Tiers

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