Opening School Plans
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Elmwood Franklin School will continue to focus on delivering its educational program with the same excellence and forward thinking that has been the hallmark of the school for 125 years.
We look forward to welcoming our students, faculty, and staff on campus for the 2021-2022 school year. We remain committed to in-person learning at Elmwood Franklin and continue to work closely with our medical partners on the Healthy Environment and Routines team and leverage the latest guidance from the CDC and state and local health departments to create a safe and healthy environment for our community.
We will continually reassess and make adjustments to protect the health and safety of our community. Any changes will be communicated with our families.
We look forward to welcoming our students, faculty, and staff on campus for the 2021-2022 school year. We remain committed to in-person learning at Elmwood Franklin and continue to work closely with our medical partners on the Healthy Environment and Routines team and leverage the latest guidance from the CDC and state and local health departments to create a safe and healthy environment for our community.
We will continually reassess and make adjustments to protect the health and safety of our community. Any changes will be communicated with our families.
Masks
Masks required indoors for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors. Neck gaiters are not to be worn indoors.
Masks are recommended but not required while outdoors. |
Athletics
Offering a regular fall season of interscholastic athletics for Upper School students.
Spectators are welcome on campus for games, with a limit of two spectators per student. |
Visitors
Elmwood Franklin School is strictly limiting visitors in the building to scheduled meetings this fall.
Parents are encouraged to schedule meetings with faculty and staff as needed. |
Dining
The Dining Room will remain closed for the start of the 2021-2022 school year, and students will continue to eat in outdoor and classroom spaces.
A boxed lunch with the choice of the hot entree, assorted sandwich options, and sides will be available daily. |
Remote Learning
Remote learning will be available for quarantine situations or other long-term medical circumstances as arranged by the Division Heads.
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Screening
In combination with our protocols and guidelines for the coming year, and as an added layer of protection to monitor the spread of COVID-19, the school will implement COVID screening testing.
To start the school year, all students, faculty, and staff will need to provide proof of a negative COVID test. |
The School Day
Mask Requirements
Screening for COVID
In combination with our protocols and guidelines for the coming year, and as an added layer of protection to monitor the spread of COVID-19, the school will implement COVID screening testing.
Operation Expanded Testing, a program supported and funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has contracted Affinity Empowering to provide COVID-19 PCR testing to K-12 schools at no cost. This program is designed to help keep students in the classroom by identifying and preventing the spread of COVID-19.
To participate in our on-campus testing, please opt-in to the screening program and complete your child's intake information by visiting the following site:
Link to register for testing
To select us on the "Find your Institution" page, enter our address (104 New Amsterdam) to start.
All results will be available to the school and families within 24 hours of collection. Anyone who tests positive for COVID will need to complete the required quarantine before attending in-person learning.
Updated COVID Exposure and Quarantine Policies
Students, parents, and faculty/staff will be required to report a confirmed COVID diagnosis or confirmed COVID exposure confidentially to the school nurse, Patty Cody, immediately upon notification. Patty and the Division Heads will provide guidance throughout recovery and assist with school reentry.
If any person in your home is awaiting the results of a COVID test, please keep your child home until the test results are received.
When there is a confirmed COVID case on campus:
Download the Complete Infection Response Chart.
Parallel Instruction Program (PIP) and Remote Learning
In alignment with the CDC's priority to return to in-person instruction and Elmwood Franklin's emphasis on the importance of face-to-face connections, we will not offer PIP as an option for day-to-day instruction. Remote learning will be offered in quarantine situations as arranged by the Division Heads.
Athletics
We anticipate a regular fall season of interscholastic athletics for Upper School students. We are looking forward to welcoming spectators on campus this fall for games, with a limit of two spectators per student.
Lunch and Dining Room
The Dining Room will remain closed for the start of the 2021-2022 school year, and students will continue to eat in outdoor and classroom spaces. Lunch and a daily snack are provided at no additional cost to all students. A boxed lunch with the choice of the hot entree, assorted sandwich options, and sides will be available daily.
Visitors on Campus
- Student drop-off and pick-up will take place outside in designated areas.
- School administrators will perform temperature and wellness screenings for all students when entering the building, and we ask that our families remain vigilant in assessing their children’s health each morning.
- Once inside, students will remain with their grade-level cohorts, maintaining a physical distance of 3 feet when seated and facing forward, and 6 feet when facing each other. Students will travel to their Specials classes and participate in music, chorus, band, art, physical education, and World Languages, and the Library Media Center will once again be a resource for all students and faculty!
- We will continue COVID screening testing throughout the fall to monitor the health and wellness of our school community.
Mask Requirements
- Masking will be required indoors for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors. Masks must be well-fitted, clean, and constructed of two or more layers of washable, breathable fabric or two-ply disposable masks. Neck gaiters are not to be worn indoors.
- Masks are recommended but not required outdoors on campus, including during physical education classes and while on the playground.
Screening for COVID
In combination with our protocols and guidelines for the coming year, and as an added layer of protection to monitor the spread of COVID-19, the school will implement COVID screening testing.
Operation Expanded Testing, a program supported and funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has contracted Affinity Empowering to provide COVID-19 PCR testing to K-12 schools at no cost. This program is designed to help keep students in the classroom by identifying and preventing the spread of COVID-19.
To participate in our on-campus testing, please opt-in to the screening program and complete your child's intake information by visiting the following site:
Link to register for testing
To select us on the "Find your Institution" page, enter our address (104 New Amsterdam) to start.
All results will be available to the school and families within 24 hours of collection. Anyone who tests positive for COVID will need to complete the required quarantine before attending in-person learning.
Updated COVID Exposure and Quarantine Policies
Students, parents, and faculty/staff will be required to report a confirmed COVID diagnosis or confirmed COVID exposure confidentially to the school nurse, Patty Cody, immediately upon notification. Patty and the Division Heads will provide guidance throughout recovery and assist with school reentry.
If any person in your home is awaiting the results of a COVID test, please keep your child home until the test results are received.
When there is a confirmed COVID case on campus:
- An all-school email will be sent notifying the community of a COVID case on campus. Parents of students in an affected class and affected faculty/staff will receive additional quarantine and remote learning information via email and phone.
- Confidentiality of the diagnosed student or teacher will be maintained by school personnel.
- Unvaccinated children and employees in close contact with an individual confirmed to be infected by COVID will be required to quarantine for 10 days. Close contact is defined as an unvaccinated individual being within 6 feet of someone who has COVID for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period.
- Fully vaccinated staff and students who are asymptomatic do NOT need to quarantine after contact with someone who has COVID unless they have symptoms.
Download the Complete Infection Response Chart.
Parallel Instruction Program (PIP) and Remote Learning
In alignment with the CDC's priority to return to in-person instruction and Elmwood Franklin's emphasis on the importance of face-to-face connections, we will not offer PIP as an option for day-to-day instruction. Remote learning will be offered in quarantine situations as arranged by the Division Heads.
Athletics
We anticipate a regular fall season of interscholastic athletics for Upper School students. We are looking forward to welcoming spectators on campus this fall for games, with a limit of two spectators per student.
Lunch and Dining Room
The Dining Room will remain closed for the start of the 2021-2022 school year, and students will continue to eat in outdoor and classroom spaces. Lunch and a daily snack are provided at no additional cost to all students. A boxed lunch with the choice of the hot entree, assorted sandwich options, and sides will be available daily.
Visitors on Campus
- Elmwood Franklin School is limiting visitors in the building to scheduled events and meetings this fall. All visitors must mask when indoors and complete a temperature and wellness screening before entry.
- Parent meetings, volunteer meetings, group events, and special programming will be conducted as virtual sessions and/or in our large meeting spaces on campus after school hours.
- Small, scheduled meetings will take place in the front conference room. Parents may schedule meetings with administrative or teaching staff as needed.