Attention Parents:
If your child is sick, please keep them home.
- When notating Pick Up Patrol that your child is absent please include symptoms of illness under "Note".
- Not only is COVID-19 still present, the flu season is right around the corner.
- Please test your child for COVID-19 if your child has any of the  following symptoms.

• Fever of 100.4°F / 38°C
• New or worsening cough
• New or worsening cough
• Chills
• Fatigue
• Muscle pain or body aches
• New taste or smell disorder
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Headache

- Home COVID test kits are available through the Health Office.
- Contact Mrs. Kovalsky RN to have one sent home or to arrange for pickup. 

UPDATED COVID-19 GUIDANCE EFFECTIVE 9/2022

• No quarantine for exposure to positive cases, including in-home exposure
• Positive COVID cases: 5 days quarantine, then return if fever free for 24 hours and symptoms greatly improve, and mask for 5 days in school.
• Students will be sent home for COVID-like symptoms but can return with a negative COVID test and improved symptoms. However, symptomatic sick children should stay home, even with a negative test.
• If testing is refused, the students will be excluded for five days if symptomatic and a known close contact.
• At-home antigen tests are still accepted. Write the child's name, date, and parent initials and send a picture of it to the school nurse. 

If you have ANY questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Jamie Kovalsky, RN,
at kovalskyj@htesd.org or (908) 859-1001 ext. 190

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