The YCDSB follows direction from the Province of Ontario and York Region Public Health. Read the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Guidance: School Outbreak Management, please. Read the Province of Ontario’s Operational Guidance: COVID-19 Management in Schools. Learn more about what happens when a case of COVID-19 is detected at a school.
If you believe your child may have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, you should keep your child home and contact your medical practitioner and/or your local public health unit for direction and next steps. We are working with our partners at York Region Public Health (YRPH) to finalize a … Continue reading “What happens if my child has come in contact with someone with COVID-19?”
In accordance with York Region Public Health (YRPH), if your child contracts COVID-19, please do not send your child to school. If a case of COVID-19 is detected at school, YRPH will immediately be notified of any suspected/confirmed cases of COVID-19 (staff or students). Schools must provide any requested information (e.g. daily attendance, and transportation … Continue reading “What happens if a student/staff contracts COVID-19?”
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, YCDSB has been working closely with – and taking direction from – the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health, and York Region Public Health (YRPH). York Region is still in a state of emergency and is currently in full response to COVID-19. YRPH is working closely … Continue reading “What is the plan in place should a second wave of COVID-19 happen?”
Prior to leaving home each morning all students and staff are to conduct a self-assessment: Check Your Child Daily for Symptoms of COVID-19. If symptomatic, staff and students are to follow York Region Public Health’s (YRPH) decision tree – Should My Child Attend School? Students are to bring their own mask and wear it on … Continue reading “What are the safety measures that are in place at schools?”
Once a suspected case of COVID-19 is noted, York Region Public Health (YRPH) must be notified. YRPH will conduct a thorough investigation and following their investigation, will direct the response from that point onwards. All confirmed cases will require a period of self-isolation as dictated by YRPH. In secondary schools, the re-entry point is when … Continue reading “If a child contracts COVID-19, will the whole class have to self-isolate for 14 days?”
Yes. However, we ask that students limit the number of food items brought to school and that they follow the teacher’s direction in terms of the timing of having a snack.
E-Learn courses will run in the period that the student is scheduled to take it. Courses such as Music and Religion will not run every other day. Instead students will take Music one semester in the period that it occurs and Religion in the next semester in the period that it occurs. Courses that require … Continue reading “How will secondary students participate in the adapted learning model, as mandated by the Ministry of Education?”
Yes. Please visit our authorized uniform provider’s website if you would like to order online or schedule an appointment for a fitting: dgn-kilters.com.
No. For those taking a physical education course, students are to arrive at school wearing their gym uniform.
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