Return-to-Campus Checklist
The following items should be reviewed by all families ahead of returning to campus. It is essential that families comply with these policies prior to arriving on campus, and while some forms can be addressed on campus if incomplete, other categories such as a COVID-19 PCR test result and Travel Advisory quarantine considerations require compliance before your student’s return date. We are unable to make exceptions and ask that you read the following section very carefully.
COVID-19 PCR Test Result: Please note that a negative COVID-19 PCR test must be uploaded to your Magnus Health account prior to arriving on campus. Go to Highlander Nation and click on Resources at the top of the page; then click on the Magnus Health yellow clipboard icon. Next to “Pre-Arrival Covid Test Form,” click “Turn it in.” This will give you the option of downloading the requisition form and uploading the completed test results. The negative test must have been performed and collected within 10 days of their arrival on campus. We cannot make exceptions for this requirement. Students arriving with no testing will be directed to a local testing site and informed that once they have a negative test result they will be allowed to return to campus. It can take as long as 7‒10 days to receive test results (although the timing for most sites near school is much shorter), so we strongly encourage families to address our testing requirement before returning to Washington.
A student testing positive for COVID-19 will be required to isolate off campus for 10 days and will have to be cleared by the Health Center before returning to campus. Our faculty and staff were successfully tested on August 24 and we are able to report that no positive cases were detected. Neither antigen nor antibody tests will satisfy our testing requirement. If you have not made arrangements for your student’s COVID-19 PCR test, we strongly encourage you to schedule a testing appointment as soon as possible since time slots can be limited in certain areas. Testing sites throughout Connecticut can be found at this site. Some testing sites do not require appointments or a doctor's order. We request that families limit travel and exposure after obtaining the PCR test and prior to returning to campus.
Travel Advisory List: Families arriving from outside of Connecticut must review the state’s Travel Advisory List every Tuesday for changes to the affected states on the list. Each week, states are being added and removed from the list. Anyone traveling from one of the identified states is mandated by the State of Connecticut to complete a travel health form upon arrival. Domestic travelers must fill out the form online at this link. International students returning to campus from abroad need not complete the State of Connecticut Travelers form but must instead complete the International Student Quarantine Plan form available in HighlanderNation. Please reach out to Lauren Lord in the Dean of Students Office if you have not completed this form. The State of Connecticut’s policies associated with the Travel Advisory List have not changed since our August 7 update. We are following it closely and will adjust accordingly to any changes made by the state.
Informed Consent: Following our recent communications regarding the reopening of our campus, including the updated Campus Reopening Plan shared with you on August 7, we are asking all parents and guardians of students enrolled in The Frederick Gunn School for the 2020-21 academic year to review and sign a Notice of Informed Consent. Please log in to HighlanderNation to confirm your understanding of and consent to the health and safety protocols that have been and will be developed to support the re-opening of our campus this fall. To ensure that our students and families understand the risks associated with COVID-19, and your role in supporting our protocols and other preventative measures, we previously requested that you return this form with your electronic signature by September 2.
Guardian Form: Consistent with our Guardian Requirements outlined in our August 7 Campus Reopening Plan, we will require that all students attending in-person classes identify a guardian available to pick them up within 12 hours of testing positive for COVID-19. The Guardian Form must be completed prior to returning to campus. Guardians will also need to be available within 12 hours if a student is presenting symptoms of COVID-19 and awaiting test results or if the school is shut down. We also strongly recommend that a guardian pick up a student if a 14-day quarantine is recommended as a result of contact tracing. Guardian requirements do not apply to students who are participating via our distance learning program. Please complete this form by September 4.
Social Contract: The Frederick Gunn School has been a place of moral character education for over 170 years and we look forward to starting our 171st year on campus this fall. To do this safely, it will take a shared commitment from each and every one of us to reduce the risk to those on campus, in our neighboring communities, and the state of Connecticut. We ask that each student and employee complete our Social Contract via this link.
Magnus Health: All Magnus Health forms must be completed prior to arriving on campus. Families should review their Magnus Health accounts and confirm that all required tasks have green check marks indicating that all items have been completed. As part of our effort to minimize the density of people in our buildings during move-in days, we will not allow families to complete Magnus Health registration in the Health Center this year. If all Magnus Health forms are not complete prior to your student’s arrival on campus, families will be directed to return to campus after the forms are successfully submitted. If you have any questions, please email healthdept@frederickgunn.org.
Fall Co-Curricular Preferences: For students that have not completed our co-curricular form, we ask that this be completed by this Friday, September 4. Each student will be asked to sign up for two co-curricular offerings, and while these preferences do not lock a student into that choice, it will help with our planning process and ensure that we can offer the maximum number of options to our students.
Impact Testing: Test codes were recently sent to new students and students who have been enrolled at the school for two years asking them to complete their ImPACT baseline test at home. This is the computerized test we use when dealing with head injuries (concussions) in making decisions about a student's recovery and return to normal daily activities. The goal is that by performing the test at home, we will reduce the density of people needing to take the test on campus during Orientation. Once a student has received a code they have one week to complete the test, and that deadline is quickly approaching. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact moultonc@frederickgunn.org.
Online Textbook Ordering: The Frederick Gunn School has partnered with the Higher Learning Supply Company to streamline the purchase of all textbooks and required reading for the 2020-21 academic year. All students, whether participating in-person or remotely, will order textbooks through the Frederick Gunn School Bookstore in line with your course registrations. Additional online textbook ordering instructions can be found in our August 19 letter.
Laundry Service: We strongly encourage families to consider using the laundry service offered by E&R. Clean clothes, particularly masks, will be more important than ever as our community comes back together. Furthermore, reducing the density of students in laundry rooms is an important aspect of planning. Information about laundry service can be found here.
Business Office: As a reminder, tuition payments need to be current in accordance with your payment plan. If you have any questions, please contact the Business Office at (860) 350-0191.