Health and safety - Lakeside School

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tudent health and safety is a top priority at Lakeside School. The school has established programs and practices that enable us to take care of each other by building community and wellness. We regularly review and update our procedures to meet best practices.

Health and safety are our shared responsibility: all members of the Lakeside community have a responsibility to take care of themselves and others.

What to do if your child tests positive for COVID-19

Students who test positive for COVID need to follow the isolation and precautions laid out by the CDC. Contact your medical provider if you have questions about your child’s health. Contact Lakeside’s school nurse or family support program if your family needs assistance with masks or antigen tests.

If a Lakeside student tests positive for COVID-19:

They must isolate for five days, regardless of vaccination status. The day they test positive is Day 0, and they may return to campus on the 6th day. Here is a resource from the CDC on calculating the lengths of isolation and quarantine.
Parents and guardians should report their child’s absence through the Veracross family portal.
Students who don’t feel well should focus on resting and regaining their health. Once a student feels well enough to reach out, they should contact their classroom teachers and advisors via email about their absence so that they can make arrangements to make up missed work.
After a student has ended isolation, when they are feeling better (no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and symptoms improving), they should:
- Wear a high quality and well-fitting N95 or KN95 mask until day 10 or
- If the student has access to antigen tests, they should consider using them. (Contact school nurse Joy Irvin if you need COVID tests). With two sequential negative tests 48 hours apart, the student may remove their mask sooner than day 10.

What to do if your child is exposed to COVID-19

What to do if your child has a fever or is sick

It is important to stay home when sick in order to best take care of yourself and others.
Parents and guardians should report their child’s absence through the Veracross family portal.
Students should focus on resting and regaining their health. If a student feels well enough to reach out, they should contact their classroom teachers and advisors via email about their absence so that they can make arrangements to make up missed work.
Lakeside requires students to be at least 24 hours fever-free, without the use of fever-reducing medication, to return to campus. Even if masked, a student should not be present on campus with a known fever.

COVID-19 vaccination policy

While Lakeside no longer requires COVID-19 vaccinations, we strongly encourage students and employees to get vaccinated and boosted.

We strongly encourage all students and employees to receive a yearly flu vaccination.

Need help?

Lakeside’s student and family support program is equipped and prepared to respond to the social-emotional development and health needs of our students and families. Working in partnership with parents and guardians, the members of the team teach students to advocate for themselves and empower students to care for their minds and bodies. Learn more about student and family support.

Questions about school health policies and practices can be directed to Lakeside’s school nurse, Joy Irvin, at nurse@lakesideschool.org. Contact your medical provider if you have questions about your child’s health.