Health Office News

🔀  New COVID Flowchart

Please note that we’ve recently updated our COVID response flowchart.

See the Flowchart Here

Following the request of Russian authorities everybody listed as close contact should be quarantined for 14 days regardless of vaccination status.
 

✈️  International Travel Update

If you decide to travel internationally, please plan accordingly.

Everybody, regardless of their vaccination status, is required to provide a PCR test completed on Day 3 (Day 1 being the day of arrival) and if it’s negative, will be allowed to return on campus on Day 4.

Please note that antigen tests are not accepted after international travel.
 

🛏  Stay Home If Sick

A variety of contagious viral illnesses are currently present during this season as well as COVID.

If you have a student and/or a family member that is experiencing any flu-like symptoms, please, keep your children home for 48 hours for everyone’s safety. Even minor symptoms, such as sudden headaches, general malaise, dry cough, and a runny nose could be a sign of COVID, especially if there’s a combination of several symptoms. If you have a family member sick with COVID - everyone in the family should be tested and quarantined. We definitely recommend staying home and getting tested if you are having any doubts about yours and your family’s health.

If you are in doubt, please, reach out to the Health Office for further guidance!
 

😷  Masks

Please ensure students have extra masks for when they are at school, so that they could get them changed as needed, especially for younger kids.

If you prefer to use cloth masks, please send a couple of extras and make sure to wash them well after use. Ideally, masks need to be changed every 2-3 hours, but it’d be great to have them replaced at least once a day to ensure their effectiveness according to the Guidance for Wearing Masks.

Review Guidance for Wearing Masks
 

✍️  Daily Passes

Please, don’t forget about daily passes!

Otherwise, if daily passes are not complete, the students are required to wait until the Health Office staff verifies all the required information with everyone’s parents.

The questions on the pass need to be answered for students to enter school, and they can only be answered and signed by either parents/guardians.

If you don’t have passes at home, students can have blank passes from their respective division offices.

Download a Blank Pass
 

📄  Covid Vaccination Certificates

If your children are vaccinated, please, continue to send their certificates to health.office@aas.ru.
 

🔔  Rotavirus Safety Guidelines

Let’s work toward a happier and a healthier year together! Thank you for your commitment to keep our students and the AAS community healthy and safe!
The AAS Health Office Team

New COVID Flowchart

Please note that we’ve recently updated our COVID response flowchart.

See the Flowchart Here

Currently, following the request of Russian authorities everybody listed as close contact should be quarantined for 14 days regardless of vaccination status.
 

Stay Home If Sick

A variety of contagious viral illnesses are currently present during this season as well as COVID.

If you have a student and/or a family member that is experiencing any flu-like symptoms, please, keep your children home for 48 hours for everyone’s safety. Even minor symptoms, such as sudden headaches, general malaise, dry cough, and a runny nose could be a sign of COVID, especially if there’s a combination of several symptoms. If you have a family member sick with COVID - everyone in the family should be tested and quarantined. We definitely recommend staying home and getting tested if you are having any doubts about yours and your family’s health.

If you are in doubt, please, reach out to the Health Office for further guidance!
 

GI Issues / Fever Concerns

If your child is not feeling well, and it is a GI related issue (vomiting/diarrhea), - please notify the Health Office as it would be helpful for us to know and to keep track of the occurrences.

We would also like to remind you that if your child has a fever, he/she should remain home until fever free for at least 72 hours without any fever-reducing medications.

In the case, if your child had an episode of vomiting/diarrhea – he/she should remain home for 48 hours until there are no further episodes before coming back to school.

All situations are unique, therefore, if you are in doubt, contact the Health Office and we will be happy to guide you further, depending on your situation. Also, if one of your children is sick, his/her siblings should remain home as well, considering infectious/viral illnesses have the ability to spread very fast, even before your other children will show any symptoms/signs of it.

Masks

Please ensure students have extra masks for when they are at school, so that they could get them changed as needed, especially for younger kids.

If you prefer to use cloth masks, please send a couple of extras and make sure to wash them well after use. Ideally, masks need to be changed every 2-3 hours, but it’d be great to have them replaced at least once a day to ensure their effectiveness according to the Guidance for Wearing Masks.

Review Guidance for Wearing Masks
 

Daily Passes

Please, don’t forget about daily passes!

Otherwise, if daily passes are not complete, the students are required to wait until the Health Office staff verifies all the required information with everyone’s parents.

The questions on the pass need to be answered for students to enter school, and they can only be answered and signed by either parents/guardians.

If you don’t have passes at home, students can have blank passes from their respective division offices.

Download a Blank Pass
 

Covid Vaccination Certificates

If your children are vaccinated, please, continue to send their certificates to health.office@aas.ru.
 

Let’s work toward a happier and a healthier year together! Thank you for your commitment to keep our students and the AAS community healthy and safe!
The AAS Health Office Team
 

😷  Masks

Please ensure students have extra masks for when they are at school, so that they could get them changed as needed, especially for younger kids.

If you prefer to use cloth masks, please send a couple of extras and make sure to wash them well after use. Ideally, masks need to be changed every 2-3 hours, but it’d be great to have them replaced at least once a day to ensure their potency and effectiveness. 

Click Here for More Information
 

✍  Daily Passes

 Please, don’t forget about daily passes! 

Otherwise, if daily passes are not complete, the students are required to wait until the Health Office staff verifies all the required information with everyone’s parents. The questions on the pass need to be answered for students to enter school, and they can only be answered and signed by either parents/guardians. If you don’t have passes at home, students can have blank passes from their respective division offices.
 

🤒  Sick Family Members

If you have a student and/or a family member that is experiencing any flu-like symptoms, please, keep your children home for the safety of everyone else in your home and our community.

It’s been confirmed on multiple occasions that even minor symptoms, such as sudden headaches, general malaise, dry cough, and a runny nose - could be a sign of COVID, especially if there’s a combination of several symptoms together.

Moreover, if you have a family member sick with COVID, everyone in the family should be tested and quarantined.

We definitely recommend staying home and getting tested if you are having any questionable doubts about yours and your family’s health. If you are in doubt, - please, reach out to the Health Office for further guidance.
 

🤮  Any GI Issues / Fever

If your child is not feeling well, and it is a GI related issue (vomiting/diarrhea), please notify the Health Office as it would be helpful for us to know and to keep track of the occurrences.

We would also like to remind you that if your child has a fever, he/she should remain home until fever free for at least 72 hours without any fever-reducing medications. In the case, if you child had an episode of vomiting/diarrhea – he/she should remain home for 48 hours until there are no further episodes before coming back to school. All situations are unique, please, if you are in doubt, contact the Health Office and we will be happy to guide you further, depending on your situation. Also, if 1 child is sick, his/her siblings should remain home as well, considering infectious/viral illnesses have the ability to spread very fast, even before your other children will show any symptoms/signs of it!
 

Covid Vaccination Certificates

If your children are vaccinated, please, continue to send their certificates to health.office@aas.ru.
 

Let’s work toward a happier and a healthier year together! Thank you for your commitment to keep our students and the AAS community healthy and safe!
The AAS Health Office team