Current Reopening Plans

Thank you for choosing Holy Family School and working with us with all the changes during the Covid-19.  The latest news regarding the opening of the school in the fall is positive for Holy Family School!  Please remember plans will evolve depending on safety precautions and health of our school families, faculty and staff.  At this point with King County in Phase 2, we are able to open full time, 5 days a week, by meeting health department social distancing requirements, cleaning procedures and safety protocol. 

Reopening Protocol

  • Classroom Safety: Students and teachers will have distance seating and spacing in their classrooms.  Our classrooms can accommodate our current class sizes with 6 ft distancing.  Expectations and routines will be taught in the classrooms and for moving to and from school areas; such as changing classes, recess procedures and/or other routines. ​
  • Morning Routine: Drop off and pick up plans will be by car only through the back gate and out the gate by the parish hall. Morning drop off: Teachers will be in their classrooms by 8am.  Cars will drive through the carpool lane and wait for a student temperature check and health questions from a staff member. Any student with symptoms of Covid-19 and/or fever, cough, may not be able to attend school. Healthy students may exit the car and go directly to their classroom.  The gates will be locked shortly after 8:20am.
  • Late Students: Late students are to be escorted by their parents to the glass doors on 17th street. A faculty member will come to the glass doors and do a temperature check. 
  • Dismissal Routine: The car drive through will be similar to our current pick up procedures. Students will be spaced with proper distancing by the yellow curbs.  Grades 5th and 6th will line up by their classrooms. Cars are to drive in through the back gate, follow the carpool route and line up along the school building. Once the cars are stopped the students will enter the cars and exit when all cars are loaded.
  • Recess Plans:  Recess entrance and exits, play areas, will be spaced for safe distancing and in an assigned zone area for play time.  We will learn more about which play equipment is allowed. 
  • Lunch Plans: All students will eat in their classrooms.
  • Cleaning Procedures: Classroom desks, door knobs, light switches will be cleaned throughout the day.  Desks will be cleaned whenever there is a change of students and after eating lunch. Bathrooms will be cleaned throughout the day.
  • Universal Face Covering: Cloth face coverings will be required for staff and students in grades K-8, our Pre-K students will be encouraged to wear face coverings.  Students will be supervised when wearing face coverings. Even with face coverings, proper social distancing will be maintained.  We will have more frequent outdoor breaks, where face coverings will not be mandatory.
  • Distance Learning: Distance learning will be provided for students not on campus to continue their learning whether this is due to illness, exposure, or parental choice.
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