Happy Holidays, Holiday COVID testing
prin...@sethigh.org
Dear Students, Parents, and Guardians,
- Holiday at-home COVID-19 testing (replacement tests available)
- COVID-19 exposures
- Passion Project Funding
- Rental and Utility Assistance
- Happy Holidays!
Holiday at-home COVID-19 testing (replacement tests available)
We handed out free test kits to most of you on Monday, but we still have kits available if you did not receive one. I didn't realize when I handed them out that the intent was for these to be explicitly used right before students return from winter break. If anyone already used the test kits, you can pick up another one tomorrow. We have plenty of them.
Here are the instructions for these test kits:
All students and school employees can get free iHealth At-Home COVID-19 tests to use before returning to school in the New Year! Please register for Primary.Health here: https://my.primary.health/l/sethigh
Step 1: Get Materials
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- Each box contains 2 tests
- Register for Primary.Health (https://my.primary.health/l/sethigh)
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Step 2: Test your student (or yourself if you are a school employee)
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- Take test #1 3 days before returning to school (Dec 31st)
- Take test #2 1 day before returning to school (Jan 2nd)
- If you DO have any COVID-19 symptoms and/or you have had a known exposure to someone with COVID-19, please call your school for next steps before you return.
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Step 3: Share your results on Primary.Health! Do not use the iHealth app!
Primary.Health is a secure website that reports your results to the school and the Health Department.
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- Register for Primary.Health at the link provided above
- No internet? Contact your school or call your results in at (650)275-5419
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COVID-19 exposures
We had a bit of a rough week handling the consequences of last week's COVID-19 exposures, but we think we have everything contained now. This is a good reminder for all of us, though, that COVID-19 is still out there and we need to be super vigilant as a school community to make sure that the inevitable occasional case does not spread too deep among our families. I had a family member get COVID over Thanksgiving break and it is not fun trying to manage the spread when it is in your own household; and this is even when there aren't medical complications that arise from the disease. So, please, please, please, be super aware of symptoms and let us know immediately if anyone in your family is ever feeling sick so that we can be extra cautious and test everyone. It is so much easier for us to do the occasional test for our students than to deal with the contact-tracing and the reporting requirements when we do have an exposure.
Passion Project Funding
We shared with the students during Advisory yesterday that there is now money available to students to fund their Passion Projects. The application for Passion Project Funding can be found here. Passion Projects are not required at SET, but we do encourage students to eventually start a project. We hope that providing money to support the projects will lead to much richer projects and reduce the friction that sometimes prevents a project from getting off the ground. The money may even encourage students to start projects that they wouldn't have done otherwise just so they can get their fair share of school funds!
We are looking for a student to be a member of the funding committee. Students, if you want to help us fairly allocate the money to other students, let me know. I'll be sending out instructions for how to apply for this role in January.
Rental and Utility Assistance
If we have any families who are struggling financially at the moment, we wanted to make sure that you knew about Rental and Utility assistance that is available in San Diego.
https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/sdhcd/erap.html
Happy Holidays!
Students, we did it! Tomorrow is our last day and then we are off until January 3rd! Please stay safe, stay well, and enjoy a much deserved break. If you are behind on your coursework, use this time to catch up. There are only 3 more weeks of school before the semester ends on January 21st. Happy holidays everyone!
Dr. McCurdy
