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Mountain Views-News Saturday, March 6, 2021 9EDUCATION AND YOUTH Mountain Views-News Saturday, March 6, 2021 9EDUCATION AND YOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT UPDATES: PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES FOR REOPENING SCHOOLS SCHOOL DIRECTORY Beginning with PreK-5th grade • Hybrid Simultaneous - in-person and remote • Reconfiguring classrooms to maintain social distance • Installation of air purifiers, filters • Plexiglass in classrooms • Cleaning and disinfecting of every room in every school and office • Providing face coverings, PPE, and signage • Creating a school-based COVID-19 testing and contact tracing program • Offering COVID-19 vaccines to employees (as a service, not a condition to reopen) Elementary SchoolLos Angeles County has reached the threshold to reopen elementary schools according to the California Blueprint for a Safer Economy. PUSD is implementing health and safety requirements and is preparing to welcome elementary students back for in-person learning with a hybrid schedule with a staggeredschedule beginning March 30. Middle and High SchoolAccording to the California Blueprint for a Safer Economy, middle and high schools (grades 7-12) can open when the county has moved to the red tier and have also followed the school re-opening guidance. The threshold is 7.0% positivity rate. Currently the LA County rate is 7.2%. It is expectedthat Middle and High School reopening will follow soon. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REOPENING DATES Pasadena Unified is triggering plans for the safe return of all PreK-5th grade elementary studentswho wish to participate in on-campus instruction beginning the week of March 29, subject to Board approval. Schools will operate on a hybrid simultaneous learning model, with groups of studentsphysically in the classroom with their teacher while a group of their classmates participates via distancelearning. Opening schedule, subject to Board of Education approval: • Monday, March 29 - all students remain on distance learning • Tuesday, March 30 - PreK-Kindergarten return to all elementary schools • Wednesday, March 31 - No School: Cesar Chavez Holiday • Thursday, April 1 - Grades 1 and 2 return, grades PreK-Kindergarten also on campus • Friday, April 2 - PreK-2nd grades on campus • April 5-8, 2021 - Spring Break • Monday, April 12 - all students on distance learning • Tuesday, April 13 - Students in grades 3-5 return, students in PreK-2nd grade on campus Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs are planning to open together with the District’s PreK-2grades with in-person full and half-day programs. HEALTH & SAFETY PROTOCOLS PUSD adheres to health and safety protocols recommended by the California and PasadenaDepartments of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including: • Fewer students on campus at one time • Completing daily temperature and symptom checks for all students and employees reportingto schools and district sites • Requiring and providing all necessary face coverings and personal protective equipment • Adding handwashing and hand sanitizer-dispensing stations added on campuses • Conducting enhanced daily cleaning and disinfecting protocols each evening • Reconfiguring classrooms to maintain physical distancing • Installing plexiglass barriers for teachers at their workstations/desks • Building in time for frequent hand washing and sanitizing • Placing upgraded (MERV 10) filters in air conditioning units and adding commercial-gradeportable high-efficiency particulate air purifiers in all classrooms • Posting directional and informational signage throughout school and district facilities • Staggering recess/nutrition breaks on campus for physical distancing • Following all protocols for quarantining and contact tracing • Limiting non-essential visitors to school and district facilities • Creating COVID-19 surveillance testing • Offering COVID-19 vaccines to all employeesThe California and Pasadena Public Health Departments require all schools reopening for in-person Alverno Heights Academy Email: schools@monrovia.k12.ca.us 200 N. Michillinda Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 Odyssey Charter School (626) 355-3463 Head of School: Julia V. Fanara 725 W. Altadena Dr. Altadena, Ca. 91001 E-mail address: jfanara@alvernoheights.org (626) 229-0993 Head of School: Lauren O’Neill Arcadia High School website: www.odysseycharterschool.org 180 Campus Drive Arcadia, CA 91007 Pasadena High School Phone: (626) 821-8370, Principal: Brent Forsee 2925 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Pasadena, Ca. bforsee@ausd.net (626) 396-5880 Principal: Roberto Hernandez Arroyo Pacific Academy website: http://phs.pusd.us 41 W. Santa Clara St. Arcadia, Ca, (626) 294-0661 Principal: Phil Clarke St. Rita Catholic School E-mail address: pclarke@arroyopacific.org 322 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024Principal: Adela Solis (626) 355-6114 Barnhart School solis@st-ritaschool.org 240 W. Colorado Blvd Arcadia, Ca. 91007 Website: www.st-ritaschool.org (626) 446-5588Head of School: Ethan Williamson Sierra Madre Elementary School Kindergarten - 8th grade 141 W. Highland Ave, Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 website: www.barnhartschool.org (626) 355-1428 Principal: Lindsay LUIS E-mail address: LUIS.lindsay@pusd.us Bethany Christian School Sierra Madre Middle School 93 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 160 N. Canon Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 (626) 355-3527 (626) 836-2947 Principal: Garrett Newsom Preschool-TK-8th Grade E-mail address: newsom.garrett@pusd.us Principal: Dr. William Walnerwebsite: www. bcslions.org Walden School Clairbourn School 74 S San Gabriel Blvd 8400 Huntington Drive Pasadena, CA 91107 (626) 792-6166 San Gabriel, CA 91775 www.waldenschool.net Phone: 626-286-3108 ext. 172 Weizmann Day School FAX: 626-286-1528 1434 N. Altadena Dr. Pasadena, Ca. 91107 E-mail: jhawes@clairbourn.org (626) 797-0204Foothill Oaks Academy Lisa Feldman: Head of School 822 E. Bradbourne Ave., Duarte, CA 91010 Wilson Middle School (626) 301-9809 300 S. Madre St. Pasadena, Ca. 91107 Principal: Nancy Lopez (626) 449-7390 Principal: Ruth Esseln www.foothilloaksacademy.org E-mail address: resseln@pusd.us office@foothilloaksacademy.org Pasadena Unified School District Frostig School 351 S. Hudson Ave., Pasadena, Ca. 91109 971 N. Altadena Drive Pasadena, CA 91107 (626) 396-3600 Website: www.pusd@pusd.us (626) 791-1255Head of School: Jenny Janetzke Arcadia Unified School District Email: jenny@frostig.org 234 Campus Dr., Arcadia, Ca. 91007 (626) 821-8300 Website: www.ausd.net The Gooden School 192 N. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 Monrovia Unified School District (626) 355-2410 325 E. Huntington Dr., Monrovia, Ca. 91016 Head of School, Jo-Anne Woolner (626) 471-2000website: www.goodenschool.org Website: www.monroviaschools.net High Point Academy Duarte Unified School District 1720 Kinneloa Canyon Road 1620 Huntington Dr., Duarte, Ca. 91010 Pasadena, Ca. 91107 (626)599-5000Head of School: Gary Stern 626-798-8989 Website: www.duarte.k12.ca.us website: www.highpointacademy.org Arcadia Christian School La Salle College Preparatory 1900 S. Santa Anita Avenue Arcadia, CA 91006 3880 E. Sierra Madre Blvd. Pasadena, Ca. Preschool - and TK - 8th Grade (626) 351-8951 website: www.lasallehs.org 626-574-8229/626-574-0805Principal Mrs. Courtney Kassakhian Email: inquiry@acslions.com Principal: Cindy Harmon Monrovia High School website: www.acslions.com 325 East Huntington Drive, Monrovia, CA 91016 (626) 471-2800 Principal Darvin Jackson instruction to post a COVID-19 safety plan and checklist on their website. You can find PUSD’s COVID-19 Safety Plan at www.pusd.us. PLEASE STAY SAFE! VENTILATION All classrooms are equipped with commercial-grade air purifiers designed for 24/7 smart air cleaningfor enclosed shared air environments. Filters on air conditioning units have been upgraded to MERV 10 filters rated for hospital and laboratory use. PUSD COVID-19 VACCINES FOR EMPLOYEES SOCIALLY As of February 24, 2021 o PUSD has completed the vaccination of 270 employees for first or second doses. o This week only, 550 PreK-8 teachers and staff have an opportunity to get the vaccine through a partnership with Pasadena Public Health DISTANCE! o PUSD employee vaccine clinics are generally held Thursdays & Fridays, depending on vaccinesupplies. PUSD clinics are tentatively scheduled March 4-5, 2021, depending on supply For complete information go to: https://www.pusd.us/reopening WEAR A MASK! 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