Frequently Asked Questions

Please email health@wornickjds.org and advise of any symptoms. Testing will likely be required if anyone in the household is exhibiting symptoms. Please wait for the Head of School or Assistant Head of School to respond to you before bringing your child to school.

Our Health and Safety Committee has created standards and protocols that are set forth in our detailed Health and Safety Plan. The plan focuses on vaccines, masking, health & hygiene, ventilation, and testing.

Wornick also implemented mandatory COVID-19 testing for teachers, staff, and students. Currently, testing is every other week (unless you are 12+ and unvaccinated and then you are required to test weekly). Detailed testing information can be found on our Student Testing Resources page. 

Hot lunch will be available this year. More information can be found on our Hot Lunch page. Students eat with their cohorts and are monitored to maintain distancing. Students have lunch and snack outside. Lunch tables are sanitized between cohorts. 

We know that students benefit from in-person learning both educationally and in their social emotional development. We are focusing on in person learning. Limited remote learning will be allowed should a student need to quarantine with Covid symptoms or because of an exposure.

If it is tech related, please email Corine Brouwer at tech@wornickjds.org. If you or your student need clarification on an assignment, please email your teacher.

We believe our program is safe and goes above and beyond all guidelines. We are prioritizing on campus learning for the benefit of our students. If you have to quarantine for any reason related to COVID-19, or you have other minor symptoms, you will be able to Zoom into the classroom. This year, we will not be sending home materials, students will just be listening to the instructor. The parent must notify the main office at info@wornickjds.org and the homeroom teacher. Parents must continue to notify the teacher and office if a student must stay home for the above reasons and qualify to Zoom into the class.

Remote learning is not allowed for vacation or travel of any kind. However, if students have to quarantine post-travel, they will be allowed to Zoom into the classroom during those days. If a student is ill with symptoms such as fever, vomiting, or other major symptoms, please have your student take a sick day. They should not be on Zoom in that circumstance.

At this time, we strongly recommend students who are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine receive it or they will be required to undergo weekly testing. Eligible unvaccinated students will not be allowed to go on school trips involving air travel. We reserve the right to require vaccinations of eligible students and this matter is currently under review with the Health and Safety Team.

We do have a testing requirement for unvaccinated students Age 12+. Testing is required on a weekly basis for unvaccinated students age 12+. Testing is not covered by the school. Please send your child’s weekly result to info@wornickjds.org.

Students and teachers will be masked at all times, both indoors and outdoors while on campus, with the exception of times they are eating.

Should the Air Quality Index (AQI) exceed 100, windows and doors will be closed and additional HEPA filters will be added in every classroom to assist with air filtration. PE, recess, lunch, and afterschool sports will be modified when air quality is between 100-150 AQI. Above 150 AQI, school instruction will be remote. As needed, notification of remote classes due to AQI will be sent via email the evening before at 7 pm.

Wornick is continuing a surveillance testing plan to address the possibility of asymptomatic cases in our professional community and our student population. At this time, students and professional community members must test every other week. Detailed testing information can be found on our Student Testing Resources page. 

We do have an additional testing requirement for unvaccinated students Age 12+. Testing is required on a weekly basis for unvaccinated students age 12+. Testing is not covered by the school. Please send your child’s weekly result to info@wornickjds.org.

Gesher, our extended care program after school, will be offered. Students will come from their class, check-in outside and have time for play, snack, and homework outside. A tent will be utilized for homework as well as during rainy days. Gesher will be prioritized as an outdoor activity, and inside, high-contact activities will be minimized. Pickup for Gesher will be via sign-up at either 4:45-5 pm or 5:45-6 pm. The main office will send a sign up to all registered Gesher families for them to choose their pickup time. To pick up students from Gesher, please park in the main parking lot and wait at the main gate at your pickup time. Students will be brought down to the gate and released to you. Learn more about Gesher here.

As we did during the 2020-2021 academic year, we will continue to provide transparency to the school-wide community regarding the school’s safety plans and any exposure. Our COVID-19 Safety Plan is accessible at https://www.wornickjds.org/for-our-families/school-year-info. If addendums are added, the school wide community will be notified.