Dear SSCPS Families,
Yesterday we sent an email to our school community to introduce all families to the new weekly COVID-19 testing program which will begin on March 15. The program is free and voluntary. Pooled testing of students and staff is intended to help us lower the risk of disease in our school by finding positive cases of COVID-19 quickly. This program will also help identify positive cases in people who do not show any symptoms. Testing will allow us to continue in-person learning while making everyone feel safer when in-person. We hope that you will participate by signing a consent form for your student. The higher the percentage of participation, the safer school will be. Below please find additional information and the Registration link. Registration link: https://app.beacontesting.com/register/with-code?code=WPWCQJ Please follow the link below for additional information on registering your student through the Project Beacon website. We have also included a link to FAQ’s about pool testing. https://help.beacontesting.com/article/83-registration-guide-for-parents https://help.beacontesting.com/article/86-faq-for-parents-k-12-pooled-testing What is the COVID-19 pooled testing program?
To participate in the testing program, please sign a consent form for your students. You only need to sign up once for the weekly testing. This form gives us permission to share student information with the technology platform we use to track testing. Student information will only be shared with the Department of Public Health and other departments if a student tests positive in an individual test. Please sign up electronically by using the registration link above. If you need assistance with the link, please call the SSCPS Health Office. The program is voluntary. Students are not required to participate in the program. If you do not consent to participate, your student can still come to school. We strongly encourage all students to participate to help us reduce the spread of COVID-19. How does it work? The type of testing we are using is called "pooled testing." Pooled testing makes it easier and faster to find individuals who might have COVID-19. Here is how it works:
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact one of the SSCPS Health Office nurses: Susan Dupras, RN [email protected] Darcie Edwards, RN [email protected] Barbara Folan, RN [email protected] Jaime Kjelgaard, RN [email protected] -- Alicia E. Savage Executive Director South Shore Charter Public School 781.982.4202 Ext. 101 www.sscps.org
Katie Vecchione
3/11/2021 09:41:57 am
Per the school nurse: "If you would like to have your children participate in the pool testing you will need to follow the link to register them for it. You can create secondary accounts and that will allow them to participate in the pool testing, the other account is only for the symptomatic rapid testing." Comments are closed.
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