• Do you have any ONE of the following symptoms?
  • Fever (temperature 100.4°F or higher) without having taken any fever reducing medications
  • Difficulty or trouble breathing
  • New cough or a cough that gets worse
  • New loss of taste or smell
• Do you have at least TWO of the following symptoms?
  • Sore throat
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • Chills
  • Muscle pain
  • Excessive fatigue (extreme tiredness)
  • New or severe headache
  • New nasal congestion or runny nose
• Have you, or anyone you have been in close contact with in the last 14 days, been diagnosed with COVID-19?
• Have you been asked to self-isolate or quarantine by a medical professional or a local public health official?
• Are you, or is any member of your household who is symptomatic (has symptoms consistent with COVID-19), currently waiting for COVID-19 test results?

If you reply YES to any of the questions in the checklist, stay home and do not come to school.

• Contact your health care provider to determine if further action should be taken
• Report any student absences via the school attendance line or Skyward Family Access, specifying if the absence is COVID-19 related. Our school nurses will follow up with any COVID-19 related cases.

If you have symptoms of COVID-19, stay home until all three of these things are true:

1. You feel better. Your cough, shortness of breath, or other symptoms are better AND
2. It has been 10 days since you first felt sick OR you have received a negative COVID-19 test result or alternative diagnosis AND
3. You have had no fever for at least 24 hours without using medicine that lowers fevers. 

If you have had close contact with someone that tested positive for COVID-19, please refer to this resource from MDH.