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Dear Parents, Faculty and Students:
Here in South Florida we are experiencing a major uptick in serious Covid-19 cases. At the same time the CDC regulations are changing to reflect perhaps newer information regarding the spread of the disease. Today in school, we sent home a number of students who were exposed to a primary Covid carrier. We hope and pray that no one will be affected by having come in contact with this student. However we are once again imploring you the adults to be abundantly cautious in exposing your children, our girls, to even the slightest risk of contagion. To that end we are reminding you that if ANY MEMBER OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD feels ill enough to warrant taking the Covid test - please keep your children home until you know that you are negative and/or your children are negative. It is irresponsible to send a child to school if a parent or staff member even thinks that maybe they ave Covid. Better be safe than sorry. As we are approaching Chanuka, given that we will also have a longer Chanuka weekend, please do not have large social gatherings ( more than 15 people in a closed space) other than the members of your own household. We know we have to give up on some of the joy of getting together but we survived Pesach, we can survive Chanuka as well. As for winter break, if you are traveling bear in mind that the entire school will be zooming in the week after and everyone wil need to be tested prior to returning. We have tried to set-up Covid testing in school for your convenience but unfortunately less than 15 people signed up. Bar Mitzvah/Bat Mitzvah /Weddings are all wonderful smachot and part of the Jewish life cycle. We do not ask you to forgo the celebration but rather do so in accord with the social distancing, mask wearing and quarantining protocols. If your child is the celebrant and you have guests then your child has to isolate for a minimum of 5 days, get tested on the 6th before returning to school. Any student of SBTAG who attends someone else's social gathering they too will have to follow the schools social gathering protocols. We are asking for your full cooperation, as we have been receiving all along. We know that you share with us the desire to keep the school building open, students coming in happily and healthily and b'ezrat Hashem , we will continue to do so. As always if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to speak with a member of the administration. Thank you, stay safe, sane and healthy SBTAG Administration As per new CDC guidelines, if someone has been exposed to somebody with Covid, and the person exposed does not exhibit symptoms, the individual must quarantine for seven days, instead of 14.
Dear SBTAG Family and Staff:
We hope you all have enjoyed a healthy and fun-filled Sukkot. As we are entering into the last days of Yom Tov, especially with Simchat Torah being a time of expressing our joy in shul, we want to implore you to take every precaution necessary to prevent the further spread of the Corona Virus. SBTAG regards the safety of our students and staff as the utmost priority. We also understand the importance of V'samachta B'Chagecha - enjoying the holidays. For everyone's sake, we are strongly requesting that you remain local and be vigilant, allowing us to continue our successful in-person learning. Please make your holiday plans accordingly. Anyone who traveled outside of Florida -especially to the tri-state area (NY/NJ/Conn)- is required to quarantine for 14 days upon return. No student or staff member will be allowed to enter our building until their required quarantine period is completed. All students and staff, whether they remained at home or not, are required to show proof of negative Covid testing taken no earlier than Thursday October, 15th. As a reminder- we are instituting a closure of our building from October 12-October 19th. However, classes will resume on October 13th for all students on Zoom as per the student's regular schedule. PSAT's and SAT's have been rescheduled for the last week of October. At all times, SBTAG students and families are highly discouraged from attending large social gatherings such as bar/bat Mitzvahs, weddings, or other large-scale social events. These types of gatherings place the safety of the school community we have worked so hard to establish, and our entire community at serious risk. Please understand that failure to follow public health guidelines is also a failure to follow SBTAG policies, as outlined on our Covid Response Site. Any family member of a SBTAG student in attendance of an event that by Sha'arei Bina's administration's determination violates health guidelines, is an unacceptable risk. Families engaging in such dangerous behaviors may result in students being removed from in-person learning or subject to disciplinary actions from the school. Anyone who may have been in close contact with a positive case at an event must stay home and alert the school's administration (rbrand@shaareibina.org, office@shaareibina.org). In most cases, quarantine is only precautionary, however, it significantly protects our school community and the community at large. It is critical that we do not become complacent and let our guard down as the chagim draw to an end. Yeshivot across the nation have closed either entirely or partially due to the continued outbreak. Together, we urge all community members to adhere to these universal guidelines, which apply for all community members, even those who have developed antibodies. Families must not host guests other than family members to sleep at their homes. Students must remain home with their families throughout the chagim. When students or adults gather together, they must always be socially distanced, masked and outdoors and never in large groups. Parents must provide constant supervision. We have seen that although it is not natural for students to socially distance, when reminded to do so, they comply. Students must be in their home communities for Simchat Torah. If anyone in the household is under quarantine, even out of precaution, the family may not host social gatherings, even outdoors. Meals that include guests from other families must only be held outdoors and socially distanced. Please refer to our Covid Response Site for detailed information on our policies of returning to school. Please see the schedule below for the updated calendar. Only with your partnership can we expect to remain open for in-person learning. It is our sincere prayer that everyone remains healthy and safe. We wish all Sha'arei Bina Families a Chag Sameach, a Gut Kvitel, The SBTAG Administration and Medical Advisory Board ****************************************************************************************************************** Reminder! Classes for all students resume on October 13th . HOWEVER, the school building will be closed until October 19th. ALL CLASSES FOR ALL STUDENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED REMOTELY. This will allow enough time for proper quarantining after the likely socializing that may happen during the holidays. All students and staff must provide proof of Negative results of Covid testing, no earlier than Thursday October 15th. If you have any questions or concerns please email RBrand@shaareibina.org (Dr. Brand) or the school, office@shaareibina.org Dear SBTAG Family and Staff:
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