2021-22 Logistics and Learning Plan

Welcome Back to ISDenver!

While the constantly evolving information can seem overwhelming, we have found that our success lies at the intersection of focusing on our students and following guidance from the CDC and CDPHE. We have returned to on-campus instruction with robust health and safety protocols in place to protect the well-being of all our community members, especially those most at risk.

We are guided by 5 main goals:

Minimize exposure to the COVID-19 virus
Minimize cohort transitions in and through spaces
Minimize teacher contact within a cohort
Facilitate contact tracing
Limit disruptions to learning

Our school is realistic that until there is a vaccine for this virus available for all, COVID-19 will not go away. We are prepared should there be periods throughout the year in which we may need to go virtual for safety reasons. The look of the school today may very well change in the coming months and we will keep you informed of those changes through the World E-News.

Campus at a Glance

Health & Safety

Health and safety are our top priorities. The school began implementing enhanced cleaning protocols in March of 2020 and has practiced them through two summer camp seasons and the 2020-2021 school year. We will continue them throughout the 2021-2022 school year as well.

Our on-campus protocol is continuously aligned with guidance from:

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment guidelines
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Where this guidance is inconsistent, we rely on our Medical Advisory Committee to recommend best practices for On Campus Protocols within our academic community.

On Campus Protocols include (more detailed information can be found in the policies section, below):

All students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors will wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status.
- Masks required outdoors for unvaccinated students when social distancing cannot be maintained.
- Masks required outdoors for all unvaccinated faculty and staff working with students.
- Masks optional outdoors for fully-vaccinated students, faculty, and staff who have a vaccine card on file with the school and can maintain 3’ social distance.
- All visitors, parents, and volunteers are required to wear masks on campus at all times.
Students will be encouraged to wash hands or use hand sanitizer before transitioning from their classroom to another space.
Students will primarily interact with their grade-level cohorts.
Minimum 3’ social distancing is encouraged as much as possible.
Robust cleaning practices followed throughout the day.

Essential Agreements

We value the health of all ISDenver members; we will consistently wear our mask properly, practice proper hand hygiene and maintain a safe distance from each other.
We value our influence on the student body; we will serve as role models at all times.
We value our work; we commit to attend & participate in virtual meetings and trainings to support our teaching and learning.
We value our community; we will show compassion and understanding when someone needs to heal at home.
We value our community; we will consider how “outside of school” activities can impact the health and wellbeing of our school.
We look forward to your family embracing the following essential agreements and adopting them into your daily practice.

Essential agreements are common tools in the IB that produce not stated “rules” but rather the values that we collectively agree we must live by.
They do not read as “I will wear my mask,” but rather, focus on what we value, and how we will achieve our goals by living out that value.
Knowing that our health and safety goals are to minimize virus exposure, minimize cohort transitions, minimize the number of teachers in contact with a given cohort (and vice versa), and facilitate contact tracing, we assessed which among our values most resonated with the goals.

Learning Formats

As we did last year, the International School of Denver will offer on-campus, in-person learning for as many days and to as many students as possible.

Virtual learning will be available to cohorts on an as-needed basis only.
Livestream learning for individual students will only be provided for individual students, dependent upon grade level, if their anticipated quarantine is more than three days.
Should virtual learning be required on a more widespread basis, we will update our policies and notify the community as necessary.

Please visit the Virtual and Livestream Learning tab for full details.

Medical Advisory Committee

ISDenver's COVID-19 Medical Advisory Committee members have specific medical specialties relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic and/or are involved in establishing/monitoring COVID-19 procedures for their department or organization.

The members of the Medical Advisory Committee include:

Wendy Bamberg, MD - Public Health Consultant, Infectious Diseases Physician
Jennifer Guggenheim, MD - Obstetrician Gynecologist, Coordinator for Women’s Health Group Employee COVID-19 Guidance
James Kaferly, MD; Pediatrician
Jeff Sankoff, MD - Emergency Medicine/Critical Care, member of the Subject Matter Experts Group advising the Governor’s Emergency Epidemic Response Committee (GEERC)
Kristina Tocce, MD MPH - Gynecology
Adam Trosterman, MD - Internal Medicine

Members of the Medical Advisory Committee have been involved in the school’s Covid-related logistics since the 2020-21 school year and have advised the school at various levels including reviewing cohort isolation strategies and overall goals of day-to-day school health and safety operations, advising COVID-related policies and procedures, conducting site visits, and responding to questions from faculty/staff.

Please do not contact these experts directly - they are volunteering their time and are acting as individuals, not on behalf of their institutions. Please direct all questions to info@isdenver.org.

Campus Logistics

Drop-Off and Pick-Up

Update 1/31/22: As we begin to open up the ISDenver campus, we are intent on creating drop-off and pick-up procedures that will be sustainable for the rest of this year and beyond, including both carline and walk-up options, as well as on-campus pick-up.

Drop-off Map and Procedures: 8:15 - 8:30 a.m.

Families with any students in K1-K2 or with a K3 student who needs assistance getting out of cars must drop-off all children via

The carline headed north on Red Cross Way with drop-off in the Mary Louise Evans parking lot on the corner of Red Cross Way and 4th (see the orange carline and drop-off zone on the Drop-off map), or
The walk up to the gate between the Mary Louise Evans and Peacekeeper buildings (see the orange dot on the Drop-off map).

All other families must drop-off all children

By car via the Hug & Go line in the Welcome Center parking lot (see the purple drop off zone on the Drop-off map). This is an independent carline and children must be able to exit from the passenger side of the car on their own and move to either the South Gate or the Welcome Center gate, whichever is closer.
On foot via the Welcome Center and South walk up gates (see the purple dots on the Drop-off map).

Drop-off Note: We do not currently use The SchoolPass app and / or RFID tag during our drop-off.

Pick-Up Map and Procedures: 3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

K1-G5 families may choose pickup via car or walk up

Pick-up by car
- Enter the carline headed north on Red Cross Way with pickup in the Mary Louise Evans parking lot on the corner of Red Cross Way and 4th (see the orange carline and pick-up zone on the Pick-up map).
- Parents with students in K1-G5 must show their SchoolPass RFID tag, distributed to each family’s oldest ISDenver student last week, to be entered by ISDenver staff in the carline, or
Walk on campus
- Enter campus via the designated gates at the north and south end of campus (see the purple dots on the Pick-up map). To facilitate our carline, parents cannot enter at the gate between MLE and the gymnasium.
- If you are an afternoon walk-up family with a K1-K3 child, please stop at the north, south, or Welcome Center gate to have your RFID tag scanned in. This will speed up your pick-up process once you approach your child's class.
- All other families must show SchoolPass credentials to your child’s teacher directly so the teacher can check your child out.
  - K1-K3 students can be picked up in their classrooms via exterior doors of the Kimak building
  - G1-G5 students can generally be picked up in the courtyard near their building where they will be waiting with their teacher and the rest of the class.

In the event of inclement weather, pick-up may be in the classroom. We will notify you of building and classroom locations should an in-class pick-up be necessary.

G6-G8 students may pick up younger G1-G5 siblings; however all K1-K3 siblings must be picked up by a parent or authorized pickup person.

Late Drop-Off/ Early Pick-Up Instructions

Late drop-off procedure:

Log in to the Parent Portal to submit notification that your child will arrive late.
If you don’t have immediate access to the parent portal, email info@isdenver.org as well as your student's teachers
Drop your child off at the Welcome Center, and a Welcome Center team member will get them signed in and let them know what class they're currently in.
- If your child is in K1-G2, a staff member will walk them to class.

If your child is in G3-G8, make sure they have their fobs with them so they may gain entry into the locked buildings.

Early pick-up procedure:

Log in to the Parent Portal to submit notifications of absences, tardies or early dismissals. We require at least 2 hours notice!
If you don’t have immediate access to the parent portal, email info@isdenver.org as well as your student's teachers with the date and time you want to pick up your child. We require two hours’ notice in order to coordinate across 700 students daily.
We require at least 2 hours notice, a staff member will go get your child from their classroom and have them in the Welcome Center ready for pick-up at your requested time. If your child is in G3 or above, we can page the classroom and have them walk over to the Welcome Center.
You may enter the Welcome Center to notify you are here or to ask questions, but we ask that you then wait outside the school entrance gate for your child.

Parents on Campus

COVID- 19 Policies 2021-22

As part of the ISDenver community, each one of us has agreed that we value responsibility and integrity. We expect everyone in our community to practice responsibility and integrity both in and out of school by following the public health guidance issued by the CDC and CDPHE to keep our community safe. We ask all families to keep children home when they are sick, engage in testing when family members have concerns or potential exposure, and quarantine after travel or other potential exposure.

In the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years, ISDenver relied on the guidance of public health officials to keep kids engaged in on-campus learning as much as possible and to help keep our community safe. We will continue to rely on research-based advice from experts who have dedicated their lives to public health and ISDenver will continue to follow the guidance issued by these public health officials in the 2021-22 school year. Our 2021-22 Campus Logistics and Learning Plan reflects this guidance and will be updated as guidance evolves throughout the year.

Policy Changes Effective 2.28.22

Due to changes in CDC, CDPHE and DPH guidance, the following changes apply to our COVID-19 related policies, beginning Monday, February 28:

Changes to COVID Response:

The school will monitor for absenteeism related to illness and contact DPH if an outbreak is suspected.
Individual case reporting and contract tracing will no longer be implemented.
Daily exposure notifications will stop. Notification will only be sent if an outbreak has been determined by Denver Public Health.

Mask Usage:

Masks are no longer mandatory on campus for either staff or students.
We do continue to recommend mask usage indoors.
Masks will be required for individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 and are returning from a 5 day quarantine, on days 6-10.
Temporary universal mask usage may be required if an outbreak occurs. This can be required for classroom, grade, building, or entire school depending on the level of outbreak.

Quarantine for exposures:

Quarantine will no longer be required for day-to-day school exposures.
Unvaccinated students and staff exposed at home should still quarantine for 5 days, but can return to school with a negative test taken on days 3-5.
Classroom quarantines will only be determined by DPH if an outbreak is detected.

Isolation for positive cases:

Positive cases are still required to isolate for 5 days following a positive test. Day zero is considered the start of symptoms or date of positive test if no symptoms are present.
Students/Staff may return to campus on day 6 if symptoms have improved and they have not had a fever for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications.
Masks are required for positive cases while on campus through day 10.

Outbreak Criteria:

An outbreak in a cohort / classroom is defined as:
- 5 or more positive persons
- that do not reside in the same household
- within a two week period
If an outbreak occurs, students will be sent home with a two-pack of rapid tests. Test one should be used the day the tests are sent home. Test two should be done five days later.
Proof of negative test results must be submitted to the nurses@isdenver.org for students to return to campus the following day.
Failure to submit proof of negative test results or refusal to test will result in the student/staff having to quarantine for 7 days.
Events may be canceled or rescheduled if needed due to outbreaks.

Health and Safety

Mask Requirements

Masks are no longer mandatory on campus for either staff or students.

We do continue to recommend mask usage indoors.
Masks will be required for individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 and are returning from a 5 day quarantine, on days 6-10.
Temporary universal mask usage may be required if an outbreak occurs. This can be required for classroom, grade, building, or entire school depending on the level of outbreak.

Vaccines

ISDenver continues to strongly encourage vaccination for all eligible students, employees, and community members.

Update December 2021: We're happy to share that our faculty and staff are 98% vaccinated for COVID-19, and had a booster shot clinic in October!
ISDenver offers an annual flu shot clinic to all employees, with access to other vaccinations including shingles, pneumococcal, and the TDAP booster.

We strongly encourage all students to be appropriately vaccinated, including the annual flu vaccine and the COVID-19 vaccine, as available, in accordance with the recommendations of their medical provider.

We are now tracking student vaccination status in our health system through the Parent Portal. To upload your child's vaccination card:

Hand-Washing/Sanitizing

Students will be encouraged to wash hands or use hand sanitizer before transitioning from their classroom to another space.

We are following CDPHE hand sanitizer guidelines for schools.
- K1-K3 students are discouraged from bringing their own, as it must be stored and managed by the teacher.
- G1 - G8 students are permitted to carry hand sanitizer in their backpacks.

Cohorts

Students will be in grade-level cohorts.

K1-K3 students will primarily interact with their homeroom class, but will mix with grade-level peers during recess.
G1-G5 students will primarily interact with their homeroom class, but will mix for specials and lunch and may mix for recess.
G6-G8 students will primarily interact with their grade, but may mix for recess.

Social Distancing

Cleaning Protocols

Enhanced cleaning practices and policies include:

Hard surface and high touch point cleaning scheduled throughout each day.
Frequent hand sanitizer stations installed across campus.
Additional sanitizing equipment available in classrooms, bathrooms, at copy machines, and more.
Emphasizing fresh air:
- Building air intake settings increased to 100% outdoor air for heating and cooling.
- Operable windows required to be opened as much as possible.
- Teachers are encouraged to bring classes outdoors as much as possible.
- Installed HVAC system modifications including bipolar ionization that mitigate against COVID-19 and other viruses.
Drinking fountains closed off; only bottle filling stations available indoors and outdoors.
Limiting campus activity:
- Limited visitors to campus.
- Parents not presently allowed on campus outside of required carline activity.
- All visitors required to be masked at all times regardless of vaccination status.
- No large gatherings that bring together adults and children through October 31, 2021. (Future gatherings will be revisited in October.)

Air and Ventilation

We have increased all building air intakes to 100% outdoor air for heating and cooling, and require that windows be opened as much as possible, including in the Dragon’s Den (our communal dining space/commercial kitchen).

Our tents will remain in place until further notice.
We encourage teachers to open all operable windows.
The Colorado Free University (CFU) building, which will be used by some of our students during the day, utilizes swamp coolers and radiant heat. Swamp coolers, by definition, use 100% fresh air intake.
Additionally, CFU windows will be open to continually move air through each room we use.

Testing: COVID Check Colorado

We strongly encourage all students to get tested regularly for COVID through COVID Check Colorado (CCC). COVID (PCR) testing is currently free through CCC. The testing is easy to schedule, fast, painless, and results typically come back within 24 to 36 hours.

Utilize our school-specific COVID Check Colorado site when registering for any COVID tests.
Through this partnership with CCC, student and faculty/staff test results are accessible to our school leadership, and testing information is treated as confidential.
- This link will shut down on May 31, 2022 and we will no longer receive notifications and testing information.
We also strongly encourage anyone who qualifies to get vaccinated to do so.

Weekly On-Campus COVID Testing Program

ISDenver is part of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s free, voluntary, and statewide COVID-19 school testing program for the 2021-22 school year. It is available to all students and staff, regardless of vaccination status or presence of symptoms.

If your child is registered for testing, please remind them that we will be pulling them out of class for testing weekly on Wednesdays.
You can register and consent here for testing at any time, as well as opt out in your account if you no longer wish to be in the weekly program.
- At the bottom of the first page of registration, you will be asked for an organization code; please use C4575.
- Register yourself first, as the parent (head of household), then add your children (members of your household).
- You must opt in by Friday the week before in order for testing to begin the following week.
- If your child is not registered with a consent on file, they will not be able to be tested.

If you have a child enrolled in our weekly COVID testing program:

Tests run between 11am - 1pm, and results are typically released to parents in ~1 hour via text / e-mail.
If your child has tested positive for COVID recently, they will not be tested in the upcoming weeks after returning to campus.

Illness Policies

Illness Policy

Absence Policy and Reporting

It is vitally important we know who is absent due to illness vs. non-illness reasons, as it allows us to closely monitor potential illness spreading, and follow CDPHE guidelines to keep our community as safe as possible. If your student will be absent for any reason - sickness or a personal / non-illness related reasons, notify us using the parent portal.

How to Report an Absence

Watch this video to see how to report an absence.
In the Parent Portal select the button "Report Attendance" under the My Children header on the main page.
Create an attendance request for absences, tardies, early dismissals, and multi day absences.
Choose a reason for your child(ren).
Add any additional notes.
Your information will be submitted to our Welcome Team and the Nurse's office

E-mail nurses@isdenver.org and/or info@isdenver.org if you have any additional questions.

Positive Cases, Quarantines, and Communications

Required isolation time for a positive COVID case is now 5 days.
Students and staff may return to campus on day 6 if:
- Five day isolation period completed
- Symptoms are improving or resolved
- Must be fever free for more than 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medication
- Follow strict mask usage for five days after returning
Classroom quarantines are not generally required for exposure under CDC or CDPHE guidelines at this time; however, quarantines are implemented if and when advised by public health officials.
KN-95 masks are available to all students and staff. Masks are located in the nurse’s office as well as each building.
Effective February 28, individual case reporting and contract tracing will no longer be implemented.
- Daily exposure notifications will stop. Notification will only be sent if an outbreak has been determined by Denver Public Health.

If we are advised that a 7 day quarantine (or more) is required for your child's class:

Parents will be texted immediately to come pick up your child(ren).
Email will follow with more information on quarantining, testing and virtual learning plans.

LIvestream and Virtual Learning

Livestream learning (students participating in live classes on campus from home, via livestream) will only be provided for individual students if their anticipated quarantine is more than three days.

K1 - G2 : No Livestream Learning offered. These students will have asynchronous lessons to be completed independently.
- If a student needs to quarantine, the teachers will have two days to prepare work and post in Toddle Classroom.
G3 - G5: Livestream learning is streamed from a classroom into the home where a student is in need of a quarantine.
- If a student needs to quarantine, the teachers will have two days to prepare for livestream learning.
- On the 3rd day the student will join the classroom experience through each teacher’s Zoom link.
- In order to promote well being, the livestream students will have a break from the class during Specials and Lunch.
- All the work will be posted in Toddle Classroom to be accessed by the parents and the students.
- If the student cannot participate in the livestream please let the teacher know via email before 8:00 am daily.
G6 - G8: Livestream learning is streamed from a classroom into the home where a student is in need of a quarantine.
- If a student needs to quarantine, the teachers will have two days to prepare for livestream learning.
- On the 3rd day the student will join the classroom experience through each teacher’s Zoom link.
- Livestream learning will be available in all classes, except PE and Guided Study.
- All work and teacher feedback will continue to be posted in ManageBac.

Virtual Learning will be provided if a group of students - typically a class - needs to quarantine collectively, or in certain situations where staffing shortages leave the school without sufficient teacher coverage for daily operations of that group.

Whole Class (K1-G5): The teacher will lead instruction for the entire class virtually, partially asynchronous and partially synchronous.

The class will start virtually two days after the quarantine is announced.
The teacher will email their Zoom link for the students to access the learning.
For K1-K3, teaching will be synchronous, in a schedule adapted to the students’ ages and needs.
- We will ensure breaks from the screen, and will provide some asynchronous resources to further support learning (songs, activities, stories in target language).
For G1-G5, teaching will be both synchronous & asynchronous, following a typical daily class schedule. However, in order to promote well being, the virtual students will have a break from the class during Specials and Lunch.

For G6-G8:

Teaching will follow the block schedule, with adaptions to balance synchronous and asynchronous learning within each block.

Outside of Learning Time

Community Activities & Events

We appreciate that our community is unique and we very much want to resume the events that make ISDenver so special. However, at this point, assemblies, festivals, and other community activities will be scheduled only as health and safety guidance will allow.

As of November 2, we have updated our health and safety guidelines in conjunction with our Medical Advisory Committee as listed below. These guidelines will be formally re-assessed in January 2022, and are subject to change in the meantime.

Event	Indoors	Outdoors
Drop-off and Pick-up	n/a	Masks required Social distancing encouraged
Social gatherings on campus (students only)	Masks required Social distancing encouraged No cohort mixing	Masks optional Social distancing encouraged Limited cohort mixing
Social gatherings on campus (adults only)	Proof of vaccination, positive test within the last 90 days, OR negative PCR test no more than 72 hours prior to event required for entry Masks optional Social distancing encouraged	Masks optional Social distancing encouraged
Social gatherings mixing students and adults	Not available at this time	Masks optional Social distancing encouraged Limited cohort mixing
Athletic Events	Masks required for all spectators and coaches Masks optional for players Weekly/required testing for unvaccinated players and coaches Social distancing encouraged	Masks optional for players and spectators Weekly/required testing for unvaccinated players and coaches Social distancing encouraged
Campus visitors: Admissions Tours	Indoor small group tours available for fully-vaccinated prospective parents External-only tours available for visitors who do not show a vaccine card No children allowed Masks required at all times
Campus visitors: Middle School Shadow Days	Proof of vaccination, negative COIVD test within 72 hours of visit, or negative test administered by Health & Wellness Center the morning of the visit Masks required except when eating and drinking
Campus visitors: Educational Speakers	Educational speakers are allowed in classrooms on a limited basis where it is imperative for teaching and learning All educational speaking events must be approved 2 weeks in advance through the Health & Wellness Center All educational speakers must show proof of full vaccination Masks required at all times

Lunch, Snack, and Recess

Lunch & Snacks

We’ve modified how we offer service to best keep everyone safe (distance, cohorts, not overcrowding tables nor the room itself) and maximize time spent eating, while getting more than 700 kids and 150 faculty and staff a great lunch every day.

K1 - K3: Delivered to and plated in each classroom (eat in classrooms)

ISDenver staff plates items from the K1-G2 menu.
Plates will include Main Ingredient, fresh fruit, salad, and a sun butter and jelly sandwich.
Sage also provides a snack around 2pm.
Parents to provide daily morning snack.

G1 - G2 : Pre-plated trays (eat with class in Dragon’s Den)

Sage staff plates items from K1-G2 menu.
Plates will include the main ingredient, fresh fruit, and salad; sun butter and jelly sandwiches available.
PG2 will begin going through the service line in January 2022.
Snacks not provided; snack time not allocated.

G3 - G8: Students select food in person (eat in Dragon’s Den)

Selection includes the entire G3-G8 menu (main ingredient, improvisations, classic cuts, crossroads, and splashes).
Parents to provide daily morning and afternoon snack as necessary.

Food and beverage notes:

Find the daily/weekly/monthly menu through the Touch of Sage app or the Parent Portal
- Find the daily/weekly/monthly through the Touch of Sage app or the Parent Portal
- Click View Your Menu
- Defaults to G3 - G8 menu;
  - Toggle “Select a Menu” drop down in upper left for K1 - G2.
  - K1-K3 Toggle between Lunch and Snack tabs immediately below drop down.
Items are clearly marked for each child in the class who has an allergen, is gluten free, dairy free, or vegan/vegetarian.
Any child can request more food; teachers will help them try a bit of everything first.
All G1-G8 learners should bring their already-full water bottles to the cafeteria daily. (Water is always available for students using their own reusable bottles, and milk is available upon request to all students daily.)
Everyone wears a mask at all times except when they are actively eating. When children are finished eating, they raise their mask to clear their plate, wash their hands, or talk with classmates.
We continue to monitor the flow of the cafeteria and make adjustments for safety and efficiency.

Recess

Classes will remain within their cohort during recess.

Recess will be spaced out as much as possible to give children more space to play.
In Primary School, each class will have a bag of play equipment that they can take to recess.
Students will wash their hands for a minimum of 20 seconds with soap and water, or hand sanitizer, before and after each recess.

Extended Day School

Field Trips

Athletics

Caring for Our Community

Social-Emotional Learning and Support

As we welcome our ISDenver community back to campus, we will continue to emphasize our students’ social and emotional needs.

Each year starts off with an emphasis on what our school routine will look like, discovering more about who we are as learners, and emphasizing what our place is in the ISDenver community. This allows plenty of time for questions, for learning, and for gaining a feeling of comfort in our new classes.

For our Middle School learners, we plan to emphasize our successful advisory to allow students time to get adjusted both academically and socially to the new school year.

Our SEL curriculum inside the classrooms is flexible and can be adjusted as needed to best support our learners.
Our school counselors will be available for individual meetings, pushing into the classrooms, and beginning our lunch groups and affinity groups as soon as possible.

We are always here to support our families (not just learners). Please reach out to our school counselors with any questions you have about your child’s social or emotional well being as we come back to start our school year.

Protecting Our Teachers

Our faculty are the lifeblood of ISDenver and are a big part of what makes our community so special. To that end, we support them in a variety of ways as they are on campus, including:

Masking & Vaccines:

Our masking policies not only reflect best practices, but also support the desire of our teachers to help keep the campus safe.
Our school partners with local health providers to offer both COVID- and flu-shot clinics.

Cleaning:

We continue to implement the extensive campus-wide cleaning procedures that were developed for pandemic operations to keep our campus safe.
Teachers and cleaning staff have sanitizer bottles available for cleaning at any time for tables, desks, etc.

Sick Time:

Like everyone in our community, we want our faculty members to stay home when they are not feeling well. To that end, the school added 6 sick days to our policy for the school year.
Teachers are also protected by COVID-19-specific Federal and State laws.

Cohorting goals and Philosophies

Students are grouped into grade-level cohorts, with the goal of protecting teachers and students alike by:

Minimizing the movement of students in and though shared spaces
Minimizing the mixing of cohorts
Reducing the number of teachers interacting with any given group of students
Reducing the number of students interacting with each teacher on any given day
Realigning divisions so that cohorts remain in assigned division buildings
Facilitate contact tracing for if / when we have a probable illness

In all of this, we recognize that risk is the new norm, and we are doing our best to mitigate risk whenever possible. To best protect our students and faculty, and to facilitate contact tracing if and when needed, we encourage families to only carpool and/or do study / play dates within their cohort.

Questions

Child-specific questions	Contact your child's teacher(s) directly (see our Faculty Directory here or in the Parent Portal)
General logistics questions	info@isdenver.org
General learning questions	Division Principals: ECE Principal, Maria Rodriguez (K1 - K3): maria.rodriguez@isdenver.org Lower Primary School Director, Rachel Ratnathicam (G1 - G3): rachel.ratnathicam@isdenver.org Upper Primary School Director, Marzia Mauffrey (G4-G5): marzia.mauffrey@isdenver.org Middle School Principal, Rob Kapner (G6 - G8): rob.kapner@isdenver.org
Technology support	helpdesk@isdenver.org
Your child’s emotional well-being	School Counselor Annie Barocas: annie.barocas@isdenver.org
Student support needs	Director of Student Services, Debra McQueen: debra.mcqueen@isdenver.org