Message from Principal Kimberly Kaai
Aloha Maunaloa School Ohana,
Please review the most recent Health and Safety Guidance below.
Health and Safety Guidance:
The Department's COVID-19 Health and Safety Guidance has been updated and posted to our website. A PDF is also attached.
The latest updates are based on the Department of Health and CDC's updated guidance for K-12 schools and take effect Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Please reference the summary of significant changes on page 3 (see blue box), which include:
The Department's athletic guidance has also been updated and posted.
Parent Letter:
A parent letter dated August 23, 2022 from Superintendent Hayashi outlining the latest changes to the health and safety guidance for families will go out via school messenger and posted on our school website (Lei I will work with you on this tomorrow).
The Department will also post the parent letter on our hawaiipublicschools.org homepage tomorrow morning.
Mahalo!
Kimberly Ka'ai
LT-TA Principal
Maunaloa Elementary School
(808) 774-8300
Please review the most recent Health and Safety Guidance below.
Health and Safety Guidance:
The Department's COVID-19 Health and Safety Guidance has been updated and posted to our website. A PDF is also attached.
The latest updates are based on the Department of Health and CDC's updated guidance for K-12 schools and take effect Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Please reference the summary of significant changes on page 3 (see blue box), which include:
- Isolation and exposure protocols aligned with the DOH Isolation and Exposure Guidance for K-12 Schools (released August 15, 2022).
- Group notification if students and staff stay in the same space (e.g., class) throughout the day.
The Department's athletic guidance has also been updated and posted.
- For high school student-athletes, no vaccination or testing is required for participation in athletics.
Parent Letter:
A parent letter dated August 23, 2022 from Superintendent Hayashi outlining the latest changes to the health and safety guidance for families will go out via school messenger and posted on our school website (Lei I will work with you on this tomorrow).
The Department will also post the parent letter on our hawaiipublicschools.org homepage tomorrow morning.
Mahalo!
Kimberly Ka'ai
LT-TA Principal
Maunaloa Elementary School
(808) 774-8300
COVID-19 UPDATES & RESOURCES
» HIDOE Wellness Check: bit.ly/WellnessCheckHIDOE
» Return to Learn: bit.ly/ReturnToLearn2020
» State COVID-19 Updates: hawaiicovid19.com
» HIDOE Wellness Check: bit.ly/WellnessCheckHIDOE
» Return to Learn: bit.ly/ReturnToLearn2020
» State COVID-19 Updates: hawaiicovid19.com
In preparation for the start of the new school year, we want to ensure that staff are equipped with the latest updates to the Department's COVID-19 Health and Safety Guidance for School Year 2022-23.
This guidance, which goes into effect on July 26, 2022, has been updated to align with the latest guidance for K-12 schools from the state Department of Health (DOH). Here are some of the latest updates:
As we transition from the emergency response phase of the pandemic to learning how to exist with COVID-19, we look forward to focusing on prioritizing and accelerating student learning.
Mahalo for your continued support and cooperation in helping to keep our schools safe and healthy.
This guidance, which goes into effect on July 26, 2022, has been updated to align with the latest guidance for K-12 schools from the state Department of Health (DOH). Here are some of the latest updates:
- Indoor and outdoor masking is optional for students and employees, but highly encouraged. The Department recognizes the benefits of masking for reducing the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses and any student or employee who chooses to wear a mask will have that decision respected.
- In the event of a cluster or outbreak, masks may temporarily be required indoors.
- Indoor masking is strongly encouraged when the CDC determines community levels are medium or high. CDC community levels are updated weekly on Thursdays on their website. As of the date of this email, state levels show all islands as medium or high, so indoor masking is strongly encouraged.
- Quarantine is not required for in-school exposures, but indoor masking is strongly recommended for 10 days following an exposure.
- Quarantine still applies for non-school and household exposures when someone is not up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations for their age group.
- Isolation requirements remain for anyone who tests positive for COVID or has COVID-like symptoms.
As we transition from the emergency response phase of the pandemic to learning how to exist with COVID-19, we look forward to focusing on prioritizing and accelerating student learning.
Mahalo for your continued support and cooperation in helping to keep our schools safe and healthy.
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