On-Campus Learning

*Note: If you are aware of the possibility that someone in your family has had contact with a person who tests positive, check here about the types of contact to take note of: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html

Carpool will return to normal, with Early Childhood (3 Pre-K & 4 Pre-K) conducting pick-up and drop-off in the Milestones carpool line. Lower School (K-4) and Middle School (5-8) will conduct carpool in the Whispering Pines carpool line. There will be no temperature checks in the carpool lines.

Morning assembly is an important part of The Regis Experience and will be held in person in the Miller Family Student Life Center daily, starting at 8:00 a.m. All masses and prayer services will be conducted in-person as well as livestreamed at www.theREGISschool.org/Live. In the event of a change in limitations on group gatherings, Regis will reassess all-community masses and prayer services in order to maintain proper distancing guidelines at that time.

The cohort model adopted for the 2020-21 school year will be dissolved. Students will be assigned to either a homeroom (3 Pre-K through fourth grade) or advisory (fifth through eighth grade). Middle school students will begin rotating to different classrooms for each class again.

Hand sanitizing stations will be placed outside of each classroom door, and all students, faculty and staff will be encouraged to sanitize their hands before entering a classroom.

For the 2021-22 school year, the Regis cafeteria will reopen. All students will eat lunch in the cafeteria with the exception of special opportunities to eat outside on the picnic tables.

Drinking fountains will be unavailable at the start of the 2021-22 school year.

Water bottle filling stations will be available. Students should bring their own labeled water bottle to school with them each day. Water spouts on fountains will be protectively covered and inaccessible to all on campus. 

Bathrooms will be thoroughly cleaned periodically throughout the day. Students will be encouraged to sanitize their hands upon reentry to their classroom. A touchless hand sanitizing system will be in place outside of each classroom door. 

Recess and physical education will return to normal with middle school students changing clothes for P.E.

Regis will have full-time members of the facilities team on campus at all times throughout the school day. These team members will clean and sanitize bathrooms, door handles, playground equipment and high-traffic areas consistently throughout the school day.

Classrooms will have ample cleaning supplies readily on hand for teachers and students, along with air purifiers and filters to provide continuous clean air. All classroom entrances will have touchless sanitizing stations.

Nighttime cleaning crews will clean and sanitize all classrooms, bathrooms, offices and the school clinic with FDA approved cleansers and cleaning products.

Quarterly deep-cleaning of the entire campus will be conducted by our fully-licensed, contracted professional cleaning company to ensure added cleanliness consistently throughout the campus.

Regis will once again welcome visitors onto our campus during 2021-22 school year. If the state of the pandemic changes in our region, the school will reassess this policy at that time.

Parents/Visitors must enter through the Milestones Lobby to check-in.

Regis will again offer after school sports and activities. Please stay tuned for more information from Regis’ Athletics Department and other instructors who provide co-curricular offerings.

Students sent home with suspected symptoms will be advised to get tested for COVID-19. The mode of testing is at the discretion of the student’s parents. Parents should notify the school of the student’s test results when they are received.

In the event a student, faculty or staff member comes into contact with a COVID-19 positive individaul, s/he will be required to follow CDC guidelines for quarantine (full guidelines available here). Regis will consult with Health Department officials, in addition to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston regarding any changes to quarantine guidance during the 2021-22 school year.

If a student is required to quarantine, his identity will remain anonymous and his grade-level will be notified. Any students who are required to quarantine will participate in Remote Learning during their quarantine period. 

Quarantine After Close Contact

• CDC Gold Standard of Quarantine: 14 days after last contact with positive individual
• Reduced Quarantine Option A: 10 days after last contact with positive individual
• Reduced Quarantine Option B: 7 days after last contact and receiving a negative test result (test must occur on day 5 or later) 

Exceptions to Quarantine - Guidelines

• Fully vaccinated individuals do not need to quarantine after coming into close contact with an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19. Proof of vaccination is required.
• People who have tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 3 months and recovered do not have to quarantine or get tested again as long as they do not develop new symptoms. Proof of positive test within 3 months is required.

Positive Case on Campus
In the event a student, faculty or staff member tests positive for COVID-19, Regis will conduct internal contact tracing to determine if any other individuals need to quarantine.* All current parents will be notified of a positive case on campus. 

*Per Archdiocese guidelines, Regis is required to provide the Houston Health Department with the names and contact information of any students, faculty or staff who have tested positive for COVID-19, as well as the names and contact information of individuals who were close contacts. The Houston Health Department will conduct routine checks with these individuals during their quarantine period.
 

In evaluating whether a student has symptoms consistent with COVID-19, Regis teachers and the nurse will ask the following question:

Has the student recently begun experiencing any of the following in a way that is not normal for them? 

• Feeling feverish or a measured temperature greater than or equal to 100.0 degrees Fahrenheit
• Loss of taste or smell
• Cough
• Difficulty breathing
• Shortness of breath
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Chills
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Shaking or exaggerated shivering
• Significant muscle pain or ache
• Diarrhea
• Nausea or vomiting

If you have specific questions that were not answered on this site, please email questions@theregisschool.org. Your question will then be directed to a specific task force member overseeing the designated area related to our response, and s/he will be in touch.