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Health – when to keep your child home

Please check your child every morning for signs or symptoms of illness. Fill out our Health Screener before sending your child to school each day.

Covid-19 Guidelines

Symptoms of Covid-19 include: Fever (100.4°F or higher), new onset of moderate to severe headache,
shortness of breath, new cough, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain from unknown cause,
new congestion/runny nose, new loss of sense of taste or smell, nausea, fatigue from unknown cause,
muscle or body aches.


If a child is diagnosed with COVID-19, they may not return to the facility until all 3 of the following are met:


1. Fever free for 72 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications
2. No longer showing symptoms*, including cough
3. 10 days have passed since onset of individual’s illness or positive Covid test (whichever is sooner).


If a child is excluded from the building due to fever or other symptoms* and subsequently is determined by a
medical provider not likely to have COVID-19 infection, the child may return if the following are met:


Negative test for COVID-19

AND

An alleviation of symptoms


If a child comes in contact with someone with Covid-19:
Please contact Unity Preschool immediately. We must work with the Evanston Department of Health to
determine next steps.


*Symptoms of Covid-19 include: Fever (100.4°F or higher), new onset of moderate to severe headache,
shortness of breath, new cough, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain from unknown cause,
new congestion/runny nose, new loss of sense of taste or smell, nausea, fatigue from unknown cause,
muscle or body aches.

If your child becomes ill at school, we will contact you or if you are unavailable, one of your emergency contacts, to take your child home.

Weather guidelines

We believe that children need to be outside! Some of the best learning happens on the playground. In the 3/4 and 4/5 classrooms, children go to the park as long as it is not raining and the “Feels Like” temperature is above 17°.

Nuts/Allergies

Unity is a nut free environment. We provide healthy snacks that are usually, but not always, comprised of a fresh fruit and grain. If your child has an allergy, please let us know and we can accommodate him/her. For Lunch Bunch, we ask that children bring in lunches without tree nuts or peanuts.

Teacher Appreciation Fund

Unity’s Community Council collects contributions for a Teacher Appreciation Fund at the beginning of the school year.  Each December, all teachers will receive a end of the calendar year bonus from money donated to the Fund.  During Teacher Appreciation Week in May, the fund will be used to provide a lunch and a small gift for Unity teachers.  At the end of the year, all remaining funds will be distributed among the teachers. Participation is voluntary and all contributions are anonymous.