COVID-19 Updates

Highland Christian COVID Tracking

This is our weekly COVID-19 update. Thank you for following the CDC and Health Department’s recommendations – wearing masks, limiting travel, and practicing social distancing. Together, we have been able to maintain a great year as a school family!

Week of 9/7 – 9/11:
0 New Cases		 Week of 10/26 – 10/30:
0 New Cases		 Week of 12/14 – 12/18:
0 New Cases
Week of 9/14 – 9/18:
0 New Cases		 Week of 11/2 – 11/5:
1 New Case		 Week of 12/21 – 12/25:
1 New Case
Week of 9/21 – 9/25:
0 New Cases		 Week of 11/9 – 11/13:
3 New Cases		 Week of 12/28 – 1/1:
1 New Case
Week of 9/28 – 10/2:
0 New Cases		 Week of 11/16 – 11/20:
3 New Cases		 Week of 1/4 – 1/8:
0 New Cases
Week of 10/5 – 10/9:
0 New Cases		 Week of 11/23 – 11/27:
3 New Cases  		 Week of 1/11-1/15:
0 New Cases
Week of 10/12 – 10/16:
2 New Cases		 Week of 11/30 – 12/4:
3 New Cases		 Week of 1/19-1/22:
2 New Cases
Week of 10/19 – 10/21:
0 New Cases		 Week of 12/7 – 12/11:
3 New Cases
COVID-19 MATRIX  (Updated January 4, 2021)
Symptomatic: 1+ Symptom, Tested Positive
A student or employee can return to school when the individual no longer has a fever, symptoms have improved, and 10 calendar days have passed since symptoms appeared.		 Symptomatic: 1+ Symptom, Tested Negative
A student or employee can return to school when his or her fever has been gone for 24 hours without the use of medicine.
Asymptomatic: Tested Positive
Students or employees who have not had symptoms, but test positive for COVID may return when they have gone 10 calendar days without symptoms.		 Untested: 1+ Symptom
Untested students may return to school when the following conditions are met:

  1. Fever free for 72 hours
  2. 10 calendar days have passed since symptoms first appeared
Close Contact (Family Member) Tested Positive
If a family member has COVID, close contacts and household members should stay at home 10 days from the last date of exposure.Note: If family members do not quarantine, the student’s 10 day quarantine begins on the last day of their family member’s quarantine.		 Close Contact (Non-Family Member) Tested Positive
If a student is a close contact, the student should stay at home 10 days from the last date of exposure.
Household Member: Symptomatic
Students and employees should remain at home while a household member is being tested for COVID.

***Students and staff do not need to quarantine if they tested positive in the last 90 days – unless symptoms continue for more than 24 hours.

Updated list of COVID Symptoms (8/31/2020 )
  • Temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or above
  • Sore Throat
  • New uncontrolled cough that causes difficulty breathing (for students with chronic allergic/asthmatic cough, a change in their cough from baseline)
  • Diarrhea, Vomiting, or Abdominal Pain
  • New onset of severe headache, especially with a fever
  • Loss of taste or smell
  • Nasal Congestion
Summer 2020 COVID-19 Related Updates

Reopening Plan – July 1, 2020
Coronavirus Update – May 1
Coronavirus Update – April 7
Coronovirus Update/Entreat to Prayer – March 28
Coronavirus Update (K-8) – March 25
Coronavirus Update (SEC) – March 23
Coronavirus Update – March 19
Coronavirus Update – March 14
Coronavirus Update – March 13