Contact Information:

mary.carroll@gilbertschools.net

480-926-6301 ext. 1128

Basic Daily Schedule for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday:

8:00-8:20/11:15-11:35 Arrival, Fine Motor, Puzzle/Books/Table Toys (20 min)

8:20-8:40/11:35-11:55 Outside Large Motor Time (20 min)

8:40-9:10/11:55-12:25 Split Snack/Teacher Led Small Group (30 min)

9:10-9:30/12:25-12:45 Large Group Circle (20 min)

9:30-10:10/12:45-1:25 Art/Writing Activity and Center Time (40 min)

10:10-10:30/1:25-1:45 Closing Story Circle/Good-Byes (20 min)

Gilbert Public Schools Amanecer

Developmental Preschool Program

Welcome!

• Pull up, drop off and pick up at the designated area.

• Touchless check in.

• Limiting the amount of people accessing classrooms.

• Students and staff will have access to hand sanitizer, disinfectant and be given frequent opportunity to wash hands in an effort to meet proper hygiene standards.

• Students will have hand washing routines built into the classroom day.

• Staff members will follow the GPS Health Assessment Protocol for Staff.

• Staff members should wear personal protective equipment.

• Students will be encouraged, but not required to wear personal protective equipment.

• Nurse or health assistant will be assigned to each campus.

• Additional custodial support in the classroom environment to assist with cleaning toys/manipulatives and classroom furniture.

• All students will only interact with students in their assigned class.

• Frequent disinfecting and sanitizing of high touched toys and surfaces.

• Deep cleaning and sanitation each evening.

• Notification to Amanecer families on your campus in the event of any student or staff member being diagnosed with COVID-19.

• All students removed from potentially infected areas for the immediate treatment process to occur.

Protocols to Enter the Campus:

REQUIRED BY MARICOPA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH

• Staff and visitors must wear face coverings.

• Wear face coverings when inside school buildings, anywhere on school grounds, and at school related activities, whether indoor or outdoor.

• The face covering must cover both the nose and mouth. Always keep it in place. Staff and visitors should not touch the eyes, nose, or mouth when removing or adjusting a face covering. Wash hands or use hand sanitizer immediately after removing or adjusting the face covering.

Important Information:

• Parents and Guardians must follow the Health Screening Protocols for Students, provided by GPS.

• Students over the age of 5 must wear a mask.

• If parents want to have their child wear a mask, a mask needs to be provided by the parent with a lanyard to hook the mask on to it.

Student needs:

• Empty backpacks daily-Please leave toys at home.

• Send a labeled water bottle daily.

• Labeled pencil box to hold crayons, pencils, glue, and scissors.

• Change of clothes in a labeled, sealed bag, to be stored in your child’s backpack.

• Diapers and wipes, if necessary.

Drop off & Pick Up Procedures:

Drop Off:

• Families will pull up or park and walk up to the Teachers and Classroom Assistant, the students will be escorted inside the school each day.

• Parents and Guardians must follow the Health Screening Protocols for Students, provided by GPS.

Pick Up:

• Families will wait by their cars, in the designated location, and students will be brought directly to their vehicle.

When your child should stay at home:

• Any student with a temperature of 100.4 degrees or more will not remain at school. When a student is sent home from school with a fever, the student will not be allowed to return to school until the student is fever-free for 48 hours without the aid of fever reducing medication. If your child is sent home with diarrhea or vomiting, he/she may return to school only if symptom free for a minimum of 24 hours.

• Should you decide to take your child to a physician and they are diagnosed with something other than COVID-19 (ear infection, strep etc) they can return to school prior to 48 hours with a physician's note.

• If a student becomes ill at school they will need to be picked up from campus within 30 minutes. This is to help prevent the spread of illness. If you are unable to pick up your child in that time frame please make arrangements for a family member or friend to pick up your child. It is also important to make sure that your contact information as well as any emergency contact information is up to date.

• Parents are required to keep students home if the following symptoms are present: nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, temperature 100.4 or above, yellow or green nasal discharge, red or inflamed eyes, new onset cough, muscle aches, loss of sense of taste and/or smell, headache and skin rash unless it has been diagnosed by a physician as noninfectious.

• If your child, yourself or another household member is diagnosed with COVID-19, please contact your schools Health Office immediately and you will be given information regarding school attendance.

• Appearance/Behavior: Unusually tired, pale, lack of appetite, difficult to wake, confused or irritable.

• Eyes: Eyes that are pink or red in appearance with thick yellow to green drainage.. The student will need a note from a Licensed Health Care Provider stating that he/she is able to return to school.

• Sore Throat: Especially if associated with a fever and/or swollen neck glands.

• Diarrhea: 2 or more episodes in a 24-hour period..

• Vomiting: Vomiting 2 or more times within the past 24 hours.

• Rash: Body rash, especially with fever or itching. Heat rashes and allergic reactions, such as hives, are not contagious.

• Lice, Scabies: Children suspected of infestation will be screened and parents will be notified of treatment needs. Please notify school if you find head lice on your child.. Children with scabies can return to school after they have been seen by their Licensed Health Care Provider and have been treated. They will also need to provide a note from their Licensed Health Care Provider that states they are able to return to school.

Background Information -

My name is Mary Carroll, my students call me "Miss Carroll". This is my 28th year of teaching for GPS, I taught Kindergarten for 8 years in the beginning of my career. I started teaching Amanecer Preschool at VVL in 2002. I do like the younger students the best, it is rewarding to watch them grow over the school year, some go on to Kindergarten and some stay with me a second year.

I live in VVL so I am able to ride my bike to school! My mother lives with me, she will be 99 years old this Fall. She has slowed way down from 5-6 years ago. She helps me take care of my 2 dogs- a Goldendoodle and a Boxer. I bought a motorhome in order to travel with my mom and the dogs. We take long trips during Fall and Spring Breaks, then we travel in the summer to see all the relatives east of the Mississippi River, that is a 6000 mile trip.