Updated Oct 2021
Students and staff should stay home if they have signs of infectious illness. As a body of Christ, we should care for one another, and staying home when we are sick is part of that community care.
Families should consult their healthcare provider and/or the school nurses about their student’s symptoms.
Southwest Christian High School is required to report known positive cases to the Minnesota Department of Health. While the SWCHS nurses have done incredible work being available to our families, as we enter a second school year dealing with COVID, they cannot be available 24/7.
This is their availability: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every weekday. Email: nurses@swchs.org; call 952-479-6240 to reach them directly.
At this time, SWCHS does not intend to enforce social distancing or contact tracing under most circumstances. If a student tests positive for COVID, he or she may not return to school or any activities during the duration of their quarantine.
So that sick or self-quarantining students can continue to learn, we are providing a limited use of the “look in” cameras that we used last year. Look-in cameras are not available for vacations or other optional absences.
We are excited to return to our pre-COVID activities. Non-symptomatic visitors are welcome on campus. Please do not come on campus with any respiratory viruses.
It is frustrating to have to deal with COVID again this year, but I ask you to join me in having an attitude of patience and graciousness toward our government, state, and national leaders. Join the SWCHS faculty and staff in prayer that God would heal our nation and the world from this disease, and we ask you to pray for our leadership and nursing staff as we strive to make the best decisions possible for our school.