***Policies are subject to change by recommendations of the South Carolina Health Departments, American Camp Association, the local Burnett County Public Health Department, and/or the CDC. These are just some of the policies Lowcountry Language Academy is implementing for Fall 2021.

Updated February 9, 2022

*If your child has tested positive in the last 90 days of the exposure to COVID-19, they may attend to school

If You Test Positive for COVID-19 (Isolate)

Everyone, regardless of vaccination status.

  • Stay home for 5 days.

  • If you have no symptoms or your symptoms are resolving after 5 days, you can leave your house.

  • Continue to wear a mask around others for 5 additional days.

If you have a fever, continue to stay home until your fever resolves.

If You Were Exposed to Someone with COVID-19 (Quarantine

If you:

Have been boosted
OR
Completed the primary series of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine within the last 6 months
OR
Completed the primary series of J&J vaccine within the last 2 months

  • Wear a mask around others for 10 days.

  • Test on day 5, if possible.

If you develop symptoms get a test and stay home.

Updated January 14th, 2022

 GUIDELINES FOR LEAVING ISOLATION, RETURNING TO CAMPUS

Based on current CDC and SCDHEC guidelines, you may end your isolation after having COVID when

Any student who has been identified as a close contact of the individual diagnosed with COVID-19 has been notified of their close contact status prior to the distribution of this letter.  If you did not receive that notification, your student is NOT a close contact of the individual diagnosed with COVID-19. Therefore, they are not required to quarantine at home or to be tested. However, we do recommend that you continue to monitor your child each day for symptoms. If your child develops COVID-19 symptoms, please:

 1.      Contact their healthcare provider immediately.

2.      Follow testing and isolation instructions described here CDC Overview of COVID-19 Isolation for K-12 Schools].

3.      Notify the school immediately, if they test positive for COVID-19.

According to new CDC guidance, if you are fully vaccinated and have received a booster shot, you are not required to quarantine following exposure if you are showing no symptoms.

We also encourage you to visit for additional information https://scdhec.gov/covid19  for ways to keep our school community safe. CDC also provides additional information about COVID-19 and Schools and Child Care Programs.

 We will continue to provide regular updates as needed and will provide prompt notification of any COVID-19 or other health-related concerns that require your attention. We encourage you to contact us with questions and concerns. Please call us at 843 442-5683, email us at lowcountrylanguage@gmail.com. 

We are committed to facilitating an optimal learning experience and ensuring the safety of our students and staff. COVID-19 vaccination among all eligible students as well as teachers, staff, and household members is the leading public health strategy to help end the pandemic and support schools to continue full operations. Please visit CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Teens page for more information on how to get your child vaccinated as soon as they are eligible.

Updated: September 11, 2021

Communication

Policies are subject to change as a result of updates to public health guidelines from local, state, and federal authorities. Any policy amendments or updates will be communicated through the school policies website and will take effect as of the date and time of publication.

COVID-19 updates will continue to be posted on our Website, Facebook and sent in emails to the registered camp

At Home

Please read and review the recommendations from The Association of Camp Nursing about a Healthy Camp with your child.

Health Screening

Parents must complete the Enrollsy Health Screen every day prior to droop off

Symptom Monitoring

  • Daily screening at the Enrollsy Parent Portal is required before dropping students at school

    Instructions:

    -Download Enrollsy App in your Play Store (Android Phones) or Apple store (Apple phone)

    -Sign-in into your account

    -Activities

    -Students Name

    -Check-in

    -Health Screen

Face Mask

● Staff and guests will be required to wear a face mask when are in indoor, public spaces except when eating

● If you would like your child to wear a mask, please send a mask (labeled) on the first day of school. We will send the face mask home on Friday unless otherwise requested.

Camp Pods

For 2021, Camp Pods (groups) will be no more than 8 campers and 1 counselor

Sanitation

All across Lowcountry Language Academy, we are using a “Sani in/Sani out” method of sanitization. This means that every building and every activity has a “Sanitization in” and “Sanitization out” policy where a sanitization process of hands/supplies/etc. happens when entering and exiting a building and/or before and after the activity. 

If you have questions, please contact Tania B, Schettni Director by email, lowcountrylanguage@gmail.com, or by phone, 843-442-5683

***Policies are subject to change by recommendations of the South Carolina Health Departments, American Camp Association, the local Burnett County Public Health Department, and/or the CDC. These are just some of the policies Lowcountry Language Academy is implementing for Fall 2021.

Entrance Departure Protocol

  • Student Drop-off is from 8:55 am – 9:10 am

  • If you arrive late, ring the bell and wait by the door (please do not enter the school). An instructor will welcome your child to the entrance.

  • Enter off Stuarts Engals Blvd and proceed cautiously up the driveway toward the circle, and process to form a line starting at the ramp

  • Children are to exit the car via de passenger side only. Please be sure children are ready to exit the vehicle upon arrival.

  • After your child/children are safely on the ramp, they may process to the school's front entrance.

  • Wait for the cars in front of you to unload, and stay in line as you exit the parking lot.

  • Children will wash their hands as they walk into the classroom.


kindergarten readiness and preschool 2021-2022

Open House and Parent Orientation

Parent orientation and meet the teacher will be held on August 18th. You will be receiving a sign-up link to schedule a time to attend and be required to wear a face mask and follow social distance protocol while in the facility. Please bring three pictures of your child (newborn, hobbies, and family) and change clothes on a labeled Ziplock bag at the open house and parent orientation.

First Day of School

Our first day of classes will be in August 19th. If you feel that your child might need one-on-one attention to get him/her adjusted to the new environment, please contact the director. We will arrange later arrival to give your child time to familiarize yourself with the school while a teacher gives him/her undivided attention.

Health and Safety

Lowcountry Language Academy has organized a health and safety plan that is comprehensive and proactive to keep the LLA community healthy and safe.

At LLA, we are implementing new health and safety protocols and practices to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. Our students' well-being, families, teachers, and families have always been our main priorities. Our ability to stay open will depend on the collaboration of the entire Lowcountry Language Academy Community. 

Prevention

Having a definite case of COVID-19 will prompt the school closure and quarantine for 14 days due to the risk of exposure for other children, teachers, and their families. LLA recommends that parents and staff avoid crowds, wear a face mask, social distance, wash hands frequently, and monitor health. The primary way people get infected by the novel coronavirus is via aerosols. When people with Covid-19 cough, sneeze, yell, sing, or even speak, they shed clusters of the coronavirus that float through the air in microscopic saliva drops. When other people breathe in those tiny microdroplets, they can catch the disease. If a student is sick, it could easily expose other children while speaking, sneezing, or singing. We kindly request to the LLA community do your due diligence to open the school successfully. We also encourage parents to talk about the school's new protocols (temperature screening, face masks, social distance in the classroom and playground) with their children and proper coughing and sneezing etiquette.  

Symptom Monitoring

  • Daily screening at the Enrollsy Parent Portal is required before dropping student at school

    Instructions:

    -Download Enrollsy App in your Play Store (Android Phones) or Apple store (Apple phone)

    -Sign-in into your account

    -Activities

    -Students Name

    -Check-in

    -Health Screen

  • Daily arrival symptom screening will be required for all the students, staff, contractors, and visitors. It will include temperature screening with a touch-less thermometer.

  • Any student/staff above 99.5 will be sent home immediately or is experiencing other symptoms of COVID-19 will not be admitted to the school. (If are explainable by an underlying condition (such as shortness of breath or cough for an individual with asthma), exclusion may not be necessary.

Cohorting

  • LLA has two cohort groups with a maximum of 8 children and one teacher

  • Playground times are staggered, and the student groups will be kept separate for special events such as art, music, and exercising.

Campus

  • To increase ventilation during indoor activities, windows will be open occasionally.

  • During circle time and gross motor skills activities, each child will have a designed area that follows social distance.

  • The social distance of at least 6-ft. would be encouraged between non-household individuals unless participating in activities.  

  • LLA staff will wear a mask or shields at all times

  • The Classrooms have an air filter with UV light.

  • School Tours will be scheduled after school hours.

  • Hand-washing and Hand sanitizing.

Each classroom has a bath and sink, as well as an out outdoor area, to promote hand-washing throughout the day. Children will wash their hands before snack and lunchtime. They will also wash their hands after art and when coming from the playground. Hand sanitizer stations are widely available.

Sanitizing Protocols 

  • Routine sanitizing of objects like hands rails, doorknobs, light switches, sink handles, countertops, toilet training potties.

  • Routine sanitizing of desks, chairs, toys, and games

  • Staff will perform routine sanitizing share items, before and after use, including at the beginning and end of each day or between groups.

  • Staff will perform daily sanitizing with a disinfectant with cleaning products approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to kill the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and safe to use in schools. (After school hours)

  • Lowcountry Language Academy will close for 48 hours for cleaning and disinfection if a person is determined to have been contagious with COVID-19 while in the facility.

Academic Year

  •  We will expand the outdoor exploration and learning curriculum. Our outdoor area will be set up as a classroom to enhance learning and connect students to the world.

  • Lesson plans that will offer outdoor activities to give students a head start in STEM

  • Literacy and language skills will be developed during circle time by reading books and storytelling. The students will increase their vocabulary by exploring new themes discovering words, sounds, and reading.

  • Some brain-building nature activities that we will explore with the students are

    • Build with and dig in the dirt

    • Watch worms wriggle through the soil.

    • Gaze at clouds

    • Jump in puddles

    • Listen to the birds’ songs.

    • Smell fresh-cut grass

    • Collect seeds

    • Construct things with twigs, logs, and mud

  • Our nature exploration will foster children's intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development.

  • Puzzles, coloring, writing, and tracing will be incorporated throughout the day with fun and engaging activities.

  • Our outdoor play equipment, water tables, and sand areas will encourage imaginative play and aid in fine and gross motor skills development.

  • Students will explore their creative side with our selection of arts and music supplies. Students will find art easels and panels, sidewalk chalk, chimes, and rain drums to develop their love for art and music in our indoor and outdoor area.

  • The playhouse, pretending to play with toys, and puppet theaters, will encourage dramatic play in our outdoor and classroom environments. 

What to bring to school every day?

Water bottle and lunch. Please label the water bottle and lunch-box. Children do not need to bring book bags to school. Please refer to Parent's Manual for more information. (Healthy snack is included in the tuition)

Distance Learning 

Suppose students cannot return to the school due to the high spread of COVID-19 in the area or positive cases within the school building. In that case, we will rely on distance learning scheduled until the health situation permits us to return to in-person instruction for all school students.  

Schedule

Monday - Wednesday and Friday: 10:00 am to 10:30 am

Tuesday - Friday one-on-one classes

Weekly Lesson Plan

  • Math

  • Writing

  • Nature Exploration

  • Literacy

  • Art

  • Music

  • Cooking

  • Study Package

***Policies are subject to change by recommendations of the South Carolina Health Departments, American Camp Association, the local Burnett County Public Health Department, and/or the CDC. These are just some of the policies Lowcountry Language Academy is implementing for Fall 2021.