Return to Campus FAQs
The FAQs below are divided into six sections: Quarantine Protocol, Masks & Uniforms, On Campus Students, Virtual Learning, COVID-19 Procedures and Extracurriculars/Athletics.
Revised Jan. 12, 2021
Quarantine Protocol
Masks & Uniforms
- Will students be wearing masks throughout the school day?
- What are the requirements for the masks (size, color, design, etc.), and for proper wearing of masks?
- How will the proper wearing of masks by students be maintained each day?
- How and when can I purchase school uniforms?
Will students be wearing masks throughout the school day?
What are the requirements for the masks (size, color, design, etc.), and for proper wearing of masks?
How will the proper wearing of masks by students be maintained each day?
How and when can I purchase school uniforms?
On Campus
- What is the date to return to campus?
- When the date to return is set, what will going back to campus look like?
- What is Hybrid Learning, and what does this look like at Cardinal Gibbons?
- Are water fountains available?
- Are the students moving around to their different classrooms?
- With one-way stairwells, traffic patterns, social distancing, and hand sanitizing requirements, will students have more time between classes?
- Can I meet with my advisor on campus?
- What is available for lunch?
What is the date to return to campus?
When the date to return is set, what will going back to campus look like?
What is Hybrid Learning, and what does this look like at Cardinal Gibbons?
Are water fountains available?
Are the students moving around to their different classrooms?
With one-way stairwells, traffic patterns, social distancing, and hand sanitizing requirements, will students have more time between classes?
Can I meet with my advisor on campus?
What is available for lunch?
Virtual Learning
- What is Fully Virtual Learning, and what does this look like at Cardinal Gibbons?
- Can Virtual Learning students ask questions and interact with the teacher and their classmates in real-time during class?
- If our family has selected to go back to school in-person, can we change our mind at any time?
- With the block schedule, will all the students have lunch at the same time?
What is Fully Virtual Learning, and what does this look like at Cardinal Gibbons?
Can Virtual Learning students ask questions and interact with the teacher and their classmates in real-time during class?
If our family has selected to go back to school in-person, can we change our mind at any time?
With the block schedule, will all the students have lunch at the same time?
COVID-19 Procedures
- How will the school monitor the health of students on a daily basis?
- When is my student required to complete the health screening?
- If someone in my household has tested positive for COVID-19 who do I need to contact?
- If my son or daughter has been in contact with someone that has tested positive for COVID-19 who do I need to contact?
- If my son or daughter tests positive or exhibits symptoms who do I need to contact?
- How will the school community be notified when a student or faculty/staff member tests positive for COVID-19?
- My student has been asked to quarantine, can they attend classes virtually?
- What is the protocol for students who shared a classroom with another student during the two days prior to that student showing COVID-19 symptoms (and then testing positive)?
- What are the cleaning protocols?
- We are planning on traveling out of South Florida, what form needs to be completed?
How will the school monitor the health of students on a daily basis?
When is my student required to complete the health screening?
If someone in my household has tested positive for COVID-19 who do I need to contact?
If my son or daughter has been in contact with someone that has tested positive for COVID-19 who do I need to contact?
If my son or daughter tests positive or exhibits symptoms who do I need to contact?
How will the school community be notified when a student or faculty/staff member tests positive for COVID-19?
My student has been asked to quarantine, can they attend classes virtually?
What is the protocol for students who shared a classroom with another student during the two days prior to that student showing COVID-19 symptoms (and then testing positive)?
What are the cleaning protocols?
We are planning on traveling out of South Florida, what form needs to be completed?
Extracurriculars & Athletics
- Will there be club meetings before/after school?
- Many community service opportunities are not available or feasible because of COVID-19 – how can students find safe community service opportunities?
- With the reduction in community service opportunities, will the school’s community service requirements be changed?
- Are student-athletes going to be competing in the winter season?