This page serves as a resource for updates regard­ing Waverly’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue to commu­ni­cate impor­tant updates to our fami­lies via email, and we will regu­larly post addi­tional resources on this page.

Updated: March 14, 2023

We now have at-home test kits that we are able to send home with students when there is a known expo­sure and/​or when they will be coming back from a long break. Please note that the school will still have weekly COVID testing and these at-home kits are strictly for known expo­sures and/​or when students are coming back from break.

• When there is a known expo­sure you will receive the same email noti­fi­ca­tion from the school that you have received previ­ously. We will provide an at-home test kit to your student to bring home. The noti­fi­ca­tion will now include a range of dates to test your student with the at-home test kit they receive from school. 
• The CDC recom­mends testing 3 – 5 days after expo­sure, so you will have a 3 day window to test your student. You will only need to test your student once during that range of dates, unless they start exhibit­ing symp­toms after they have already been tested. 
• Every student must now be regis­tered with Heluna Health in order to use these at home test kits. If you have already regis­tered your student for weekly testing, then you do not need to register again.
  

Please read this detailed letter (PDF) from the school nurse that fully explains this update.

March 14, 2023 (PDF)
Novem­ber 15, 2022 (PDF)
Septem­ber 27, 2022 (PDF)
Septem­ber 2, 2022 (PDF)

The Waverly School COVID-19 Preven­tion Program (PDF)
COVID-19 Safety Plan (PDF)

Vacci­na­tion Infor­ma­tion (CA Dept. of Public Health)

• The CDC recom­mends that chil­dren between the ages of 5 and 11 years receive the Pfizer-BioN­Tech pedi­atric COVID-19 Vaccine.

• Waverly is strongly encour­ag­ing fami­lies to have their 5 – 11-year-old chil­dren vacci­nated to support the health and safety of our campus.

Los Angeles County Depart­ment of Public Health
Centers for Disease Control and Preven­tion (CDC): English | Español
Cali­for­nia Depart­ment of Public Health: English | Español
Pasadena Public Health Depart­ment
Hand-washing steps using the WHO Tech­nique by Johns Hopkins Medi­cine (Video)
How to Talk to Kids About Coro­n­avirus by Jessica Grose (The New York Times)
Just for Kids: A Comic Explor­ing the New Coro­n­avirus by Malaka Gharib (NPR)
Talking to Teens and Tweens About Coro­n­avirus by Donna De La Cruz (The New York Times)