Dear Parents,

We hope you had a wonderful three day weekend! We know that our staff really appreciated the day off to recharge! We have a lot of information to share in this newsletter!

COVID

We have two pieces of information to share with you.

First, we have had to quarantine both of our infant classrooms again due to a child testing positive for covid. The child has very mild symptoms of nasal congestion that developed on Friday and persisted through the weekend. They were tested on Monday and it returned a positive result. We are working with the health department on the next steps for those classrooms, but as of this point all students in both classrooms that attended the center last week are at home in quarantine. We have determined that there were no additional contacts within the center.

Miss Adella also tested positive for covid when testing for her return trip from Barbados. She is currently doing well and has no symptoms, but has to quarantine before she can return to the US. We do not currently have a return date for her.

Teachers are getting booster shots! We are very lucky again that the FDA felt that educators should be included for Booster Shots! We are working through making sure that every staff member who wishes to get a booster has the opportunity and time to be able to do so! As of right now, Liz, LJ, Victoria, Susie, Gitti, and HuiHui have all gotten boosted!

Covid Policy Reminder:

If your child becomes symptomatic, you must provide a lab report indicating a negative covid test result or a doctors note indicating that an alternative diagnosis (not covid) has been made with instructions from the physician on when they can return to care. Keep in mind that a doctor may give return to care instructions that are different from our policies that are in place through our state licensing requirements or the local health department. In that case, the center policy will be followed. At this time, then health department has recommended that we not accept the results of at home rapid antigen testing for return to care.

Asymptomatic siblings must remain home until you have provided the lab results or physician’s note for the symptomatic sibling.

Covid symptoms in children are as follows:

Fever or chills
Cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Fatigue and “not acting like themselves”
Muscle or body aches
Headache
New loss of taste or smell
Sore throat
Congestion or runny nose
Nausea or vomiting
Diarrhea

If you have any questions please check our FAQ, email Liz, or call/text Liz.

OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY MORNING: 10AM-12PM

** Please Park ON THE BLACKTOP ONLY. The gate will be open!!!**

Reminder that we will be having our fall open house this Saturday morning from 10am to 12pm. This is an opportunity to stop by to see your child’s classroom and speak briefly with their teachers! We ask that you:

wear a mask
stay home if you are sick
plan to keep your time with the teacher brief
spend no more than 10 minutes indoors
keep social distance from children not in your own household, especially when indoors

But before the open house…

Friday night is PIZZA NIGHT!

Common Ground is hosting Reston’s Largest Pizza Party Ever!! This is an event that anyone that can participate in. Just have pizza with your family on Friday night share with us that you participated! You can upload photos here and RSVP to our event on Facebook!

Enjoy Pizza Nights? Have some extra delicious pizza kits ready to go in your freezer from our Little Caesar’s Pizza Fundraiser!

Classroom Spotlight:

Our 4s teachers are absolutely incredible at what they do to get their kiddos ready for kindergarten.What’s the main thing they focus on? Self-Motivated Learning. This requires our preschoolers to feel safe, supported, and free to explore their surroundings without fear.

How do they help their preschool students feel comfortable in the classroom? Read all about it HERE

Thank you for being a part of our community! Please make sure you check out our upcoming events below!