September 7, 2021

Dear Parents,

We are thrilled to welcome you all back to campus this Friday, September 10, 2021. We need your help to make the registration process run smoothly, so I am sharing an important reminder about your son's COVID-19 PCR test needed prior to his arrival on campus.

In order to maintain the health and safety of the Trinity-Pawling community for the start of the school year, all students need to provide a negative PCR COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of arrival on campus. If you have not done so already, please be sure to obtain a PCR COVID-19 test as soon as possible. Between the time of taking this pre-arrival PCR COVID-19 test and your son's arrival on campus, we also ask that each student observe quarantine standards at home until they travel to campus.

On Friday, students will check in when they arrive on campus in the Smith Field House. At this time, they will be screened for COVID-19 symptoms, take an additional COVID-19 test, verify the receipt of COVID-19 test results, make sure that all health and Business Office forms are completed, and pick up their keys and school ID if needed. Uploading completed forms to the Magnus Health Portal and completing all Business Office forms ahead of time will greatly streamline this process.

IMPORTANT: The COVID-19 test taken on campus will be a saliva test. This means that the student must not eat, drink, or brush their teeth within 30 minutes of arriving on campus.

It's important to note that any student who does not have a negative PCR COVID-19 test prior to arrival or who has not completed all the pre-arrival health forms will not be able to remain on campus. We recommend that you bring a hard copy of the negative COVID-19 test result when you come to campus. Recently, some testing facilities have sent results as a text message, but any result will need to have the individual's name, the type of test administered (which must be a PCR test), and the date of test to be accepted.

Please feel free to reach out to me at jbeck@trinitypawling.org or to Marilyn Lashlee, Director of the Health and Wellness Center at mlashlee@trinitypawling.org with any questions.

We look forward to seeing you in the coming days! Please note, if your son arrived on campus this past weekend for Early Sports and completed his check-in, please disregard this email.

Sincerely,