December 16, 2021
From Jennifer Rogers-Petitt, Director of Development and Community Engagement
As the holidays are approaching, I hope you’ll join me in being mindful about choices to gather, travel, and maintain COVID health and safety for your community. You can continue to monitor and access resources about traveling by clicking here. MPA onsite testing will not be available during the holiday break, but we have a limited supply of at-home antigen tests available for students. If you would like to take advantage of these tests to have on hand before winter break, please email me at covid@moundsparkacademy.org.
I am so incredibly pleased to share some amazing news regarding our community’s vaccination rates. Exceeding all of my expectations, I can happily share with you that 94% of all eligible students at MPA are now fully vaccinated, including the newly expanded 5-11 year old age group.
- Lower School: 85% vaccinated
- Middle School: 96% vaccinated
- Upper School: 97% vaccinated
I’ve heard from more families who are planning to get vaccinated or boosted over Winter Break. If you have questions or need to learn more about booster eligibility or to access available appointments, please visit the Minnesota Vaccine Connector site. We highly encourage all parents and the newly expanded 16- and 17-year-old students who are now eligible to obtain their booster. Help our community to return strong from break with renewed protection if you are able.
As always, please contact me at covid@moundsparkacademy.org with questions, concerns, or to notify our team about symptoms, exposure, or other COVID-19 related information.
As was our practice last school year, we will be providing you with periodic updates of cases, contact tracing, and testing program:
- In November, eight community members tested positive for COVID-19, a combination of unvaccinated and breakthrough cases. To date, we have had 28 positive cases within our community this school year.
- Since the start of the school year, our team has supported 242 symptomatic individuals and 338 close contacts with a combination of resources-sharing and onsite testing opportunities.
- In addition, 1,800+ Cue rapid molecular tests have been provided to students and staff who are unvaccinated, symptomatic, or have been exposed as a close contact.
Reminder: Please ensure you continue to complete the AUXS daily screening app for your student. Completing your screening pass is even more important if your student is symptomatic or is aware of a known exposure.
