Welcome back to school

2020-2021
American Division - Elementary
 • Introduction

Contents
• Entry Dates / September calendar
• Hybrid Plan
• What's New This Year
• Technology Integration
• Special Education Department
• Communication
• School Documents
• Health & Safety
• Masks
• Uniform
• Transportation
• Attendance
• Visitors & Appointments
introduction
As we welcome our students back to the 2020-2021 school
year, please rest assured we are doing our utmost to ensure
a safe and healthy environment to all our students.

Attached is the MLS ADE back to school guide.

Entry dates / September calendar
Hybrid plan
In school face to face learning Online learning

▪ Teacher interacts with students in class.

▪ Asynchronous work (Nearpod etc.)
▪ Students complete group work &
▪ Synchronous class attendance.
collaborative projects
▪ Weekly session with teacher for questions.
▪ Students complete independent work.
 What's new this year
Student assessments
Students will be assessed to
accommodate for learning gaps that
may have occurred due to the
prolonged absence from class.
Technology integration
Students will be required to bring their
own device.
This is to ensure that
we "digital immigrants"
reach our "digital native"
students.
 Technology integration
applications Student devices
 Special education department
Special Education students
will be requested to
attend school daily to ensure
the delivery of the service
in accordance to their IEP.

Students will be given all the

additional support required
to overcome any learning
gap experienced during the
school closure and distance
learning.
 communication
• Announcements to parents: ThinkWave & SMS
• Student to Teacher communication: MS Teams
• Parent to Teacher communication: parent personal email to The teacher
& CC MLS Elementary email.
• Parent to Admin: parent personal email to MLS Elementary
email: mls_elementary@mls-egypt.org
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mls.american.kgelementary/
• Technical issues: Mr. Wael 0127-291-2927 & Mrs. Engy 0102-832-1118
• Elementary mobile numbers: 0100-214-8052 & 0100-214-8053
School documents
• All students must complete the following forms and return them to
school by sending them to mls_elementary@mls-egypt.org
• Deadline: Tuesday September 15th.
• Medical Form (All students)
• Student Information (New students & if there are any changes)
• Media website consent (All students)
• Student Textbooks (All students)

• Use this "Help form" to assist you filling the forms & returning them.
 Health & safety (our role)
• The school will train students on appropriate hand hygiene.
• Regular breaks will be scheduled for students to wash their hands
during the school day.
• All classrooms will have sanitizing wipes & hand sanitizer to
maintain proper hygiene.
• All students, school-based staff & teachers will be required to
wear masks and follow safety regulations.
• High-contact surfaces such as light switches, handrails,
doorknobs, toilet seats etc. will be cleaned & disinfected regularly.
• Toilets will be cleaned and disinfected regularly.
• A doctor will be present in all divisions on the premises.
• Quarantine room will be available for students or staff members
who experience a sudden onset of COVID-19 symptoms.
• Hallways will be labeled to maintain social distancing.
 Health & safety (daily procedures)
• Temperature check before school entry (at gate or before bus entry – an adult must
accompany the child to bus pick up).

• Specific labeled seating • Eating will be in class during Brain • Hands will be
arrangements to Break only – hands to be washed sanitized before
maintain social before & after eating – class will be entry to classes.
distancing. sanitized after eating.
 Health & safety (daily procedures)
• Canteen will only sell water. (please make sure to send a healthy snack with your child).
• Breaktime: separate areas for different grades to maintain social distancing.
• (No ball or contact games).

• Bus students will leave classes at different times to ensure social distancing.
• Non bus students will be picked up from the KG garden gate.
Health & safety
(student role)
 masks
• Students will not be allowed to enter
school without a mask.
• Label your child's mask.
• Students should not share masks.
• Bring extra masks to school.
• Masks can only be taken off during
eating time.
 Uniform

The school uniform is

Girls may wear small
available in the Boys hair should be
stud earrings, not
Uniform Store on cut neatly.
expensive jewelry.
campus.
Transportation (bus students)
• Temperature will be checked before
boarding the bus (an adult must
accompany the child for bus pick up) -
students with a fever will not be
allowed to board the bus.
• Students must wear masks.
• Students will be assigned seats on the
bus.
• Students hands will be sanitized before
boarding the bus.
Transportation (non-bus students)
• Temperature will be checked before entering
school (an adult must accompany the child to the
entry gate)
• Students with a fever will not be allowed to enter
the school.
• Students must wear masks.
• Students will follow a marked path to their class.
• Students will not be allowed to enter school
premises before 7:30am
attendance
• Attendance is of utmost importance BUT if your child
shows symptoms of Covid-19 (fever, runny nose, cough,
fatigue, muscle ache, vomiting, diarrhea) please keep them
at home.
• When your child returns to school, a note should be sent
explaining his/her absence.
• If a student is ill for more than 3 days, a doctor's note is
required.
 Visitors & appointments
In the upcoming school year, visits to school by parents will be strictly limited and it
would be impossible to accommodate drop-ins for the safety of your children.

Everyone must wear masks and follow sanitization protocols.

If parents need to meet someone face-to-face they must make an appointment for a
video conference.

Meetings must be on-line unless the issue is connected to child protection and
safeguarding.