COVID-19

This Holy Spirit Catholic School's dashboard is designed to provide a snapshot of the number of students/staff out of school due to COVID-19 at a specific point in time.

• Active Positive Cases: The number of students/staff who are currently diagnosed as COVID-19 positive.
• Quarantine:
  • Students/staff who have not tested positive but are home due to being identified as a close contact to an individual who has tested positive which may or may not have transpired at school.
• Classes in Quarantine: Does not mean an outbreak of cases occurred in a class. Students/staff in a quarantined class are not counted in the quarantine numbers.

Students/staff are deducted from this data when they return to school.
Numbers will be updated daily (Monday-Friday) by 3:30 p.m.

Holy Spirit Catholic School

Updated 9/24/2021

Diocese of Green Bay Dashboard
Outagamie County Data
General Outagamie County case data is available here
School reports and other reference documents are now available on the Outagamie County website

Isolation, Quarantine, and Close Contacts Scenarios
For more information about Isolation, Quarantine, and Close Contact scenarios please see page 23-27 on the  Guidelines for Prevention, Investigation, and Control of COVID-19 Outbreaks in K-12 Schools in Wisconsin - August 2021

Q. My child has a cough or two of the symptoms on part 2 of the Health Screening Checklist 2021-22. What should I do? 
A. Contact your medical provider and have your child tested for COVID-19.   Guidelines for Prevention, Investigation, and Control of COVID-19 Outbreaks in K-12 Schools in Wisconsin - August 2021 
As of right now, if a family/household member has symptoms and is being tested for COVID, siblings will be allowed to come to school while we await test results.

If you can isolate the child with symptoms from your other children, please do so.  Close Contacts are determined by the last contacted day of a COVID-19 positive person.  The quicker you quarantine from a potential positive case, the quicker your students could return to school. 

If the child with symptoms of COVID-19 test results are negative, and there is NOT a known close contact to a COVID-19 positive case and the individual is fever free is fever free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication, the child and their siblings may return to school.
Now, some students may have to miss extended periods of time throughout the school year because of this "best practice."  We have mounted in all the K-grade 8 classrooms a camera that displays only the front of the whiteboard of the classroom.  Depending on the grade level, students will have the opportunity to join virtually and watch a/some lesson(s) for the day from home.  This virtual option is meant for students who are quarantining, isolating, or waiting test results.  Please be patient with the teachers as it may take a day for the teachers to gather materials and send you the virtual invite for google meet for virtual learning.
Next Steps while you wait for test results

For information on quarantines see the WI DHS document:  How long should I quarantine?
Holy Spirit is accepting the 14-day quarantine option, 10-day quarantine option, and 7-day quarantine with a negative test option.  If a student-athlete is deemed a close contact, they will be excluded from athletics for 14 days.

• How long do I need to quarantine? The answer may depend on whether you live with someone who has been diagnosed. Since it may take up to 14 days for you to have symptoms after infection.  
• For information on quarantines see the WI DHS document:  How long should I quarantine?
• Holy Spirit is accepting the 14-day quarantine option, 10-day quarantine option, and 7-day quarantine with a negative test option.  If a student-athlete is deemed a close contact, they will be excluded from athletics for 14 days.you should self-quarantine for 14 days from when you last had contact with the infected person, or for 14 days from when the infected person in your household has recovered. 

• Had a close contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19
• Live with someone who has COVID-19
• Live with someone what has COVID-19, but never got sick 
   

CDC website resources
When to quarantine?
Isolate if you are sick

Other Resources
Outagamie County Public Health (OCPH) website - COVID-19
Next Steps while you wait for test results
Close Contact FAQ & Clarifications: 9-11-20 - OCPH
COVID-19 FAQ for schools: 9-8-20 - OCPH

Individual that is NOT a known close contact vs. Individual IS a known close contact table/chart (page 29 & 30)
Wisconsin Childhood Communicable Disease Wall Chart

• If you are feeling ill or if you may have been exposed to someone that has tested positive for COVID-19, visit WI-DHS testing page to learn the different ways you can get tested.
• Call your provider or 211 if you have symptoms or have been exposed to COVID-19, even if you are fully vaccinated.
• Visit a community testing site.
• Request an at-home collection kit

Call your medical provider

Contact your healthcare provider to ask if they are providing testing.

• Click here to schedule an appointment

• Community Testing Sites