We are using Magnus Health to have parents complete a daily COVID-19 screening assessment of their student(s) each morning prior to drop off/arrival at school. The Magnus Mobile app allows parents to complete this easily from a smartphone in just a few clicks. Currently the screening can only be completed through the app. This screening process helps us to create the safest possible environment for your children and our faculty & staff. At the completion of the quick survey each morning, you will receive a message for the student’s attendance instruction for that day. We’ve included an instruction sheet here for you to review and setup the app on your phone.

With the day your child is coming to summer school, you have access to begin completing the Magnus Health COVID-19 Daily Screening for your student(s). You access the screening via the button titled “COVID-19.” Thank you for your cooperation in this daily screening as it is an imperative function of our safety protocols. All parents must submit the screening each morning for GISSV prior to drop off/arrival at the school.

Timely submission of health information is vital so that preparations can be made prior to the start of each school day. Please reserve 1 to 2 minutes per child to complete this each morning. The screening cannot be completed the night before. The system resets daily at midnight. Any screening submitted prior to midnight counts towards the previous day.

Parents are required to show the result of the screening for their child for that morning at the in-person temperature check stations. A student must pass both in order to be granted access to the campus that day. Should a student not pass one or the other, the student must remain home and can participate in distance learning for that day.

Questions or Problems? For any school policy or attendance questions please contact our camp management at camp@gissv.org.

For any technical issues with the mobile app such as login problems, or problems completing the screening  please contact customer support at Magnus Health SMR by phone at 877.461.6831 or by email at service@magnushealthportal.com.

Also, please feel free to consult the Magnus Health Privacy and Security page at www.magnushealth.com/privacy-and-security/

We greatly appreciate your support!
 

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How to install the Magnus Health app:

Sign in to Magnus Health and follow the steps:

 

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If for any reason you are not able to access the Magnus Mobile app screening, please use the alternative form below.

 

Alternative health screening form for students

The new COVID-19 requirements in the Magnus Health system must be completed before returning back to campus. A student may not return to on campus instruction before these requirements have been submitted, reviewed, and approved. We greatly appreciate the timely completion of these requirements to allow for the necessary processing.

Covid-19 Liability Waiver and Assumption of the Risk

GISSV Policy for Student Covid-19 Symptom Screening

GISSV Protocol When A Student Exhibits Symptoms Associated with Covid-19 at School

GISSV Certification for Student Returning to School Campus After Covid-19 Symptoms, Positive Test Result, or Exposure

• No parents or visitors allowed on campus. 
   
• Masks are required on-campus/parking lot at all times! (please refrain from using masks with valves as they do not protect others.)
   
• Your child will leave the car, we will take the temperature and ask your child to sanitize her/his hands.
   
• Maintain 6 feet radius from others.
   
• All parents must submit the Magnus Health screening each morning for GISSV prior to drop off/arrival at the school.
   
• All students who join our summer school have to be tested before coming on campus. We are also looking into testing that is required every other week. We will keep you posted about further regulations.
   
• All cohorts stay together in one group for the entire week of camp. 

Remember we are all in this together, parking lot patience and kindness will make everyone's day!

The Santa Clara County has approved our waiver for the Mountain View Campus.  

Open map

Below are our revised COVID regulations for Drop off and Pick up.  Please follow these to make the traffic flow as quick as possible for you and for all families. 

DROP OFF 

Drop-off begins at 8:45 am for Elementary students and at 8:55am for Middle School students (classes start at 9 am/ 9.05am) and at 9:00 am for Preschool and Kindergarten students. Please do not come early. 

1. All parents complete Magnus Health App before entering the GISSV parking lot. If you do not have the app ready to show, you will be asked to continue and circle the parking lot again. 
    
2. Preschool parents continue to park in short term parking area and bring their children to the drop off area in the park. Kindergarten parents can use short term parking as well and drop off their children at disabled parking lot. All other parents may not exit vehicles or park on parking lot. 
    
3. Please display your child(ren)'s name and grade on the passenger side of your windshield. Please wear masks when dropping off your children. 
    
4. Students need to sit on the right side of the vehicle, fully ready to quickly exit when you arrive at the end of the Drop off zone, see map.  Students may only exit on the right side of the vehicle.
    
5. All parents show our much appreciated drop off support volunteers the green go on the app and tell them your child's name, which should also be displayed in vehicle (see point 3).
    
6. Students exit the vehicle only after parent shows app and is cleared by support team.
    
7. Parents then continue driving to allow the next family to drop off.

In the past, some families chose to drop off and pick up their older students off campus. If you choose to do this on your own responsibility and at your own risk, or your student walks or bikes to campus, please make sure your student has a screenshot of the completed Magnus Health app on a readily available device and enters on the left side facing the school. The health screening can only be done by the parents; the students cannot have the app on their devices. We also encourage you to make sure that everyone follows all rules pertaining to traffic and pedestrian safety at times.

For parking lot safety, if you have a Preschool or Kindergarten child, we ask that you drop off your P/K child first and then go through the drive through with your older child(ren).

As before, students driving themselves have to find street parking and may not park in the GISSV parking lot.  
 

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PICK UP

Preschool and Kindergarten pick up at 3:55 pm
Elementary pick up at 4:05 pm
Middle and High School pick up at 4:10 pm

1. Please be on time for your grade level and go to the pick up zone pertaining to your student, see map.
    
2. Keep student(s) name and grade displayed in vehicle.
    
3. If your student is not yet in the pick up spot, you will be asked to circle the parking lot in order not to hold up traffic.
    
4. If you have students in Elementary and Middle/High School, we kindly ask that you pick up your elementary student at 4:05pm and then line up again at 4:10 pm. 
    
5. Elementary and Middle School students will line up on the dots assigned to their cohort in front of the Elementary / Middle pick up zone.
    
6. If you choose, at your own responsibility and at your own risk, to meet your older children outside of the school grounds, we encourage you to make sure that everyone follows all rules pertaining to traffic and pedestrian safety at times.

Please drive slowly and cautiously at all times. The safety of our students, teachers, and community members is paramount in everything that we do. 

Please wear a mask when you are driving on school property for drop off and pick up. 
 

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Magnus Health APP

We will be using the Magnus Health App for our daily health screening. Please complete this screening for your child(ren) before leaving home.
 

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Please also note that we are also monitoring the Air Quality and should it become too unsafe to have school (over 150), you would receive an email early in the morning.

This is a new situation for all of us, so we ask you to please be patient with each other and our new procedures, while we work on continuously approving and keeping you up to date.

DROP OFF

• Children and parents/ drivers need to wear a mask. (Please put a sign with your child’s name on the window). 
   

• Parents may not leave the car and or enter campus.
   

• Please show us the completed Magnus Health Check from the car (on your phone or print out). 
   

• Please do not engage in conversations at this time. 
   

• Your child will leave the car, we will take the temperature and ask your child to sanitize her/his hands.
   

• Students will directly go to their classroom. Here, they have to wash/sanitize their hands again. 
   

• Carpools within a cohort are encouraged. (If siblings from different cohorts carpool, this should be communicated with parents, children in carpools always need to wear masks, and we suggest that the sibling from the different cohorts sits next to the window with it open). 
   

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PICK UP 

• Pick up for K and elementary is at the gate. Like in the morning, you will be driving through the parking lot and stop at the gate. 
   

• Pick up for elementary students is at 4:05 pm
   

• Pick up for Preschool children is at 3:55 pm (please arrive on time, your older student will be supervised until you arrive). 
   

• If you have students in Preschool and Elementary School, we kindly ask that you pick up your preschool student first and then line up again to pick up your elementary student. 
   

• Students that walk or take public transportation, leave through the front door at 117 Diamond Street. If you child is not picked up by car, please let your instructor know before the first day of school. 
   

• Please do not leave your car and wear a mask in the car. 
   

• Carpools within a cohort are encouraged. (If siblings from different cohorts carpool, this should be communicated with parents, children in carpools always need to wear masks, and we suggest that the sibling from the different cohorts sits next to the window with it open).

GERMAN IMMERSION SUMMER CAMP 2021

 

Location
You have registered for the GISSV summer camp taking place at 117 Diamond Street, San Francisco.  

Enrollment
Enrollment for Summer Camp is on a first come, first served basis. Once capacities for sessions are reached, we cannot guarantee desired schedules or camp availability. Enrollment is from the waitlists when possible. Due to Covid Safety Regulations and Procedures, once enrolled in a level, students must remain in this level for the entire 3 week session.
 

Withdrawal
If you need to change your summer plans, email us at camp@gissv.org. Refunds for withdrawal will be issued using the schedule shown below:

 

Withdrawal 28 days or more before the camp start date: 95% refund
Withdrawal between 21 days and 27 days before the camp start date: 75% refund
Withdrawal between 14 days and 20 days before the camp start date: 50% refund
Withdrawal at later point: no refund
 

Refunds will not be given if a student is asked to leave Summer Camp due to disciplinary issues.

Refunds will not be given if a student gets sick.

Refunds will not be given if a student has to quarantine.

Refunds will not be given if classes will have to be held online due to directives from local authorities or policies of the school.

The GISSV may refuse services/entrance onto campus to anyone that does not comply with the Covid regulations and procedures put in place by the school. No refunds will be given in the event that a student or family does not comply with the regulations.

 

Lunch, Snacks, and Hydration

All students should pack their own snack and lunch in a cooled lunch box. There will be no snack offered other than occasional popsicles since it can get very hot in the summer. Parents have the option of purchasing a lunch delivery service through My Green Lunch. Students in Preschool should additionally bring food for the breakfast each morning. Please send all students with a refillable water bottle every day!

 

Nut-free School
The GISSV is a nut-free campus. Please ensure that food never contains any nuts, nut butters, or nut flours. 

 

Materials
All materials are included in the tuition. That includes any books, art supplies, and materials used in afternoon activities. The only item parents might additionally pay for after registration is My Green Lunch.

 

What to bring
All students should wear clothes that can get dirty and bring an extra shirt and shorts/pants each day.
Please wear closed-toed shoes/sandals. Wear sunscreen to camp, and bring extra to re-apply. A wide-brimmed sun hat is a must. Preschoolers should additionally bring a sheet, pillow, and blanket for nap time.

All students must wear a face mask at all times! Therefore, it would be good to bring multiple masks to school.                                                                 

                                                                       

Drop off and Pick up
For drop off and pick up rules, please visit our webpage and carefully read our regulations for Covid.

CITs sign themselves in and out each day on a separate list.

 

Contact
Parents´ first point of contact for all questions or concerns are the camp managers, who can be reached at camp@gissv.org. Camp managers are happy to communicate with parents in German or English. 

 

Responsibility for Minors
Instructors and camp managers are responsible for students from the moment they have been dropped off at camp until they are picked up. If a student has not been picked up on time, the camp manager will continue to supervise.

Late Pick-up Fee
A student who has not been picked up when his/her camp option ends will stay with the camp manager until picked up. A late fee of $20 for every started 10 minutes applies.

Students who are not registered for Extended Care cannot “drop in”. 

 

Emergencies & Injuries
In the case of an emergency, instructors and camp managers are expected to follow the guidelines they have been provided with by the Head of Camp Administration. Students are expected to follow the instructor’s directions. The camp managers and Head of Camp Administration issue all commands in an emergency.

Instructors are required to read through their class lists, and to make note of any reported allergies or health conditions. Parents are encouraged to contact camp managers in advance of camp to personally discuss any important health concerns.

Instructors and camp managers may not administer any medication to students, unless the parent has given notice of the medical condition during enrollment, and has provided the camp managers with a doctor’s note about dosage for the specific student. Parents and camp managers must agree on a safe space to store the medication that is inaccessible to young students.

Instructors and camp managers always tell parents about any injury or potential injury.

For small cuts, scrapes, and similar minor injuries, instructors and camp managers may wash injuries with soap and water, and will provide band-aids, but will not administer medications like Neosporin.

If a student has a concerning or potentially concerning injury (e.g. larger fall in playground, any injury to head or neck), camp managers will complete an Injury Report, file it with the Head of Camp Administration, and provide parents with an electronic copy.

If a student becomes seriously ill during camp, the instructor or camp manager will:

1.     If necessary, call 911.

2.     Call the camp managers or Head of Camp Administration for immediate support.

3.     Call the student’s parents using the contact information provided during registration.

4.     Stay with the student and the rest of the class until help arrives.