DBCS Reminder of Week 2/8/2020 中英文

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Dear Parents,



This Sat, 2/8/2020, for now, our plan is to have regular classes from 9:00-12:30pm. Our plan could change if the coronavirus situation changes. Please check communications from school on Friday and early Sat morning for possible changes.



DBCS continues to monitor the coronavirus situation closely. Our decision will be made upon information from the following three agencies. (1) US CDC recommendations (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/ ... -you-should-do.html

) ; (2) Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/); and (3) Walnut Valley Unified School District https://www.wvusd.k12.ca.us/apps/news/article/1159634). Currently, according to LA Dept. of Public Health, " The risk from the novel coronavirus 2019 to spread in Los Angeles County residents is deemed to be low at this time." Therefore, Dept. of Public Health recommend, "no special precautions are required. We are encouraging everyone to continue engaging in their regular activities".



Safety, including health safety, is always our top priority. Following the recommendations of the above agencies, we ask (1) Students with fever, please stay at home. (2) Students having traveled in China’s Hubei Province or having been in contact with a confirmed case of the coronavirus will be put mandatory quarantine for 14 days. Students having travelled in other parts of China can choose self quarantine (3) for all other students who have not traveled to China recently or without close contact with people visiting from Hubei,  please also practice good personal and public health hygiene.



From last week, DBCS adopts the following measures to improve the public health hygiene at Chinese school: (1) Students will be seated with maximum distances allowed in classroom between each other (2) Different classes take different time for recess; (3) All classes have “hand-wash” break for every session, students are required to wash hands or apply hand sanitizer in classroom; (4) every student who makes purchase for snacks will have to use hand sanitizer before taking the snack. (5) no interactive group teaching will be used to avoid close face-to-face encounter among students; (6) all teachers, TAs, and staff members are required to practice good personal and public health hygiene.



We understand that some parents prefer to exercise extra caution and want their kids to skip Chinese school.  Our teachers will prepare e-file of homework assignments. Please send us an email with student's name and class. We will send you homework assignments and other supplementary materials.





各位家長，



本週六，2月8日， 目前的計劃是正常上課。由於新型冠狀病毒的影響，該計劃可能有變動。請在週五及週六早出發前再次查看學校通知（電子郵件及學校網站）。



同家長們一樣，我們也密切關注新型冠狀病毒在本地區的發展。我們的決策將依據以下三個機構的判斷和建議： （1）美國疾控中心（ＣＤＣ）， (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/ ... -you-should-do.html； （2）洛杉磯郡公共健康部 （LA County Dept. of Public Health) (http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/); 以及（3）核桃谷聯合學區（WVUSD）， (https://www.wvusd.k12.ca.us/apps/news/article/1159634)。 截止週三本郵件發出時，洛杉磯公共健康部認為“新型冠狀病毒在本地流行的可能性不高”， 因此，“所有人可以正常安排活動”。 但考慮到目前本來也是流感高峰期，加上新型冠狀病毒的潛在威脅，大家都應該注意個人和公共衛生。



學生的安全，包括健康安全一向是學校最重視的。按照以上三個機構的建議，中文學校要求（1）如果您的孩子有發燒，請留在家裡；（2）如果有近期訪問疫區（湖北）的學生或者同新冠病毒肺炎患者接觸的人，必須依法隔離，14天無症狀的情況下，可以來上課。近期去過中國的學生建議自行隔離（2）所有學生都應該遵循流感期間個人和公共衛生的行為準則，包括勤洗手，如咳嗽，需遮掩等。



從上週起，中文學校採取了以下措施來改進學校的衛生環境， （1）學生最大限度隔位就座；（2）各班錯峰下課；（3）所有班級每一節課均有相應的“洗手”時間，學生可以洗手或者使用免洗凈手液（各班均有）；（4）點心站拿食物前必須先使用免洗凈手液；（5）以學生小組討論等形式的教學內容暫停，確保學生無需在教學中近距離面對面相處； （6）所有老師，助教，學校工作人員都嚴格遵守良好個人和公共衛生要求。



我們理解一些家長會格外謹慎，選擇讓孩子不來上中文課。為了方便這些學生和家長，我們的老師為本週家長聯絡單和其他輔助材料都做了電子檔。如果需要，請給學校電子郵件發信息，說明學生姓名，所在班級。我們會通過郵件把作業給學生。





謝謝！



鑽石吧中文學校