COVID-Safety Precautions Reinstated

      Smyth is practicing COVID-19 safety and asks everyone to wear a mask for the next couple weeks to minimize airborne spread.

      If your student tests positive, please use the COVID-19 Self-Reporting Form , and follow the guidance on our safety page.  For those who test positive: isolate at home for five days, or if symptoms persist after five days, continue to isolate at home until symptoms resolve. Upon returning to school, wear a mask until ten days after symptom onset or ten days after the positive test if asymptomatic.

     You can use the rapid at-home COVID-19 tests that have been made available at Smyth. If you did not obtain a test, they are available for free at any Chicago Public Library — please call ahead. You can also request tests online at covid.gov/tests .

• To sign up for free weekly in-school testing, please visit color.com/readycheckgo-cps .

• Please remember to stay home if you are feeling ill.

• Get vaccinated! CPS continues to offer COVID-19 vaccines and boosters plus flu shots at our four permanent regional clinics and school mobile  programs or visit cps.edu/vaccinations  or chicago.gov/flu .

• The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) encourages families to prevent the spread of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Please read this fact sheet [ ENGLISH  |  SPANISH ].