Healthy in Hopkins - Hopkins Public Schools

There are easy steps we can all take to maintain health and safety in our buildings.

Step One: Complete Your Daily Health Screening

Everyone entering a Hopkins Public School building (students, staff, or visitors) is required to complete a self-check for symptoms before coming to school using our Daily Symptom Checklist. Parents, please go through this screening before the school day on days when your child is scheduled to be in school for in-person learning. The Daily Symptom Checklist is also available in Spanish, Somali, and Hmong.

Step Two: Practice the Four W's

Hopkins students and staff will be asked to practice the Four W's while on the bus and at school:

Graphic says Watch Your Distance and shows two students sitting at desks with an arrow showing 6 feet apart.

Graphic says Wash Your Hands and shows soapy water at sink with clock depicting 20 seconds.

Graphic says Wear a Face Covering and shows a person wearing a face mask over their mouth and nose.

Graphic says When Sick, Stay Home and shows a person in bed holding their head.

Step Three: Be Prepared

Students should bring 3 clean face masks each day.
Caregivers should stay in their car for student drop-off and pick-ups.
Caregivers and visitors will have limited access to the buildings for essential visits only.

Reporting an absence is important. Even if it is a Distance Learning day, it is important to report student absences to your school’s attendance office.

Health Resources

Spring Break Travel Guidance

Spring Break Travel Guidance

As we approach spring break, we know that families may have questions about travel. Hopkins Public Schools is not able to monitor the travel activities of families or staff. However, we can share the guidance provided by CDC and MDH guidelines. The highlights of these guidelines are as follows.

Although out of state travel is discouraged, MDH recommends a quarantine period of 14 days after returning to Minnesota.
After returning to Minnesota, it is recommended that families and scholars test 3-5 days later. Find free COVID-19 saliva testing sites here.
International travel requires a negative COVID test to return to the United States.
Those who received their second vaccination more than two weeks before their travel date can travel without a recommended quarantine.
Those who decide to travel should consider the community spread in the area they are visiting, their ability to socially distance, their close contacts and whether they have had the opportunity to get vaccinated.

Please consider these guidelines with your spring break plans in mind. As always, our ability to continue to provide in-person learning depends on all of us. We can see the end of the pandemic nearing, but we need to get through this last final stretch. Thank you for your partnership.

Please note that the Health Resources are included as downloadable PDFs. If you require screen reader accessible versions of any of these documents, please contact the Communications team at Jolene.Goldade@
HopkinsSchools.org.

More Health Resources

Simplified Decision Tree (English)

Simplified Decision Tree (Somali)

Simplified Decision Tree (Spanish)

Decision Tree (MDE, English)

Decision Tree (MDE, Hmong)

Decision Tree (MDE, Somali)

Decision Tree (MDE, Spanish)

See our Healthy Hopkins Health FAQ

COVID-19 Protocols for Staff

For more detailed information about our Health and Safety Guidelines, please visit the Health and Safety Section in our Roadmap to Reopening Guide.