We are happy to announce that we will be able to have band in person this school year! It will look different than what your students are used to as we will be taking many precautions, but students will have the ability to be in band whether they are in-person or enrolled in Clear Connections.
Details about the CCISD Intermediate Band Covid protocols can be found here.
We take the health of your students VERY seriously during this pandemic. The last few months, Dr. Shelly Miller at the University of Colorado led a scientific study in the UC Boulder Aerosol lab to discover if and how Covid 19 would be spread while playing musical instruments and singing. Their findings are currently being corroborated by Dr. Jelena Srebric at the University of Maryland and they are repeating their tests to ensure accuracy. Their findings were essentially that playing a wind instrument does not generate any more aerosols than a normal conversation would from about six feet away, but they had some recommendations in order to reduce the spread of aerosols even further. We have taken all of their recommendations into consideration while formulating our guidelines for the safety of our students. You can read more about the preliminary results of the study HERE.
For all of our students who choose to come back to school in-person, these are the modifications we will be making in accordance with UIL, CDC, and district guidelines as well as the results of the UC Aerosol study.
Details about the CCISD Intermediate Band Covid protocols can be found here.
We take the health of your students VERY seriously during this pandemic. The last few months, Dr. Shelly Miller at the University of Colorado led a scientific study in the UC Boulder Aerosol lab to discover if and how Covid 19 would be spread while playing musical instruments and singing. Their findings are currently being corroborated by Dr. Jelena Srebric at the University of Maryland and they are repeating their tests to ensure accuracy. Their findings were essentially that playing a wind instrument does not generate any more aerosols than a normal conversation would from about six feet away, but they had some recommendations in order to reduce the spread of aerosols even further. We have taken all of their recommendations into consideration while formulating our guidelines for the safety of our students. You can read more about the preliminary results of the study HERE.
For all of our students who choose to come back to school in-person, these are the modifications we will be making in accordance with UIL, CDC, and district guidelines as well as the results of the UC Aerosol study.