Mental & Physical Health & Wellness

• Teaches weekly Life Skills to all students in grades K-4 to enhance social-emotional learning
• Supports students one-on-one, in small groups, and in classroom settings 
• Educates students on self-awareness, self-management, and social awareness
• Provides parent education and works with families to build communication skills, positive parenting strategies and provide guidance for having difficult conversations in developmentally appropriate ways
• Works closely with the Learning Department and Key administration to advocate for students and families

• Sees students one-on-one or in small groups to address short-term challenges, help manage emotions and apply interpersonal skills
• Collaborates with families, outside providers, faculty, and administration to support student social-emotional success and growth
• Develops and teaches Middle School Life Skills and Upper School Community Seminar programs
• Works closely with learning support team to identify and support students of concern
• Offers professional development for faculty and staff and develops parent education programs 
• Coordinates speakers and programming for students on topics related to their social-emotional health

• Provides health care, first aid and medical support during the school day
• Supports families who have children with chronic care concerns such as allergies, asthma, diabetes, and seizures
• Engages with families, faculty and staff to ensure continuity of care as children transition from one grade to the next
• Works closely with Key administration to provide guidance and education on community-wide health concerns

• Provides in-person, on-site support for student-athletes, grades 5-12
• Recognizes, evaluates and offers immediate care and treatment of athletic injuries
• Collaborates with health professionals and assists with rehabilitation during injury recovery
• Provides daily, in-person coverage of practices and home field athletic events

Students with any symptoms of an infectious illness such as COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and gastrointestinal infections should not attend school and should be tested for COVID-19 if appropriate. Please contact Key’s Health Office to develop a return-to-school plan. Students must be without a fever (less than 100°F) for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication prior to returning to school.

Students who become ill at school must be picked up within one hour.

If your student has a respiratory virus, including COVID-19:

• Keep them home and away from others if respiratory virus symptoms are present. These symptoms can include fever, chills, fatigue, cough, runny nose, and headache, among others.
   
• They can return to School when, for at least 24 hours, both are true:
  • Their symptoms are getting better overall, AND
     
  • They have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication).
     
• When they go back to their normal activities, they should take added precautions over the next five days, such as taking additional steps for cleaner air, hygiene, masks, physical distancing, and/or testing when they will be around other people indoors.

If your student tests positive for COVID-19, or any other respiratory virus, please continue to report to Key’s Health Office. Doing so allows the School to effectively track trends in illness and mitigate potential outbreaks.

Key’s Health Office offers diagnostic testing for any student, faculty or staff member with symptoms or those who were in close contact with someone with COVID-19. The Maryland Department of Health provides schools with at-home rapid antigen tests. Families may pick up these test kits, as well as extra masks, from the Health Office as needed.