UPDATED 8/5/24
In alignment with the CDC, The Museum School is updating its COVID-19 policy. Effective immediately, anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 will not have a 5-day isolation period. Instead, those with COVID-19 can return to school and normal activities so long as their symptoms improve, and continue improving over 24 hours and they no longer have a fever, without having used fever-reducing medications. Anyone recovering from respiratory illness should take additional precautions for five days, like wearing well-fitting masks, washing their hands, keeping a distance from others, and improving ventilation in their spaces. Please contact the school if you have any questions.
Updates will be shared at monthly TMS board meetings and through parent newsletters.
TMS Illness Policy
- If your student is not feeling well and needs to stay home from school, please inform your student’s homeroom teacher and the front desk at [email protected].
- If your student has a fever, vomiting, or diarrhea, they will need to stay home at least 24 hours from the time the fever, vomiting, or diarrhea has resolved without the aid of medication.
- Any student with a fever, vomiting, or a new loss of taste or smell should test for COVID-19 before returning to school. Home test kits are available at the school.
COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Resources
- Your student’s pediatrician may have COVID-19 vaccinations and/or testing available. Please check in with them for availability.
- Many pharmacies have both vaccines and tests available. Some of those include:
The Dekalb County Board of Health has testing sites available here, and vaccination sites available here.
TMS Health and Wellness
- View the COVID-19 Guide for Protecting Yourself and Others
- Watch these quick videos from CHOA on Handwashing, Mask Use, and Social Distancing
TMS Counseling Team
Dana Lewis (grades K-5) [email protected]
Kira Defreitas (grades 6-8) kira.defreitas@
- Crisis situations (ie. student having homicidal/suicidal/ self-harm ideations)
- Mental Health Resources
- Financial Resources (ie. housing, homelessness, uniforms, snacks)
- Social/ Emotional concerns impacting the learning environment
- Supporting a student in the MTSS process
- Student Counseling
TMS Executive Director
Dr. Katherine Kelbaugh [email protected]
- Financial Resources (school supplies, nutrition assistance)
Nutrition Coordinator
Erin Johnson [email protected]
- Support with Free and Reduced Lunch and change with your family’s Free and Reduced Lunch status.
