COVID-19 Resource Hub

Helpful links to help you make a Vaccine Appointment: 

The FDA has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 – 11. This means that all Chicagoans ages 5 and up are now eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

This is exciting news as we continue to prioritize the safety of our students and families.  Here’s how you can help keep your family safe and ensure a safe learning environment for our kids:

 

• Get vaccinated. Vaccinating your child as soon as possible is the best way to ensure that they and their loved ones stay healthy. It reduces their risk of catching the virus and developing serious symptoms and reduces their risk of spreading the virus to others. Vaccines are safe, effective, widely available, and free of charge. Furthermore, vaccinated students who get exposed to current variants of COVID-19 but show no symptoms can avoid quarantining, which means they can stay in the classroom instead of being stuck at home. 

To find a vaccine appointment near you:

• Contact your healthcare provider
• Visit vaccines.gov 
• Text your zip code to 438829
• Call 1-800-232-0233 
• Visit cps.edu/vaccinations to find additional appointments
• Make an appointment at a clinic run by the Chicago Department of Public Health
• Make an appointment to get a vaccine in your home
• Call the City’s COVID-19 helpline at (312) 746-4835
• Make an appointment at a CPS Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
• Make an appointment at a CPS Mobile Event

• Make an appointment at a CPS School-Based Health Center
  
  
• Get tested. CPS has partnered with ThermoFisher to provide free, weekly COVID-19 testing to students and staff district-wide. The ReadyCheckGo™ Testing Program helps to slow the spread of the virus and aims to keep the virus out of our classrooms. Visit www.color.com/readycheckgo-cps to sign your student up for testing.

As always, our highest priority is the health and safety of our students and staff. Thank you for your continued support!

 

Find information about the COVID-19 vaccine in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention page.

 

Información sobre las vacunas de COVID-19 en Espanol.  

La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) acaba de aprobar el uso de la vacuna Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 para niños de 5 a 11 años. Esto significa que todos los habitantes de Chicago mayores de 5 años ahora son elegibles para vacunarse contra el COVID-19.

Esta es una noticia emocionante a medida que continuamos dando prioridad a la seguridad de nuestros estudiantes y familias. Así es cómo puede ayudar a mantener la seguridad de su familia y garantizar un ambiente de aprendizaje seguro.

• Vacúnese. Vacunar a su hijo y a usted mismo es la mejor manera de mantener a su familia sana. El vacunarse reduce el riesgo de que los niños contraigan el virus y desarrollen síntomas graves y también reduce el riesgo de que contagien a personas. Las vacunas son seguras, eficaces, ampliamente disponibles y gratuitas. Además, los estudiantes vacunados que se exponen a las variantes actuales de COVID-19 pero no muestran síntomas, no necesitan ponerse en cuarentena.

Para encontrar una cita para cerca de usted:

• Póngase en contacto con su proveedor de atención médica
• Visite vaccines.gov 
• Envíe su código postal al 438829
• Llame al 1-800-232-0233 
• Visite cps.edu/vaccinations para encontrar otras citas

• Hágase la prueba. CPS se ha asociado con ThermoFisher para ofrecer pruebas de COVID-19 semanales y gratuitas a los estudiantes y al personal de todo el distrito. El programa de pruebas ReadyCheckGo ™ ayuda a detener la propagación del virus y tiene como objetivo mantener el virus fuera de nuestras aulas. Visite https://www.color.com/readycheckgo-cps/spanish para inscribir a su estudiante en las pruebas.

 

Como siempre, nuestra máxima prioridad es la salud y la seguridad de nuestros estudiantes y personal. 

 

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COVID Weekly Testing Registration

Link to Color Registration for weekly COVID Testing:

https://www.color.com/readycheckgo-cps

 

1. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select “iI am a student or parent/guardian.” 
2. Select your school — Back of the Yards HS- student
3. Takes you to a registration page. Answer the questions and once done you should receive a confirmation email. 

 

Once completed you are officially registered for COVID screening test. You do not need to register again. Whenever there is testing at school you are allowed to get tested. Student athletes remember if you are not vaccinated against COVID-19 you are required to take a weekly COVID-19 test weekly.