Health and Wellness

The health and safety of our St. Timothy families continues to be of the utmost importance to us.  We are continuing to follow the CDC and AzDHS guidelines and the following procedures have been put in place to help keep our classrooms healthy and safe.  Click below for the full guidelines for childcare facilities regarding COVID-19.

AzDHS Guidelines

What we’re doing to keep everyone safe:

• Each child is visually screened for signs of illness and their temperature is checked at drop off.  Any child with signs of illness or a fever will no be permitted to attend daycare that day.  In addition, children who show signs of illness or develop a fever at any point during the day, will be sent home.
• We have added a plexiglass screen at the front desk and the staff member at the desk is required to wear a mask while doing temperature checks and check in screenings.
• Only one parent may pick up and/or drop off children.  For carpool parents, one adult must stay in the car while the other drops the children off.
• Staff are required to wash and sanitize their hands when they arrive to work and anytime they enter a classroom.
• All staff are continuing to practice safe and frequent hand washing.
• Any staff member who is sick or shows signs of illness is not permitted to work.
• Hand sanitizer dispensers are located in the lobby area of the daycare and throughout the building.
• Washing and sanitizing of toys, tables, chairs, and other classroom surfaces has been increased.
• Nap mats are sanitized daily.
• Infant room toys are sanitized and circulated frequently.
• Visitors and volunteers are not be permitted.
• Infant room car seat parking has been moved to the lobby area – parents are asked to leave the car seat up front and then take their little one to class – we wipe down car seats for the parents once they drop off.

• We have switched to a software system that allows for electronic signature at sign in and sign out which saves paper and helps with germ spread.  We wipe down the tablet as well as the stylus in between parent use.
• Parents must sanitize their hands and wear a mask while they are in the building.
• We are happy to take children to class once they have been signed in – parents who prefer to take their child to class for drop off are still welcome to do so as long as they are wearing a mask.
• Playground/outside time for our three and four year old students has been moved to the morning (weather permitting).  This allows the opportunity for no contact drop off and ensures less parents in the building. 
• Pickup procedures follow the same guidelines as drop off – parents are asked to wait in the lobby area and sign their child out while we get them from the classroom for them.