Dr. Arati Karnik, MD, a member of Urban Adventure Squad's Board of Directors, discusses our safety protocols and the importance of the outdoors in reducing COVID transmission.  

OUTDOOR MASKS NOW OPTIONAL
Effective immediately, the Squad is making masks optional--outdoors only--for programs that we host. We will remain fully masked during the indoor portions of our programs, with no exceptions. We request that all participants wear a KN95 or surgical mask for all indoor time. The Squad will provide these to any child who doesn’t have them. 

We expect that we will continue to remain masked indoors through the summer, and that, unless local and state guidance on outdoor masking changes, we will continue to make masks optional when we are outdoors. 

If this decision affects your ability to participate in future UAS programs, please notify us no later than Tuesday, April 5. If you paid a program fee, we can offer a full refund, and if you accessed a scholarship, we will offer your spot to another family. We are unable to offer any refunds for this reason after Tuesday, April 5. 


WHEN NOT TO SEND YOUR CHILD TO OUR PROGRAM
If your child has tested positive for COVID, they should not rejoin Squad programs for at least 10 days, until symptoms resolve, and they take at least one negative test. If symptoms included fever, they should be fever-free for at least 24 hours without fever-reducing medication. 

Do not send your child to a Squad program if they're experiencing any of the follow symptoms:
          Fever or chills
          Cough
          Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
          Fatigue
          Muscle or body aches
          Headache
          New loss of taste or smell
          Sore throat
          Congestion or runny nose
          Nausea or vomiting
          Diarrhea

Do not send your child if a household member has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing any of the symptoms listed above, or if they have been a close contact of someone who has recently tested positive for COVID-19. 

Urban Adventure Squad follows local and federal guidelines for safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. We continue to adapt and revise our protocols as we follow the science and continue our year-round programming. 

OUR PRIORITY is to continue fully outdoor programs all year round, in every kind of weather, to ensure that children have enriching, joyful, learning opportunities. Our safety protocols and the safety of the outdoors has meant that we have had no occurrences of COVID in our programs. We take a conservative approach to going indoors during the pandemic and will do so only when we are not in a surge of infections, and for brief periods of time. We will revisit and revise this depending on the state of the virus, and will communicate this clearly to families. 

Consistent with the DC vaccine requirement for students, which begins on March 1, 2022, UAS will require proof of full vaccination for students in our spring break and summer programs. 

How to upload your child's vaccine card if you haven't already:
1. Log into your UltraCamp account: https://www.ultracamp.com/clientlogin.aspx?idCamp=996&campCode=lpa
2. Click the three bars to pull up the menu on the left-hand side of your screen
3. Click "My Account," then "Overview"
4. Under "Account Members," click your child's name
5. Click "Edit My Bio Information"
6. On that page, scroll all the way down until you see "COVID-19 VACCINE CARD"
7. Click browse and select the vaccine card photo from your computer to upload. Make sure the file format is an image file like .jpeg or .png, UltraCamp won't accept .pdf uploads.
8. Scroll to the bottom of the page and hit "SAVE"
9. You should get a green message saying "The action was completed successfully."
10. Do this for every child you have enrolled in UAS programs on or after April 11th​

RATIOS
For each program, we are registering a total of 7-8 children per UAS educator. Children will be in separate groups of 7-8 children each, led by one UAS educator called a Squad leader.

These separate groups will remain within calling distance of each other--so that Squad leaders can support each other in case of an emergency, illness, or injury--but they will not interact as one large group.
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DISTANCING
During our fully outdoor programs, children are encouraged to space out comfortably and we make sure students are at a distance from each other when eating or drinking. 


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