CHILDREN’S MINISTRY HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS
- Members who have not been here since before COVID, email sjammal@apostles.org to register.
- Visitors must check-in at the kiosk.
- All children will have temperatures checked upon check-in through a touchless system.
- All staff, volunteers, and caregivers will be screened on arrival (temperature check, COVID questions) and required to wear a face-covering and implement safety procedures.
- When traveling through the common areas dropping off and picking up your child(ren), we ask that parents wear a face shield or mask.
- Hand sanitizer, soap, and water will be provided in each classroom for frequent hand cleaning.
- Supplies (crayons, etc.) will be pre-apportioned for each child so children do not share supplies.
- Children will be physically distanced throughout the morning.
- All rooms are professionally cleaned and thoroughly sanitized before and after each use.
- Class sizes will be limited to six to eight children and two adult teachers.
- No outside food or beverages allowed.
NURSERY – INFANT THROUGH THREES
- All toys are washed and sanitized each week.
- Diaper changing stations are cleaned thoroughly between each diaper change.
- Check in at the Children’s Ministry Kiosk, then proceed with your child(ren) to their assigned classrooms.
- Diaper changing stations are cleaned thoroughly between each diaper change.
- Pick up your child(ren) in their assigned classroom.
- Parents must exit on the nursery hall by the infant room and out the double doors towards the Sanctuary balcony.
PRESCHOOL – FOURS AND KINDERGARTEN
- For the 9:00 a.m. hour, check in at the Children’s Ministry Kiosk, then proceed with your child to the Preschool Chapel (310).
- All children who are five must be picked up here BY 10:20 a.m. Kindergarteners (children who are five) will attend family worship with their parents at 10:30 a.m.
- If you registered your four year old for BOTH the 9:00 a.m. AND the 10:30 a.m. hours that week, he or she will be escorted to a 10:30 a.m. classroom (room 302 or 303) by a staff member.
- If your four year old is only attending the 10:30 a.m. hour, check in at the Children’s Ministry Kiosk, then proceed with your child to his or her assigned classroom (room 302 or 303).
- Pick up your four year old at his or her assigned classroom at 12:00 p.m.
ELEMENTARY – 1st THROUGH 4th GRADE
- Check in on the 5th (opens at 8:45 a.m.).
- Parents must accompany their 1st-4th graders for check in.
- Elementary will meet at 9:00 a.m. only and attend family worship for the 10:30 a.m. hour.
- Children will be spaced apart large group Bible teaching in room 520.
- Children are asked to wear their space (face) shields while moving through the building and to their individual small group classrooms.
- Pick up children BY 10:20 in their assigned small group rooms on the main floor.