At-Home COVID Testing

At-Home COVID Testing
Posted on 12/07/2021
At-Home COVID Testing

Dear Parents/Guardians:

When your child shows symptoms of COVID-19 they must be tested before returning to school. You may seek a rapid antigen or PCR test at any of these locations. We are now also accepting results from home test kits that have FDA emergency authorization (EUA).  Please email all test results to [email protected] or call our health office prior to returning your child to school.  We have a limited supply of at-home test kits to distribute to Chester Academy families that have difficulty otherwise obtaining a test.  Please call our Health Office at 887-3621 x135 for assistance.

Instructions for submitting Rapid Antigen Home Test Kits:

  1. Ensure the test has FDA Emergency Authorization and follow the instructions carefully

  2. Write the the student's First and Last Name and the Time of the Test directly on the result card

  3. Email a Clear Photo of the completed Result Card including the Brand Name of the test  to [email protected] 

  4. The nurse will verify your results from the picture and contact you with questions or clearance to return to school.

 

Instructions for submitting PCR Home Test Kits:

PCR home tests allow you to collect your sample at home and send it directly to a lab.

Free PCR test kits are now available from the state of New Hampshire.

  1. Ensure the test had FDA Emergency Authorization and follow the instructions carefully

  2. When you receive your test results please forward them to [email protected] prior to sending your child to school. 

  3. The nurse will verify your results and contact you with questions or clearance to return to school.

 

If you have been exposed to COVID-19 or have any of the symptoms, please notify our nurses at 887-3621 x135. 

Thank you again for your partnership as we keep children learning in person this school year!

Superintendent Locke