Daily cleaning protocols and practices will follow the Centers for Disease Control guidelines using EPA-approved products. All areas of campus, especially high-contact surfaces, are being cleaned and sanitized each day.

Each of our classrooms is equipped with a sink and hand washing station. Touchless, wall-mounted hand sanitizer dispensers are available in every classroom and in high-traffic areas such as the front office and hallways to ensure regular access. 

Touchless faucets are installed in bathrooms throughout the campus. Water fountains have been disabled for drinking directly from the fountain. Students should bring their own bottle and only use the bottle filling stations. 

Throughout our campus, Walden has upgraded HVAC air filtration and MERV-rated filters. Our maintenance team focuses on optimizing outside air flow by opening windows and by keeping doors open when possible to promote greater air circulation in the classrooms and buildings. 

Touchless faucets have been installed in bathrooms throughout the campus. We replaced the hand dryers in each restroom with automatic paper towel dispensers.

All medical forms must be updated with family and emergency contacts and current medical forms for a student to attend school. Log into Magnus Health to see your student’s required forms. 

Families should review the CDC and Los Angeles County Department of Health travel health notices for domestic and international travel before undertaking any travel, particularly to an international destination. 

All families and employees are expected to follow directives from national, state, and local authorities to maintain their own health and safety during this pandemic. These include Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Pasadena Public Health, and the CDC Guide on Protecting Yourself and Others.

Students showing signs or symptoms of COVID-19 must not come to school. Parents/guardians must keep them at home and away from others and report the illness to the school. The individual situation will be assessed to see if we can make provisions to support the student through remote learning. Students must be fever-free without medication for 24 hours, and other symptoms such as a cough have improved before returning to school.

Students who arrive sick or become sick during the day will be asked to stay in an isolation room in the front office and will be monitored by the Front Office Administrator and Head of School. Students will be escorted outside to meet parents and provided instructions for isolation and quarantine in accordance with Health Department orders and CDC guidance.

For isolation requirements following a positive Covid test, please review the above section regarding protocols for positive test results.

Anyone in a household who knows or has been notified by the State Health Department that they were in contact with an individual infected with COVID-19 must notify Walden as soon as possible. Students who are fully vaccinated may continue to attend school; unvaccinated students need to quarantine according to the current quarantine guidelines posted at the top of this page. During this time, the student will be able to participate in remote quarantine schooling.