Important Health and Safety information

Maple Lawn Montessori places the utmost priority on the health and safety of the children in our care, our team members, and the families we serve.

Cleaned – Ongoing throughout the day and evening

To maintain a clean and hygienic environment, our cleaning staff in all schools have increased their frequency in daily cleaning and disinfecting of surfaces, classrooms, furniture, shared areas and items to ensure the safety and well-being of our staff and children. This would avoid contamination from the shared items used in school.

Sanitized – Continuous air scrubbing and purification system*

Above and beyond the health and safety requirements for any child care system. Our centers are installing an enhanced air purification and filtration system with Advanced Oxidation Technology. Similar in design to what is used in healthcare, food processing plants, and other highly sensitive environments, it significantly reduces infectious airborne pathogens by purifying the air. HEPA filters remove airborne particulates.

Transparent – Secure Online Video Monitoring

Stay connected to your child throughout the day from work or home. Our Internet Monitoring System enables you to see your child in real-time over a secure, password-protected internet connection.  

In addition to the above cleaning and sanity, we are implementing rigorously the below steps to adhere Maple Lawn a SAFE zone

    • Increase focus on good hygiene practices including frequency of handwashing and coughing and sneezing etiquette.

    • Provide hand sanitizer for adults as necessary.

    • Manage classroom group sizes, maintaining teacher-student ratios and avoid combining children from different classrooms.

    • Increase sanitization of frequently touched surfaces and all toys and manipulatives after use.

    • Containment for all crib sheets, cot sheets and blankets, food utensils, and other personal items.

    • Limiting the use of playground equipment to one classroom at a time and disinfecting in between classroom use.

    • Frequently communicating enhanced measures with families and staff.

    • Temporary suspension of field trips and inside group gatherings such as graduations, recitals, and other events.

    • Increase virtual field trip experiences and outdoor activity.

    • Continuing to implement our handwashing procedures frequently throughout the day using soap and water and scrubbing vigorously for at least 20 seconds.

    • Reminding teachers and students to avoid touching eyes, nose, and mouth.

    • Strictly enforcing our illness policy for both students and staff.

    • Separating sick students and teachers from others until they can go home.

    • Rigorously implementing our three-step cleaning process (wash, rinse, disinfect) for toys and surfaces.

    • Removing and sanitizing mouthed toys immediately.

    • Regular laundering of soft items such as bedding, boppy pillows, dress up items, puppets, etc.

In addition, we ask that families support the healthy environment in our Academy with the following measures:

Please be sure to wash your hands and your child’s hands when you arrive at a room for morning drop-off. Help protect our most vulnerable children. Only classroom-assigned infants should be present in each infant room. For families with multiple children, drop off your older children first and pick them up last.

At Maple Lawn Montessori we always have believed in giving the “little more”. Our goal is always to ensure a joyful, safe, and secure environment with loads of tender loving care, from the moment you, and your child arrive. We understand the current pandemic situation and fears, all of us at Maple Lawn Montessori will assure you that your child is happy and safe, in a place where he can play, grow & learn to become independent and confident.

Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic, we take your child’s safety more seriously than ever.

  • Please be rest assured about the measures we are taking to prevent flu and other viruses (Coronavirus) as there is a new health threat that arises.
  • As the highest priority, we follow our standard sanitizing and health standards to prevent the spread of Flu and other Viruses.
  • We also understand this has been a challenging time for you, and we greatly appreciate your diligence in keeping children and families safe.

  • Here in Maple Lawn Montessori, all the surfaces, are regularly sanitized, with child-safe disinfectants, and other cleaning products, which are approved by the EPA.
  • To maintain a clean and hygienic environment, our cleaning staff in all schools have increased their frequency in daily cleaning and disinfecting of surfaces, classrooms, furniture, shared areas and items to ensure the safety and well-being of our staff and children. This would avoid contamination from the shared items used in school.
  • Our centers are also, professionally cleaned & disinfected to ensure the healthiest, and safest environment.

  • Children being children are born to explore, and we as caring and understanding adults will allow them to be themselves, but will absolutely make sure they wash hands, regularly throughout the day, making this fun and engaging.
  • After a day filled with learning, playing & growing it’s time for pick up. Your child’s teacher prepares your little one, for departure by washing their hands, freshening them up, getting their belongings, and bringing them to the reception area, where you will pick them up.

  • Curbside pickup.

  • Check the temperature on arrival.

  • Wash hands upon arrival (Both kids and staff) and multiple times during the day.

  • Randomly enquiring about the health of family members.

  • Make sure the same group of kids engage everyday.
  • The staff wears masks all the time.
  • No visitors allowed.
  • Staff& parental symptom check log everyday

  • Encourage kids to maintain 6 feet inside classrooms and outside time. Assemblies, mass celebrations will be suspended to prevent any possible spread of the virus among students and staff. To minimize exposure of children to large crowds, all excursions and field trips are suspended.

  • When starting your day with us, we ask you to wait outside, & maintain the 6 ft social distancing norm.
  • Once you are at the reception, your child’s temperature will be taken with a touchless thermometer and recorded, after which you will need to answer a few mandatory screening questions. Your candid answers will help us keep your child, and everyone in the centers, safe and healthy.

Families are the first line of prevention:

  • Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
  • Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds especially after going to the bathroom, before eating and after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
  • Stay home when you are sick.
  • Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue and throw the tissue in the trash.
  • Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning spray or wipe.

We appreciate your trust in us, and will leave no stone unturned, to do everything possible, to ensure that all the children and adults with us, stay healthy and safe in our care.