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Section 10: Student Services

Insurance – Personal The school does not carry insurance for students’ personal effects. Parents should check with their insurance agents to ensure continuation of appropriate coverage while their children are at school. Laundry Service During the first 6 weeks of “quiet life” our housekeeping staff will do all student laundry. Due to the location of our laundry facilities in the Grade 10 and Grade 11 cohort areas, students in these grades will be taught how to ​ use shared laundry facilities​ and will be able to sign up on a schedule to do their own laundry, once the 6 week “quiet life” period is complete.. Our Housekeeping Staff are also available to do their laundry as well, if they wish. Our Grade 9 and Grade 12 students will have all of their laundry done by the Housekeeping Staff all year, as they will not be able to access the laundry facilities due to the cohorting protocols. All students’ bedsheets will be laundered weekly by our Housekeeping Staff. Housekeeping Our Housekeeping Staff have always set the highest of standards for hygiene in Boarding. In addition, this year we will have our Staff working staggered shifts, so that we may have twice daily cleaning of washrooms as well as multiple daily cleaning of high touch and common areas during the week. We will also have Housekeeping Staff working on the weekends, which will be new this year. Health Centre All new students will be given an appointment to visit the Health Centre and meet with the Lead Nurse at the beginning of the Fall Term. Please ensure that we have received all of your child’s school health forms and immunization records by that time. A School Nurse is on-site from 8 am to 4:30 pm during the week and on-call during the evenings and on weekends. Our School Physician, Dr. Sheana Desson, has her office in a medical building around the corner from Havergal. She is available for consultation, as needed. Boarders with prescription medication are asked to sign it in with the Nurse. Boarders are not to have prescription or over the counter medications in their rooms unless it has been approved by the Health Centre Nurses.

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