YCIS-BJ Receives Approval to Reopen on Monday | 北京耀中获准于下周一复课

In light of the announcement by the Beijing Municipal Education Committee earlier this month allowing Schools in Beijing to reopen for some year levels after months of online learning, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, every member of YCIS-BJ staff has worked diligently towards ensuring that our School passed the final inspection conducted by representatives from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDCP), the Chaoyang Education Committee (CEC) and Beijing Education Committee (BEC) and the Beijing Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (BCDPC) this week.

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The purpose of this inspection was to guarantee staff and, most importantly, our Year 13 students' safety upon their return to campus on Monday, April 27th. The inspection comes after weeks of preparation by the School Leadership Team and YCIS Beijing Administrative staff who have been undertaking a thorough campus clean-up since March to ensure our facilities are ready and the staff on duty is equipped with protective gear and equipment such as temperature sensors, UV document disinfection cabinets and UV sterilizers amongst others.

According to Amber Dang, EA to the School Leadership Team, who has been closely involved in the process of getting the greenlight to reopen our campus on Monday, the preparation was thorough and based on “a detailed list of what we needed to prepare in order to reopen. There were 10 main points including 100 smaller detailed items we needed to self-check on ” she said.

Among the list of items checked by the delegation was the Emergency Contingency Plan and YCIS-BJ's Epidemic Prevention Working Plan. It is crucial that all staff is aware of what procedures needs to be followed in case of an emergency – who to contact and what to do at each stage, and what their role will be on a daily basis.

Another important aspect of the requirements by the local government was to revise some of the current school policies to fit the current situation, including leave application policy, morning and lunch temperature checks and cleaning policies to ensure that health and safety remain a priority.

With the senior class returning to school on Monday, safeguarding theirs and everyone's health also included providing every staff with new masks every day when on campus, and in case of emergency, N95 masks are also available on site, Ms Dang said .

During their visit, the officers inspected our school buildings and shared how impressed they were with the entire school's dedication to the process. According to Ms Dang, the inspection team thought the School was well prepared and indeed paid a lot of attention to details, which made it obvious how important the process has been to the school.

With the campus now ready to welcome our graduating class back on campus, we would like to express gratitude to every member of staff for their tireless work during this process. Go YCIS Beijing!

经历数月的在线学习，北京耀中的每一名员工在新冠肺炎疫情期间一直不懈努力。继上周北京市教育委员会公告允许北京的学校对部分年级试开学，我们学校通过了由中国疾病控制和预防中心 (CCDCP)、朝阳区教育委员会(CEC)、北京市教育委员会(BEC)和北京市疾病预防控制中心（BCDPC）组成的代表团执行的全面检查。

这次检查的目的是为了保证工作人员的安全，最重要的是保证高三学生们在4月27日(星期一)返回校园时的安全。检查之前数周的准备工作由学校管理团队和北京耀中行政员工执行，他们3月以来一直在对校园进行彻底清洁，以确保我们准备好所需设备，值班人员还配备了防护装备和设备如温度传感器、紫外线文件消毒柜和紫外线消毒器。

党洁是学校管理团队助理，她一直密切参与高三试开学的准备工作，她向我们介绍道：“我们需要准备一份详细的清单，以便重新开放校园”。清单包含10个要点，100项我们需要自查的细则。”

代表团核查的项目清单中包括《北京耀中国际学校应对新冠肺炎疫情应急处置预案》和《北京耀中国际学校防疫工作方案》。至关重要的是，所有工作人员都应了解在紧急情况下需要遵循什么流程——与谁联系以及在每个阶段应该做什么。

政府要求的另一个重要方面是修改一些目前的学校政策以适应当前的情况，包括《因病缺勤缺课跟踪记录制度》、《师生晨午检制度》和《环境卫生检查通报制度》等制度，确保健康和安全仍然是重中之重。

下周一，毕业班的学生将返回校园，为了确保他们和其他人的健康，我们将每天为在校员工提供新的口罩，以防紧急情况的发生，我们还将准备N95口罩。”

检查期间，他们参观了我们的教学楼，并表示对学校所付出的一切努力印象深刻。据党女士说，检查小组认为学校准备得很充分，确实很注意细节，这体现出学校对试开学防疫和教学工作的重视。

现在，我们的毕业班即将返校，在此，我们要感谢每一位工作人员在这期间所付出的不懈努力。北京耀中加油!