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Friday, October 16
October 16, 2020
Parents and Friends of TCS,
With Homecoming this week, we want to remind families of the guidelines established regarding home football games. Most have done a great job of following the guidelines but there have been issues with elementary and middle school students not being where they need to be. Per our emails:
Students and children 8th grade and below must remain with parent/adult guardian at all times. The playground and the slope by the field house are off limits.
This means students not in high school should not attend unless a parent/adult guardian is with them. Additionally, we have requested only current Temple families attend the event. We love our alumni and former students, but in order to stay at 50% capacity we have to make this request.
Several parents have asked about hybrid students being able to wear their mums/garters to school on Thursday—absolutely!
Finally, we are going to have a short, outdoors pep rally Friday morning with our secondary students. We will also be recognizing Dorothy Stringer during this time and making a few presentations to her.
Neil Childs, MA
Head of School
Ft. Worth Temple Christian School
What i believe in my heart must make sense in my mind
Ravi Zacharias
We love the sense of community a home football game brings, and are excited to see our first game this Friday. Nevertheless, it is important for us to realize COVID 19 is still a reality, and as with everything else, how we attend games are going to look different in the short term future. With this in mind, we want to share the following procedures which have been established by TAPPS as well as TEA and CDC. We have been blessed to have no positive cases so far among our staff or student body, but this has been due in part to the diligence of our TCS community following guidelines. TCS asks these procedures be followed at all home games until otherwise noted.
TCS FOOTBALL COVID 19 GAMEDAY PROTOCOLS
Game Dates, Times & Admissions/Seating Capacity
● Attendance to football games will be limited to 50% stadium capacity.
Bleachers will be marked off with tape every other row, spectators are asked to avoid sitting on rows that have been taped off.
● Tickets will be purchased at the gate. Varsity football tickets are $7/adult and $4/child. All other sports and levels are $6/$3.
Please do your best to have correct change, or pay with a card.
Fans and Spectators
● Per TAPPS regulations, spectators must wear face coverings at all indoor and outdoor athletic events at Temple Christian School.
If outside, fans may remove face coverings only when physically distanced at least six feet from others not in their immediate family.
Face coverings are not required while eating or drinking.
No outside food or drinks permitted.
● All fans must maintain social distancing unless seated with family.
Students and children 8th grade and below must remain with parents at all times. The playground and the slope by the field house are off limits.
● Fans are not allowed on the field before, during or after the game.
● Restrooms available as usual. Please use social distancing when possible.
● Fans are not allowed to remain at facilities after games are completed. After each scheduled game the bleachers will be cleared. No loitering in the parking lots are permitted.
General – Fans, Coaches and Athletes
By entering the TCS stadium, you are affirming that neither you nor anyone in your household has:
• Had contact with anyone diagnosed with COVID-19 within the last 14 days.
• Had a fever above 100 degrees Fahrenheit within the past 24 hours.
• Been experiencing or recently experienced any of the following symptoms:
o A persistent cough (unless due to known cause)
o Shortness of breath or chest tightness
o Sore throat
o Body aches
o Loss of taste and/or smell
o Diarrhea (unless due to known cause)
o Nausea and/or vomiting
Our desire is to offer the opportunity to our student athletes to compete in the sports they love and to be able to cheer for them as a community. While none of us would prefer to have these rules in place, we are following guidance as well as mandates from our governing bodies. Thank you for how you have supported and rallied around our student body and faculty to make the best of a bad situation. Blessings, and Go Eagles!!
October 16, 2020