What is the mask requirement for athletics and band?

updated Sept. 13:

  • Outdoor athletics/activities: no masks required, but testing is strongly encouraged especially for non-vaccinated students
  • Indoor athletics/activities: masks are required indoors, but teams will be tested daily and mask requirements can be lifted if testing is negative.
  • Secondary Marching Band:
    • Outdoor – no masks
    • Indoor – masks and testing (same as an athletic team)

Instrumental Music

  • No additional spacing required
  • Students need to use bell covers on wind instruments when playing indoors.
  • No bell covers required outdoors.
  • APS Arts Ed has purchased bell covers for wind instruments.
  • Students can wear a slit or regular mask when playing a wind instrument, they can lower a regular mask while playing.
  • Percussion students need to be masked always when indoors.
  • String instruments (violin, viola, cello, bass) do not need bell covers (only standard face mask for student).
  • Percussion instruments do not need bell covers (only face mask for student).
  • Students should wash their hands or sanitize at the start and end of class.
  • No audience limitations currently

Choral and General Music:

  • No additional spacing required.
  • Every student must wear a face mask 3 layers well fitted cloth or disposable masks are recommended.
  • Singing indoors can only occur while being masked.
  • No masks required if singing outdoors.
  • No recorder playing indoors.
  • Students should wash their hands or sanitize at the start and end of class.
  • No audience limitations currently

Theater:

  • No additional spacing required.
  • Every student must wear a face mask.
  • Singing will only be allowed while being masked.
  • Singing can take place outdoors without masks.
  • Students should wash their hands or sanitize at the start and end of class.
  • No audience limitations currently

Visual Art:

  • No additional spacing required.
  • Every student must wear a face mask.
  • Materials can be shared and will be wiped down as needed.
  • Students should wash their hands or sanitize at the start and end of class.

· Tables should be wiped between each class.