Each school has developed their own operational plan for the 2021‒22 school year. Public health officials and school superintendents approve these operational plans.
The plans are available:
- from your child’s school; and
- on school websites.
Find your child’s school website by:
- following the link for their school; and
- clicking on the link to the school's website.
School administrators develop school operational plans based on:
- Health and safety K-12 school guidelines for 2021-22: COVID-19 set by the Yukon's Chief Medical Officer of Health;
- School during COVID-19;
- Yukon Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education Recovery Plan; and
- Blended learning options offered to students.
Daily update: current learning delivery in Yukon schools
We update this information every weekday. The table shows whether a school's program delivery is in person or remote based on:
- operational capacity, and
- public health direction.
During remote learning, while most students are learning from home, some students may be able to attend in-person. This may include, but is not limited to:
- essential service workers' children;
- students with diverse learning needs; and
- students in a Shared Resource Program.
Contact the school administration for details.
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School |
Program delivery |
End date (2022) |
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Centre scolaire secondaire communautaire Paul-Émile Mercier (CSSC Mercier) |
In-person learning |
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Chief Zzeh Gittlit School |
In-person learning |
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Christ the King Elementary School |
In-person learning |
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Del Van Gorder School |
In-person learning |
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École Émilie-Tremblay |
In-person learning |
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École Whitehorse Elementary School |
In-person learning |
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Elijah Smith Elementary School |
In-person learning |
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Eliza Van Bibber School |
In-person learning |
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F.H. Collins Secondary School |
In-person learning |
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Gadzoosdaa Student Residence |
In-person learning |
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Ghùch Tlâ Community School |
In-person learning |
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Golden Horn Elementary School |
In-person learning |
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Grey Mountain Primary School |
In-person learning |
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Hidden Valley Elementary School |
In-person learning |
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Holy Family Elementary School |
In-person learning |
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Individual Learning Centre |
In-person learning |
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J.V. Clark School |
In-person learning |
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Jack Hulland Elementary School |
In-person learning |
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Johnson Elementary School |
In-person learning |
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Khàtìnas.àxh Community School |
In-person learning |
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Kluane Lake School |
In-person learning |
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Nelnah Bessie John School |
In-person learning |
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Porter Creek Secondary School |
In-person learning |
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Robert Service School |
In-person learning |
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Ross River School |
In-person learning |
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Selkirk Elementary School |
In-person learning |
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St. Elias Community School |
In-person learning |
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Takhini Elementary School |
In-person learning |
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Tantalus School |
In-person learning |
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Teen Parent Centre |
In-person learning |
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Vanier Catholic Secondary School |
In-person learning |
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Watson Lake Secondary School |
In-person learning |
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Wood Street Centre |
In-person learning |
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Changes to exposure notices for schools
We'll continue to closely monitor student attendance and work with Yukon Communicable Disease Control (YCDC) staff to monitor the public health situation at each school.
With the introduction of rapid antigen tests, as well as the current number of active COVID-19 cases currently in the Yukon, Yukon Communicable Disease Control staff will change how they conduct their case follow up activities.
They'll shift to school-based surveillance and away from managing individual cases and contacts.
In the coming days, Yukon Communicable Disease Control staff will decrease the amount of case and contact management work they do for schools and will no longer issue school exposure notifications.
What happens if a student or staff member tests positive for COVID-19?
If you or your child have been tested at a Government of Yukon testing facility
Students or staff who test positive for COVID-19 are required to:
- self-isolate at home; and
- follow Yukon Communicable Disease Control's online guidance.
If you or your child have taken a self-administered test for people who are symptomatic
- Continue to self-isolate for the appropriate number of days provided in the rapid test instructions.
- You do not need to get a PCR lab test unless you meet the high-risk criteria in the testing recommendations.
- Notify your household contacts and close contacts:
- Continue following the public health measures for COVID-19.
Are classmates close contacts? Do I need to tell my school about my positive rapid antigen test?
All Yukon schools have an operational plan for communicable disease that follows the Chief Medical Officer of Health’s K–12 school guidelines for 2021–22: COVID-19. Yukon schools apply layers of public health measures to reduce transmission of COVID-19 in the classroom.
Students and staff who test positive for COVID-19 are not required to notify the school or other people at school about their positive result. To protect personal privacy, schools cannot use test result information about students or staff members to notify other people.
If you're contacting your school to notify them about your absence, you can let the school know it's due to illness and, if you choose, tell them it's because of a positive COVID-19 test.
What happens if I have a family member at home who tests positive for COVID-19?
If your family member was tested at a Government of Yukon testing facility, Yukon Communicable Disease Control staff will contact them and their family if they've been diagnosed with COVID-19.
The person who's diagnosed with COVID-19 is required to:
- self-isolate at home; and
- follow the instructions Yukon Communicable Disease Control staff give them.
Yukon Communicable Disease Control staff will provide any follow-up recommendations, including whether other family members need to self-isolate.
If your family member takes a self-administered rapid antigen test they should follow the directions provided with the testing kit.
If someone tests positive for COVID-19 at school, will the entire class or school have to stay home and self-isolate?
Because of the rapid spread of the Omicron variant we assume that most staff and students are infected outside of the school setting.
The change to school based surveillance for respiratory illnesses may mean we issue general school notifications about rates of illness in school settings but not specific guidance to stay home and self isolate.
Staff and students should:
- continue to monitor themselves daily for symptoms of COVID-19;
- stay home if they're sick; and
- get tested as needed.
When can students or staff who have tested positive for COVID-19 return to school?
If people get tested at a Government of Yukon testing facility, Yukon Communicable Disease Control staff and the Yukon’s Chief Medical Officer of Health will provide the direction for when they can safely return to school.
People taking a self-administered rapid antigen test should follow the directions provided with the testing kit.
If students or staff test positive for COVID-19, will you inform the school community?
If people get tested at a Government of Yukon testing facility, Yukon Communicable Disease Control staff will directly contact them and their family if they've been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Yukon Communicable Disease Control will only inform the school community if they decide it's necessary in order to manage a suspected outbreak.