Requirements for Onsite Classes in 1st and 2nd Semesters, SY 2022-2023 (OVPLS Memo)

MEMO TO:                 Loyola Schools Community

                                      ATTENTION:  Loyola Schools Students

MEMO FROM:           [Sgd.] Maria Luz C Vilches, PhD

                                    Vice-President 

SUBJECT:                  REQUIREMENTS FOR ONSITE CLASSES IN 1ST & 2ND SEMESTERS, SY 2022-2023

Hello LS community!  I hope that the Intersession classes are going well.

On 5 April 2022, I wrote a memo with the subject, “Requirements for Possible Fully Onsite Classes in SY 2022-2023.”  This current one is an update with a modified subject to indicate our directive for onsite classes in the succeeding semesters this SY 2022-2023. 

In the absence of new government regulations regarding students’ qualifications for onsite classes, we are upholding those that we cited in the earlier memo, as found in the following documents: CHED-DOH Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2021-04 issued on 1 December 2021; Guidelines for Limited Face-to-Face Classes in Educational Institutions in Quezon City issued by the City Mayor on 1 March 2022;  Supplemental Guidelines to the CHED-DOH Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) No. 2021-004 on the Additional Guidelines for the Operations of Limited Face-to-Face Classes of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Areas Under Alert Level 1 (Memo 26, Series 2022) issued by NCR CHEd Regional Director on 22 March 2022.  

On account of the provisions in these government regulations documents, and in view of onsite classes, please observe the following and note important deadlines section towards the end of this memo:      

1.       All Loyola Schools students have to sign a Co-Responsibility and Co-Accountability Undertaking at least a week prior to the resumption of classes for each of the First Semester and the Second Semester. This Undertaking aims to ensure our shared responsibility of protecting the health of everyone within the Loyola Schools and in the wider community. It serves to supplement our existing responsibilities as articulated in the pertinent University and Loyola Schools policies. To accomplish the Undertaking form, please access the G-Form here: https://bit.ly/LSUndertakingFormforStudents22-23

2.       All Loyola Schools students who have significant co-morbidities or those living with individuals with similar conditions are enjoined to consider taking their classes online. Please access this link for a list of conditions considered as significant comorbidities: https://go.ateneo.edu/ListofComorbidConditions

a.             If you opt to take your classes online, you are required to request the approval of the Office of Health Services, declare your condition (or that of the persons you are living with), and submit the supporting medical certificates through this form using your official obf.ateneo.edu email: https://go.ateneo.edu/RequestForOnlineModeofClasses  

b.                   If you opt to take your classes onsite, you are required to notify the Office of Health Services of your condition (or that of the persons you are living with) and submit a medical certification from a licensed physician indicating that you are fit or cleared to take your classes onsite. Please access and accomplish this form for this purpose using your official obf.ateneo.edu email: https://go.ateneo.edu/Undertaking-Students-SignificantComorbidities  

c.                    Deadlines: For those with First and Second Semester classes, the deadlines for asking permission are Tuesday, 05 July 2022 and Monday, 26 September 2022, respectively. These new deadlines are in consideration of our endeavor to achieve smoother and more efficient class scheduling and other related processes that will benefit students and faculty. Only the forms accomplished using the official obf.ateneo.edu accounts shall be considered as submitted. If you fail to accomplish the forms before the deadlines, we assume that you are opting to join classes onsite.

3.     All Loyola Schools students who are still unvaccinated or partially vaccinated are required to complete their vaccination in view of attending classes onsite. And when this is done, please inform the Office of Health Services Tuesday, 5th July for those registering for the First Semester and Monday 26th September for those registering for the Second Semester. Otherwise, you will remain following your courses online.

4.   For students who have already submitted requests to the Office of Health Services for the coming semesters, there is no need to resubmit documents. 

5.  For those who are vaccinated, please update your BluePHR for COVID-19 vaccination through the link: https://bluepass.ateneo.edu/ on or before Tuesday, 5th July 2022. 

PLEASE NOTE: The Loyola Schools will no longer be accepting non-medical reasons as bases for application for fully online classes in the 1st and 2nd semesters.

4. First-year and second-year students who have not yet complied with the requirement for a Chest Xray and completed immunization record in their medical record should submit these. The Chest Xray result should be done within the last 3 to 6 months. Please inform the Office of Health Services by updating your personal health record through this link: https://bluepass.ateneo.edu/. For those with First and Second Semester classes, the deadlines for informing OHS are Tuesday, 5th July and Monday 26th September, respectively. Those who have already complied with the submission of a Chest radiograph result need not re-submit.

Please make a careful note of the above directives so that you can arrange your personal schedules and make good decisions in view of your re-entry onsite into the Loyola Schools for SY 2022-2023.  It may do you well to keep abreast of all developments through the LS One return to campus portal: go.ateneo.edu/LSOneReturnToCampus.

Watch this space for more information on onsite classes.

Meantime, please be guided accordingly.