Bronx Junior Photo League

Bronx Junior Photo League classes will follow rigorous health and safety protocols, including temperature screening, social distancing, and mask wearing, as per New York State Department of Health and Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines. Parents and guardians will be asked to complete consent forms to participate in the BJPL summer program.

More information about the Bronx Documentary Center’s COVID-19 safety procedures can be found here. If you have questions, please contact the Education Manager at jesse@bronxdoc.org.

• The BDC requires vaccination for all eligible students. All New Yorkers age 12 or older are eligible to get the COVID vaccine and can schedule an appointment, walk-in without an appointment at many city-run vaccination sites, or walk in without an appointment at New York State-run vaccination sites.
  
  
• We require submission of a negative COVID-19 test result to the BDC Education Manager prior to the first day of class each semester:
  
• All students must submit a negative COVID-19 test result taken 3 days prior to the first day of class on October 13th or 14th, 2021.
• All students must submit a negative COVID-19 test result taken 3 days prior to the first day of class on January 24th, 25th, or 26th.
• Students will not be allowed to attend class until the test is submitted. Scroll down for information on Health & Hospital testing sites (all free) throughout New York City.
• We will require consistent and correct use of well-fitting face masks with proper filtration by all students, staff, and visitors. The BDC will provide KN95 masks to students and staff each week.
  
  
• A daily temperature screen is required for all students and staff upon arrival. This will be conducted by BDC staff and your temperature noted on the sign-in sheet. Anyone with temperatures above the guideline of 97.1-99.1°F will be requested to go home. We ask parents, guardians, or caregivers to monitor their children for signs of infectious illness including COVID-19. Children who have symptoms of any infectious illness or symptoms of COVID-19 should not attend. Staff will also monitor for signs of infectious illness, including COVID-19, and will not attend if they have symptoms.
  
  
• Students and staff will be required to sanitize their hands every time they enter the building. Hand sanitizer is available at the entrance to all buildings and throughout the classroom.
  
  
• We will clearly establish and enforce physical distancing. We will be meeting in the Bronx Documentary Center’s Annex Gallery and in the adjacent community garden, which will enable us to enforce:
• at least 3 feet between all masked students indoors,
• at least 3 feet between all masked students outdoors,
• and at least 6 feet while eating and drinking and unmasked.
  
  

• We will have hand sanitizer and disinfectant supplies readily available through the classroom and will thoroughly clean between each class.

• All meals will be eaten outdoors as weather allows. 

• We will plan for activities that can take place outdoors as much as possible, utilizing the community garden next door and our Melrose neighborhood. When classes are indoors, all windows will be opened for ventilation.

• All activities will take place within walking distance of the Bronx Documentary Center. We will not take any public transportation during the class hours. 
  

• We will provide separated individual spaces to store each student’s belongings. Each student will also be using individual equipment and supplies.

• If anyone does not adhere to our safety guidelines after repeated (up to 3 instances) reminders from staff, we hold the right to dismiss them from the program.

• We will follow these COVID-19 safety procedures if any students or staff show symptoms, receive a diagnosis or positive test of COVID-19, or have direct exposure to someone diagnosed with COVID-19. All COVID-19 concerns should be directed to Education Manager Bianca Farrow.

COVID-19 Vaccinations + Testing for Youth