The U.S. Centers for Disease Control recently announced new guidance regarding COVID-19 and vaccines.
Among other things, the CDC now says that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask in most settings, except where required by state and local laws.
(People are considered fully vaccinated 2 weeks after their second dose in a 2-dose series, or 2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine.)
St. Joseph County has also lifted the mask-mandate for public businesses.
Based on this new guidance regarding vaccine effectiveness, beginning May 17, 2021, we are modifying our policy regarding face coverings.
We will allow patrons who are fully vaccinated to enter our facility without a face mask or face shield.
We will not require proof of vaccination, but we do ask for your responsible and respectful cooperation with this revised policy.
We ask that you continue to follow proper Social Distancing guidelines whenever possible.
We will sanitize equipment daily (as well as students hands between each event).

As the majority of our students are younger and ineligible to be vaccinated, we are only asking students to wear a face covering while inside the facility if possible.
  * With gymnastics being a strenous activity, class participants may pull their mask down under their chin or remove it entirely.
Our bleachers are still marked to indicate a 6ft minimum distance between patrons.
We will keep our balcony area open to allow you to further spread out.
We are still blocking off our drinking fountains until we are advised it's safe to allow usage of them again.
With that being said, please remember to bring your own water/sports bottle with you (with your child's name/initials on it) and we do have drinks available for purchase at our facility, as well.
We are still not allowing any open-gym time.
With the mask-mandate lifted, we will monitor the COVID situation in our community and when it is safe to do so, we will reintroduce open-gym time.
We reserve the right to ask anyone to remove themselves from our facility if we feel like they are a possible health hazard to our employees or other patrons of our establishment.
(If you are coughing, sneezing, or otherwise seem ill of health, we don't want to risk possible contamination to others, even if you are wearing a mask. Please be respectful of our new policies and the health of others if there is any possibility that you are sick. Thank you for understanding and for your cooperation in this matter.)

We want to remain open for you all but we also want EVERYONE to be as safe as possible.

Thank you for understanding and for being with us!
We appreciate your patronage and support and are very much looking forward to a sense of normalcy again!
Stay safe and healthy.

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