AdventHealth Helps Bayshore Christian School Safely Reopen for Students

August 05, 2020 — AdventHealth Carrollwood has partnered with Bayshore Christian School in Tampa to provide an extensive safety strategy for safely reopening for class on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. AdventHealth provided the school with key strategies and implementation plans to assist the K-12 school in limiting the spread of COVID-19 in the classroom setting.

“We are taking extra steps in our hospital and in our communities to ensure everyone is safe as we navigate COVID-19,” said Erika Skula, President and CEO, AdventHealth Carrollwood. “By partnering with Bayshore Christian School we can provide these students, teachers and staff with best practices to create the safest environment possible as they return to class.”

AdventHealth Carrollwood clinicians assisted the school with a plan that would allow for all 220 students to return to the classroom. Some of the key strategies implemented include:

• Enhanced student drop-off and pick up
• Required temperature screenings
• Enhanced prepackaged lunches

“As the Head of School at Bayshore Christian School, I am grateful to have the opportunity to work hand in hand with AdventHealth as a community partner,” Melanie Humenansky, Head of School, Bayshore Christian School. “This relationship validates the decision making of the school’s administration in confirming we are taking the right steps in keeping our students safe. The recommendations were openly received, and we have purchased the suggested additional items and look forward to implementing the processes for the opening of the school year."

AdventHealth is committed to the health and wellness of the community. AdventHealth Carrollwood has achieved 10 consecutive Leapfrog Grade A rankings and several Top General Hospital honors. The Leapfrog Group focuses on safety and lowering and eliminating infections in the hospital setting.

About AdventHealth West Florida Division

The West Florida Division of AdventHealth has some of the nation’s brightest medical minds making lifesaving breakthroughs with surgical pioneers, scientists and researchers using leading edge technology and innovation to deliver our brand of whole-person care. Our network of care includes AdventHealth Carrollwood, AdventHealth Connerton, AdventHealth Dade City, AdventHealth Lake Placid, AdventHealth North Pinellas, AdventHealth Ocala, AdventHealth Sebring, AdventHealth Tampa, AdventHealth Wauchula, AdventHealth Wesley Chapel and AdventHealth Zephyrhills, as well as five freestanding offsite Emergency Rooms including AdventHealth Brandon ER, AdventHealth Central Pasco ER, AdventHealth Palm Harbor ER, AdventHealth TimberRidge ER, and AdventHealth Westchase ER. We are more than hospitals, as we have a robust system of care including specialty acute care, over 200 primary care and specialty employed physicians, Express Care at Walgreens clinics, urgent care centers, wound care, physical therapy, home care, mobile mammography and more. AdventHealth is a faith-based not-for-profit health care system with a mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. AdventHealth has hundreds of care sites and nearly 50 hospitals across the United States. For more information about AdventHealth, visit AdventHealth.com, or Facebook.com/AdventHealth, and for West Florida Division, click here.

About AdventHealth Carrollwood

AdventHealth Carrollwood is a 103-bed hospital located in West Hillsborough County. The hospital is a member of the faith-based AdventHealth System, providing a connected system of care in nearly a dozen states with close to 50 hospitals and hundreds of care sites. The hospital offers nationally recognized and award-winning care, evidenced by being named One of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety and Bariatric Surgery by the Women’s Choice Award three years in a row and by earning its 10^th consecutive Grade A from the Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety. The hospital provides a wide variety of services including heart care, spine and orthopedics, bariatrics, wound care, robotic technology, two 24/7 emergency rooms with online scheduling, in Carrollwood and Westchase, and much more. With a focus on whole-person care, skilled and compassionate caregivers provide individualized care for body, mind, and spirit. To learn more about the hospital’s services, visit AdventHealthCarrollwood.com.

About Bayshore Christian School

Bayshore, the premier private Christian school in the greater Tampa Bay area, offers a comprehensive college preparatory program and provides exceptional leadership development, academics, athletics, and the arts. Bayshore Christian School is committed to challenging, developing, and empowering students for future leadership with a Biblical worldview within a diverse and nurturing environment, so that each student will follow the example of Jesus to "grow in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man." Luke 2:52

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