Testing Your Student at Home as They Return from Breaks
California encourages all schoolchildren to access at-home COVID-19 testing as they return to school following breaks.
California encourages parents to:
- Test their children for COVID-19 as they return back to school from break, and
- Share the test results with their local health department via the Primary.Health link sent by your school or, if you did not receive a school link, report via the Primary.Health website or by accessing Primary.Health with a smartphone (by scanning a QR code).
Please use the following resources to encourage parents to access at-home COVID-19 testing as they send their children back to school following breaks.
Please also visit our Testing & COVID-19 toolkit for additional resources.
School administrators, please email schoolOTC@cdph.ca.gov with questions.
Share the following resources with your communities. This material is downloadable and shareable.
Fact Sheet

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How to Test Your Student for COVID-19 as They Return from Break: English (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
Flyer
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Parents, Please Share Your Test Results Flyer English (PDF), Spanish (PDF)
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Aprende sobre #COVID19 y las escuelas de CA https://schools.covid19.ca.gov/
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| āSuggested Messaging: Ā”PrepĆ”rate para las vacaciones de primavera! California estĆ” proporcionando pruebas gratuitas de COVID-19 a las escuelas K-12 en California. Planifica con anticipación y comunĆcate con tu escuela para obtener mĆ”s información sobre su participación en el programa de #PruebasdeCOVID19 antes de que comiencen las vacaciones de primavera.
Aprende sobre #COVID19 y las escuelas de CA https://schools.covid19.ca.gov/
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ĀæPlaneas viajar para las vacaciones de primavera con tu familia? ComunĆcate con la escuela de tu hijo antes de irte para conocer las opciones de pruebas gratuitas de COVID-19 disponibles para tu estudiante. Aprende sobre COVID-19 y las escuelas de CA https://schools.covid19.ca.gov/
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| āSuggested Messaging:California estĆ” proporcionando pruebas gratuitas de COVID-19 a las escuelas K-12 en California. ComunĆcate con tu escuela para obtener mĆ”s información sobre su participación en el programa de #PruebasdeCOVID19.
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| ā Suggested Messaging: ĀæEstĆ”s regresando de viajar en las vacaciones de primavera con tu familia? ComunĆcate con la escuela de tu hijo para conocer las opciones de pruebas gratuitas de COVID-19 disponibles para tu estudiante. Aprende sobre COVID-19 y las escuelas de CA https://schools.covid19.ca.gov/ #PruebasdeCOVID19.
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| ā Suggested Messaging: ĀæEstĆ”s regresando de viajar en las vacaciones de primavera con tu familia? ComunĆcate con la escuela de tu hijo para conocer las opciones de pruebas gratuitas de COVID-19 disponibles para tu estudiante. Aprende sobre COVID-19 y las escuelas de CA https://schools.covid19.ca.gov/ #PruebasdeCOVID19.
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