Principal's Newsletter

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We are so excited to welcome our students back on Monday! We ask that everyone approach Monday's re-entry with focus on safety, positivity, and patience. While we have seen incredible success in our hybrid model, we know that fully in-person learning will bring its own set of challenges. We, as a community, will tackle these challenges like we have tackled this year, at large - with a solutions-oriented approach to every obstacle we encounter.

Please plan to arrive early on Monday. Testing will definitely slow entry into the building. Students will not be marked tardy because of testing. First period on Monday will be extended to accommodate the delays caused by testing and to give teachers time to read through our safety protocol handbook with their students. Remote students should login to their first period class, but expect a delayed start.

Final reminder: All students must consent to pooled COVID testing. Please see below for consent form.

COVID-19 pooled testing is mandatory for all students who are learning in-person. In order for your student to return to full in-person learning on Monday, April 26th, you must complete a consent form for testing. This is a requirement for return, and families who choose not to participate are welcome to continue their learning through our live streaming options from home. Students will come to the main entrance and be funneled through 4 lines to expedite testing.

COVID-19 universal surveillance pooled testing will be completed once a week on Mondays with a non-invasive anterior nasal swab testing protocol. Fully remote student athletes must still be tested, which will also take place on Mondays. All students who will be returning to full 5-day in-person instruction will be required to fill out the “Commitment to In-Person Learning, COVID Protocols, and Consent for Pooled Testing” form prior to returning to school. This additional safety measure is fully supported by the Watertown Health Department.

It is important to note that testing, combined with vaccinations, contact tracing, and isolation, helps control the spread of COVID-19 in Massachusetts. The availability of in-person instruction and the District's in-person health and safety implementation guidelines will be determined and continually assessed using up-to-date data and guidelines provided by the Watertown Health Department, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

For more information about pool testing, please refer to the following information video.

**If you or a member of your household has tested positive for COVID-19 or is in the process of being tested due to exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, please keep your child home and contact the school nurse.

Below is the revised student bell schedule for Monday, April 26, 2021, when students are back in the building full time.

B BLOCK IS 72 MINUTES:

• The extra 20 minutes is to accommodate:

• Students entering after the bell due to Covid testing

• Teachers reviewing the WHS Covid Protocols Handbook with students

C BLOCK IS 96 MINUTES:

• 64 minutes of class and 32 minutes for lunch

• 3 (32 minute lunches)

A, E, F and G BLOCKS are 47 MINUTES:

• (5 minutes shorter to allow for 20 minutes extra to B block)

We have updated the WHS COVID Protocols Handbook for the start of full in person learning on Monday, April 26, 2021. Please check the WHS Website for the most up to date COVID handbook, next week.

• April 16th Newsletter

• April 9th Newsletter

• March 26th Newsletter

• March 19th Return to School

• March 15th Newsletter

• March 8th Newsletter

• February 12th 2020 WHS Report Card

• February 8th Newsletter

• January 31st Early Release

• January 25th Newsletter

• January 25th Change in Learning Model

• January 21st Zoom Intrusion

• January 19th Newsletter

• January 11th Newsletter

• January 7th PSAT Testing

• December 29th Covid Pool Testing

• December 21st Newsletter

• December 14th Newsletter

• December 4th Newsletter

• November 24th Newsletter

• November 19th Newsletter

• November 12th Newsletter

• November 4th Newsletter

• October 28th Smore
  

• October 22nd Smore
  

• October 9th Smore

• September 28th Smore

• September 15th Smore

• September 9th Smore

• Bridge to Return Plan for Watertown Public Schools (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RnyRvhYE1h17FjUj0wrkA1so-N5W-UhC7xn-ObczgcE/edit)