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PES Provides Community with Lunch & Learn on Immunity, Health & Wellness
Now more than ever, parents are looking for ways to help support their families’ immunity and well being. PES was thrilled to provide our community with this informative and timely presentation from guest speaker Ryha Pachin, MS, RDN, LDN, CLT, with Carolina Functional Nutrition, as she discusses key steps that families can take to live […]
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Rutgers Prep Reopening Procedures
The beginning of the School Year is always an exciting time for everyone in the Rutgers Preparatory School community, and this year, despite the conditions mandated by the COVID-19 virus, is no different. As you will see in these pages, we are taking extensive measures to prioritize the health and safety of our students and […]
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Caring for Our Community 2020-2021 Operating Guide
The school’s Community Guide presents four operational modes influenced by four interconnected variables: external risk factors, internal risk factors, teacher readiness, and parent preferences. The schools’ transparent and inclusive decision making processes seek to respect the needs and feelings of all constituents.
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Re-Entry Plan
Re-Entry Plans as of July 15, 2020 for the upcoming school year.
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The Well School Re-entry Plan Update
Thank you for your patience as we awaited the State Guidance from the STRRT Committee and the governor. We also worked with all recommendations put forth by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), NH Department of Education, and NH Department of Health and Human Services. We are fortunate to have been able to work with […]
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Preparing for a Hybrid Learning Program
These are the slides we used during professional development to help our faculty and staff prepare for a hybrid learning program.
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Buckley At Home: Summer Series
In order to keep the community engaged all summer long, we created a series of workshops once a week on Wednesdays through the end of summer. Each one is led by a different faculty member, alum, or current parent and highlights an aspect of our program or talent within the extended community. The workshops range […]
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Virtual Youth Plastic Pollution Act-Athon
This is not hosted by WDS but we love the idea and wanted to share it. Beyond Plastics and Green Ivy Schools have teamed up to offer a virtual engagement opportunity led by a stellar team of youth mentors who’ll lead kids ages 7-13 in small team projects aimed at convincing the biggest producers of […]
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Free History and Science Lessons
I’m posting free history and science lessons for students to use during this challenging time (and maybe later too). The latest is a story of a STEM project undertaken by a student at the Bullis School. My published books have won many prizes, doing these lessons is one way of attempting to give back and […]
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Are We Going to Be Okay?
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Mission Driven Plan to Return to Campus
Preliminary information for a three-scenario plan for students to return to campus in the fall. The Fall Opening of School Task Force is a team of administrators charged with examining different opening scenarios and developing actionable plans for each of them. The Task Force has expanded to include six collaborative, working subgroups. The subgroups are […]
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King School’s Approach to Remote Community in the Upper School
We have engaged our Upper School students in a number of ways to provide support while also creating opt-in opportunities for each individual. We hold a mandatory synchronous fifteen-minute advisory each weekday for advisors to check in with their students, give announcements, and participate in any bonding activities (online puzzles, recipe shares, etc.). We launched […]