Dear FVS Community,
Hello and Happy Friday! I hope this note finds you well. It has been a productive week at FVS and I am excited to share the launch of
FVS Together: Our Plan for 20-21
. We have chosen this title because it represents both our purpose and our goal—to safely bring our community together—as well as the partnership and commitment that will be required to actualize this aspiration and sustain the opportunity we have at hand to live, work and learn, together.
Where many schools have shared this information as a printable PDF, we have intentionally created this as a webpage because of the dynamic nature of the situation. Our plan cannot be, nor is it, fixed in stone. Rather, it is critical that we embrace a growth mindset and remain agile so that we are positioned to respond accordingly as the landscape continues to evolve and new information becomes available.
By coming together, we are all making a commitment, which is explicitly spelled out in the plan and includes becoming familiar with the plan as a departure point for our work. In doing so, our day students and their families will notice that they are being asked to take on responsibilities in addition to those asked of the members of our community who reside on campus. I want to thank this group in advance and acknowledge that their experience will be different than that to which they have been accustomed, particularly with regard to campus access. As such, day students and their families should be on the lookout for a communication early next week to begin a discussion about specific expectations and the important role they will play in keeping our community safe.
This plan will likely prompt many questions, which we welcome and will rely upon as among the catalysts for the evolution of our ongoing response to COVID-19. Please take the weekend to read through the plan thoroughly, reflect on its contents, and reach out in the coming week with questions and thoughts.
With that, I ask that we are all mindful of our community guideposts to lead with questions and assume only the best in others, to lean into discomfort and not let fear guide us, and to embrace our core values of courage, compassion, curiosity, self-reliance, and open-mindedness as we work, together.
As always, take care, be well, and stay safe.
William Webb
Head of School
Fountain Valley School of Colorado
6155 Fountain Valley School Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80911
