March 16, 2020

The Pride Post

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COVID-19 Portal on Website To consolidate announcements and changes to school operations into one place, we have built a portal on the website for your convenience. See www.pinelakeprep.org and click COVID-19 Updates in the upper left corner of your screen.

e-Learning Emails Please review the e-Learning email sent Sunday evening WITH your student. Proactive steps for success include: Setting up a defined space with minimal distractions in your home that will serve as a work station (like Mrs. Field's craft room reimagined as a Biology classroom, seen here). Log in 5 minutes in advance Review the Digital Netiquette expectations with your student.

Stay Home: Flatten the Curve We need your help to make closing school buildings worth the disruption to the classroom. While there will be a need to have friends or family help with childcare for working parents, please make a conscious effort to reduce contact with people outside the home. Playdates, trips to the movies, the mall, etc. do not support the goal of social distancing to reduce the spread of the illness.

Quarter End Moved One Week To give students and teachers a bit more breathing room for makeup work and adjusting to an online learning platform, our leadership team has decided to move the end of the third quarter forward one week, to March 26, at the end of the day.

Lunches Credited Lunches ordered for the remainder of March will be credited to your lunch accounts. When lunch service has been reinstated, you will see a credit in the lunch system for future orders. These credits will carry over if not used in April or May. We anticipate having the refunds processed before opening the system for April lunches. We will delay April lunches until after Spring Break.

Parent Resources 33 National Park Tours Spanish Children's Stories 30 Best Educational Netflix shows 30 Virtual Field Trips Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions due to School Closings

Items Still In Discussion

As you can imagine, there are numerous items still being worked out, at the local and state level. Our first priority has been establishing the infrastructure and procedures for eLearning. Some items that are still being determined include: AP Testing dates Will the missed days be forgiven? This decision will come from the State General Assembly. Postponements of major events, such as graduation, prom, the Upper School spring musical, etc.

Ladies Luncheon Canceled We would like to thank parent volunteers, Tanya Braddock Gonzales and Dawn Roniger for planning what would have been a top notch event. We regret to announce that the event is canceled until next year. Tickets will be refunded via MyPaymentsPlus.

Spring Break Camp Canceled In order to honor the goal of social distancing, Coach D's Spring Break Camp is canceled. Families who have paid will be refunded through MyPaymentsPlus.

And now, your regularly scheduled Pride Post content.

Lower School News

Looking forward to Summer Camps Registration is OPEN on MyPaymentsPlus for summer camps at PLP! Please contact  Susan York  with any questions. In addition to these camps, we are still offering Coach D's popular full day Lions Den camp. See details on MyPaymentsPlus.

Latest Issue of Spanish Newspaper Posted The newest issue of the Lower School Spanish Immersion Newspaper may be found on the Lower School News page.

Myers Places 4th in State Gymnastics Competition Congratulations to Tyler Myers, who finished 4th All Around in the State Gymnastics championship last weekend, and received the Academic All American Award. Ty also placed 1st in the Vault event. His finish qualifies him for the Regional event in April. This determined 5th grader trains four days a week, for 3 1/2 hours per day! Photos shared by Mrs. Adriene Myers

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Middle School News

Field Trip Updates Pending We are currently working with the travel company and YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly to either cancel or move the 6th and 8th grade trips. We will be in touch in the next few days with more information.

Upper School News

Prom Ticket Sales on Hold Tickets already purchased will be honored if the date needs to be moved.

Fine Arts News

Big Fish Postponed We will announce the new dates as soon as we have them. Please note that tickets already purchased will automatically transfer to the new dates, and we will accommodate requests to change days if needed.

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PTO Events Postponed

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