January 24, 2021
Dear Prince Families:
Remember, TOMORROW IS A SPIRIT DAY as we celebrate our 100th day of school with snacks outdoors, music, and a special lunch!
We continue to assess and adjust our programming to reallocate resources to meet our students' changing needs. Scholastically, we have developed a high degree of proficiency as a school community moving from traditional to quarantine/online-synchronous learning and back again, which is critical to keep us moving forward. Previously combined and simulcasted middle and high school chapel services have pivoted and are now separate and in-person, gaining strong approval from students and faculty alike.
This week's two middle school performances of ALADDIN are SOLD OUT. Several of the cast were recently quarantined resulting in simultaneous in-person and online practices, so please give the students and teachers an extra round of applause after this week's performances. I also encourage you to support our PACS National Arts Honors Society's online "Empty Bowls" auction so those proceeds can support the Bigger Vision Homeless Shelter. We had another first in athletics last week with our students competing in their first GHSA bass fishing tournament at Seminole Lake (now there's an excellent pandemic sport)!
Reenrollment is underway, and completing that early grants us clarity in our planning for next year. Thank you for your referrals of prospective families (80% of new students that apply to Prince do so because you recommended our school to their families!). We have an Open House scheduled for Saturday, February 6.
On the COVID front, zero faculty members are positive for the virus, nine students are positive (1 LS, 2 MS, 6 HS), and 61 students are quarantined due to contact tracing. Last week Dr. Kathleen Toomey, the Commissioner of Georgia's Department of Public Health, made a presentation to lawmakers at the state capitol and said: "Georgians are suffering from a sense of COVID fatigue that is likely contributing to a corresponding surge in cases." While that may true statewide, at Prince, we will continue to take a disciplined approach with our increased sanitation, mask-wearing, and "physical" distancing whenever possible (I've abandoned the term social distancing; it sounds antisocial!).
Tomorrow is our 100th day of school, and we are going to celebrate that achievement with our students! Remember, it's a spirit day tomorrow.
With warms regards and in His service,
