January 3, 2021
Dear Prince Families:
We are excited to welcome our students back this Tuesday and return to the familiar routine of teaching and learning! Our campus has remained very active over the break with the varsity football team winning the state championship and our basketball teams’ seasons well underway.
We will resume our COVID-19 safety precautions that served our community so well the first half of the year. The virus infection rates in our service are currently the highest, ever, since this pandemic began last March, and it is realistic to anticipate our future student quarantine numbers will increase as a direct result. As we have learned, children are the least susceptible to this virus, and if they do contract it, their symptoms are often milder compared to older populations. We have sound procedures in place, our team is well trained and efficient, and we will continue to place students’ safety at the forefront of our decision-making processes.
Scientific studies are replete with conclusions on the direct link between wearing a mask and lower infection rates. For the welfare of their classmates, students must continue to arrive at school masked, and any unmasked student will be sent to their respective grade office to purchase a cloth mask for $2.00. Your continued partnership in this regard helps us provided a cleaner, healthier school environment for all students thus providing them the many advantages of in person instruction.
Attitude is a choice, and we enter 2021 with great optimism and hope! Yes, we will wear masks, continue to wash our hands, clean surfaces, and make reasonable decisions regarding safety and risk, but we will live our lives and go about our routines. Be encouraged; we serve a God much larger than the challenges before us, and we are on the road to recovery! We look forward to seeing you Tuesday morning.
With warm regards,
