Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy,
to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God
— this is your true and proper worship.
Romans 12:1
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The Wolverine Weekly contains important information for your student and your family.
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August 23, 2020
Dear Prince Families:
Our campus reopening plan’s policies and procedures continue to provide the framework for initiatives like social distancing and disinfecting that have helped keep our school open. My ongoing virtual meetings with other heads of school in the Georgia Independent School Association, in addition to in-person meetings with local educational leaders (my most recent was last Thursday with Oconee County’s superintendent and the other independent heads of school in our service area), have confirmed we have implemented and upheld the “best practices” employed by other quality schools that have also remained open. While not a popular decision, schools that have required the use of masks are seeing lower infection rates than those who have not.
Our cooperation as a united family-school community remains critical in preventing the spread of the virus. Please, continue to monitor your student’s health and do not send your son or daughter to school if they have a fever. Once students are on campus, we are taking temperatures of 15-18% of the student population, daily, using a predetermined list to avoid redundancy. We are the only school in the county, private or public, taking this precaution. We have become efficient in this process, and the students have gotten used to this procedure/additional layer of protection.
We have learned from other schools in Georgia with students who have tested positive for COVID-19 that “contact tracing” results in an average of fifteen to twenty students being placed in quarantine. The principals and school nurse have already been trained in contact tracing and have practiced this function with three students who were sent home these first two weeks with gastrointestinal issues (all tested negative for COVID-19). We, too, have concluded that a student at PACS who tests positive for COVID-19 would result in fifteen to twenty students being quarantined. When we do have a positive student COVID-19 test, our team is trained to conduct parent notifications, deeply disinfect the campus, conduct hybrid instruction, monitor students’ health while off-campus, obtain medical clearances for students to return, and reintegrate students back into the traditional classroom. Thus far, we have not had any students test positive for COVID-19.
The CDC has repeatedly stated that masks reduce the transmission of the water droplets we all emit when we speak. The advice and counsel from other heads of school who have kept their schools open, and that of our medical advisory team, has overwhelmingly advocated for the continued use of masks. Faced with the challenges associated with wearing masks versus increasing the potential for spreading the virus, we will continue to err on the side of caution. Our team is repeatedly revisiting our safety level (the use of masks in particular), and we will reduce to Safety Level II as soon as conditions warrant it (within the past week, Georgia was rated number one out of fifty states for new infections; fortunately, we are now on a downward trend).
Last week, I received six spirited emails from parents expressing their dissatisfaction with my decision to stay at Level III, and I responded to each with a phone call to listen to their concerns and compassionately communicate our decision on why we were remaining at Safety Level III. For the sake of convenience, comfort, and for those students with preexisting conditions that makes wearing a mask problematic, we prefer NOT to wear masks. However, our system is working, and we are moving into week three. Thank you for your continued support and cooperation; together, we will continue to keep our students in school and reap the dividends inherent with being in a traditional school environment.
With warm regards and in His service,
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Seth A. Hathaway, Ed.S.
Head of School
Twitter: @PACS_Head
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Thank you for nominating Prince Avenue Christian School
as the Best of Athens!
Voting is open through August 26th.
It's easy to do. Simply choose the category "People and Places/Private School, place your vote, and fill in your email address. Continue and complete the registration form.
After these steps, you can vote for Prince once a day.
Please share with friends and family.
Thank you for your support!
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Parent Teacher Fellowship |
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Deadline for Senior Yearbook Ad submission is
Friday, October 16th!
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Wolverine Booster Club Registration |
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Registration is open now for the
2020-2021
Wolverine Booster Club.
Because of the challenges many have recently faced, the PACS Booster Club has decided to reduce the cost of the Booster Club Family Membership for the 2020-2021 school year. Membership in the Booster Club includes admission to all regular season home athletic events and a Booster Club gift.
Available memberships are as follows:
- Individual Pass (season pass, club membership + 1 booster item): $175.00
- Family Pass (season pass, club membership + 1 booster item): $300.00
- Family Pass + Grandparents (season pass, club membership + 1 booster item): $400.00
Funds raised by the Booster Club help provide PACS coaches and athletes with additional equipment, facilities, and travel costs.
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No Experience Required!
Flexible times and roles.
Opportunities to help include:
- Re-shelving books
- Reading aloud to lower school classes
- Event organizing
- Book fair set up
- Assisting students with book fair wish lists
- Networking library program assistance
- Processing books
- Repairing damaged books
For inquiries, please call 706-247-0139
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School Store Shopping Hours:
Monday, August 24th – Friday, August 28th:
7:45 - 8:30 am
2:45 - 3:30 pm
New items are in stock regularly.
We look forward to serving you!
For questions, please contact Morgan Garretson
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Monday, August 24
C Schedule for Middle & High School
Middle School Volleyball @ Madison County 4:30 pm
Varsity Softball vs. Monroe Area @ Home 4:45 pm
Tuesday, August 25
D Schedule for Middle & High School
Varsity Softball @ George Walton 4:45 pm
Varsity Volleyball @ Home
- vs. North Oconee 5:00 pm
- vs. Lumpkin County 6:00 pm
- vs. Rabun County 7:00 pm
Middle School Softball vs. Commerce @ Home 6:00 pm
Wednesday, August 26
A Schedule for Middle & High School
No Special Events
Thursday, August 27
B Chapel Day Schedule for Middle & High School
Lower School Chapel 8:25 am
Middle and High School Chapel 10:10 am
Middle School Cross Country @ Athens Academy 4:00 pm
JV Volleyball @ Apalachee 5:00 & 6:00 pm
Varsity Softball @ Oglethorpe Co 5:00 pm
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Friday, August 28
C Schedule for Middle & High School
Middle School Volleyball @ Malcom Bridge 4:30 pm
Middle School Softball vs. Oconee Co @ Home 5:00 pm
Saturday, August 29
Middle School Softball Tournament @ Morgan County – 3 games (Times: TBA)
Varsity Cross County @ Athens Academy (Time: TBA)
Varsity Softball @ Home – Diamond Day
- vs. Social Circle 9:00 am
- vs. Stephens Co 1:00 pm
Middle School Football Jamboree @ Athens Academy 9:30 am
Sunday, August 30
No Special Events
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Monday: Lasagna
Tuesday: Wings
Wednesday: Chicken Parmesan
Thursday: Hot Dogs
Friday: Taco
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Dear Parents,
This week in Chapel, Dr. Clark Daniel, our Middle School Chaplain, spoke to our students about worship as a response to God. Even though we all may express our worship to God differently, we are called to live our lives in worship as our response to who God is and what He has done for us. Please pray with me this week that God would continue to reveal himself to our students and that they would know His love and grace.
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Brandt Akin
Director of Spiritual Life
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