Dear WES Families,
I hope your family is looking forward to the upcoming break. At WES, our hallways have been filled with the sounds of laughter, as our faculty have been busy celebrating the holidays and creating magical moments for the students.
I am writing to you today with important updates around our COVID policies and international travel for winter break.
The Omicron variant is becoming increasingly prevalent around the world and transmission rates are rising quickly internationally. The CDC recently classified many international destinations as Level 4, its highest level of warning for COVID-19. Johns Hopkins also recently published that breakthrough rates of the virus for fully vaccinated individuals have also risen both rapidly and exponentially.
If you are traveling to a Level 4 country during our upcoming break, please fill out THIS TRAVEL FORM as soon as possible. We will continue to prioritize the health and wellness of our community while also balancing our students’ needs to participate in as much on-site learning as possible. However, we cannot finalize our policy until we know the number of families who will be affected and how we can best serve them.
I greatly appreciate your timely response to this request, and send my warmest wishes to you and yours for a lovely and safe holiday.
Sincerely,
