Dear WES Families,
As we enter into the last few weeks of summer, I hope your family is savoring the longer days and making meaningful memories.
Next week you will receive more information about the start of the school year in the fall as well as the 2021-2022 Family & Student Handbook. However, in the meantime, I wanted to make you aware of an important policy change that is likely to affect your back-to-school shopping.
As we continue to monitor the impact of the Delta variant, we once again think it is unfeasible for students to change for PE due to the layout of our locker rooms. Consequently, we will be altering our dress code for the first semester of the 2021-2022 school year:
Grades 5-8: Grade 5 and Middle School students will wear the PE/sports uniform Monday-Thursday (their PE/sports days) and may choose between the PE uniform, spirit wear, and daily wear on Fridays.
Grades 4: Students will wear the PE uniform on the days they have PE class, and can choose between daily wear, the PE uniform, or spirit wear on alternative days.
Grades 1-3: Students can choose between daily wear, the PE uniform, or spirit wear.
NPK: Students in NPK will enjoy appropriate free dress, as they always have.
You can review the different types of uniforms HERE.
We do not anticipate a need for dress uniform during the first semester, and we will re-evaluate the dress code in December.
We realize that many families have already purchased our regular uniform, and we hope to return to our daily wear and dress uniform in the second semester. However, in order to help defray family expenses around school clothing, WES will purchase any unused uniform pieces that families cannot return to the stores. Please bring your items and the receipt to the main office, and WES will issue you a refund.
In addition, we will arrange a pop-up shop of PE clothes and spirit wear items during Orientation. You can also order items online from our school store, the Dragon’s Den, HERE. Also, if your children have outgrown any of their PE or spirit wear from last year, please consider donating those items to our Used Uniform shop, which will also be open during Orientation.
More information about the fall will be forthcoming next week. However, I wanted you to have this information as soon as possible.
We are looking forward to welcoming your children to campus in September! We have great confidence in the safety protocols we have implemented and our ability to offer a more normal program. We know it will be a year filled with joy and magic.
Sincerely,
