Dear FVS Community, 

 

Today’s will be another brief update with thankfully not much new to report. Here on campus, as noted previously, Sarah and I are in quarantine, and like our students and employees who are undergoing the same, our days are filled with virtual meetings and we are grateful for moments when we have the opportunity to enjoy some of the perfect fall weather we’ve been experiencing. 

 

Teachers and students who are dispersed across campus and around the world are connecting in real time for classes and other meetings, and our pivot to distance learning has been relatively seamless and largely successful. I attribute this to the incredible resiliency and strength of our community, and also to our technology team and the work they’ve done building an infrastructure for us all to connect. 

 

Our food services team has also been working around the clock to provide three meals a day in the Dining Hall and to deliver food to those in quarantine. In the coming days, we will roll out solutions to provide more choices and tailor meals to individual preferences for those in quarantine. Moving forward, while we are following the distance learning schedule, meals will be served as follows during the week. Weekend meals will follow the normal schedule. 

 

 

This afternoon and tomorrow afternoon, various coaches and teachers have put together recreational opportunities for students not in quarantine that include soccer, tennis, hiking, and others. In the same timeframe, and separately, students in quarantine have similar daily outdoor time. With many of our students who are not in quarantine scheduled to depart, we will reevaluate over the weekend and announce afternoon activities for the coming week. Thank you to the faculty and coaches who have stepped up to offer these fun and engaging opportunities. 

 

As communicated over the past few days, boarding students who are not in quarantine may depart campus if they wish to do so with the understanding that they will need to remain off campus until we reconvene in person in January. To date, several families have made arrangements to do so, and we understand and support the sense of certainty in making this choice. A reminder, all departure requests must be submitted by students through REACH. Please direct any questions to the Deans’ Office at deansoffice@fvs.edu. 

 

And finally, we continue to closely monitor the situation around us while cases and positivity rates continue to trend upward. I’d like to share, once again, the data dashboard created by El Paso County that reflects this information and more. It provides context for the work we’ve done and that we must continue to do to ensure our collective health and well-being, and with that I thank you for your continued commitment to our community. 

 

As always, take good care, stay safe, and be well. 

 

Sincerely, 

 

William Webb

Head of School 

Fountain Valley School of Colorado

6155 Fountain Valley School Road 

Colorado Springs, CO 80911