Greeting students at morning drop-off this week felt extra-special. There was a special kind of energy in the building this week as students were reunited with classmates and teachers after a winter break and a remote week tied to the necessary testing protocols to ensure a healthy and safe return to school. I know for our older students, they are still eagerly awaiting this reunion with teachers and friends next week. These joyful moments of socialization and learning are happening around campus because of the strong infection-control and mitigation efforts the school has put into place. These mitigation efforts depend on a deep level of trust and communication that exists between families and the school. But that doesn’t mean it has been easy to get to this moment, or that it wasn’t without its share of concern and worry. 

The Kindergarten Toads, along with Tara and Joanie, just completed several days of online learning. Each day they had 2 special visitors, a penguin named Akey Akeyevich (Ah-key Ah-key-ev-ich) and his snowy owl friend, Owl. Akey and Owl are very inquisitive. When they find something they like, they write a book about it. The Toads helped them write 3 books about space.

 

 

Dear Fayerweather Community,

Last week, as many of you are no doubt aware, the decision was made not to indict any of the officers involved in killing Breonna Taylor. This decision has caused anger, sadness, outrage, and was also not surprising for many.

Since we are spending a lot more time outdoors this fall, some of our 7th grade students joined forces to create a cross grade level virtual lesson all about poison ivy for our younger students in Kindergarten.

FSS staff were lucky enough to participate in a presentation around understanding the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of children and adults in schools lead by the Partnerships in Education and Resilience (PEAR) Institute.