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July 30, 2020

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HEAD OF SCHOOL MUSINGS

With guidance from Eagle County Public Health and Colorado Department of Public Health, we continue to plan for in-person, on-campus teaching and learning beginning Monday, August 17th. We’ve also had success with a trial run this summer holding a 6-week, in-person, on-campus Geometry class with 14

students (our average class size).

Our 1st Week Schedule will look like this:

Returning Students begin August 17th and have a preparation day on August 18th to get school supplies and finish summer assignments.

Transfer Students begin August 17th and have an afternoon Boot Camp.

Class of 2024 begins August 18th with a day specifically designed to acquaint 9th graders with each of their classes and provide some bonding opportunities. Freshmen parents should plan to attend a Freshmen Parent Orientation that morning from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.

I cannot express enough how hard our teachers have been working this summer to prepare for this new school year. In a normal summer, our teachers would have had more down time; however, this summer, faculty meetings, technology training, and retooling curriculum and instruction for a variety of scenarios

have been their norm. Like most in our Eagle County community, they have also been working very hard to protect themselves (and their families) from COVID-19.

Why is it important to mention this? Our teachers are asking me these questions: Will our students and their families share our same health/safety values and guidelines? Can you provide me some level of assurance that when I leave school after having taught all day that my family, friends and I will also be safe?

Our teachers want to know that their VCHS Saints are also doing their part to protect themselves (along with their families and community) from COVID-19. As we are now 2 weeks away from the start, it’s more important than ever that our VCHS community rallies around Eagle County’s 5 Commitments of Containment . We are preparing our own VCHS Health Pledge that we will ask all students, faculty, and staff to sign and follow. Our in-person and on-campus success hinges on everyone’s personal commitment to high standards of health and safety that will protect others in our school and local community.

Warm Regards,

Steve O’Neil

Head of School

ALL SCHOOL REQUIRED FORMS

REMINDER - ACTION REQUIRED

There are three required forms for all students attending VCHS. Please follow the guidelines below to ensure your student(s) have the correct paperwork on file on or before August 10th.

Instructions:

Please login to your parents web account in Renweb.
District Code: VAIL-CO
Enter username and password
Click on Web Forms (left column)
Click on the Folder: 2020-2021 SCHOOL PERMISSIONS
Required Form #1: (All Students) 2020-2021 Field Trip Vail Valley
Required Form #2: (All Students) G Suite Consent
Required Form #3: (All Student Drivers) Vehicle Registration
Optional Form #4: (Junior & Senior Students only) Lunch Permission Form required if your junior or senior student plans to leave campus for lunch.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO HIT SAVE!

If you need assistance logging into your Renweb Parent account please contact Kristy Maslan by email at [email protected] .

ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

All incoming 9th graders and new transfer students are required to have a current immunization record on file on or before the first day of school (August 17th). Please email the document to Heather Downey [email protected] or drop it off at the school office at your convenience.

All students participating in sports for the '20-'21 school year are required to have a physical form on file with the Athletic Director on or before the first day of practice. Students will not be allowed to participate without a physical form signed by a medical doctor. Sports physicals for VCHS athletes are available on August 13th and August 20th at Vail Summit Orthopaedics in Edwards from 3-5 pm, by appointment. To schedule appointments, please call Megan Vigil, VSO Office Manager at (970)-477-7414 or E-mail our VSO Athletic Trainer Cory Hester [email protected]. A $15 donation is requested. You may also schedule a physical with your family physician and use the physical form provided.

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BRAVOS

It's been great to finally get back to

in-person instruction. Though it is a college-style summer school class,

on a subject few students are normally immediately interested in, the group seems happy to be together, and is working very hard. Though we are masked and "sanitized" as best as

we can be during all indoor instruction and activities, we safely take a handful

of "mask breaks" outside each hour, and are always doing our best to

keep a healthy balance between

taking precautions seriously and having laughs whenever necessary. The group is doing an excellent job overall of following all COVID-relevant procedures in our classroom. Four weeks down, two to go for Summer Geometry!

- Jager

SAINTS LIFE

ESPORTS CLUB

Are you interested in ESports Club? We compete against other schools! Practice is once or twice a week until the regular season starts. We will compete once a week until January playoffs. If interested, please contact JC Moritz [email protected] .

We occasionally need a parent volunteer to supervise if JC is coaching football/basketball.

NEWS TO KNOW

Important Message:

VCHS publishes a school directory for our parent community. If you do not want to be published in the directory you may contact Kristy Maslan at [email protected] to "Opt Out". Deadline for "Opt Out" of the school directory is August 10th.

Click here to view directory format.

2020-21 School Supply List:

School Supply List

BYOD technology requirements

Student School Schedules:

Schedules and locker assignments will be sent by August 10th

2020 Summer Reading List:

Required summer reading by grade

Summer Open Gym:

Open Gym Schedule

Open Gym Parent Permission Form

Summer Office Hours: