Cases, hospitalizations and ICU stays are declining in our area after a sharp rise in December and early January. Please continue to be vigilant and cautious to help keep the numbers down.

When our faculty and staff are eligible to receive the vaccine, which we believe will be in late February or March, our school plans to participate in a Tennessee Association of Independent Schools' program that will allow us to partner with another independent school or schools and provide the vaccine to our faculty and staff at school. We will provide more details when they become available.

If you plan to seek a test for your child for any reason, please contact Nurse Rachel Gentry in advance at [email protected]. You will need to keep your child at home while you wait for results, and your child needs to be symptom-free for 24 hours and fever-free for 48 hours without medication before returning after a negative test. At this time, we are only accepting the negative results from PCR tests, not rapid tests. Rapid tests have a high rate inaccurate results.

If a parent or other household contact of a student has been tested due to a potential exposure or illness with COVID-19 symptoms, please keep your child at home as a precaution until you receive negative test results. If the test is a requirement for work/school or another reason not related to an exposure or symptoms, your child may come to school while you await results.

Please complete the Ascend online health survey each day even if your child is not present at school. Ascend must be completed by those in quarantine who wish to opt into the shortened period of time. If your child has tested positive or is a close contact and currently in quarantine, please note this on Ascend and email Nurse Rachel Gentry at [email protected].

No visitors are allowed beyond the front desk and main office area. If your child is late, please sign in at the front desk.

Thursday, January 28, is a half day with dismissal at 11:30 a.m., and there is no school on Friday, January 29, for parent conferences.

Registration for the conferences is online. Your child's teacher has provided a link to the class's Sign-Up Genius in the weekly blast. You will indicate in-person or virtual as we had in the fall. Fourth and fifth grades will have a slightly different schedule.

Bright Afternoons is open on Thursday and Friday. There are no drop-ins during conferences as we have had in the past. To register your child for Bright Afternoons, please click here.

Descriptions of all after school class offerings can be found on the Bright School website and on the registration form. Check for times, dates, and fees on the registration form.

Families with multiple children should complete a separate form for each child. If you have questions, contact Kendra Reasor: [email protected]

Families of children enrolling in PK and kindergarten next year should have received an email last week with a link to complete a new contract for the 2021-22 school year. Contracts must be complete by February 1. Students going into grades 1-5 next year are automatically enrolled. If your child is not returning next year for any grade, please contact Brooke Moore at [email protected] by February 1.

Track season begins in March for grades 3-5. There will be meets at Bright later this spring. If you are interested in track for your child, please use this form. If you signed up last year and paid, please check the appropriate box on the form. Forms and payment are due February 11.

Lacrosse season begins in February for boys in grades 4-5. Please use this form to register. Form and payment are due February 11.

Plan ahead now for next school year! We have released the 2021-22 calendar with the first day of school, breaks and more! Click here to view or download.