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May 24, 2020
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From the Head of School
Dear Prince Avenue Families: 

Our Campus Safety Committee continues working diligently to reopen our campus. We are focusing on two major areas in our implementation, which are the health and safety of our family-school community and the educational experience of our students. 

Due to the life cycles of schools, athletics is leading the way as we resume on campus conditioning (not practice, but conditioning) for student-athletes on June 8. This week, Athletic Director Ricketts is meeting with our coaching staff to instruct them on our conditioning phase-in procedures as we prepare to welcome student-athletes back on campus, using a controlled approach. You will be hearing more about these procedures in the days that follow.

We plan to return to school August 10, and we are basing our increased campus cleaning and sanitation procedures on science and common sense. You have been very generous with your recommendations to me on how this should be handled; please know we are ordering supplies that comply with the CDC’s recommendations for germ and virus destruction, while also being mindful not to overload our school environment with chemicals that can be harmful to our students, faculty, and staff. 

One of the many benefits of being an independent school is we are INDEPENDENT. Thus, we take recommendations from federal, state, and local officials, and use our collective wisdom and experience to develop and implement procedures of our own. 

Of course, we have developed learning solutions for several scenarios as you would expect us to; however, the combination of our area’s low infection rate and our plan for increased cleaning and disinfecting led us to decide to return to a traditional school environment in August. One part of our increased emphasis on the health and safety of our students is the hiring of a full-time school nurse, which I am happy to report has been completed. 

We will update you with more details of our reopening plan in the weeks ahead. On behalf of the faculty and staff, we wish you a great start to your summer! 

With warm regards and in His service,
Seth Hathaway, Ed.S.
Head of School
Fine Arts
Athletics
Important Athletics Updates
  • As of today, our campus is still off-limits to students, and all athletic activities are suspended.
 
  • The GHSA has announced the “Return to Conditioning” which will begin June 8th. The school administration is working in conjunction with numerous medical professionals to formulate protocols that follow the newly released GHSA Guidelines for safe return of our student-athletes. Safety will remain our number one priority. Our coaches will contact their student-athletes with coming details. If you plan to play a Fall sport, please make sure the coach is aware so that you can be included.
 
  • Full practices and Fall tryouts will not be held until at least July. If the GHSA does open things up in July, we will need to hold tryouts for Fall varsity sports and cheerleading immediately. Please try to plan your summer calendar accordingly.
 
  • You may go ahead and begin updating your student’s PRIVIT information that will be required when we return. All required forms are found in PRIVIT and may be digitally filled out and signed. This will be a much easier process this year for returning students. You can access PRIVIT HERE.
 
  • The GHSA has announced that students who had physicals on file for the 19-20 school year will not be required to have new 20-21 physicals until July 27th. Beginning July 27th, all athletes will be required to have a physical dated April 1, 2020 or after. Students that did not have a physical during the 19-20 school year will be required to have a physical before participating in any athletic activities. Remember, physical forms should be downloaded directly to your PRIVIT account.
 
  • Registration for fall elementary sports is now available on the school website and in this edition of the Wolverine Weekly.
 
For questions, please email Richard Ricketts at  rricketts@princeave.org . 
Fall Youth Sports Registration
Registration for PACS Fall Youth Sports
is open through Monday, June 3rd.

  • 1st/2nd Flag Football · 3rd/4th Flag Football
  • 5th/6th grade Youth Tackle Football
  • Kindergarten-2nd Youth Cheerleading
  • 3rd-5th grade Youth Cheerleading
  • Prince Lower School Running Club

For questions, please contact Coach Michael Palmer at mpalmer@princeave.org or 706-372-9003
Middle School & Varsity Cheerleading Tryouts
Any rising 6 th -12 th  grade girls interested in trying out for cheerleading should sign up using the Microsoft Form linked below.

GHSA has placed a hold on all fall sports programs. Cheerleading tryouts will be held once GHSA gives the clearance to do so.

Important information:

  • Tryouts will be held virtually. This will alleviate scheduling conflicts.

  • The required material will be provided digitally in the coming weeks. This will include a cheer, a dance, and a jump.

  • Those trying out will be required to learn the material and submit a tryout video by a certain date.

  • Tryouts will be judged by a third party.

  • More details will be shared once GHSA gives the approval to begin.

  • In order to try-out, a student must be enrolled in PACS for the 2020-2021 school year.

  • Please review the 2020 Cheerleading Contract. The last page must be signed and submitted with the tryout video.

For questions, please contact Elizabeth Barry at ebarry@princeave.org .
Middle School & Varsity Volleyball
All 6th-12th grade girls interested in playing volleyball this year should contact Coach Morgan Garretson by email.  

Middle School Football
All 6th-8th grade boys interested in playing football this year should contact Coach Greg Vandagriff by email.

Business Office
Year-End Incidental Expenses
The final incidental invoice for the school year will include a shortened pay period so that we can release grades in a timely manner. This will include an invoice on June 5 th  and payment due on June 15 th .
Prince Class of 2020 Graduation
The PACS Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremony will be available for livestream at www.pacslive.com .
Class of 2020 Drive-Thru Graduation Celebration