Prep School

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  Learning Models

  Our model of instruction this year allows for all Prep students to return for daily in-person learning on campus. Students will be assigned to a dedicated home form classroom and will remain with that form for much of the day.
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  While they will interact with our regular specialist teachers and benefit from that instruction, students will have some limited contact with other cohorts, indoors and outside, during co-curricular activities. We hope to relax these practices further with ongoing guidance from the Ministry of Education and public health authorities. 
  
  Playing and socializing is central to a child’s development and our plan will allow our youngest learners to benefit from age-appropriate opportunities to interact, learn and play with their peers while minimizing the potential spread of COVID-19.
  

  
  On-campus Prep Schedule | 2021–22 academic year 

  
  

  SK–Year 5

  
  

  First bell	8:25 a.m.
  Program begins	8:30 a.m.
  Lunch	11:45 a.m.
  Dismissal	3:00 p.m. (SK to Year 2)
  	3:15 p.m. (Year 3 and Year 4)
  	3:30 p.m. (Year 5)

  
  

  Year 6 and 7

  
  

  First bell	8:25 a.m.
  Program begins	8:30 a.m.
  Lunch	12:10 p.m.
  Dismissal	3:45 p.m.

   
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  Routines

  Students will enter the Prep at designated doors with supervision from faculty who will remind them to use hand sanitizer. While restrictions remain in place, students will be reminded to maintain physical distance during arrival and departure.
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  Once in the Prep, students will move directly to their classroom paying close attention to traffic flow indicators posted throughout the building. Entry and exit points are clearly marked. 
   
  At this time, parents and visitors are not permitted inside school buildings, although we hope to be able to relax this restriction as soon as safely possible.  We also ask that families not park in the Prep’s drop-off zone during arrival and departure to help ease congestion. We also ask that parents consider wearing masks while on campus for pick-up and drop-off times to help us protect the health of our community.
   
  Recess
  Students should arrive at school prepared for outdoor recess activity with coats, footwear, and hats/gloves appropriate to the weather. Based on the current advice of health authorities, we intend for students to spend recess time outdoors, where appropriate.

  
  

  Snacks and lunch

  Students may bring lunch from home or participate in the Aramark classroom-delivered bagged lunch service. Families may opt-in on a term-by-term basis and will be billed accordingly. The menu is a three-week rotation in the Prep School. To review the Prep School rotating menus, as well as the Aramark form indicating lunch service participation, please log into the Our School Year: 21-22 Parent Resource Board on Bluenet.
   
  Please note snacks will not be available for purchase; students may bring their own. We will be reinstating our SK/Year 1 snack program; this is a free service to families.  
  
  Uniform
  Details of the Prep’s modified uniform are available here. 
   
  Belongings 
  Our locker rooms remain unavailable due to current cohorting restrictions. At the start of the year, there will be limited use of book lockers (just outside classrooms for students in Years 4-7) as we assess a return to their use. It is likely that students will continue to have other personal items, jackets etc at their desks at the start of the year, and we will eagerly return to full use of book lockers as soon as safely possible. 
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  Co-curriculars

  Our co-curricular program will be as full and varied as possible given physical distancing and cohorting measures and current health guidelines. As these guidelines continue to evolve, we will keep families updated on clubs, activities and other non-academic programming.