We are excited to be offering in-person instruction once again on October 5th.  Middle School classes will be in-person on Mondays and Wednesday, and High School classes will be happening on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Fridays will continue as they have been the last several weeks. On days when students are not meeting in person, we will continue to offer Zoom classes as you have experienced the last few weeks.

Any student who is sick, traveling, or wishes to stay home for reasons of risk mitigation can continue to attend via Zoom on days that are in-person. All teachers will wear headsets, and those students who are participating remotely will be projected on the wall so they can meaningfully participate in class. If you have any questions about what this might look like for your child, please contact your child’s advisor.

     Many families have asked questions about Google Classroom over the last few weeks. All parents should have received invitations from Google. These frequently end up in junk mail filters. Google sends out updates according to the preferences indicated on the original invitation.

If you want to set up more frequent updates (once per week is the usual default), you can change the settings if the invite was sent to a gmail account. In the event that the invitation was sent to a non gmail account, there are limited options for updating. If you would like to have an invitation be sent to a different email address, including a new gmail address, just let Bacchus know, and he will send a new invitation.

     We are getting the final touches squared away for in-person instruction. We will have indoors classrooms available and equipped for instruction when needed; however, we intend to maximize use of our outdoor classrooms as one of the best means of mitigating risk of disease transmission. As such, we ask that all students come prepared for a full day of outdoor instruction.

We will have roofs over our heads whenever content is being delivered, but students should still be prepared for cold. In addition, many students will be walking between Explorations Academy and our largest outdoor classroom at Cornwall Park. Please come with rain wear if there is the slightest possibility of rain (and let’s be honest, that is everyday in Bellingham in October and November).