Returning to Campus – What is WGCS Doing?

Dear Parents,

We look forward to returning to campus on Monday, August 10, for the first day of school with face to face instruction and a normal schedule. The recent announcements from the SC Governor and local school systems do not impact our commitment to provide face to face instruction on campus, taking precautions to protect the health and safety of our students and staff.

Through the spring and summer months school leadership and staff have worked tirelessly to re-engineer our school environment, develop protocols to reduce risk of infection, and modify our facility to do all that we can to keep COVID-19 out of Walnut Grove. We would like to share with you some general information about what we have done or will be doing this upcoming school year. Detailed plans will be released this upcoming week.

• Installed Phenomenal AireCold Plasma Generator on all HVAC systems and have taken steps to provide improved ventilation in classrooms.

• Created outdoor learning areas to be utilized by teachers as much as possible.

• Provide hand sanitizing stations throughout the school.

• Classroom layouts have been modified to provide increased space for students. Non essential furnishings and all carpets and fabric items have been removed from classrooms.

• Upon arrival at school, students, staff, and anyone entering the building will have their temperature checked and complete a symptom assessment. We ask that parents keep sick students at home.

• Thursday Chapel has been redesigned to stream worship and teaching into the classrooms.

• Students will eat lunch in their classroom with their class.

• Large group activities such as recess and music have been redesigned to minimize group sizes.

• Teachers will be provided with shields to wear when working with students in which appropriate distancing is not possible. Masks for students are optional.

• Hand washing, cleaning, and sanitizing will occur with increased frequency.

• When at all possible, students will remain with the same group of students throughout the day.

• A plan will be in place for continued learning if a school group, student, or teacher must remain at home because of COVID-19 exposure.

In an effort to streamline communications, we have designated Mary Jo Shannon as our contact person for any COVID-19 correspondence and questions. Please communicate with her at this email address, mjshannon@wgcswarriors.com or 803-835-2002. She will work directly with our team and me to provide prompt, concise communications to our families. 

Parents, PLEASE partner with us to be diligent in taking precautions at home and in the community to make sure that we all do our part to keep our WGCS community safe and healthy. As always, we want to hear from you. Feel free to respond to this email if you have questions or additional thoughts. Thank you to each of you for your commitment to Walnut Grove and continued support of what God is doing in the life of the school and our families.

Blessings,

Kyle Boyd, Headmaster

Distance Learning during COVID-19

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