Important COVID & Calendar Information!

Opening of School Dear Fenwick Students & Families: Our 93rd school year begins in one month, and we at Fenwick are very excited! Last year’s hybrid learning model was successful given the circumstances. Test scores and college placements continued to excel, very few COVID cases were transmitted in school, and Fenwick remained largely open throughout the school year. As the COVID-19 pandemic is not over and it is still an evolving public health crisis, we will again need the entire community’s cooperation to make the 2021-22 school year even more successful. As previously announced, Fenwick will return to full capacity, five days per week with no eLearning options for this academic year. In general, Fenwick will rely on the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Village of Oak Park Public Health Department to ensure the safety of the entire Fenwick Community.  Vaccination & Mask Requirements  As of today, Fenwick will not require that all students, faculty and staff be fully vaccinated.  As of today, Fenwick will not require all fully vaccinated students, faculty and staff to wear masks.  Per a meeting earlier this week with the Village of Oak Park Public Health Department, under whose jurisdiction Fenwick falls, and director Dr. Theresa Chapple-McGruder, non-vaccinated students, faculty and staff are mandated to wear masks in school.  Anyone at any time is welcome to wear a mask.  Any unvaccinated community member who comes in close contact with a positive case is subject to quarantine requirements.  The Village of Oak Park Public Health Department has stated that if Fenwick can demonstrate that at least 70% of our community is fully vaccinated, mask guidelines or mandates may be relaxed.  Therefore, there is great incentive to provide proof of vaccination –           > Collectively, to reach 70% and potentially avoid mask requirements/mandates.           > Individually, to avoid quarantine requirements. Parents, if your daughter or son has received the COVID-19 vaccine, please upload the student's CDC card or an immunization record from their doctor as soon as possible to the Magnus system or email it to healthoffice@fenwickfriars.com. The following requirements have been mandated by the Village of Oak Park Public Health Department. School Bus Requirements All those riding in a bus must be masked regardless of vaccination status. Further information on bus protocols will be forthcoming. Quarantine Requirements > In the event of a positive case, all unvaccinated within 6 feet of the individual will need to quarantine. (In the case of lunch when students are unmasked, the distance could be more than 6 feet.) > The length of quarantine will be 10-14 days depending on whether or not a testing program is in place. More details will be forthcoming on this process. > In the case that a student is quarantined, it will be treated as an illness. The student must work with the faculty members to keep up with homework, assignments, and so on. Again, there is no remote-learning option this school year. NOTE: Antibody testing for those previously infected with the COVID-19 virus will not release them from close-contact quarantine if they are more than 91 days post-infection. Our Campus Reopening Task Force will continue to monitor any updated Covid protocols. We are grateful for your support and cooperation. You can expect regular communications from Fenwick in the next month with information on this developing health and safety situation. Calendar for the Opening of School Thursday, August 19, 2021 - Freshmen Orientation (full day for our freshman students) • All freshmen should bring suit coats on this day because we will be taking yearbook and ID pictures. • Our annual Welcome Coffee will take place in the morning. It is open to all of our freshmen parents. Friday, August 20, 2021- Freshmen Orientation (full day for our freshmen) • All freshmen should bring suit coats on this day because we will be taking yearbook and ID pictures. Monday, August 23, 2021 - School opens for all. We will celebrate Mass in the morning. • Suit coats are to be worn for mass. Handbook The updated handbook is available online on our website. Last year we were very relaxed with respect to the dress code due to COVID. We will resume enforcement of the Dress and "Appearance" Code this year. Please read through to refresh yourself on our rules. (See pages 34-36 for dress-code guidelines.) Lunches We are working on several different scenarios for our lunches. We will have more information by the time the school year begins. Lockers Students will be using their assigned lockers once again this year. Keep in mind that most of our students will have a locker partner. Mini-Class Night will take place on Thursday, September 2, beginning at 7 pm. Mini-Class Night gives our parents the opportunity to walk through the student's schedule and hear from all of their child’s teachers. We hope to see you all there! FAB (Fenwick At Its Best) will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday, September 8, at 7 p.m. At this meeting, we discuss some of the challenges that our families and students will face in the next four years of high school. The event is mandatory for all freshman students and at least one parent/ guardian. Sophomore Information Night will take place on Wednesday, September 22, at 7 p.m. This event is mandatory for all sophomores and at least one parent/guardian. You can expect more information on these two events in the future. Summer Reading List Be sure to do all of your summer reading! CLICK OR TAP HERE to find more information about summer reading. Textbooks At this time, you are able to access your child's 2021-22 schedule through Blackbaud. You may use this information to find the books needed for each class through Fenwick's online bookstore. Still need to sell books back from 2020-21? Create a quote through the online bookstore and send the books you're selling directly to BNC using the prepaid shipping label provided. Emergency Information In the event of an emergency, it is important for us to be able to contact parents at all times. Therefore, if either parent has changed jobs since filling out our registration form, please notify Student Services of your new employer and phone number in order to update our records. Parent Activities Having a student at Fenwick makes you a member of the Fenwick family, and there are activities for you as well. We urge you to consider active membership in our Fathers’ Club and/or Mother’s Club. Fenwick is thrilled for the new school and a return to more "normal" times. Your continued cooperation will only increase the chances that Fenwick will return to fully normal operations as soon as possible. Thank you for entrusting your children to our care. We take that responsibility very seriously and expect that these announcements about school operations reflect our continued belief that the health and safety of our entire community is our first priority. May God bless us all. Sincerely, Fr. Richard Peddicord, O.P. President Fenwick High School is owned and sponsored by the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Albert the Great headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. fenwickfriars.com

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