This page serves as a resource for updates regard­ing Waverly’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue to commu­ni­cate impor­tant updates to our fami­lies via email, and we will regu­larly post addi­tional resources on this page.

Updated: Febru­ary 19, 2021

It is such a joy to have elemen­tary students back at our farm, and we are excited to have middle and high school students on campus in the coming weeks! We look forward to ongoing twice-weekly farm visits for all elemen­tary cohorts and bi-weekly in-person activ­i­ties for middle and high school students up to spring break.

LA County announced this week that elemen­tary schools may now reopen for in-person learn­ing as long as all paper­work has been approved and safety proto­cols are strictly followed. At this time, middle and high schools are still not able to reopen until LA County is in the red tier; the chal­lenges of cohort­ing will continue to make in-person learn­ing diffi­cult at those levels even when we reach this mile­stone. While most public school districts are still oper­at­ing remote programs at all levels, many inde­pen­dent schools, includ­ing most in the Pasadena area, are moving toward hybrid approaches at the elemen­tary level; some have opened for full day in-person instruc­tion in the primary grades. 

We will continue to have elemen­tary students spend a signif­i­cant amount of time at the farm and will make full use of the play­ground for outdoor instruc­tion as well as lots of play time. We also plan to increase the frequency of in-person activ­i­ties for middle and high school students after spring break. We will main­tain a full remote program for all fami­lies making this choice through the end of the school year in June. We will share more details about our post-spring break plans by March 22.

We are working to support all members of the Waverly commu­nity through our new hybrid program (remote and farm) at the elemen­tary level and the addi­tion of in-person activ­i­ties for middle and high school students. We under­stand that there may be many ques­tions about these plans and hope you will join us for one of two Town Hall meet­ings planned for this conver­sa­tion: Wednes­day, Febru­ary 24, at 9:30 a.m. and Thurs­day, Febru­ary 25, at 4:00 p.m. Zoom links will be sent to fami­lies the day before each meeting.

For more details, please read the Febru­ary 19, 2021, commu­ni­ca­tion linked below.

The Waverly School COVID-19 Preven­tion Program (PDF)
COVID-19 Safety Plan (PDF)

Febru­ary 19, 2021 (PDF)
January 29, 2021 (PDF)
Decem­ber 7, 2020 (PDF)
October 23, 2020 (PDF)
July 31, 2020 (PDF)
July 17, 2020 (PDF)
July 9, 2020 (PDF)
April 17, 2020 (PDF)
April 3, 2020 (PDF)
March 20, 2020 (PDF)
March 13, 2020 (PDF)
March 12, 2020 (PDF)

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Vacci­na­tion Infor­ma­tion (CA Dept. of Public Health)
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Hand-washing steps using the WHO Tech­nique by Johns Hopkins Medi­cine (Video)
How to Talk to Kids About Coro­n­avirus by Jessica Grose (The New York Times)
Just for Kids: A Comic Explor­ing the New Coro­n­avirus by Malaka Gharib (NPR)
Talking to Teens and Tweens About Coro­n­avirus by Donna De La Cruz (The New York Times)