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- Hopping
- into 2020
As we gear up for an unprecedented 2020-21 school year, Georgetown Day School has been doing all we can to prepare.
Together with input from our reopening committees, Parent Public Health Panel, and our faculty and staff, in consultation with and with the support of the Board of Trustees, and in line with local county school decisions, our Leadership Team has made the decision that we will be starting off the 2020-21 school year with students and teachers engaging in GDS’s Virtual Campus (i.e., academic distance learning). We plan to revisit this decision on November 1, with the understanding that this timeline could be accelerated or extended depending on public health considerations and the evolution of the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our region. A decision to return to campus will be made by school leadership and the Board of Trustees in consultation with our Public Health Panel.
Latest Updates
![High School Athletics Update]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1597837407/gdsorg/ecatybmjkyjcw40mautx/20200814_athletics_update.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1597837407/gdsorg/ecatybmjkyjcw40mautx/20200814_athletics_update.jpg","width":500}])
GDS's conditioning and skill program will start on the first day of school, September 8.
![Impact on Standardized Testing for College Admission]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1597837177/gdsorg/uo4ycw2jwc8yia8az84u/20200813_Impact-on-Standardized-Testing-for-College-Admission.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1597837177/gdsorg/uo4ycw2jwc8yia8az84u/20200813_Impact-on-Standardized-Testing-for-College-Admission.jpg","width":500}])
GDS will not offer in-person standardized testing to students this fall while GDS is in the Virtual Campus space.
![iPads for PK–3rd]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1597837009/gdsorg/owt0aokag1ppe4ctmhyk/20200811_iPadsforPK3rd.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1597837009/gdsorg/owt0aokag1ppe4ctmhyk/20200811_iPadsforPK3rd.jpg","width":500}])
For the 2020-21 school year, PK–3rd grade students will each receive an iPad to support GDS's Virtual Campus.
Reopening Plan
GDS's plan was developed by our reopening committees, Parent Public Health Panel, faculty and staff, Board of Trustees, and Leadership Team, and is in line with other local school decisions and health department recommendations.