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As current and prospective parents are currently unable to visit us in person, we have prepared this video to give you the opportunity for a "virtual walkthrough" of the many campus modifications we have made to ensure safety in everything that we do, while maintaining a joyful campus. We hope you will enjoy the video, and we want to thank you for your support in making these modifications a reality.

As current and prospective parents are currently unable to visit us in person, we have prepared this video to give you the opportunity for a "virtual walkthrough" of the many campus modifications we have made to ensure safety in everything that we do, while maintaining a joyful campus. We hope you will enjoy the video, and we want to thank you for your support in making these modifications a reality.

As current and prospective parents are currently unable to visit us in person, we have prepared this video to give you the opportunity for a "virtual walkthrough" of the many campus modifications we have made to ensure safety in everything that we do, while maintaining a joyful campus. We hope you will enjoy the video, and we want to thank you for your support in making these modifications a reality.

My team and I recognize that you are making this decision as we face the most challenging time in the pandemic. To support your decision-making, my brief video message outlines one important change to keep our community safer: PBS will require a weekly COVID test for all students, faculty, and staff in January and February. The four underlying rationales for this change are explained in the video.

This year with the challenges of educating young children during a pandemic, it’s more apparent than ever that PBS is incredibly fortunate to have Stephanie Hall-Koester in our Early Learning Center as a Lead Teacher in our Preschool. Stephanie has been instrumental in developing the ELC’s social-emotional program, drawing on her previous experience teaching at Notre Dame de Namur’s signature early childhood program and contributing to the creation of an SEL program at the Nueva School.

If this were a typical year, we would have gathered this afternoon with you and your parents to celebrate your milestone year. Each of you is starting a new chapter in your journey. Each of you has so much to look forward to in the months and years ahead. And we are so proud of all you’ve already accomplished – and all you will accomplish as you tread the path ahead of you

Announcing the Exclusive 5th grade Gallery: Artist’s Voices. This virtual show exhibits the artistic accomplishments of the Class of 2020.

Please join the Administrative Team in celebrating this year’s national Teacher Appreciation Week. We are always grateful for the amazing work of every educator at PBS. And in weathering the current crisis, they have demonstrated even more just how vital their work is and how driven, passionate, and accomplished they are in doing that work.