WRA's action plan for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak.

According to current health guidelines, quarantine is not required for every student. Every student will be required to complete an online health screening form before their return and admittance to campus.

If a student is coming from a hot spot area, they will be required to quarantine for 14 days and we have contacted them so they understand the quarantine requirements whether it is on campus with us or in a different area prior to coming to campus.

In alignment with the CDC’s recent guidance, WRA will not require mass testing prior to entry to the school. However, students will be required to complete an online health screening form before their return and admittance to campus. Moreover, WRA is partnering with bioIQ, a leader in COVID logistics and testing, to ensure the provision of protocols and services to our community. Also, WRA is adopting guidance provided by Environmental Health and Engineering, an organization that is preparing a full assessment of best practices for the opening of boarding schools.

Registration will be held over multiple days to limit exposure and concentration of individuals in any one space. All students, family members, guests, employees and visitors to campus are required to wear a mask. There will be sanitation stations set throughout campus during registration and throughout the year. Please park at the Murdough Athletic Center (MAC). You will then be directed the the Health Center to begin the registration process. Please note that we ask that only one parent be in a boarding student’s dorm at a time.

Belongings that were stored at WRA over the summer will be delivered to boarders’ rooms by the time they arrive.

Absolutely, we want you to spend time with your child and to bring care packages. We do ask that you follow our on campus protocols and do not go into the dorm. We can work with you to find other spaces on campus for you to visit or to take your child out for a short period of time.

However, the first four weeks of school is a crucial time for students to integrate into the WRA community most fully and as in years past, even without the challenge of COVID-19. We ask that you not plan visits during these early four weeks of school, unless under the close advisement of school Administration.

Our Fall Family Weekend will not happen in person this year, it will be virtual in an effort to keep our community members, including our families, healthy and safe.

Registration will span three days, with different cohorts of students registering each day. This will allow us to limit the congregation of crowds. As another layer of caution, we ask that returning students attend Registration with one guardian only. New students should consider the same but will be permitted to arrive with two guardians.

WRA faculty, staff and student-leaders will be trained to follow strict health and safety guidelines when moving boarders into the dorms this year. Move-in times will be specified for every boarder in order to limit overlap. Other precautions on our end include wearing masks and gloves and meticulously sanitizing surfaces.

WRA will continue to monitor all available information closely and make any necessary modifications to support both health and campus programming. Plans and updates will be shared with the school community when available.

If a second wave starts, we do have the authority to institue a campus-wide quarantine if deemed necessary.

Every student will be required to complete an online health screening form before their return and admittance to campus. Every student's arrival on campus will begin at the Health Center.

Face coverings/masks will be required in all classrooms and meeting spaces. Students will be provided with a mask for each day of the week. All masks belonging to boarding students will be collected daily and laundered by the school. We ask that day students wash their masks at home and follow the same guidelines by wearing a clean mask every day.

No, students are required to wear masks that cover both the nose and mouth but this does not need to be the ones that are provided by the school.

WRA does not plan to administer routine testing but will administer COVID-19 testing on campus when a student is symptomatic.

Yes.

If a student tests positive for COVID-19 while at WRA, isolation for that student will be required. We are able to isolate boarders on campus. Any student testing positive for COVID-19, boarder or day student, will be given permission to leave for a home setting isolation. We have asked parents to please consider a plan for your student’s exit from campus, should this be their choice in the case of a positive COVID-19 test. We reserve the authority to institute a dorm-wide or campus-wide quarantine if deemed necessary after a positive COVID-19 test result. If a student requires hospitalization, the WRA Health Services team will work with local health care providers and guardians to ensure transportation, supervision and care. Hobart House will be solely reserved/utilized/outfitted for isolation or quarantine should it become necessary for students, faculty or staff.

Hobart House will be solely reserved/utilized/outfitted for isolation or quarantine should it become necessary for students, faculty or staff. Any student testing positive for COVID-19, boarder or day student, will be given permission to leave for a home setting isolation. Please consider your student's exit from campus, should this be your choice in the case of a positive COVID test.

If a student requires hospitalization, Health Services will work with local health care providers and guardians to ensure transportation, supervision and care.

If a student is required to quarantine due to COVID-19, their academic program will be supported via online classes by an instructor for the duration of their stay at the Health Center or quarantine location.

• Stay Connected — Practice physical distance but reach out virtually to friends and family members.

• Stay Positive and Proactive — Focus on what you value and be thankful. Make a “gratitude list."
• Stay Involved — Help those in your family who are vulnerable. Check on the elderly in your neighborhood.
• Stay Focused — Maintain daily routines and hygiene habits. Get enough sleep, eat nutritionally and exercise.
• Stay Mindful — Practice deep breathing, relaxation techniques, yoga, listen to music, draw, color.

Yes! The WRA Counselors are available. We are available using Ring Central Meetings, by phone or email. Please contact us at counseling@wra.net to schedule an appointment.

Yes! The WRA Counselors are available to all WRA students — existing or new. Please contact us at counseling@wra.net.

COVID-19 symptoms may begin with a loss of taste or smell. This virus also causes people to have a cough with or without a scratchy throat and nasal congestion, maybe nausea and diarrhea, a fever, headache, body aches and chills, marked fatigue, a worsening cough and shortness of breath, and in severe cases, difficulty breathing. For more information, read this well sourced article from Business Insider.

Isolation is the operation or action for when a student tests positive for COVID-19. The recommendation is that they are removed from others and isolate, typically for 14 days.

Quarantine is designated for when a student who has been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 and who's exposure has been closer than six feet for more than 15 minutes.

WRA will follow the counsel of the Summit County Public Health and BioIQ regarding who needs to be quarantined and who needs to be isolated. We have a separate dormitory to use for isolation and quarantine purposes as necessary. We also strongly recommend that students who have the option of quarantining or isolating at home or off campus do so.

Yes, the flu vaccine clinic was offered during orientation week.

Health and safety protocols related to COVID-19 will be covered during orientation in early August and throughout the year.

In accordance with public health guidelines about preventing transmission of the virus, students will be expected to follow three basic principles: physical distancing, wearing masks and handwashing/sanitizing. Students will be required to wear face coverings/masks in all classrooms and meeting spaces. Students will be provided with a mask for each day of the week. We will also administer daily temperature checks for all students, faculty and staff. These will be accomplished in the dorms and, for day students, at home with parental cooperation and the help of a reporting app, the details of which will be shared soon.

As we return to campus, we will need to begin with stricter health protocols to minimize the presence of the virus on campus and possible transmission. School Physician Dr. Vish Hegde, MD and Director of Health Services, Ms. Cindy Rocco, BSN, RN, LSN, NCSN, will monitor conditions on campus and in the local area closely and may relax the initial restrictions if and when circumstances make it safe to do so.

Yes, students will be provided with a mask for each day of the week. All masks belonging to boarding students will be collected daily and laundered by the school. We ask that day students wash their masks at home and follow the same guidelines by wearing a clean mask every day.

All masks belonging to boarding students will be collected daily and laundered by the school. We ask that day students wash their masks at home and follow the same guidelines by wearing a clean mask every day.

Students will be contacted directly if Health Services deems it necessary to quarantine. In keeping with normal practice, parents and guardians will be notified directly as students are evaluated and treated. Parents and guardians will also be notified by the Summit County Health Department.

WRA already thoroughly cleans shared spaces daily, including door handles and light switches. Our facilities team has worked with industry experts to enhance our rigorous cleaning protocols.

Students and faculty will wipe down commonly touched surfaces between uses of classrooms and in other campus spaces (the dorms, for example.)

We also have a 360-degree machine that sprays disinfectant and we will be using this in different internal spaces.

We have been working to ensure the safety of our HVAC systems in our building to ensure the air quality is clean. We are also recommending that windows be open for better air circulation.

This would be reported in the daily health app report that students and faculty are required to fill out each morning before going to classes.

If our medical authorities of Summit County Public Health and our contact tracers feel that it is imperative to test a circle of individuals this is something we are prepared to explore. We have capacity for testing symptomatic students here on campus and samples will be sent to a lab that we are contracted with. So we will be following their guidelines and recommendations .

WRA has plenty of indoor spaces that we don't currently use for classrooms or gathering and we will be opening up more indoor spaces in the winter months.

Day students are asked to take their temperature at home and record it in the BIOIQ app.

Before class and in the dorms faculty and staff will be taking temperatures using an infrared thermometer. Students are encouraged to also bring their own working thermometers.

Yes, we are working on a schedule in which we can ensure the rooms are disinfected and sanitized.

Dorms will be double occupancy with beds configured to provide maximum distancing between students. We will also have triples in North Hall and there are some quads in Wood House and Bicknell.

Every dorm is set up with a sinitizing station when you first walk in. Students will be required to wear masks in the dorm except when they are in their personal area. Roomates are asked to stay further than six feet apart from each other. Additionally, we are emphasizing a four prong protocol that includes wearing a mask, washing hands, staying six feet away and paying attention to hygiene.

We have worked diligently with Flik, the Summit County Public Health Department and our faculty and staff to create a dining plan that is healthy, meets individual diner needs, meets physical distancing and protocol recommendations taht will be fun and tasty.

Breakfast and dinner will be served in Ellsworth Dining Hall. Lunch will be served from Ellsworth, the Green Key, the MAC and the new "Lux Truck". Students will be rotated through the lunch locations and joining each other in different pods. This system will be communicated at orientation.

There will not be self-service in the dining hall. There will be opportunities for students to state what they want, but they will be served by our food service providers. There will also be no self-servic drinks but students will be able to indicate their beverage choice.

No, we are going to have students engage with one another but will do so in a physical distanced area.

Our expansive campus and small class sizes naturally lend themselves to social distancing, but we have comprehensive plans in place for safety including proper distance between desks and creative use of alternative spaces — particularly our beautiful outside grounds.

Dorms and other facilities will stay open all year, including during breaks, for students unable to travel home for any reason.

We imagine that the students will need to remind each other and that faculty, coaches and the adult on duty in the dorm will need to remind students to maintain social distance. Furniture in classrooms and the dorms will be configured to encourage social distancing.

As has been the case in past years, even without the challenge of COVID-19, we suggest boarding students do not travel home for the first four weeks of the school year. This allows them to integrate into the WRA community most fully and happily, and this year carries the safeguard of mitigating exposure to COVID-19 risks by geography.

As mentioned above, we ask that you not plan visits during the first four weeks of school, unless under the close advisement of school administration. Otherwise, yes we absolutely want parents to visit and to bring care packages. We do ask that they do not go into the dorm and we can work with them to find other spaces on campus for tehir visit or to take their child out for a short period of time.

Yes.

Yes.

No.

Maybe. If these activities are being done alone and you will not be coming within six feet of others, you may be unmasked. If, however, these activities will be done in congested areas or during peak transitioning times on campus, a mask should be worn.

A good way to think about the above questions is to follow the practice of, if outside and stationary in a physically distanced configuration, masks do not need to be worn. However, when outside and in motion, with the exception of participation in athletic activities, masks should be worn.

While a recent article in the Washington Post suggests that this is not an appropriate facial covering, this still meets the guidelines as shared by the CDC and the State of Ohio's mask mandate, therefore, they are allowed, but not recommended. Should further guidance be issued, we will update this response.

Students are welcome throughout campus adhering to physical distancing guidelines. We have expanded our social spaces including new fire pits and increased the amount of adirondack chairs throughout campus to encourage social interactions outdoors.

• On Mondays and Fridays all students should be dressed in "Reserve Green".
• Dress during the academic day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, wheter you are learning online or in person, is "smart casual" but our more official term is "COVID Casual School Dress"
• On special occasions, like dinner and Convocation on Sunday, Aug. 23, students should be in "Formal School Dress". "Formal School Dress" consists of a sport coat/blazer or Reserve varsity letter sweater or cardigan or sweater, a collared dress shirt or blouse with the top button buttoned, tie or bow tie, dress pants or dress Bermuda lenght shorts (no rivets and no external pockets) or skirt or dress, a belt, dress shoes or boots. You are welcome todress in "Reserve Green" any day of the week. True "Casual Dress" is for after school and weekends.

Morning Meeting will still be hosted from the Chapel. We will rotate throuhg in-person attendance by class. Each class will have the opportunity to sit distanced from each other in the Chapel once every two weeks. Our Distance Learning students will be able to attend from their home screens. Any classes not in in-person attendance will have a designated are to view Morning Meeting. This will be shared with students at orientation.

Advisors will be announced prior to coming to campus. During orientation we will point out every Advisory location so students will know where to meet during Advisory meetings.

We will practice during orientation and our day student leaders will be touring all of our new day students through different areas to help them know where they can socialize and study.

As a safety measure we are not allowing day students to visit the dorms at this time.

Yes, we are going to allow our students to walk downtown. We are requiring them to wear masks in all buildings downtown. This is part of the pledge that they signed prior to the start of the school year. Students will also be able to order in food and get take out. We recommend that students do not linger in dining establishments and get take out instead. Limit engagement to areas that are more essential. We do not want them lingering in restaraunts downtown, we are comfortable with them getting take out or having it delivered. There will be centralized drop off areas for delivery of food to campus.

Yes.

Team dinners will be allowed but how those are done will require some protocol and require distancing and healthy habits related to our protocol.

This will depend on their sport but in general students should bring athletic shoes, warm up or atheltic clothing, and any necessitites for their particular sport.

Each Fall Sport Varsity Team will have the opportunity to compete in a limited number of games/matches/meets predicated upon compliance with specific protocol. This pilot program will afford WRA the opportunity to return to play under highly controlled parameters. WRA reserves the right to cancel competition for any reason. This could include, but is not limited to, change of COVID-19 color categorization for Summit County, concerns about the wellness of our student athletes, their families, or the community at large.

We will commence classes in person on August 24, with Registration beginning on August 14. Registration will span three days, with different cohorts of students registering each day.

At the heart of our academic day is our innovative independent curriculum, embedded with all the same opportunities but deployed a bit differently this year.

This year's schedule consists of 4 semesters, with each semester containing 4 courses for students. The goal of this format is to allow students to have greater focus and flexibility shoudl we have to go online. In an effort to allow the more hands-on classes be available to students who are on campus, those courses have been scheduled late in the year (semester 3 and 4). This allows courses more easily to transition online to be offered in semester 1 and 2.

2020-21 In Person on Campus Schedule

2020-21 Live On Line Class Schedule

Yes, a unique remote learning program, in essence a school within our school, will be offered for students who are unable to commence the year on campus. This program will be enhanced by a small cadre of teachers dedicated to online learning.

Final schedules will be determined during orientation.

Freshmen should wait until they arrive on campus to order their textbooks. Sophomores through PGs can order their textbooks online now. Specific details on ordering textbooks can be found on the portal.

Yes, the last day to add/drop a course is Sept. 1.

We will communicate with the community if this change occurs. It is most likely should Summit County move to a level 4, or purple, we would go to a temporary distance learning model. For day students, this would mean studying at home. For boarders, we would recommend any local boarders go home, but the dorms would be open. Students would go to a temporary distance learning model and we would share information about this new schedule but thy would reamin in their current courses.

Students ready to return to campus from online learning need to contact the Admissions Office.

We do not want finances to prevent any Pioneers from returning to WRA. One-year emergency financial aid funding is available for families whose finances have been significantly impacted by COVID-19. Please contact Jennifer Corby in the Financial Aid Office for application instructions..

Students who wish to defer admission or take a gap year will need to reapply to WRA for the 2021-22 school year. Those in good standing will receive priority consideration, but admission is not guaranteed.

Yes, a unique remote learning program, in essence a school within our school, will be offered for students who are unable to commence the year on campus. This program will be enhanced by a small cadre of teachers dedicated to online learning.

We acknowledge that some students may arrive at campus on their own schedule. To fill any gaps, we are committed to deploying an online program that builds on lessons from our experiences this spring and delivers a top-quality online experience until farther-flung Pioneers can join us in person.

We have created a specialized online learning cadre of teachers to develop and deploy an exceptional online learning experience. This team will be devoted to this process and program, building bridges virtually between students, teachers, programs and learning. We believe the integration of remote learners back onto campus, on their schedules will be seamless. We are here to work with you and individualize your plans when necessary.

Currently there is no mandate for students to quarantine upon arrival. We will update you if this changes. Students will be required to complete an online health screening form before their return and admittance to campus.

Currently, non-US citizens may not enter the US if they have been in certain countries within 14 days of their arrival. Please make arrangements to spend 14 days in a place without arrival restrictions before entering the US.

Airport shuttles will be arranged. We will work with the transportation company to ensure that safety guidelines are followed. This will likely require students to be masked in cases when social distancing is not possible.

The Advancement Office is open, staffed and happy to discuss opportunities to support Reserve; please contact us by phone at 330-650-9701 or visit our methods of giving page. https://www.wra.net/alumni/support-reserve/methods.

As previously announced, all on campus and regional events have been cancelled through the end of June. In light of the COVID-19 news, we have postponed Reunion Weekend 2020 and, for the first time ever, will introduce a Double Reunion in 2021. Mark your calendars for June 11-13, 2021, during which we will celebrate all the classes ending in ‘0 and ‘5, as well as ‘1 and ‘6!

The Advancement Office is developing tools and opportunities for classmates to connect with each other and with the school and will be announcing them soon. If you have ideas for virtual or remote events, please share them with us by emailing Director of Alumni Relations Abbey Baker ’94 at bakera@wra.net.