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Law and Omicron: Trial by Worry

Editorial Board January 20, 2022

As winter break came to a close, students eagerly awaited a return to on-campus education, only to be met with two disappointing days of asynchronous assignments. What could have been a triumphant beginning...

Community Health Officer Milo Sini and Head of Communication and Strategic Initiatives Ari Engelberg ’89 discuss the day’s student COVID-19 testing. The Community Health Office (CHO) recently began testing students individually in place of its previous use of weekly pooled testing; they now send results to families within 48 hours.

Looking Inside the Community Health Office

Natasha Speiss January 19, 2022

Head of Communications and Strategic Initiatives Ari Engelberg ’89 and Community Health Officer Milo Sini work with the school’s Community Health Office (CHO) to lead the school through the COVID-19...

Head Prefect and Executive Editor Quincey Dern ’22 takes a deep breath before receiving the COVID-19 booster shot at Elements Pharmacy.

Administration issues new COVID-19 protocols amid surge in cases

Natalie Cosgrove and Alex Hahn January 19, 2022

The administration updated COVID-19 testing and protocols in an effort to both maintain in-person learning and accommodate those self-quarantining in response to the increased positive COVID-19 infection...

Student actively watches zoom classes

Administration announces COVID-19 safety measures for the return from winter break

Claire Conner and Lucas Cohen-d'Arbeloff December 24, 2021

This page will be updated as new information about the school’s response to the Omicron COVID-19 variant is available. Last updated Jan. 6, 2:23 p.m. School mandates booster vaccination, updates...

CHO holds COVID booster vaccine clinic

CHO holds COVID booster vaccine clinic

Lucas Cohen-d'Arbeloff December 20, 2021

The Community Health Office (CHO) held a COVID-19 booster vaccine clinic for students and faculty in St. Saviour’s Chapel at the upper school campus on Dec. 16 and 17. Elements Pharmacy administered...

COVID-19 booster vaccine clinic held amid Omicron variant

Sandra Koretz December 12, 2021

The school will host a COVID-19 vaccine booster clinic in partnership with Elements Pharmacy for those over the age of 18, offering both the Moderna and Pfizer boosters Dec. 16. According to an email...

FDA authorizes booster for children five to 11

FDA authorizes booster for children five to 11

Nathalie Leung November 21, 2021

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized 10-microgram doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to be administered three weeks apart to children ages five to 11. California received 1.2 million...

Prefect Council announces sophomore retreat to Disneyland

Prefect Council announces sophomore retreat to Disneyland

Kriste An October 30, 2021

Prefect Council announced that the school will be hosting a one-day sophomore retreat to Disneyland on Feb. 2 in an email sent to students Wednesday. Retreats, an annual tradition at the Middle School,...

FDA approves booster vaccine dose for high risk populations

FDA approves booster vaccine dose for high risk populations

Natalie Cosgrove October 27, 2021

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Booster Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for those age 65 and above and for 18 to 64 year olds who are at high risk for contracting COVID-19. Visual...

COVID-19 vaccination rates increase on campus

COVID-19 vaccination rates increase on campus

Natasha Speiss October 18, 2021

The COVID-19 vaccination rate among students has risen from approximately 94% to 98% from the start of the school year to now, the Community Health Office said. All students who had only begun the process...

After receiving her first two doses earlier in the pandemic, middle school Latin Teacher Mercedes Barletta receives a COVID-19 booster shot at the schools vaccination clinic.

Health department organizes clinics to administer vaccines

Natasha Speiss October 8, 2021

Elements Pharmacy partnered with the school to hold booster shot and flu vaccination clinics at both the Middle School and Upper School campuses Oct. 4-8. The booster clinics were open to faculty members,...

Before school starts, students gather on the fire road in order to be tested for COVID-19. This testing occurs weekly, with sophomores, juniors and seniors being tested on different days.

Attendance office emphasizes importance of weekly COVID-19 testing

Davis Marks September 28, 2021

The school issued a reminder to students about the weekly pooled COVID-19 testing policy Monday. Upper School Student Discipline and Attendance Coordinator Gabriel Preciado wrote to all Upper School...

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