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Message from Ms. Gygax

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Dear Ashton Family,

Ashton school has demonstrated that we are a united family that can face challenges together. From the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in our country, we have been planning forward and activating distance learning systems to continue the delivery of quality instruction to our students. This has included outreach to students who may have needed special support, addressing emotional needs and communicating regularly with our parent community.

Concurrently, we have been trusting and planning forward as we enthusiastically look to reunite while taking concerted measures to protect our school community to the best of our ability. We acknowledge that this can only be done with the full cooperation of our parents and students, and trust that we will work together on this crucial endeavor.

Our school is grounded on the assurance that God is in control and thus we fully trust that He will use this experience for a special purpose in each of our lives. With that trust we have been and will continue to plan forward towards an enhanced framework of teaching and learning for the 2020-2021 school year. Despite the challenges, our teachers and administrators have found silver linings through this experience and some of those findings can and should become part of our educational services. This will form part of futures planning.

The immediate future brings us challenging opportunities to reunite on campus while continuing to confront the reality of existing and potentially ongoing health concerns. Re-entry will be based on public health guidelines for easing current restrictions. To this end, we have created a “de-escalation matrix” much like we did with the matrix that we used in March. At the moment, it looks like August 24th is a target date for starting the new school year, even if in a modified format. We will use guidelines set forth by the Dominican Ministry of Health, US based agencies and public health experts to make decisions. The school’s Emergency Committee serves as the “nerve center” from which other subcommittees are being formed to address the different implications related to the protocols and practices that will surface from this experience. These practices will be in place during the first quarter and will be reviewed every week to determine future decisions.

We are preparing a guide that outlines implications that have been and will be taken into consideration so that we will continue to successfully work together for the ultimate well-being of our students’ academic, physical and spiritual development, which is the core of our vision and mission. Teachers, administrators and you, our valued parents, have stretched themselves in an amazing way. Be assured that we will do whatever is within our means to continue serving our students into the “next normal” for schooling. Thank you for being part of this amazing family!

God bless you and guard you!

Ines Gygax

Message from Ms. Gygax

EnglishEspañol

Dear Ashton Family,

Ashton school has demonstrated that we are a united family that can face challenges together. From the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in our country, we have been planning forward and activating distance learning systems to continue the delivery of quality instruction to our students. This has included outreach to students who may have needed special support, addressing emotional needs and communicating regularly with our parent community.

Concurrently, we have been trusting and planning forward as we enthusiastically look to reunite while taking concerted measures to protect our school community to the best of our ability. We acknowledge that this can only be done with the full cooperation of our parents and students, and trust that we will work together on this crucial endeavor.

Our school is grounded on the assurance that God is in control and thus we fully trust that He will use this experience for a special purpose in each of our lives. With that trust we have been and will continue to plan forward towards an enhanced framework of teaching and learning for the 2020-2021 school year. Despite the challenges, our teachers and administrators have found silver linings through this experience and some of those findings can and should become part of our educational services. This will form part of futures planning.

The immediate future brings us challenging opportunities to reunite on campus while continuing to confront the reality of existing and potentially ongoing health concerns. Re-entry will be based on public health guidelines for easing current restrictions. To this end, we have created a “de-escalation matrix” much like we did with the matrix that we used in March. At the moment, it looks like August 24th is a target date for starting the new school year, even if in a modified format. We will use guidelines set forth by the Dominican Ministry of Health, US based agencies and public health experts to make decisions. The school’s Emergency Committee serves as the “nerve center” from which other subcommittees are being formed to address the different implications related to the protocols and practices that will surface from this experience. These practices will be in place during the first quarter and will be reviewed every week to determine future decisions.

We are preparing a guide that outlines implications that have been and will be taken into consideration so that we will continue to successfully work together for the ultimate well-being of our students’ academic, physical and spiritual development, which is the core of our vision and mission. Teachers, administrators and you, our valued parents, have stretched themselves in an amazing way. Be assured that we will do whatever is within our means to continue serving our students into the “next normal” for schooling. Thank you for being part of this amazing family!

God bless you and guard you!

Ines Gygax

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