Families received a message yesterday about an instance of shots fired off campus at Quantum Lane, where the Deacon Station apartment complex is; read it here. Sadly, there is no neighborhood that is immune to crime, and any time there is a weapon involved, […]
Our little adventure with Zeta is over for most of Winston-Salem, although some folks in town are regrettably still out of power. Today we were back to sunny skies, though markedly cooler, high of only about 60 degrees. This weekend is Halloween, which is normally […]
Power is out at my house, as it is on parts of campus and at homes and apartment complexes around town. So this will be a very short Daily Deac so I can conserve laptop battery. We are feeling the aftereffects of Zeta, with lots […]
First up today, congratulations to our LA area Wake Foresters and hats off to families in Tampa as well for a terrific World Series (Mr. Daily Deac is a lifelong Dodgers fan and I would be remiss in not mentioning that!). Also in athletic news, […]
For the past couple of days, we have woken up to a dense fog, which clears away by late morning or midday. I feel like we are channeling one of my favorite US cities, San Francisco :) I should have grabbed a shot of the […]
Lots of quick hit news to bring to you today, so let’s get right to it. Got a few calls in the Call Center over the weekend and wanted to share those points: With an increase in COVID cases on campus, there is more contact […]
As we move into the weekend in our new Orange status, we have a video from Dr. Chris Ohl, our amazing infectious disease specialist, who has been working with us through the pandemic. He lays things out in very understandable terms and has some […]
As you can see at Our Way Forward (and in the email sent to parents and families), we have raised our operating status to Orange, which means Modified Campus Operations. Lots to unpack here. The goal of moving to Orange Status is to […]
I’ve been in meetings a lot of today so this will be a short(ish) blog today. As I mentioned yesterday, the dashboard shows our cases are trending upward, but we are still controlled, and our asymptomatic positive tests are still quite low. It’s a […]
Next week is Fall Fest, which leads up to Halloween. There are lots of opportunities for your students to do some fun, seasonal stuff like pumpkin painting, graveyard yoga, haunted trails, and something new called Fall Friendlies: Fall Friendlies is a brand new Fall […]