“There are four priorities for school systems: maintaining health and safety of students, staff, and the community; maximizing student learning and thriving; supporting teachers and staff; and establishing a sound operational and financial foundation.

In each case, we believe that issues regarding equity—that is, ensuring that the needs of the most vulnerable are met—should be front and center, both during the closure and after students return to school.”

IMPORTANT DOCS:

Will COL classes be on site?

Starting this schoolyear 2025-26, all classes of the School for Children will be fully on-site Monday to Friday. Please refer to the Class Schedule.

We will continue to observe the Health and Safety Guidelines and limit access to only students and school staff during regular school days.

School visits and interviews with applicants are conducted on Saturdays or during the Summer months.

These are the main components for 7s8s to SHS:
  1. There are five on-Site days when children are expected to be in school.
  2. The google classroom will continue to be in use from the Middle School to Senior High School. These tech platforms and digital libraries like ‘epic’ that have been effectively used since SY 2020-21 will continue to be part of the COL educational program. However, whether student work will be uploaded will depend on individual teacher’s instructions and students will be informed.
  3. Use of Learning Kits, books and compilations and art supplies.
  4. After-school programs (language or math tutorials, music lessons, dance teams) are offered mainly on-site with occasional arrangements for online work depending on learner needs and characteristics.
  5. The CoL@Home Family Resource Center in colf.edu.ph will continue to be operational in the CoL@Home section of colf.edu.ph which is the private section for COL families of enrolled students.

How will attendance be handled?

The School for Children will monitor attendance based on five days of school on site. If your child will be absent from school, please send a message (Viber, SMS or email) to the child’s HOMEROOM teacher the night before or much earlier in the morning before the scheduled start of classes. The less disruptions to school attendance, the better for each student.

Students from the Lower School, 6s7s and special education classes are expected to stay home and rest for the now recommended 3-day quarantine. They are expected to return to school after.

For Middle (7s8s to 9s10s), Upper and High school students, this is applicable:

If a student is not feeling unwell even after testing positive for Covid19 or has been exposed to someone and must stay home, we expect that the parents and/or students will inform the Homeroom teachers. They will then receive specific instructions from their homeroom and subject teachers. Students staying home due to exposure or his or her own illness may be advised to do asynchronous work. Teachers are not expected to always open synchronous zoom sessions to enable one or two students to attend classes online.

In cases where there are several children who are home due to illness but are feeling well enough to attend classes, teachers may decide to open zoom classes.