Pilgrim High students to stay in remote learning mode until after Thanksgiving break
WARWICK — Pilgrim High School students will learn remotely from home until after the Thanksgiving break, school official decided on Friday.
The district is waiting for test results that might shed some light on the presence of COVID-19 within the school community.
The announcement on Friday afternoon informed students to take their lessons remotely on Monday and Tuesday. The Thanksgiving holiday break will begin Wednesday and students are to return to school Nov. 29.
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The school has operated in a remote-learning configuration this week.
Previously, about 25 students tested positive for COVID-19, raising the specter of an outbreak.
On Wednesday, the state Department of Health offered coronavirus tests to all students and staff.
A spokesman for the Rhode Island Department of Health, Joseph Wendelken, said Friday he had no information on the tests and it might take longer than two days to receive results.
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Meanwhile, the district is investigating the school's compliance with mask mandates at a homecoming dance on Nov. 6.
A video taken during the homecoming dance showed high school principal Gerald Habershaw and a large percentage of students without masks. Students and staff are required to wear masks in all school district buildings in Rhode Island.
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Students were asked to get a COVID test prior to the dance and to show proof of vaccination if they had been vaccinated, a School Department spokeswoman said.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Students of Pilgrim High School in Warwick to learn remotely next week