Everyone at Bement, regardless of vaccination status, will be wearing a mask inside school buildings. Please send your child to school with an extra clean mask in the event they need to change. We have disposable ones on hand if necessary. Students will be given mask breaks throughout the day.

Bement will have pooled testing on campus every week, through CIC Health. This is an optional service in which we encourage all families to participate. Students, faculty, and staff will be tested in a pool of five to ten people. Should a pool test positive, individual tests will be done on campus to identify the positive case. We will then follow contact tracing and quarantine recommendations.

The dress code can be found on pages 28-29 of The Family Handbook. Friday Formal dress will continue this year. Upper school students will now be able to change in locker rooms for athletics this year so athletic attire will be worn during sports times only. Please refer to The Family Handbook for more details. 

For lower schoolers, after-school care will be provided between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. More information about additional classes in after-school offerings will be available soon. If you are in need of additional care or for more information, please email Katie MacCallum for more information.

We will be offering bus transportation this fall. Students must be masked while riding in school transportation. 

We are excited to welcome visitors back to campus. All visitors are required to wear masks indoors and follow COVID-19 protocols while in school buildings. Visitors will be allowed on campus by appointment and with completion of this Bement Visitation Screening Form to demonstrate proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test taken no more than 72 hours prior to visiting campus.  Current families are not required to have an appointment unless they will be on campus and indoors for longer than 15 minutes. It is under those circumstances that current families will also need to complete the google form. No google form is needed if you are walking your child to their building, dropping off a forgotten instrument or uniform, or here to pick up your child.

The Admission Office plans to conduct interviews with prospective students and families in person, while also holding virtual events and interviews when necessary.

Admission Officer visits from secondary schools will also take place both in-person and virtually.

Bement will have a full sports season with our traditional interscholastic competitions. Fifth-graders will once again be able to participate in upper school sports during the fall and spring for a fee.

We are excited that Bement Day will take place on campus and in-person.  Although we had hoped that the events would look like year's past, due to the number of people expected, events will take place outside for the near future. This is a rain or shine event (unless the forecast is for a complete downpour) and more details including the schedule will be shared in the October 3  Look Ahead.

All boarding families should have received extensive information about traveling, quarantining, and testing protocols about rejoining the Bement community. If you have not, please be in touch with Megan O’Brien.

All boarding parents will be required to name an off-campus accommodation for their child. Off-campus accommodations should be someone within the continental United States who can arrive to campus within 24 hours of notification. 

If they have not done so already, parents should click here to complete the off-campus accommodation form.

At the present time, Bement is following guidelines from the CDC:
 
For vaccinated individuals: Traveling domestically to Massachusetts does not require testing or quarantining upon arrival to Massachusetts. Vaccinated individuals may return to school but should self-monitor for symptoms.

For unvaccinated individuals: Traveling domestically via air to Massachusetts requires a PCR test 3-5 days after arrival to Massachusetts and quarantine for 7 days while monitoring for symptoms before returning to school. Even if the test is negative, the individual should stay home and self-quarantine for the full seven (7) days.

At the present time, Bement is following guidelines from the CDC: 
 
For vaccinated individuals: Anyone who has traveled internationally should have a PCR test 3-5 days after travel and monitor for symptoms. They may return to school with a negative test result.
 
For unvaccinated individuals: Anyone unvaccinated who has traveled internationally should have a PCR test 3-5 days after travel and quarantine for 7 days while monitoring for symptoms. Even if they test negative, the individual should stay home and self-quarantine for the full seven (7) days before returning to school.