Provided by Prince William County Schools (PWCS)
A letter from Prince William Superintendent of Schools Dr. Steve Walts to the community:
Dear PWCS Community,
As we close for the winter break, I would like to take a moment to thank all our students, staff, and families for their extraordinary efforts during 2020. This has been a year unlike any other for all of us. This may be a difficult year to find opportunities to celebrate, however, in moments of trial we most often discover heroes.
This year we are blessed to have many heroes in PWCS, especially our extraordinary food services team that provided millions of meals during the pandemic without any interruption. I appreciate our special education teachers, English learner teachers, and related service providers and bus drivers, who have been working in-person since September four days a week with our most vulnerable learners. I am also thankful for all our teachers who made remarkable transformations to learning online through the rapid transition to remote and concurrent instruction. This effort has been led by our special educators as well as our pre-K, kindergarten, and first-grade teachers. I must also mention all our school-based and central administrators and our highly skilled support staff, including our custodians, counselors, nurses, front office staff, and many others who have worked tirelessly since March to support our students, teachers, and families in countless ways.
We are also blessed to have a diverse and supportive community that worked together to support friends, neighbors, and strangers through this difficult period. And we celebrate our students, who through it all have not wavered in their remarkable resiliency and adaptability to new ways of learning, collaborating, and connecting.
It is my fervent hope that every employee, student, and family in PWCS has a restful winter break and best wishes for a brighter 2021.
Sincerely,
Dr. Steve Walts
Superintendent of Schools
