<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-7ed714d6-7fff-b85c-5bda-2284664b9a14"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Dear HS families, </font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am writing to follow up on Head of School Robin Appleby’s earlier message to you, in which she specified that the School is </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">not currently booking additional trips outside of London within the next couple of months</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> due to the ongoing and evolving situation with COVID-19. Please note that this provision includes any already-planned trip for which we have not yet booked tickets. If this impacts your student, you will hear directly from the trip leader or athletic director/coach about the status of the trip.</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We are continuing to assess the risks associated with student travel, and we anticipate that we may have to make the decision to cancel a significant number of trips in the coming weeks.  In considering our options, we will continue to follow UK advice and guidance, and we will prioritize students’ health and safety moving forward, as well as the welfare of chaperones.  We will keep families informed in a timely manner.  </font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Sincerely, </font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Devan Ganeshananthan</font></span></p><br></span><div>_ <br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>Devan K. Ganeshananthan</i></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;white-space:pre-wrap"><i>High School Principal</i></span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small"><i>He, him, his</i></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#ff9900">The American School in London</font></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#ff9900">One Waverley Place</font></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#ff9900">London NW8 0NP</font></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#ff9900">United Kingdom</font></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#ff9900">asl</font></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">020 7449 1320</font></span></div><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