IMPACT REPORT
July 1, 2020 • June 30, 2021
Each year, the Bertschi Fund ensures that the school can fulfill all programming needs including fully funded financial aid awards, generous professional development opportunities, excellent classroom materials, books, and equipment , and more. Through the Bertschi Fund, our community generously provides the tools and resources that help create a remarkable education for every child at our school. Thriving in the face of the unexpected Our collective investment continues to be a source of assurance that the school thrives in the face of the unexpected now and for generations to come. In 2021-22, the unexpected took the form of additional equipment and supplies necessary to operate the school programs full on campus amid a pandemic.
From supplying our students and faculty with PPE—including high-filtration masks and gloves—to improving existing ventilation and air purification in all classrooms, donations to the Bertschi Fund directly supported health and safety measures that kept our students and staff healthy, happy, and learning all year. With support from the Bertschi Fund, we invested in new audio visual equipment to turn the parking garage into a theater for our drama program, as well as recording and livestream equipment to bring grandparents and special friends on campus for virtual events.
Accolades for Jory Lum our facilities team
Daniel Hwang, an expert with the Seattle & King County Public Health program called COVID-19 Recovery Ventilation & Indoor Air Quality, visited our campus last spring for an assessment of our ventilation systems. He reported back: I have never gone to any school as well prepared as Bertschi. It was a shock to see adequate numbers of portable HEPA Air Cleaners, and HVAC systems with MERV 13 filters installed. Amazing active managerial control on the facilities department...Once again, I’ve never seen any facility as well prepared as this. Cheers to your amazing well thought out procedures and planning! Daniel D. Hwang, REHS/RS-IT
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