
2022 Summer Program
& COVID-19 Response
Updated July 9, 2022
With regard to COVID-19, much care still needs to be taken for classes to take place. We appreciate your respecting The Clearing's requests/requirements listed below for the health and safety of instructors, fellow students, and staff by noting the following for all 2022 Summer Program classes. Thank you!
Any information regarding changes to the class experience made necessary by COVID-19 will be posted here.
Response for classes held starting July 10, 2022
The Clearing will require everyone who comes for a Summer Program class to be vaccinated per the CDC’s guidelines on booster eligibility and provide proof of vaccination. Full vaccination includes any boosters for which you are eligible and is required for all workshop participants. The Clearing staff are subject to the same requirements.
If you are experiencing any of the symptoms related to COVID-19 infection, please stay home. All class cancellations this year will include a full refund of any tuition payment minus $25 administrative fee made for a class.
Workspaces will be socially distanced, and classes will have limited, and in some cases, reduced headcount maximums than in previous years.
The Clearing is currently not requiring students and instructors to wear a mask when indoors. Masking is optional.
There are hand sanitizing stations at the entrance to each classroom building, the Root Cellar, the Lodge and the Jensen Center.
Windows may be open during class, if weather cooperates, for fresh air flow, so please bring a sweater or wrap, if you feel it is appropriate for your comfort. There is forced air furnace heat and air conditioning, if needed, as well, with an iWave air purifier system.
See below for meal schedule and class schedule updates for classes held within June 10, 2022:
1. The dining room is closed. (Commuters will be allowed to use the dining room for their meals.)
2. All guests will pick up their breakfasts and dinners (noon meals) at the kitchen—breakfast at 7:30 and dinner at noon. The bell will ring at each of those times to announce that the meals are ready for pickup. We request that guests eat their meals in their room or outside, not in their classroom.
3. Suppers will be “box meals,” and will be placed in the refrigerator in the Root Cellar by 2:00 each afternoon. The boxes will have a room number or name on it.
4. Coffee will be available in pump pots just outside the kitchen door by about 6:30 each morning, starting on Monday morning. Bring a travel mug if you like, although paper cups will be available.
5. It’s difficult for the kitchen staff to provide beverages with meals being picked up at the kitchen. They’ll do their best to accommodate guests, but it will be helpful if guests bring their own beverages. There’s a small refrigerator in the Root Cellar for guests to use, or they may choose to bring a cooler. There's an ice machine in the Root Cellar.