Idyllwild Arts Academy’s unmatched dual-curricular program that has earned it Niche.com‘s ranking as the best arts high school in the country has moved online to accommodate international students who may be unable to get to the U.S. But domestic and international students who can get here will receive in-person instruction from a faculty excited to see students again, while being cared for by a Student Services staff eager to keep them safe and happy. 

 

The first-class care provided by Student Services will include testing and health screening upon arrival, daily health screening, additional testing four days after arrival, and more. Once all students have spent two weeks on campus under the strictest precautions, they will be grouped into “families” in their dorms, enabling them to exercise fewer precautions within these groups. Outside their designated groups, students will be free to socialize with anyone on campus as long as they observe our precautions. These could change as circumstances around the coronavirus change, but precautions are likely to include physical distancing and face covering.

 

The following professionals making up the Idyllwild Arts Medical Advisory Group will subject the precautions to ongoing review in order to make sure that they change or remain the same as needed:

Wasef Y. Atiya, MD, Hemet Valley Medical Center (lead)
Brenda Scherlis, NP, Idyllwild Health Center
Richard Goldberg, MD, Emergency Medicine (retired)
Mark LaMont, Paramedic, Chief, Idyllwild Fire
Emily White, RN, Idyllwild Arts School Nurse
Don Lamp, RN, Idyllwild Arts Health Center Director

 

To connect with Admission counselors who have found creative online ways to communicate their passion for our Academy and Summer Program, please contact Tara Sechrest at tsechrest@idyllwildarts.org or 951-468-7223, or Summer Program registration at 951-659-2171 x2360.