Dear Parents and Students,
We have completed revision week and are looking ahead to final exam week and completing an extraordinarily successful Semester 1.
Schedule for Exam week and the first two weeks of Semester 2 in full cohort in-person hybrid:
Raptor Safe Orientation for students returning to campus
Next Raptor Safe Orientations and requirements
If you have not had Orientation this school year, or if you have returned to virtual after being in-person, you must attend a RaptorSafe orientation.
The next Raptor Safe Orientation are: (mandatory for all returning students)
Monday, January 10, 2021 8:00 am
It's the end of the week, so here is your weekly reminder to conduct the COVID-19 home antigen test. Here is the form to upload the results which should be submitted Friday, December 10. Please remember to bring the completed test strip on Monday in a bag.
Here is the lunch order form for HS students for December 13-17. It needs to be completed by Sunday at noon. Do think ahead as to whether you will be on campus for lunch each day, based on your exam schedule.
Getting Back to Full Day schedule: 8:30-3:30 in Semester 2
Changes to Module Expectations and Attendance in Semester 2
Between 90% and 94% of HS students have attended school in-person since November 1. As nearly all students are in Chennai and attending in-person, we are making adjustments to Module Expectations and Attendance policies. The changes are designed to provide students the best flexible and sustainable learning environment.
Module Expectations for Semester 2
Attendance changes for Semester 2
In Semester 2, attendance will no longer be linked to assignment completion. That is, “IE” and “AB” within modules will no longer be tracked or communicated.
Attendance will be tracked by whether or not a student is present in the class, in-person or virtually (see exceptions below). This represents a return to our attendance system prior to the pandemic.
Teachers will continue to use Schoology to mark assignments, formatives and summatives as submitted, on time and provide feedback. Teachers will continue to and inform families when summative assessments are late or not completed.
Upcoming HS Parent Coffees - HS piloting a morning and an evening coffee
The High School will be piloting offering two HS Parent Coffees in Semester 2, one from 8:45-9:45 am and one from 5:00-6:00 pm. The first parent coffees are Tuesday, January 25. The focus will be course registration for 2022-23 school year. In addition, there will be an AP/IB extension to the coffee from 9:00-9:45 am and 6:15-7:00 pm on the same day. Parents of current 8th, 9th and 10th graders are the intended audience for the AP/IB coffee extension.
Please find here the Semester 1 final exam schedule for December 13-17. Final Exams will be in-person next week. The exception is for students who have been and will remain virtual. If your travel plans include the need to be out of Chennai Dec 13-17, your child will need to sit for in-person final exam makeups starting January 10, 2022, when we return for Semester 2.
Sincerely, Mike Malone High School Principal
