Snow & Ice Day Make-Up Plan

January 20, 2017

Hello O'Hara Families,

We have finalized our plan for make-up days and received approval from the Archdiocese. Please read through the changes to our calendar below.

To date, we have missed a total of 6 days.

2 days are already "built-in" to our calendar yearly

2 additional days are being forgiven by the Archdiocese

This leaves us with 2 days that we will need to make up; w e will add the following 2 additional student days to our calendar; these will both be full days of school:

Friday, February 3rd
Tuesday, February 21st

In addition:

Thursday, April 13th will now be a 1/2 day of school (originally a no-school day); students will be dismissed at 11:45/noon and parent/teacher conferences will be held in the afternoon. The Archdiocese has mandated the change to add meaningful time-on-task to our calendar: "Schools are to have no more than one 1/2 day for parent-teacher conferences during the remainder of the school year. Any other time reserved for parent/teacher conferences is now to be devoted to class time." *Please note that conferences on this day will be by teacher request only.
Monday, June 19th is no longer a parent/teacher conference day, and is now scheduled as a Teacher Faith Formation Day. There is no school for students on this day.

If we have additional inclement weather days this winter that require us to cancel school, we will plan on attending school on Good Friday, April 14th.

Many have asked about extending Wednesdays to a full day and using those minutes as make-up time. The Archdiocese has stated that we are prohibited from adding minutes to our days.

I would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding. It is difficult when we have to close school; however I appreciate the shared understanding that the safety of our students and families is our number one priority. Please join me in praying that the snow stays in the mountains for the remainder of winter!!

Thank you,

Mrs. Tammy Conway, Principal

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