Dear CM Family,
I hope that this email finds you well and in good health. In typical years, CM releases individual student schedules to families prior to the close of our school year. However, as we know, this is not a “typical” year. As you know, we have been busy for the past two months, preparing for the 2020-2021 school year including building a schedule that meets the developmental and educational needs of our students while also giving us the ability to maintain your son’s health and safety.
We are prepared for a myriad of conditions and have taken into account the most recent federal and state health guidelines for the fall. We have designed a schedule that will function in a range of the potential environments. While the exact, daily schedule is still being adjusted, we are able to confirm the most important aspect of your son’s learning, his course enrollments.
These course enrollments are visible through our Catholic Memorial OnCampus portal (our web-based communication platform). As new members to our community, you will receive a separate email with OnCampus information including you and your son’s unique username as well as instructions on how to log in for the first time. Our OnCampus portal is where you can see your son’s course enrollment, access information like the Parent-Student Handbook when it is published, and eventually see your son’s homework and updated grades.
Since we need to maintain maximum flexibility given the guidelines, we have prepared for multiple scenarios and will present our likely fall scenario based on the most recent state guidelines later this month. Creating flexibility required to examine our course offerings and ultimately make some difficult decisions. Our priorities remain:
- Providing for the health and safety of our community
- Bringing students back to campus
- Ensuring the best outcomes for our students—personally, socially, and academically.
We have made all of our decisions with our Mission Statement in mind and in consultation with our partners at the university level to ensure that our students remain in the best position possible for success in the college admissions process. Time and again, those conversations emphasized the importance of a rigorous education in the core subjects. That feedback from admissions counselors was a key consideration as we built our course offerings in this new environment.
To allow for the greatest flexibility in scheduling, we have limited the number of elective offerings available. Many of our course offerings, including those in Science and Social Studies have been designed to retain elements of the electives we know are engaging for our students. We have maintained our full slate of AP courses and guidance counselors have constructed schedules paying particular attention to preserving those AP course placements.
You and your son can now view his schedule through our OnCampus portal. In any year, the scheduling process is fluid and we will continue to work with you and your son to finalize his schedule and resolve any conflicts possible. As always, we appreciate your partnership through these challenging times.
If you have questions, our counselors are available via email and office hours on Tuesdays to discuss your son's schedule and his academic goals. To schedule an appointment, please click your counselor's name below.
Students are assigned to counselors alphabetically; assignments are listed below by graduation year and by counselor.
Class of 2024:
- Kaplan (Aboagye-Marfo to Fryberger)
- O'Keefe (Gaffney-Lio)
- Claiborne (Mackinnon-Way)
Class of 2023:
- Kaplan (Afogho-Fromm)
- O'Keefe (Gaffney-Morrison)
- Claiborne (Muldoon-Wieners)
Class of 2022:
- Kaplan (Abreu-Gutz)
- O'Keefe (Harris-Mungovan)
- Claiborne (Nelson-Zhang)
Class of 2021:
- Kaplan (Askew-Guo)
- O'Keefe (Henderson-Noonan)
- Claiborne (O'Brien-Zdanavage)
Thank you and remember to live Jesus in our Hearts… forever!
Mr. Andrew O’Brien
Principal/Assistant Head of School
