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Upcoming Dates

9/14
Board of Education Meeting

9/24-9/25
No School

9/30
Virtual Parent-Teacher Conferences by appointment

10/6
Picture Day Group A

10/9
Picture Day Group B

Pacer Pantry
Located at the Willis Education Center, this pantry provides nutritious food and household items to families in need.  

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Ric Stranges
Principal

Rex Reeder
Assistant Principal

Adonis Bolden
Assistant Principal

Steve Glesenkamp
Athletic Director

Don Burroughs
Dean of Students



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Rutherford B. Hayes
High School

289 Euclid Avenue
Delaware, Ohio 43015

Main Office:
740-833-1010
Attendance Phone:
740-833-1014

Athletic Department:
740-833-1020

Counseling Office:
740-833-1028

School Nurse:
740-833-1019



Community Resources

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Support for Military Families


Click HERE for resources for Military Families

September 14, 2020
FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK

As we begin week three of the school year together, I can't help but reflect on how impressed I am with our students and staff. We put many new protocols and procedures in place based upon the guidelines from our Delaware County Health Board and our Delaware Schools Administration. However, there is not a book or guide for preparing a high school of 1,800 students safely during a pandemic. Our students have utilized the extra minutes between class changes to navigate the one-way arrows throughout the building. Teachers use the time to sanitize desks between classes. The lunch spaces have gone from nearly 400 students in each lunchroom to 50. Smaller class sizes not only provide needed social distancing, but have allowed a more personal start to our school year as teachers build those important connections that we all missed last Spring.
 
We will continue to reinforce and model good health and safety protocols here at school and I thank you for your encouragement and support. We tell our students we have made these changes "not to you, but for you". We want to continue "in person" learning for as long as possible. We must stay vigilant and continue to wear masks, keep six feet apart, wash our hands and not touch our faces. We can do this!
 
For our Online Academy students, the start of school has been more difficult. The online platform that the district was ready to implement, was not the right one for our students or for our community. Our district leaders took the right step to pivot and replace. Our district administrators and teachers are in the middle of a search for a new online platform for our Academy students. They thank you for your patience as they move closer to a decision.
 
Whichever mode of learning your family has chosen, please know how much we appreciate your support and enthusiasm you have exhibited. We are all pacers! We will continue to communicate with you and we will maintain our daily updated school website for you to access. Announcements will change every day, so please bookmark the Hayes website. From my family to yours, please stay safe and healthy. If you need anything, please do not hesitate calling or emailing me anytime.
 
Stay Well,

Dr. Ric Stranges   
Principal

      Virtual Parent Conference Night 
       Wednesday Sept 30th
     3:00 pm to 6:45 pm

Please call Hayes at 740-833-1010 to make a virtual appointment with your child's teacher(s).  We look forward to "seeing" you on the 30th!

New On-Line School Fee Payment System

DCS has upgraded the on-line payment system to PaySchools Central.  Payschools accepts bank account transfers as well as credit card payments.  There will be no convenience fees this first semester.  If you used EZ Pay in the past, you will have to create a new account.  See Payschools information FLYER
 

Lifetouch will be taking school pictures at Hayes on the following dates:

10/6/20 - Group A
10/9/20 - Group B
11/30/20-Retakes Group A & On-line Academy
12/4/2020-Retakes Group B & On-line Academy

Yearbooks are on sale for the LOWEST price of the year HERE.

Want to buy an ad in the yearbook for your senior? Click HERE to create a personal ad immortalizing your senior in their yearbook.
             
       Counseling News

           DACC Reminders

For students attending both DACC and Hayes, please pay close attention to when they are expected to be at DACC and when they are expected to be at Hayes:


If there are transportation questions, please contacted the Transportation Department at 740-833-1650

College and Career Newsletter

See the latest edition of College and Career Clippings HERE

Congratulations to National Merit Semifinalists Rebecca Young and Rena Ouyang!


             
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      Virtual Open House HERE