May 29, 2020
Dear Fontbonne Community,
We have been in Distance Learning now for the past eleven weeks. As we prepare to begin our final week, I wanted to thank you all for continuing to support your daughters during the last months of the 2019-20 academic year.
As we prepare for the end of the school year, we have a few updates for you.
Celebrating the Class of 2020
We invite you to join us for the
Virtual Baccaulaureate Mass & Awards Ceremony
on
Thursday, June 4th
at
6pm
. This celebration can be viewed via YouTube Premiere. You will receive a link in your email early next week. Please join us!
On
Saturday, June 6, 2020
, we will have an
On-Campus Individual Graduation
for each senior. Graduates and their families will be invited to drive on campus to receive their diploma individually. This drive-up style Graduation Ceremony will include the graduate departing from their vehicle and processing across our lawn, being clapped on safely by members of the faculty and staff standing 8 - 10 feet apart, to receive their diploma. A professional videographer will be on campus as well. More specific details about this ceremony will be sent to senior parents in the coming days.
Only seniors are allowed on campus on this day.
We will also launch a
Virtual Graduation Celebration
on
Friday, June 12, 2020
. The senior class as well as our community will be invited to our Virtual Graduation celebration. This professionally edited film honoring the Class of 2020 graduation will capture all of the components of graduation; it will feature our Alumna and Honors Speakers and will celebrate each student. Graduation Awards will also be announced at this time.
Locker Clean-Out
Students in grades 9, 10, 11 will be invited to clean out their lockers the week of June 8 - 12. You can find the schedule
HERE
. We are inviting 8 students to campus at a time. This allows us to safely have them in the building to retrieve their belongings. The students are invited based on where their lockers are located so we do not have students next to one another. Please abide by the scheduled times. If anyone is not comfortable coming to campus to clean out their lockers, we can bag items and arrange a pick up for you.
We are proud of all of the hard work that our students and adults have put into this Distance Learning experience. Our last day of classes will be
Thursday, June 4, 2020
. Grades will close on
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
. Final report cards will be posted in PlusPortals on
June 19, 2020
.
As we close out the school year with grades 9 -11, we are working on virtual events for each class to be with one another to celebrate their year. This ending is not ideal for any of us. We are aware that everyone is experiencing transitions right now and want to honor and recognize the accomplishments of all of our students. Next week, Ms. Ryder and I will meet with each grade level. Sophomores will be on Monday, Juniors will be on Tuesday and Freshwomen on Thursday. All meetings will be from 2pm - 3pm. More details will follow. This is a time for us to prayer and reflect with the classes on their year. They will be invited to share with their classmates as well.
I will continue to keep you updated on any events we host throughout June. We have postponed our traditional Junior Presentation to the fall. Our hope is we will be able to celebrate the Juniors in person as we rise them as leaders.
