March 11. 2021
Dear Summit Academy Families, 

The purpose of this communication is to update you on three areas of importance: 
  1. COVID-19 and our school
  2. Spring Break and the return to school the following week
  3. Adjustments to the end of the year school calendar
COVID-19
It is hard to believe it has been a year since Covid-19 began to impact our school, our community, our country and our world. If you think back to the early days of the pandemic, we believed we were going to take a couple of weeks away, including spring break, and then be able to return to the classroom as if it were any other school year. What a journey the past twelve months have been!

Let’s keep in mind that while Summit Academy has weathered this storm relatively well, some of our school families and staff have suffered illnesses and even loss of family members. As the vaccination process continues and the positivity rates decline, we hope and pray that no additional losses impact our community.

With regards to vaccinations, I am glad to share that 88% of our faculty and staff have received both doses. That said, we will continue to follow CDC and Kentucky Public Health guidelines by wearing masks, washing our hands, and continuing to be diligent in the sanitizing of desks and high-touch surfaces. A positive of all of these protocols has been the virtual eradication of the flu. As of last week, Louisville had only 17 confirmed cases of flu compared to 17,000 for the same timeframe last year.
SPRING BREAK
Spring Break is only a couple of weeks away. We thank you for taking the time to complete our survey related to travel outside of your home state. The purpose of the survey was to ascertain what percentage of you would be needing to quarantine, or at least keep your child(ren) home from school, as recommended by State and CDC guidelines. Thus, any student who travels outside of Kentucky or Indiana (home state) during Spring Break will attend school remotely for the week of April 5 - 9. 

In addition, due to a high volume of families traveling, the entire Middle School will move to a Remote Learning schedule for the week of April 5-9. All other grades will return to in-person schooling as usual.
CALENDAR UPDATES
In an effort to reclaim some of the lost instructional time due to inclement weather and other activities, we will be making the following adjustments to the school calendar:
MAY 14
Noon dismissal to accommodate our BBB fundraiser as it will be held on campus this year
MAY 21
Move to Full Day, no in-person music/awards assemblies
MAY 26
Move to Full Day instead of the final (half day) of school
MAY 27
Add Full Day and the last day of school for students (Information regarding school carnival to come)
MAY 28
Conferences (virtual)
JUNE 1
Wrap-up Day for Faculty
End of year events such as 8th Grade and High School Graduation will occur on their regularly scheduled dates. More details to come.
We wish everyone a healthy, fun and relaxing week away. Please let us know if you have any questions or additional information regarding travel.


Regards,
Douglas L. Strothman
Head of School
Rebecca Hoffmann
Principal