Dear Bishop Kelly Families,

Please take a minute to read all of the important information in this Just In Time email for this week. It covers a schedule change for Thursday and Friday, upcoming registration deadlines, and information about inclement weather.

Sadly, we experienced a sudden and tragic loss in our BK Community this week. Lisa Cooper, who leads Bishop Kelly's orchestra, choir, and pastoral arts program lost her husband Greg very suddenly. Lisa and Greg are also parents to McAlister, who is a Sophomore here at BK. Greg Cooper's funeral services are being held this Friday, March 8th, at 2:00 p.m. at Holy Apostles Catholic Church in Meridian. Many of our faculty and students wish to attend Greg's services. As a result, we are going to repeat the schedule that we had last week to allow for an early dismissal on Friday so that our community to attend Greg's funeral.

Thursday will have four 80 minute class periods, no House Time, and no Office Hours. Friday will have three 80 minute class periods with an early release.

Revised schedule for Thursday, March 7:

1st Period - 9:00 AM -10:20 AM

2nd Period - 10:25 AM - 11:45 AM

Lunch - 11:45 AM -12:15 PM

3rd Period - 12:20 PM - 1:40 PM

4th Period - 1:45 PM - 3:05 PM

Revised schedule for Friday, March 8:

5th Period - 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM

6th Period - 9:55 AM - 11:15 AM

Lunch - 11:15 AM -11:40 AM

7th Period - 11:45 AM - 1: 05 PM

Current BK Students - the deadline to register for the 2024-2025 school year is THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 8th. Students MUST have their registration completed in order to sign up for classes next fall.

If you need assistance completing your registration for next school year, please reach out to our Admissions Director, Angela Calovich at acalovich@bk.org.

The surprise winter weather this week is a good time to remind everyone about our inclement weather protocols.

BK Admin make every effort to make the best decision on delayed starts, canceling school, opting for a virtual day, etc. Those decisions are made with as much lead time and communication to you as possible. Safety is our number one priority and we never want to put students or staff in an unsafe situation driving to and from school. That said, we live in Idaho where snow and cold weather occur regularly. Within reason, we need to be prepared to travel in winter road conditions. Please remind your students who drive to plan to leave earlier on snowy days so that they do not feel pressured to drive too fast on snowy roads.  

Please remember that parents always have the right to keep students home if they don't feel it's safe sending them out the door, You know your child's commute situation and driving abilities better than anyone and we trust you will make the right call, regardless of the school's decision. 

As a school, we monitor weather and road conditions as closely as possible before making a decision. We communicate with our K-8 partner schools and our neighboring public school districts to gain as much intel as possible before making a final decision. Whenever possible, we will be out on the roads as early as 4:30 a.m. to check the road conditions ourselves. We will communicate via email and text message with parents by 6:30 AM If we feel that it is unsafe to run on a normal schedule. We will communicate either:

1. A delayed start (typically 9 a.m. start)
2. School Cancellation (no school)
3. A Virtual Day (this decision would be followed by instructions for your student to participate in a virtual school day.)

We are hopeful that spring weather is on the way!

• Front Office: 375-6010
• Attendance Office: attendance@bk.org
• Business Office: 947-1209
• BK Development Office: 947-1325
• BK Foundation Office: 323-4789



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