Can you believe we successfully made it through our first snow day? I wanted to update our community on a few more items this week. In this email, please review:
Snow Closure/Delay Procedure and Recap
POL Schedule
Enrollment Update
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Snow Closure/Delay Procedure and Recap
We did very well dealing with our first snow day of the 2009-10 school year. We want to thank everyone for their patience and compliance during yesterday’s closure. To clarify, if 9-R/Bayfield has CANCELLED school because of the weather, then you can safely assume AHS is shut as well. Our students’ safety and the commuting conditions are the primary condtions upon which closure decisions are made.
By 6AM yesterday morning, we had received over 100 hits on the website and blog and over 35 calls to the school’s main number which tells us that our community is accessing those outlets. We also passed along our closure information to local media outlets. However, there was some confusion regarding this morning’s plan.
If 9-R/Bayfield have announced a delay, it’s most likely because of those district’s school buses’ ability to navigate our wintery streets. Since AHS does not provide a bus system for students, we WILL NOT ANNOUNCE A DELAYED START even if other districts have made the decision to do so. As always, we completely understand that the commute to school on morning’s like today can present challenges for families. Although we were not delayed, we are excusing students for arriving late. Your student’s safety is paramount and if you ever have any questions or concerns, please call HOS Michael Ackerman at 970-403-4827 or Director of Student Services Jake Lauer at 970-903-5358.
Please remember, our school’s website- http://www.animashighschool.com/ and our blog- http://www.animashighschool.blogspot.com/ are updated frequently and are always the best source for closure/delay information. Thanks to everyone for their patience and understanding. We did an excellent job working through these difficult conditions together!
POL Schedule
The schedule below is intended to help you plan for next week’s POLs. We want to thank everyone for their patience as we have facilitated our first round of SLCs, Exhibition and POLs ever! With this in mind, please note that we will repeat the same schedule for these events in Semester 2.
POLs Wednesday Dec. 16, 2009
Snow Closure/Delay Procedure and Recap
POL Schedule
Enrollment Update
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Snow Closure/Delay Procedure and Recap
We did very well dealing with our first snow day of the 2009-10 school year. We want to thank everyone for their patience and compliance during yesterday’s closure. To clarify, if 9-R/Bayfield has CANCELLED school because of the weather, then you can safely assume AHS is shut as well. Our students’ safety and the commuting conditions are the primary condtions upon which closure decisions are made.
By 6AM yesterday morning, we had received over 100 hits on the website and blog and over 35 calls to the school’s main number which tells us that our community is accessing those outlets. We also passed along our closure information to local media outlets. However, there was some confusion regarding this morning’s plan.
If 9-R/Bayfield have announced a delay, it’s most likely because of those district’s school buses’ ability to navigate our wintery streets. Since AHS does not provide a bus system for students, we WILL NOT ANNOUNCE A DELAYED START even if other districts have made the decision to do so. As always, we completely understand that the commute to school on morning’s like today can present challenges for families. Although we were not delayed, we are excusing students for arriving late. Your student’s safety is paramount and if you ever have any questions or concerns, please call HOS Michael Ackerman at 970-403-4827 or Director of Student Services Jake Lauer at 970-903-5358.
Please remember, our school’s website- http://www.animashighschool.com/ and our blog- http://www.animashighschool.blogspot.com/ are updated frequently and are always the best source for closure/delay information. Thanks to everyone for their patience and understanding. We did an excellent job working through these difficult conditions together!
POL Schedule
The schedule below is intended to help you plan for next week’s POLs. We want to thank everyone for their patience as we have facilitated our first round of SLCs, Exhibition and POLs ever! With this in mind, please note that we will repeat the same schedule for these events in Semester 2.
POLs Wednesday Dec. 16, 2009
· All students report to school at 8:15 PM
· Half of the student body will be presenting and paneling.
· Half the student body will be heading off site for scholastic pursuits, important program work and team building experiences.
· All students will be dismissed at 3:15 PM
· Half of the student body will be presenting and paneling.
· Half the student body will be heading off site for scholastic pursuits, important program work and team building experiences.
· All students will be dismissed at 3:15 PM
POLs Thursday Dec. 17, 2009
· All students report to school at 8:15 PM
· Half of the student body will be presenting and paneling.
· Half the student body will be heading off site for scholastic pursuits, important program work and team building experiences.
· All students will be dismissed at 3:15 PM
· All students report to school at 8:15 PM
· Half of the student body will be presenting and paneling.
· Half the student body will be heading off site for scholastic pursuits, important program work and team building experiences.
· All students will be dismissed at 3:15 PM
POLs Friday Dec. 18, 2009
· Any student who does receiving passing marks for their Wed./Thurs. POLs are required to attend Friday POL make-up. ***WE ARE ANTICIPATING STUDENTS WILL NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN MAKE-UPS ****
· Make-ups will run until all students have a chance to repeat their POL
· Staff will be working a complete day
· If your student does not need to make up their POL, then they are excused from Friday’s programming
· The building will be open our usual Friday hours- 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM
***Please Note that students will receive their POL schedule this Friday- Please check in with them to see when they are presenting! ***
Enrollment Update
Animas High School would like to thank the many students and families involved with our enrollment efforts this fall. At this time, AHS has closed enrollment opportunities for the 2009-2010 school year. We appreciate all those who participated in the admissions process and we look forward to opening our enrollment for the class of 2014 in January. Questions or concerns can be directed to Head of School Michael Ackerman via email: michael@animashighschool.com
