Principal's Corner
Dear Families,
I write you today to inform you that Visitation School, along with all other Archdiocesan schools will be temporarily closed after today. We received a directive from the Archdiocese that all schools will be closed with a possible re-opening date of Tuesday, March 31. School will be closed beginning Monday. I know this brings a lot of uncertainty, anxiety and questions and I hope to address as much as I can through this email.
We are ready. Beginning next week, we will be transitioning to online learning. Our teachers and staff will be on campus on Monday to begin prepping content and curriculum that will start on Wednesday of next week.
All students will be coming home with all books and material needed during the extended closure.
After Monday, the school will be closed to all families and distance learning will be in effect. No one will be on campus starting Tuesday. Please make sure you arrange to get your child’s materials on Monday March 16th between the hours of 8am-3pm. This is imperative to their ability to stay on top of their education.
Teachers will be sharing their plans on how to access curriculum and online resources with their students.
I will send out specific information about the logistics of how the online learning will work on Monday afternoon after my teachers and I solidify our plans. You will have that information to you on Monday with the expectation that students begin working on Wednesday of next week. The first few days will be very light and will take some time for everyone to get used to it, but I ask for your patience and we will work together to get this done.
In the meantime, I ask you to take those steps I previously shared with you. Please make child care arrangements. Ask your jobs about working from home or the possibility of taking your child to work. Make sure you have all items at home to help with online learning.
I will send out information via email instead of meeting for the Spring Parent meeting. Also, we will try and figure out how to get report cards out to you digitally or via USPS.
I also understand that this decision comes at a great burden to you, our families. Please know that this decision was not made lightly and was only made with the utmost amount of factual, accurate and wealth of information. Many of the parents in our community have helped with this. I have relied on information that comes from parents in the medical, media, local government, financial, and other fields to share information with me that is reliable and timely. I am forever grateful for the support and guidance of those parents. Thank you!
I 100% believe that this is the right decision for our community. We see in the media how quickly and how dangerous this virus is to the vulnerable in our community. Our hope is that with limiting the social interaction, we will be helping to slow the spread of this virus throughout our community. We are in this as a community. Our goal is to not only protect ourselves but protect others.
Myself, and the faculty and staff will do our best to not only provide curriculum and instruction during this time, we will also strive to continue to stay in contact with parents, provide counseling services, provide school information and continue to give students the support, structure and stability they will need through this uncharted territory. One of my amazing teachers said to me yesterday, “If we all do our part, we will be great”. I couldn’t agree more!
Thank you all for your continued confidence, strength, and support of your Visitation community. Over the next few weeks, we will, of course, continue to be great!
To health,
Chris
I write you today to inform you that Visitation School, along with all other Archdiocesan schools will be temporarily closed after today. We received a directive from the Archdiocese that all schools will be closed with a possible re-opening date of Tuesday, March 31. School will be closed beginning Monday. I know this brings a lot of uncertainty, anxiety and questions and I hope to address as much as I can through this email.
We are ready. Beginning next week, we will be transitioning to online learning. Our teachers and staff will be on campus on Monday to begin prepping content and curriculum that will start on Wednesday of next week.
All students will be coming home with all books and material needed during the extended closure.
After Monday, the school will be closed to all families and distance learning will be in effect. No one will be on campus starting Tuesday. Please make sure you arrange to get your child’s materials on Monday March 16th between the hours of 8am-3pm. This is imperative to their ability to stay on top of their education.
Teachers will be sharing their plans on how to access curriculum and online resources with their students.
I will send out specific information about the logistics of how the online learning will work on Monday afternoon after my teachers and I solidify our plans. You will have that information to you on Monday with the expectation that students begin working on Wednesday of next week. The first few days will be very light and will take some time for everyone to get used to it, but I ask for your patience and we will work together to get this done.
In the meantime, I ask you to take those steps I previously shared with you. Please make child care arrangements. Ask your jobs about working from home or the possibility of taking your child to work. Make sure you have all items at home to help with online learning.
I will send out information via email instead of meeting for the Spring Parent meeting. Also, we will try and figure out how to get report cards out to you digitally or via USPS.
I also understand that this decision comes at a great burden to you, our families. Please know that this decision was not made lightly and was only made with the utmost amount of factual, accurate and wealth of information. Many of the parents in our community have helped with this. I have relied on information that comes from parents in the medical, media, local government, financial, and other fields to share information with me that is reliable and timely. I am forever grateful for the support and guidance of those parents. Thank you!
I 100% believe that this is the right decision for our community. We see in the media how quickly and how dangerous this virus is to the vulnerable in our community. Our hope is that with limiting the social interaction, we will be helping to slow the spread of this virus throughout our community. We are in this as a community. Our goal is to not only protect ourselves but protect others.
Myself, and the faculty and staff will do our best to not only provide curriculum and instruction during this time, we will also strive to continue to stay in contact with parents, provide counseling services, provide school information and continue to give students the support, structure and stability they will need through this uncharted territory. One of my amazing teachers said to me yesterday, “If we all do our part, we will be great”. I couldn’t agree more!
Thank you all for your continued confidence, strength, and support of your Visitation community. Over the next few weeks, we will, of course, continue to be great!
To health,
Chris
