Blended Students: Beginning September 21, you will work remotely. Starting October 1, without changing your learning preference, you will be able to access instruction everyday from your teacher remotely. You still have the option to access the building on your cohort days to support services. Keep in mind, instruction even when in the building will be accessed via your personal or a school device from a single location you will be assigned to for that day. You will not be in person with your teacher.

Attendance will be taken remotely for both blended and remote students daily and period by period.

Due to the shortened schedule of seven periods, many of our freshmen were not able to fit foreign language on their program this semester. The reason for my decision was to place students on track to earn the Chancellor's Endorsed Diploma in Music, which required 10 credits of sequential music instruction without adding academic pressure during their junior and senior years.

Note, students are provided the option to begin their foreign language course of study their second year. By doing so, they will be positioned to accrue the necessary credits to the Foreign Language Regents, earning them an Advanced Regents Diploma despite not taking a language their 9th-grade year.

In closing, programming is always up to the student and their families. If there is a concern or question, please do not hesitate to contact me.

The next step is figuring out how to distribute instruments in a safe and efficient way to both our blended and remote students. What we need is for your children to complete a survey shared by their music teacher today.

Another essential piece to our success puzzle is keeping in close contact not only with students but their families as well. This information is captured in the student survey our students were invited to complete today.