MASH Schedule Update
(updates as of January 25th)
With the decision to close school today (Jan 25) due to weather, there are some impacts on the MASH end of semester schedule. As you know, when the district calendar came out for this year, an Act 80 Day for “MASH only” was placed between the last day of semester 1 and the first day of semester 2. With a completely semester based schedule which results in all students and staff having a new schedule there are some transitional needs. Placing this day between the semester allows a number of things to occur: teachers to close out and submit grades for semester 1 and for teachers to familiarize themselves with their course rosters, finalize syllabi and preview student needs as we roll out a new schedule for semester 2.
This approach does require us to move the Act 80 day any time weather pushes back the semester end date. When we had a weather cancellation in December we moved it back one day from Wednesday the 25th to Thursday the 26th. We now need to move it one more day. As a result, MASH will have a regularly scheduled school day on Thursday January 26. This will be cycle day 3 (along with the rest of the district) and will be a regular bell schedule for MASH students. They will stop by their advisory location at the end of period 2 to get a copy of their semester 2 schedule and an updated map of the building. Friday January 27 will then be the end of Semester Act 80 Day for MASH only.
Students will return to MASH on Monday January 30 – the first day of semester 2, which will be a cycle day 5.
There is additional benefit to the Act 80 Day this year as we are also moving over 30 staff members into our new classroom wing during this transition time. We thank you for your understanding and are excited for you to join us next Thursday night February 2, at our Semester 2 Back To School Night program.
Thank you,
David Harris
Principal - MASH
Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School
Website: www.mbgsd.org
Location: 500 South Broad Street, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Phone: 717-691-4530