Students will not have to worry Monday about heading to class.
Greentree School, DVSS and St. Anthony’s School, as well at St Luke’s Outreach and the Golden Hills Outreach School have all stated they will be closed on Monday.
Principal of DVSS Curtis LaPierre says in a press release this due to the high number of families who have been evacuated from their homes during the flood.
It may come as good news for some students, that exams, including Diploma Exams, will be optional.
According to press releases from Golden Hills School Division and Christ the Redeemer School Division, because so many Drumheller and area students and their families have been impacted by the evacuation, all final exams scheduled for the remainder of the year are optional. This decision comes in consultation with Alberta Education.
This includes Grade 9 Provincial Achievement Tests and Grade 12 Diploma Exams. Students in grades 7 to 12 who choose not to write their exams will be exempted from all exams scheduled. If students choose not to write exams, their school awarded marks earned to date will stand as their final grades.
Watch the school division’s websites for information on plans for the coming school week. St. Anthony’s has made the school available as a temporary childcare facility for children of evacuated residents.
