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Dear Parents/Guardians, By now you should have had some contact from your child’s/children’s teacher with regards to assignments, time frame etc. If you are having problems, please email the teacher, so she/he can help you. All teacher emails can be found on the school’s website. With regards to those who have not been able to pick up books, I apologize but you are still not able to come to school on Monday 3/23 as originally thought. No one will be able to come to school until further notice. Hopefully, this will not last for more than a few days. I will let you know when you are able to pick up the remaining books. Thank you for your understanding,

Hopefully by now all of you have received contact from your child's/children's teacher with regards to subjects, assignments, etc. The teachers have been working furiously to make sure that the students have what they need to keep them engaged over the next few weeks. For the most part, please expect teacher communication daily and communication from administration twice a week. If you have any questions, please email the teacher or myself. Responses from the teacher may take up to 24 hours, but no longer. Teachers will make themselves available to answer questions or for clarification from 8 am - 3 pm, Monday through Friday. The school will not be open on Friday, March 20th, as that was a scheduled day off for the school. We are in the process of determining school office hours moving forward. Please know that in the interest of safety, you can always mail a check to the school or call the office with you card number. Thank you.

Due to the sanitation of the school beginning on Thursday, March 19th, I am requesting for those of you have not picked up your child's/children's books, that you do so on Monday, March 23rd. Times for book pick up on Monday, March 23rd will be determined soon. The sanitizing of the school is imperative and a priority. School will be closed on Thursday, March 19th and Friday, March 20th. For the time being, tuition payments should be made through the mail. Thank you.

March 16, 2020 Dear Parents/Guardians, Due to Our Lady of Las Vegas School closing for sometime due to the Corona Virus, parents will need to retrieve their child’s/children’s textbooks/workbooks during this week. In order to avoid complete chaos, and attempting to limit the spread of this virus, I am asking that families stagger the times they come to school. Availability times will be 8:30am-2:30pm. In the interest of added safety, parents, one at a time, will only be able to pick up their child’s/children’s books in their classroom for a few minutes. As soon as you come through the main gate, please go immediately to the classroom. Please bring a backpack or something in which to carry the books/ workbooks. This is not a conference time with the teacher. Information will be coming to you from the teachers by late Tuesday or early Wednesday. Books will not be required for this first week. Teachers will send assignments that do not require the use of the classroom books until the following week. Beginning Monday 3/23/20, teachers will be using ZOOM, Plus Portals, Remind App, and Google Drive to dispense information. **Attached please find the survey that was sent out on Friday. If you have not filled it out, please do so and bring it with you when you pick up your child’s/children’s books. If your scheduled day to pick up books does not work for you, OLLV is flexible and sensitive to your busy schedules. Schedule for retrieving books: Last Names A-H----Tuesday pick up Last names I-P-—Wednesday pick up Last names Q--Z—Thursday pick up Updates from the administration will be coming to you periodically. Please don’t hesitate to call the school office with any questions. Thank you for you support during this time, Mrs. Joyce

March 13, 2020 - As of today, all school sports activities, extracurricular activities, and field trips are cancelled until further notice. A letter from the Diocese was sent out in an email blast to all school families this morning that has information about the virus and safeguards that the school in taking in conjunction with additional safeguards that should be taken at home. There is also a technology survey that all parents are asked to take and send in to school in the event of school closing. Nothing with regards to our school closing has been decided, as yet. Unfortunately, our Annual Multicultural Festival scheduled for Thursday, March 19th from 5:30 pm - 7 pm is cancelled. If we are able to have it at a later date, you will be notified. March 19th is scheduled to be a full day of school, and it will remain a full day. Aftercare will be available on March 19th. Thank you.

Dear Parents/Gurardian, With all of the recent news in regards to the Coronavirus, you should be aware what our school is doing to help ensure the safety of its students. First, any student who have a fever is sent home. This has always been the school's policy. Second, all faculty and staff have been instructed to use hand sanitizer more regularly than usual. The Teachers have also been instructed to have students wash their hands and use hand sanitizer or disinfecting wipes regularly. Third, at Mass, all have been asked not to shake hands during the sign of the peace but to use the peace sign instead. This was a directive from Bishop Thomas. Lastly, our cleaning company will be doing a deep cleaning and sanitizing of the school in the near future.