As we are all returning to school full of uncertainty this September, we will be adding information to this page as it becomes available.
SJPII School Calendar - see School Calendar tab for the most up to date information
Our
Guidance Department has been working tirelessly through the weeks leading up to
the reopening of schools, and have had to make many modifications to our system
to create student timetables that follow the Ministry guidelines. Parents are now seeing the result of that
work in a rather confusing timetable. We
understand how difficult the timetable is to comprehend and hope that the
following resources may be of assistance to you.
The
first quadmester is represented on the student’s timetable by the top left
square. Days 1 and 2 on the timetable
represent Week 1, and Days 3 and 4 represent Week 2. Periods 1 and 2 on the timetable make up
their morning class (8:30 to 11 am) and Periods 3 and 4 make up the afternoon
(on-line) class (12:20 to 2:50 pm). Classes
follow a repeating 4-week cycle, as follows:
Week 1A
Week 2C
Week 1B
Week 2D
Definitions
to know:
Asynchronous - students
are working at home on their own (alternating mornings)
Synchronous - students
are attending an online class WITH their teacher (EVERY afternoon)
Your
child will belong to 2 cohorts each quadmester. If their timetable shows they
are in a classroom for Day 1 (Week 1), they are in Cohort A. If the timetable shows they are in a
classroom on Day 2 (Week 1), they are in Cohort B. Again, if the timetable shows they are in a
classroom on Day 3 (Week 2), they are in Cohort C. If they are in a classroom on Day 4 (Week 2),
they are in Cohort D. On the mornings students are not in-school, they will be doing asynchronous learning.
Please
note that afternoon classes are ENTIRELY online and ALL cohorts are to attend
EVERY DAY.
The
following is a basic outline of which days students attend in person classes:
Week
1A (September 14-18, Oct 12-16, Nov 9-13)
Cohort A
will attend Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning
Cohort B
will attend Tuesday and Thursday morning
Week
2C (Sept 21-25, Oct 19-23)
Cohort C
will attend Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning
Cohort D
will attend Tuesday and Thursday morning
Week
1B (Sept 28-Oct 2, Oct 26-30)
Cohort A
will attend Monday and Wednesday morning
Cohort B
will attend Tuesday, Thursday and Friday morning
Week
2D (Oct 5-9, Nov 2-6)
Cohort C
will attend Monday and Wednesday morning
Cohort D
will attend Tuesday, Thursday and Friday morning
All
weeks, all cohorts attend online classes every afternoon.
Several
of our staff members have compiled calendars in different formats for the
purposes of making the schedule a little clearer. Please see the following and hopefully one of
these formats will make it a little easier for you to understand (please note
that for ease, many staff are referring to the week 1, period 1 and 2 (morning)
class as period 1 and the week 2, period 3 and 4 (afternoon) class as period 2.
Format 1:
Final Quad 1 Calendar 2020-2021
Format 2:
Academic calendar September 2020
Academic calendar October 2020
Academic Calendar November 2020
Our principal, Mr. Wetzel, has also put together the following video to help explain how to read the timetable.