April 17, 2020

Dear Parents and Guardians,

As you likely know by now, by order of Governor Pritzker, we will not return to school this year. We want you to know we are saddened by the news, as we had been hoping to see our Blazers again.

The following updates address how we will continue with eLearning plans through the end of the school year.

  • Block IV Grades 
  • Block IV grades will remain as letter grades, we will not be issuing Pass/Fail grades
  • Report Cards will be sent home the week of June 15th

  • Block IV Exams
  • Format: Will be projects, presentations, papers or short answers assessments - to be determined by individual teachers (or teams if more than one teacher teaches a course) Exams will NOT be synchronous multiple choice timed tests.  
  • Dates: 
  • Senior Exams: May 18 (period 1 and 2 class exams due) and May 19 (period 4 and 5 class exams due)
  • *NEW* Block IV Exams (Freshmen, Soph, Juniors): May 26 (due date for per 4 and 5 classes) and May 27 (due date for per 1 and 2 classes)
  • *NEW* Grading Day: May 28
  • *NEW* Grades Due: 8 am May 29th (to Admin Plus)
  • *NEW* Grade Verification: June 1

  • Summer School 
  • Out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to move summer school courses to eLearning 
  • New Dates- June 8-11; 15-18; 22-25 (still three week session).
  • Pre-IB Students World Language Classes for the members of the class of 2023 will be conducted as eLearning courses.
  • Public Speaking and Health will be eLearning courses and only offered to members of the Classes of 2023, 2022 and 2021. 
  • Updated registration forms will be posted on the website next week.

  • Locker Clean-Out/Retrieval of Personal Items
  • We are making a plan to allow students to retrieve their personal belongings, we will be adhering to Strict Social Distancing Safety Measures. Please stay tuned for our schedule/plans for locker clean out.  
 
  • Athletics & Clubs
  • Spring Athletes can continue to personally train and meet via video conference under the guidance of their coaches.
  • As soon as we have an update from IHSA, we will be in communication.
  • Clubs and Organizations can continue to meet via video conference and/or collaborate over shared documents. 
  • Elections for Class and Executive Council Officer positions for the 2020-21 school year will be held virtually on Friday, May 8th. Students were emailed information about the elections/campaigns on Friday, April 17th. Election applications are due Thursday, April 30th.  
  • Applications for the Mazzuchelli Mentor (Freshmen Orientation Leader) Program were emailed to members of the classes of 2021, 2022 and 2023 on Friday, April 17th. Submissions are due Monday, May 11th.  
 
  • Senior Events
  • Graduation/Honors Convocation: We continue to remain dedicated to celebrating our amazing Seniors in the Class of 2020 and we are exploring options for how to safely and responsibly do so. You will receive notice of details when finalized.  
  • Members of the class of 2020 should still be sending copies of their college acceptances as well as scholarship offers to Ms. Katie Granholm.   
  • While the college decision timeline looks a little different this year, we want to celebrate the tremendous accomplishments of the members of our class of 2020. If you have made your college decision, Ms. Grahholm is asking that seniors please send a photo that represents their chosen college or university. Seniors should see the email that Mrs. Bedell sent Friday, April 17th for more details on College Decision Day.   

We thank you for your ongoing support and dedication to giving your daughter the very best Catholic education. 

#TrinityStrong
#InThisTogether
#NowMoreThanEver

Warmly,
Laura M. Curley
President
708.453.8332