At ISB we value the time families have together to connect and spend together.
To support this, when we have long weekends or extended vacations from school, we hope to protect students’ time by minimizing the school work that they might have to do (or worry about) during these breaks.
Monday and Tuesday, September 14 and 15 are “Assessment-Free” days. In other words, students should not have anything due these days, nor assessments that they have to study or prepare for. The weekend is also Activity-Free, which means we close the campus to any activities. The goal is for students to have time to spend with their family.
Of course, some students may have over-due assignments that were due previously and need to catch up and complete those. These can still be expected on Monday and Tuesday by teachers, because there was time to complete these last week.
And we always encourage students to read, whenever they can. This can actually be a lovely shared family time, when everyone is reading sitting together.
We hope that families enjoy the long weekend and the time together.