Dear Parents/Guardians of NCS Students:
The School Board of NCS is always looking into ideas that would increase learning at our school. In a recent work session the possibility of a 4 day school week was discussed. There are several benefits of a 4 day week, some of which are:
- Would reduce the numbers of days missed due to Friday athletic events. Currently there are approximately 33 Fridays in the school year. Of those 33 days 24 of them have an athletic event. The result is that almost 75% of Fridays are significantly disrupted resulting in Friday having the lowest attendance rate of any day of the week.
- Would increase instruction time, as students would be in school 45 minutes longer on Monday through Thursday. This would allow the school to optimize instructional time.
- Would see small financial savings by operating 4 days per week.
- Having Fridays off may open opportunities for extracurricular activities for students – community service work, tutoring, job shadow, fund raising events, etc.
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Our public high school is on the beautiful Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in northeast Oregon. Our charter focuses on Native American culture, infusing native languages into daily school life, and serving the tribal community. Oregon charter school of the year for 2006-2007! Awna xwaama! Go golden eagles!