As you are aware, we started off by bringing a small cohort of students on campus September 14, 2020. Since then, AMHS has continued to increase the number and frequency of students attending in-person learning with great success. In fact, we have been so successful that academic outcomes remain strong and we opened our campus for daily in-person learning available to all students starting March 1st.

In an effort to provide an even more robust academic experience, we are planning for daily, in-person learning at AMHS. Remote learning will be available as an accommodation that must be pre-approved by AMHS administration by August 10, 2021. 

Long Term Accommodations: This is available by application for students with a unique medical or family situation that necessitates attending classes concurrently via video conference and accessing course materials via our Learning Management System.

Short Term Accommodations: This is available for students who are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, but feel well enough to attend school, have tested positive for COVID-19, or have been a close contact to someone with COVID-19. Remote learning accommodations will be provided for the duration of the quarantine period in consultation with AMHS administration.

Our goal is to normalize in-person learning and reduce disruption to classrooms, while still honoring the variety of needs in our community created by the pandemic. 

Students who are approved for long-term remote learning accommodations may remain remote up to each quarter of the school year listed below. The administration will review requests for students for each quarter of the school year. Students may be required to complete assessments in a testing center on campus after school in a small group, proctored setting (if the medical condition or family situation allows).

Does my student have to remain remote the entire year if they are approved for long term remote learning accommodations? Your student may join us for in-person learning at the beginning of each quarter: August 25, November 1, January 25, or March 28 should your plans or family situation change. We have selected these "entry dates" at the start of each academic quarter in an effort to minimize the disruption created by fluctuating class attendance.

In the current school year, we have been limiting Zoom Time to no more than 50 minutes (our class periods are 85 minutes). In the 2021-2022 school year, teachers will be returning to a more traditional use of class time. This means that it will be up to teacher discretion whether the Zoom session extends to include the entire class period.

Even prior to the pandemic, the school day included asynchronous and individual activities built into a typical class period. So, this does not necessarily mean that your student will experience 85 minute Zoom sessions every class, every period. The length of Zoom time will depend on the nature of the lesson and class activities.

Yes! We'd be happy to add COVID-19 vaccine information to your student's health records at AMHS. Please provide documentation to our Dean of Students, Mr. Jeff Latta (jlatta@am-hs.org). You can email him a copy of the vaccine card or certificate, or your student can stop by and show him this information in person.

Your health care provider can assist with this or you can access vaccine records online (including the COVID-19 vaccine certificate) by using MyIRmobile.com for your family's records.

This is voluntary; however, in the event of a COVID-19 exposure at school, having this information already on hand may eliminate the need for your student to quarantine. Please see the most recent Health Department guidance What to do if you're exposed to COVID-19.

Yes! Please have your student continue bringing a laptop/tablet to school! While we are focusing on in-person instruction, this past year has given us the opportunity to expand how we are integrating technology into our classrooms.

Students should bring any personal device that allows for internet access and word processing. If your student needs to borrow one from AMHS, please contact Dean of Students, Mr. Jeff Latta (jlatta@am-hs.org), who will help coordinate checkout of a chromebook.

For many years, AMHS has used Moodle as our Learning Management System (LMS). After reviewing multiple options, our faculty decided to adopt Canvas as our new LMS moving forward. We believe this will offer a more robust experience for our students. We have a few faculty members who will be leading these efforts and will start using Canvas this year; the rest of our faculty will be learning how to use Canvas throughout the school year and continuing to use Moodle. In the current school year, students will be using both Moodle and Canvas, while we make this change.

All faculty will transition to Canvas as our only LMS starting in the 2022-2023 school year. We are grateful for the Fund A Need support for technology in our 2020 Dream Auction, which made exploring other LMS options and moving to a new LMS possible.

Yes, per the Washington State Department of Health all students and staff are required to wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status.

We will not be conducting temperature checks or requiring attestation forms. Please monitor for possible symptoms and remain home if your student is feeling unwell. If your student has been exposed to COVID-19 or tests positive for COVID-19, please contact any AMHS administrator asap for further guidance. We will continue coordinating directly with the health department and following their guidance in the event of COVID-19 exposure.

As part of our risk mitigation efforts, we did not assign students lockers this past year to reduce hallway crowding. If your student would like to use a locker, one will be assigned upon request. Please contact Dean of Students, Mr. Jeff Latta (jlatta@am-hs.org) for more information.

Last year we effectively implemented a number of cleaning measures and efforts to improve air flow / ventilation, which will remain in place this year. Hand sanitizer is readily available and we will promote regular handwashing. Our drinking fountains remain closed, but there are touch free stations for filling personal water bottles. Students will physically distance in classrooms to the extent possible. Last year we also purchased a hands free UV sanitization device (HFUVC-200-AP), which is available for student / staff use in our gym. This provides an additional layer of cleaning for sporting equipment or any items that students / staff would like to clean throughout the day.

Instruction is designed with the intention that in-person learning is the norm. Based on the requests for long-term remote learning accommodations, we expect that 98% of our student body will be attending school in-person.

Those who have requested long term remote learning accommodations will attend school asynchronously via recorded lessons. If you have a new or changing medical need or family situation due to the pandemic, please let us know.

In the event of COVID-19 exposure, we will work with the student and their family regarding appropriate short term remote learning accommodations. This will be available for students who feel well enough to continue attending school, but are required to quarantine for a period of time due to COVID-19 exposure or a positive result.

Please see the Student Handbook for more information. We made a few updates, but are going back to a more formal dress code.

Due to space limitations,we chose not to use our locker rooms as regularly last year. Since the majority of students take a PE or Strength & Conditioning class or participate in a sport, this made it necessary to allow students to wear athletic clothing to school. Locker rooms will be fully open this school year, so we are returning to our previous dress code and asking students to change clothes for PE / athletics.