DAHS Start of School Information

Welcome to Dimensions Academy High School! We are excited to work with you in our program. Throughout the year if you have any questions about the DA program feel free to reach out. This email will have a lot of information about the 2021-22 school year. Feel free to email me with any questions you have. ;) Sincerely, Meredith Aby-Keirstead Gifted and Talented Coordinator maby@isd271.org 952-806-7811 Schedules for Week 1 The two high schools have different schedules for the first day of school. The good thing is that this will allow us to be able to make sure the DA kids have a smooth transition back and forth between the schools. The bad thing is the KHS STEM students will miss meeting their advisory teacher and the JHS Humanities students will miss their Pep Fest. KHS First Week Schedule DA STEM students will miss their advisory time the first 2 days. I believe I am the advisor at KHS for all the DA students. ;) I will email them any information they will miss in advisory. When you get to Jefferson Mr. Hildebrandt (the middle school GT coordinator) will meet you at the front door and make sure you get to your period 1 classes on time! On Friday KHS will use the normal 6 period day schedule. On the first day of school I will meet Kennedy DA STEM students at the music door 2 to make sure they get on the bus to JHS. :) JHS First Day Schedule DA Humanities students will miss the pep fest on Day 1. Sorry! Hopefully other pep fests will be at the end of the day so you can participate. On Wednesday 9/8 you can go to the front of JHS to catch the DA shuttle to Kennedy after period 2. You won’t need to leave class early. On Thursday 9/9 you will need to leave period 2 early (9:45) to catch the DA shuttle to Kennedy. DA Bus Information Please note students are required to wear masks on BPS busses. This is the schedule for the shuttle between buildings. Monday / Tuesday / Friday Schedule Period 1 DA STEM @ JHS 7:50 - 8:47AM KHS shuttle will pick up students @ 7:40 before school next to door 2 (the music door) and bring them to JHS Period 2 DA STEM @ JHS 8:53 - 9:51AM Shuttle for KHS leaves JHS at 10:48, students should leave class at 10:45 Period 3 DA Humanities @ KHS 9:57 - 10:54AM Period 4 DA Humanities @ KHS 11:00AM - 12:00PM 12:00 - 12:30 Lunch Shuttle for JHS leaves KHS at 11:50, students should leave class at 11:45 to get back on the shuttle to JHS Wednesday / Thursday Schedule Period 1 / 2 DA STEM @ JHS 7:50 - 9:26AM KHS shuttle will pick up students @ 7:40 am at door 2 and bring them to JHS Shuttle for KHS leaves JHS at 9:30 (KHS students only) Advisory / Academic Seminar 9:33 - 10:18AM Shuttle for KHS leaves JHS at 10 am (JHS students only), students should leave advisory by 9:55 Period 3 / 4 DA Humanities @ KHS 10:24AM - 12:00 PM 12:00 - 12:30 Lunch Shuttle for JHS leaves KHS at 12:20, students should leave class at 12:15 to get back on the shuttle to JHS Room Information DA STEM at Jefferson - DA 9 AP Computer Science & Science in C121 period 1 with Cory Carufel DA 9 Honors Algebra/Pre Calc in C102 period 2 with Janell Woods DA 10 AP Calculus BC in C111 period 1 with Sean Foley DA 10 AP Physics with Calculus in C125 period 2 with Jeremy Kersten DA Humanities at Kennedy- DA 9 AP Human Geography/Comparative Politics period 3 in C101 with Meredith Aby-Keirstead DA 9 Pre AP English/Composition period 4 in C18 with Dan Richardson DA 10 Honors English/Creative Writing period 3 in C303 with Kathryn Haddad DA 10 History period 4 in C101 with Meredith Aby-Keirstead Attendance information Students will be excused early from class if they are traveling between buildings. You will get a pass from me to use in the hallways. If you or your student is marked late accidentally because of DA transportation please email me and I will fix their attendance. Please talk to your teachers if you have a test or a special activity you are doing in class which would make it difficult for you to leave early so we can come up with a plan in advance. If you miss the shuttle, go to the main office and ask them to call transportation for you to see if the bus can return and pick you up. I don’t know if we will have enough bus drivers to do that, so if a bus is unable to return for you, you should go to the media center to work independently and email your teacher for what you should do. I will also give students a number for them to call me if they have transportation emergencies in case I can help.