Dear Parents,

Thank you for your patience and support as we continue to work through this very difficult coronavirus situation. As time passes, and with uncertainty about when classes will officially resume in Macau, we have to adapt and make changes as best we can. The planning is a collaborative effort between administration, management, and the Board of Directors. It is very difficult to navigate this situation, so we have to prioritize by looking at what is best for the students, staff, and school programming.

We know that these changes will impact your plans and we ask for your understanding and cooperation. Everyone’s circumstances are different, ranging from being somewhere in the world to having been in Macau for the whole time. So much consideration and thought has gone into this planning, thinking about the scenarios from multiple perspectives and even with this plan, things are subject to change as the global situation changes and impacts us locally in Macau.

A significant change for everyone is that the Spring Break will be moved from the end of March, to next week, March 2nd to 6th. All teachers and students will take a break from online learning for the week.

I would like to share with you the rationale for the spring break adjustment:

• We still want to provide a recognized spring break for staff and students.
• The date for the resumption of classes is still unknown and we do not want the spring break, as it is currently scheduled, to possibly interfere with students and teachers being back in classes.
• As a school, we need to be able to provide public assurance to our school community that our staff meet all quarantine requirements and do not have symptoms of the coronavirus before we start back to classes.
• We have to prioritize by looking at what is best for the students, staff, and school programming.
• The DSEJ is now providing us 14 days notice to the resumption of classes.

We have designed a plan to accommodate for the interruption to the school year and I will share more information with parents in the next communication, as the situation continues to evolve.

We greatly appreciate the support and understanding of our parent community.

復活節假期提前至2020年3月2日至6日

致親愛的家長：

先在此感謝家長們在這段時間的耐心及支持，學校承諾將繼續努力，克服這段因新型冠狀病毒情況而受影響的時期。隨著情況的發展，為應對澳門特區政府尚未宣佈復課日期，學校必須先就目前情況作最大限度的調整。由於情況難以預計，基於優先考慮學生、員工以及學校運作等方面而作的最好規劃，校長、管理層以及校董會因此共同商討並作出有關安排。

學校方面深知臨時變化或會影響 閣下原定之計劃，但我們懇請您理解和配合。我們明白無論是身處世界任何一個地方或是居住在澳門的人，目前都處於不同的狀況。然而，這個決定經過深思熟慮，是從多個角度去思考不同旳可能性後所得出的。但儘管目前有了這項變更，但事實上事情也會隨著全球形勢的變化而變化，然後直接影響澳門本土。

以下的一項學校重要變更事項為將原定於3月最後一個星期的復活節假期，提早安排至3月2至6日。學校的線上學習在該週亦會暫停，讓老師及學生休息並享受假期。

請閱讀復活節假期的調整原則：

• 學校不欲取消復活節假期
• 復課日期尚未確定，不希望原定之復活節假期有可能干擾課堂教學
• 作為一所學校，我們必需保障校園的安全，確保全體員工均符合所有檢疫要求，並在復課時沒有新型冠狀病毒的症狀
  優先考慮對學生、員工以及學校運作等方面的最好規劃
• 澳門教育暨青年局現承諾復課前14天通知學校

目前而言，學校已制定了一套在線學習的程序，以便學生在不得回校的期間仍然緊貼課程。隨著情況的發展，本人將繼續為家長提供更多資訊。再一次感謝家長對我們的支持和理解.