Christmas break to start Dec. 20

By Kathy Thomson

Albany Independent School District will break for the Christmas holidays at noon next Friday, Dec. 20, and student early releases on both Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 18 and 19 should help everyone survive the five-day-long week and make it to the anticipated vacation.

Students on both campuses will be released at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 18 and 19, and at 12:00 noon on Friday, Dec. 20.

Students will be off for the Christmas break from Monday, Dec. 23 through Monday, Jan. 6. The staff will start back on Jan. 6 with a workday.

Classes at AISD will resume at the usual times on Tuesday, Jan. 7.

Secondary Finals

“Monday and Tuesday will be regular days from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,” said AJSH principal Edward Morales. “Finals are on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.”

Semester finals at the secondary campus are set for 8:00 a.m., 9:25 a.m., and 11:10 a.m. on each of those three days.

Exams for periods one, two, and three take place on Wednesday, Dec. 18, and tests covering periods four, five, and six are scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 19. 

Finals for periods seven and eight, as well as any needed make-up exams, will be given on Friday, Dec. 20. 

High school students will come and go on those three days based upon their exam schedules.

Junior high students will stay until the designated dismissal times on those three days.

Other Events

The AISD school bands are all expected to play at the band Christmas concert starting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 17.

The free event will take place in the high school gym, and all parents and community members are welcome to attend, according to NSES principal John Gallagher.

The Christmas Sing-a-long at NSES is scheduled from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 20 in the school cafeteria, and parents are welcome to attend.