Texas experienced low temperatures and snowfall in late January. The “Dallaska” caused Greenhill to shut down for three days.
Monday, Jan. 26, was when Greenhill shut down in-person learning until students returned on Thursday, Jan. 29.
In response to icy weather and hazardous road conditions, Greenhill closed to ensure student safety, according to the Greenhill School website. Cancellation announcements occurred daily to establish the plan for the next day.
In the first email sent by Head of Upper School Trevor Worcester on Monday night, Greenhill established that assessments originally scheduled for Monday would be rescheduled for Wednesday.
“My history summative was scheduled for Wednesday but was continuously pushed back for our preparation,” sophomore Kellyn Lonergan said.
The administration then made a collective decision on Tuesday to cancel the school the following day because of dangerous icy roads not melting, according to the Greenhill School Website.
Worcester then sent a follow-up email to all students to inform them that they will resume their calendar with Thursday as a “Gold 6” day and Friday as a “Green 7” day.
Missing three school days caused students to miss certain classes more than others, making the return to classes more complicated.
Upper School math teacher Erik Park, who teaches sections to pre-calculus and algebra II, had to cut topics down so that review days could still happen for upcoming February exams.
“Pre-calculus had to go quicker for some concepts and cut some concepts because we didn’t want to decrease the amount of review days,” Park said. “Algebra II’s two snow days benefitted them because a lesson was cut so the test could still be that following Friday.”
Some other classes kept their test dates to the Friday students returned to school while others moved it back to a set date based on classes missed.
“The summative in my history class got moved back since it was a group project,” sophomore Harley Silberman said. “My test in Spanish, however, was still on the Friday that we returned since all the information was already learned that was going to be on there. But it caused stress among students as we missed two test review days.”
