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Dear Parents,

On Monday, August 21, Palm Beach County will experience the effects of a solar eclipse.

To minimize the likelihood that students will look directly at the sun and risk damaging their eyes, all schools will be moving regularly scheduled outdoor activities indoors until the eclipse is complete.

Seniors with senior privilege will be dismissed at 1:00p.m. to the cafeteria.Please complete this form for you senior to be allowed to leave campus at 1:00 p.m. for senior privilege. All seniors without this form signed will be required to stay in the cafeteria until regular dismissal time at 2:40p.m.

I ______understand that on Monday August 21, 2017

______, my student, will be released at 1:00pm from school to

accommodate for the Solar Eclipse and will have transportation to leave campus as part of the senior privilege. Please return this form to the front desk by Frida August 18, 2017.

______

Parent SignatureDate

If you would like to keep your child home for this historical event, the normal absentee policy must be followed. Students will be required to bring in a note for their absence to be excused. If you would like to sign your child out early, students should be signed out no later than noon on this day. All afterschool activities have been cancelled.

Before Monday, we ask that you speak to your child about the dangers of looking directly at the sun and the potential damage this can cause to their eyes.Looking directly at the sun is unsafe and permanent eye damage may occur. This is especially true during the partial phases of a solar eclipse. Homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the sun; they transmit too many of the Sun's rays and cannot properly protect your eyes.

We are also asking that all drivers use an abundance of caution, on the road and in parent pickup, to avoid distracted drivers and pedestrians.

For the safety of all students, students are not permitted to bring personally purchased eclipse glasses or homemade viewing devices to school for personal use on this day.

Teen Driver Message:

The School District of Palm Beach County is asking parents to speak to their teen drivers about road safety during the eclipse that will take place on Monday, August 21st. The peak of the eclipse will be occurring at dismissal time for high school students. Student drivers should be cautioned to use extra care to watch for distracted drivers, and to keep their eyes on the road at all times.

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