Thursday 26 Sept 2019 – Important messages regarding travel, activities and events
Dear Parents,
We have received information to suggest that there may be major travel complications on Hong Kong Island from around 4:30pm onwards on Thursday 26 September, especially in the Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and Happy Valley areas.
At this moment in time, the information we have received suggests that it will be safe to finish school at the usual time for the vast majority of students. However, the safety of our students, staff and community is, as you know, our highest priority. Therefore, we will be taking the following precautionary measures on Thursday 26th to ensure that everyone can get home safely:
- School Bus 10B will depart early, at 2:45pm, to ensure it can complete its route safely with time to spare.
- Other school buses will depart at the usual time.
- All after-school activities and sports events run by SIS staff will be cancelled, and activities buses will be cancelled. (ESL will confirm the position regarding any ESL-run activities separately.)
- The Year 7 laptop induction event for Wednesday 25 September is of course going ahead as planned! However, the Year 7 laptop induction event for Thursday 26 September has now been postponed until Wed 2 October, with the laptop event for these parents now combined with the Year 7 Camp presentation. Year 7 parents will receive a further communication about this in due course.
In summary, we currently expect that the vast majority of our students and staff will be able to leave school safely at the usual time. However, as on any day, if you feel that your son or daughter needs to leave early by public transport or other means, please follow our usual early leaving procedure.
Thank you for your understanding of these adjustments, owing to circumstances beyond our control. We will of course update you during the course of Thursday if anything changes, so please keep an eye on our website throughout the day.
With best wishes,
Tom Vignoles
Principal, South Island School
