School Closure Information (ie. Snow Day)

We are in the DARTMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL FAMILY OF SCHOOLS. In the event of a full day school closure (e.g. a storm day), an announcement will be made by HRCE, usually by 6:00 a.m. If school is closed mid-day, the school board will attempt to make the announcement by 11:00 a.m. for a noon hour pick-up.

How will we let you know?

If there are any impacts (delays or cancellations) to a school or schools, you can expect to find the information in the following ways:

Check our website at www.hrce.ca
Follow us on Twitter at Twitter.com/HRCE_NS
Call our information line at 902-464-INFO (4636)
Listen to your radio (All local radio stations are informed)
We will send an e-mail to all parents/guardians with email addresses in PowerSchool.

Early Closure Procedures for Bicentennial School - Information for Parents

If school is closed mid-day, the school board will attempt to make the announcement by 11:00 a.m. and will specify a pick-up time. Once we are notified that school is closing, all students will go to their homeroom class. (This allows specialist teachers to be available to take messages to students and make phone calls if necessary.)

Please make sure that you have completed our Early School Closure: Student Information Form in order to communicate important information to ensure student safety. 

Parents will be expected to pick up their children at the time specified or, if no time is specified, asap after the announcement is made. If you need to have someone else pick up your child you are required to contact the school by phone or e-mail to let us know. No child will be released to another parent/guardian without permission from his/her parent.

Please don’t call the school just to confirm that you will be here to pick up your child/children. We try to keep the main line free for incoming calls from parents who have had to make alternate arrangements for pick-up of their children and need to let us know.

After the e-mail is sent out and most children have been picked up, we will call the parents of the children who are left in the building in case they did not get our e-mails.

We almost always call the parents’ cell number first, then other numbers on the list. Please make sure that if you change your cell, work or home phone numbers, that you e-mail the school with your updated information. If we cannot reach a parent we will try to make contact with the people you indicated on your child’s registration form as an “Emergency Contact”.