Classroom teachers will be providing additional details regarding viewing location for their particular class as the event approaches. As always, student safety is our top concern. Looking directly at the sun is unsafe. The only safe way to look at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters, such as “eclipse glasses”. Per NASA, homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the sun.
The District has purchased and will provide all students and participants who attend the outdoor activities eclipse glasses to wear during this event. Although there is no way to fully guarantee student safety during such a rare event, we will take precautionary measures including pre-education to make students aware of the risks involved in directly looking at the sun. At no time should students or participants remove their eclipse glasses and look directly at the sun as it could cause permanent eye damage or other unknown effects. There is no way for the school to guarantee that your child will not remove their eclipse glasses, so please speak with your child about the importance of keeping their eclipse glasses on at all times during this event.
*If you want your child to participate in outdoor viewing activities planned on April 8, 2024, for the eclipse, please review and sign/complete this Google Form as soon as possible. If you do not wish for your child to be outside during this event or if you do not complete this form, alternative activities will be held inside during this period.*
By signing this permission slip, you as an adult student or parent of a minor child, are acknowledging that you are aware of the risks associated with this event, are freely assuming those risks, and waive the right to pursue any and all claims against the District, its agents, employees, Board of Education members, insurers, and others acting on the District’s behalf (collectively, “Releasees”), of and from any and all claims, demands, causes of action and/or legal liabilities for eye injury, property damage, injuries to or death of me/my son/daughter occurring during, or resulting from the Solar Eclipse Viewing, even if the cause, damages or injuries are alleged to be the fault of or caused by the negligence or carelessness of the Releasees.
