OREM — Timpanogos High announced it will be transitioning to a hybrid of online and in-person classes in hopes of containing a COVID-19 outbreak.
“Due to the increasing number of positive COVID-19 cases in our community and within THS, we have been asked to transition to a modified schedule,” said Principal Joe Jensen. “We will close school to allow teachers time to plan. We have divided the number of our students in half alphabetically by last name (A-K & L-Z).”
He said the school will review its case counts at the end of the month and decide whether to continue the hybrid model or return to in-person classes full time.
“For now, all extracurricular activities including athletics, drivers ed, etc will continue as normal,” he said in a statement provided to the Deseret News late Friday night.
There will be no school on Monday as teachers prepare to teach virtually.
Starting Tuesday, each letter group will alternate attending school in person two days in a row, an A day and a B day, while the other group holds classes online. A schedule for classes through Oct. 1 was sent to students Friday.
Timpanogos is the second high school in the Alpine School District to move to a hybrid model due to COVID-19 cases. The first was Pleasant Grove, which moved to a hybrid model two weeks ago.