AMI INSTRUCTIONAL INFORMATION - 2024-2025

Ritenour will not be required to make up days when school buildings are closed due to unexpected short-term closures such as inclement weather, illness or utility outages. Instead, the district will implement an Alternative Methods of Instruction (AMI) Plan on these days that will allow our teachers to provide instruction in a virtual format for all PreK-12 students.

Ritenour has built AMI learning days into the school calendar. On an AMI day, all after-school activities would be canceled and the district would not offer before- and after-school care for elementary school students.

If the district uses all AMI distance learning days Ritenour will go back to the old system of calling a snow day and adding the day to the end of the school year.

When there is a short-term closure such as inclement weather, families will receive communication from our district letting you know that all students will learn virtually. Students will connect virtually with their teachers for live, real-time learning during school closures.

Students should take home devices and other school supplies as needed if there is a potential for school closure due to inclement weather. Schools are working with students to identify who may need to borrow a WiFi Hotspot to use on an AMI day. Please see the school schedules on AMI days below:

AMI Closure Schedule:
Early Childhood: 9 - 9:45 a.m. (office hours 11 a.m. - Noon)
Elementary Schools: 8:40 - 11 a.m. (office hours 11 a.m. - Noon)
Middle Schools and IWC: 7:30 - 9:50 a.m. (office hours 11 a.m. - Noon)
Ritenour High School: 9:05 - 11:25 a.m. (office hours 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

Please note: We will do our best to give families and staff significant advance notice of school closures due to inclement weather.

AMI Virtual Learning Attendance Information
Attendance will be based on completed assignments. Students must turn in completed work to be marked as present. Simply joining an online call with a teacher will not count as attendance. This requirement follows guidelines set by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).