Alternative Methods of Instruction (AMI)
In the event the district uses more than four inclement weather days during the 2025-2026 school year, days five through nine will be used as Alternate Method of Instruction (AMI) days.
Rockwood will approach AMI days using the general guidelines below. There will not be an expectation for teachers to conduct live lessons, but teachers will be available to respond to questions via email throughout what would be the typical school day hours. Student attendance will be based on the completion of assignments.
General AMI Plan
PK-5 Students
- Families will be provided student choice boards for their child(ren)'s grade level(s). Activities for specials will also be included on the choice boards.
- Paper copies of the choice boards will be shared with families in early December. In addition, we have posted them here for families to download electronically:
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Teachers will email early childhood and elementary parents by 9:00 a.m. on an AMI day and include a digital copy of the AMI choice board for your grade level.
6-12 Students
- Teachers will post AMI assignments via Canvas by 9 a.m.
- No changes will be made to the A, B, C schedule when an AMI day is called. The day that is scheduled will stay the same for the AMI day.
- At the secondary level, completion of assignments will count as attendance.
Please remember, AMI days give us a "buffer" of five additional snow days before we have to start adding days onto the end of the school year, and they will only be used if we reach a fifth snow day. The five AMI days afford us a total of nine days out before having to extend the school year past Memorial Day. If we didn't take advantage of AMI, we would be adding days to the end of the school year after the four snow days.