On Feb. 24, an email was sent out to students announcing changes to the Keystone exam schedule. It outlined the specific in-person testing dates and remote learning days for students who are not participating in the exams.
Students taking Keystone Exams will report to the building on designated testing days, while non-testing students will participate in remote asynchronous learning from home.
School administrators said the decision was made with student performance in mind. “We were looking for ways that we thought would give all test takers the best opportunity to perform on the tests, and giving a day off in-between tests is something we’ve never done so we decided to make the change and see what the results look like,” Assistant Principal Nedimyer said.
Testing dates will be spread out over a week and a half and there will be specific days where students will be fully in school on a normal schedule and some where there will be a combination of remote learning or testing.
The new testing schedule will be:
- Monday, May 11: Algebra I Keystone (in the building); non-testing students — remote asynchronous learning at home
- Tuesday, May 12: Regular school day for all students (in the building)
- Wednesday, May 13: Literature Keystone (in the building); non-testing students — remote asynchronous learning at home
- Thursday, May 14: Regular school day for all students (in the building)
- Friday, May 15: Biology Keystone (in the building); non-testing students — remote asynchronous learning at home
- Monday, May 18: Regular school day for all students (in the building)
- Tuesday, May 19: Snow make-up day — remote asynchronous learning at home for all students
- Wednesday, May 20: Regular school day for all students (in the building)
Only students scheduled to test will be in the building on May 11, May 13 and May 15. All other students are expected to complete assignments remotely on those days.
Additionally, students who are scheduled to take the Biology Keystone Exam on Friday, May 15, are required to attend testing even if they plan to attend the prom that evening. Those students will not be dismissed early.
All students will return to their regular school schedule on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
“I think it’s a little weird, but it’s cool how there are breaks between the tests. We don’t have to take them all back to back, and the asynchronous days are cool too because I prefer those kinds of days,” freshman Brodie Bennett said.
