RL Keystone 2025

Students Not Taking Keystone Exams

We are writing to inform you about the upcoming Keystone Exams, which are end-of-course assessments designed to evaluate your child’s proficiency in academic content. Achieving a “proficient” score on the Algebra I, Literature, and Biology Keystone Exams is the simplest way to fulfill the state-wide Pennsylvania graduation requirement.

Exam Schedule - Students testing will report for a normal school day (7:38am-2:40pm).

• Keystone Literature Exam:
  – Dates: Monday, May 12 and Tuesday, May 13

• Keystone Biology Exam:
  – Date: Wednesday, May 14 (Remote Day for Non-Test Takers)

• Keystone Algebra Exam:
  – Dates: Monday, May 19 and Tuesday, May 20

Delayed Start Days - 3 Hour Delay for Non-Testers

On May 12, May 13, May 19, and May 20, the school will operate on a three hour delay. On these days students not required to take a specific Keystone Exam may report at 10:46 AM.

Transportation and Entry Procedures for Delayed Starts

• If your child is not testing on one or more of the testing days and does not have personal transportation to allow them to arrive at 10:46 AM, then they should ride their normally assigned bus and report to the Student Commons at 7:38 AM. They will be assigned to a quiet study hall while testing is in progress.

• Please note that non-testing students will not be allowed to enter the school building between 7:45 AM and 10:30 AM while testing is in progress.

• At 10:30 AM, non-testing students with transportation may enter only through the Student Commons, where they will remain until 10:42 AM. Attendance will then be taken at 10:46 AM.

It is important that students who ride a district bus enter the building immediately upon arrival. Please note that if upon arrival at school, a student exits their bus and leaves school property (and does not enter the building), this is considered the same as Leaving School without Permission and will result in an in-school suspension. Students who enter the building and then leave rather than going to study hall will also earn an in-school suspension. Additionally, any students who leave without permission will not be permitted to re-enter the building without consenting to a search in accordance with our student handbook and school board policy. This policy is in place to ensure the safety of all of our students.

Virtual Day – May 14

Wednesday, May 14, will be a Virtual Day for all students who are not required to take the Keystone Biology Exam. Students taking the Biology exam will be in school from 7:38 AM to 2:40 PM. Non-testing students will complete asynchronous assignments virtually as assigned by their teachers. This is not a Lion Virtual Learning Day that we would have on a day with inclement weather where students need to follow a schedule and check in with teachers at scheduled times. Students must submit work by a specific time.  Work can be completed ahead of time but for attendance purposes all work must be submitted by a specific time (See Chart).

If you have class this period…

You must submit your work by this time in order to be marked present for attendance:

PERIOD 1 - 8:22 AM

PERIOD 2 - 9:10 AM

PERIOD 3 - 9:58 AM

PERIOD 5 - 12:16 PM

PERIOD 6 - 1:04 PM

PERIOD 7- 1:52 PM

PERIOD 8 - 2:40 PM

Red Lion Area Senior High School  717-246-1611 www.sh.rlasd.net