Emergency Closure Information

Whenever possible, decisions regarding school closure or delay are made by 5 a.m. During inclement weather, check one of the following resources between 5 and 8 a.m. for school schedule updates:

• SchoolMessenger: We will use SchoolMessenger to send reminders and emergency notifications via text and phone messages to parents, guardians, students, faculty and staff. To ensure you receive these important notifications, you must opt-in (text any of the following words to 67587: subscribe, optin, yes) to receive text messages to your phone if you haven't already done so.
• School website: pop up messages will be posted to eastsidecatholic.org
• Puget Sound area radio and television stations
• Eastside Catholic Facebook @eastsidecatholicschool
• Be sure to double check the resources above just before leaving for school, since there have been rare occasions when conditions have worsened significantly between the time a decision is made (by 5 a.m.) and the actual school start time.

If there is no message about Eastside Catholic, the school is open and running on a regular schedule. We will only post messages when there is a change i.e., closure or delayed start.

If school is closed, the following will also be cancelled:

• All before and after school activities
• All evening activities, including athletic events and parent meetings
• Athletic teams will contact players if their schedules differ

If school starts late:

• There will be no zero period classes or Mass
• Buses will run on regular routes but on a one or two hour delay as communicated via SchoolMessenger

We will use SchoolMessenger to send reminders and emergency notifications via text and phone messages to parents, guardians, students, faculty and staff. To ensure you receive these important notifications, you must opt-in to receive text messages to your phone if you haven't already done so.

• Text any of the following words to 67587: subscribe, optin, yes
• You’ll know you were successful if you receive the following reply message:
  
  "You're registered 4 SchoolMessenger notifications. Reply STOP to cancel, HELP for help. Msg&data rates may apply. Msg freq varies."
   
• Repeat the opt-in process for any wireless numbers that you wish to include.

If you've already registered for SchoolMessenger through another school or school district, you do not need to register again to receive messages from Eastside Catholic. If you previously registered for SchoolMessenger and opted out of messages, you will need to opt in again to receive messages from EC.

Harlow's Bus Service uses the RainedOut messaging system for bus notifications. To ensure you will receive notifications when a bus is delayed or is unable to complete its route, please subscribe or resubscribe following the instructions below. 

Please send a text to 84483 with the code listed for your student's specific route notifications. Please note: The text phrases should NOT have space between the word "route" and the route number (e.g., use Route111 instead of Route 111).

• Route 111 - text ROUTE111
• Route 112 - text ROUTE112
• Route 113 - text ROUTE113
• Route 114 - text ROUTE114
• Route 115 - text ROUTE115