During 2020-2021, OTA is offering three trimesters that last 10 weeks each.
Open Tent Academy (OTA) offers 5-week, 10-week, 20-week and 30-week classes within three trimesters: fall, winter and spring.
Although Open Tent Academy is a secular consortium, we respect all faiths. We do our best to provide time off for the major holidays within Christianity, Judaism and Islam. In 2021 – 2022, OTA’s calendar will begin the week of October 4, 2021 since the Jewish High Holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simcha Torah) are sprinkled throughout September. Students will have the traditional Thanksgiving break as well as winter break off, which allows students, who celebrate Christmas, time off. During the spring of 2022, we will provide time off for Passover and Easter as well as a week off for Eid al Fitr.
In order to accommodate all three major religions, we do not give Monday holidays, such as Columbus Day, Presidents Day, Martin Luther King Day and Memorial Day, time off. The beauty of online education is that our live classes are recorded so that if you opt to take additional time for any holiday, your child can watch the recording so that they do not miss any class content.
If you are taking year long IEW Writing classes, such as Introduction to Writing, Powerful Paragraph, Middle School Writing, All About Essays and High School Research and More, as always, these classes run on a different schedule meeting 14 times during the school year – typically – every other week – A Week or B Week – except for holidays. During 2021 – 2022, writing classes will begin in early October. Please note at the BOTTOM of this page for the specific dates.
Finally, all sessions have a “make-up date” if a class needs to be cancelled by the instructor. Instructors will inform parents if this “make-up” date will be used.
As you can imagine, creating a schedule to guarantee that those who celebrate a major religious holiday has a day off is quite a task. We work very hard at this. If I have overlooked something, please email me personally at eva@opententacademy.com so I can include it in future schedules.
If you have any questions regarding class dates, please email admin@opententacademy.com. Please make note of the specific dates of your learner’s classes.
Fall Semester
Week 1: Week of October 4
Week 2: Week of October 11
Week 3: Week October 18
Week 4: Week of October 25
Week 5: Week of November 1
Week 6: Week of November 8
Week 7: Week of November 15
No classes: November 22 – November 26 (Thanksgiving Week)
Week 8: Week of November 29
Week 9: Week of December 6
Week 10: Week of December 13
Make Up Week: Week of January 3
Winter Semester
Week 1: Week of January 10
Week 2: Week of January 17
Week 3: Week of January 24
Week 4: Week of January 31
Week 5: Week of February 7
Week 6: Week of February 14
Week 7: Week of February 21
Week 8: Week of February 28
Week 9: Week of March 7
Week 10: Week of March 14
Make Up Week: Week of March 21
Spring Semester
Week 1: Week of March 28
Week 2: Week of April 4
Week 3: Week of April 11
No classes: Week of April 18 – 22 (Spring Break: Passover and Easter)
Week 4: Week of April 25
No classes: Week of May 2 – 6 (Eid Al Fitr)
Week 5: Week of May 9
Week 6: Week of May 16
Week 7: Week of May 23
Week 8: Week of May 30
Week 9: Week of June 6
Week 10: Week of June 13
Make Up Week: Week of June 20
Writing Classes
Classes are held either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Please look at the day YOUR child’s course is offered.
A Week
Class 1 Week of October 4
Class 2 Week of October 18
Class 3 Week of November 1
Class 4 Week of November 15
Please note there is a three-week gap instead of a two-week gap because of Thanksgiving.
Class 5 Week of December 6
Please note there is a four-week gap instead of a two-week gap because of Christmas and New Years.
Class 6 Week of January 10
Class 7 Week of January 24
Class 8 Week of February 7
Class 9 Week of February 21
Class 10 Week of March 7
Please note there is a three-week gap instead of a two-week gap because of the OTA “make-up week” / semester break.
Class 11 Week of March 28
Class 12 Week of April 11
Please note there is a four-week gap instead of a two-week gap because of Passover, Easter and Eid Al-Fitr.
Class 13 Week of May 9
Class 14 Week of May 23
Make Up: Week of June 13
B Week
Class 1 Week of October 11
Class 2 Week of October 25
Class 3 Week of November 8
Please note there is a three-week gap instead of a two-week gap because of Thanksgiving.
Class 4 Week of November 29
Class 5 Week of December 13
Please note there is a four-week gap instead of a two-week gap because of Christmas and New Years.
Class 6 Week of January 17
Class 7 Week of January 31
Class 8 Week of February 14
Class 9 Week of February 28
Class 10 Week of March 14
Please note there is a three-week gap instead of a two-week gap because of the OTA “make-up week” / semester break.
Class 11 Week of April 4
Class 12 Week of April 25
Please note there is a three-week gap instead of a two-week gap because of Passover, Easter and Eid Al-Fitr.
Class 13 Week of May 16
Class 14 Week of May 30
Make Up: Week of June 20
