AHS Faculty/staff news

Good afternoon & happy Sunday! I hope you enjoyed the weekend and survived the heavy rain without too much damage. Here's hoping the Red Sox win tonight, I am guessing there will be a lot of tired faculty and students tomorrow morning. We are only two weeks away from the end of the 1st term. Please make sure you are updating your grades and checking in with students that are struggling. Classroom observation request: On November 15th Ashland will host 2nd year teachers from Mendon/Upton and Milford. One part of the visit is class visits. There will be 7 teachers looking to visit two classrooms for 20 minutes at a time.  They will be here to visit from 10:50-11:35am.  Please let me know if you'd be willing to host the visitors! A reminder that Tuesday we will administer the Metrowest Adolescent Health Survey to all students. Please review the email from Erin sent last Tuesday: Dear Teachers, We will be requiring your assistance with administering an important student survey...

Good evening- I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  There is a lot going on this week at AHS so Be sure to take a look at everything here. Just a reminder: Take a look at the email sent last week by Josh Wiczer regarding the Thanksgiving baskets.  He needs to order laundry baskets this Friday, so all groups interested must submit the online form by then. This is an amazing tradition and a great way to give back to the community.   Monday, October 22 we will be introducing the students to the Sandy Hook Promise- Anonymous Reporting System. I have included that was sent to parents here ( attached letter )  for more information. As a reminder 11th & 12th grades will see the presentation during 3rd block and 9th & 10th will see it last block. Join us at the first Lead Learner/Innovation Team meeting Tuesday! All are welcome to have a voice in moving AHS forward. Please consider joining us in the AHS library next Tuesday, October 23 at 2:50pm....

Good evening- I hope you had a great weekend.  I enjoyed much of it at AHS and it was fantastic.  Thank you to all of you who attended the homecoming bbq and games on Friday and the dance on Saturday.  It was probably the biggest dance ever and the kids were fantastic. Wednesday is a  professional day  and will be entirely focused on our safety planning.  Please take some time over the next day or two to review our plans in Crisis Manager  (format isn't great as a GoogleDoc).  We will review our reunification plan with the support of APD. Just an FYI, I will be out of the building on Friday with limited ability to respond to email. Tickets are now on sale for the AHSTS production of  Twelve Angry Jurors . The production runs Friday, November 2nd and Saturday, November 3rd at 7PM, and Sunday, November 4th at 2PM. AHSTS offers online sales up to two hours before show time. AHSTS discounts tickets purchased online (Adults: $12.99, Students and A...

Good afternoon- I hope everyone had a wonderful Family Reconnect Weekend!  I am looking forward to a fun Spirit/Homecoming week. I hope to see many of you at the bbq/tailgate on Friday night.  Faculty eat free so see one of us for a ticket and bring your family to enjoy the fun. Faculty meeting is Thursday, October 10 at 2:50pm.  We look forward to introducing Jennifer Cutler, our new Director of Counseling and Social-Emotional Learning.  We will also be joined by MPY (Middlesex Partnerships for Youth) for our annual bullying training.   If you haven't had a chance to check out the message from Chad yet, please do so ASAP.  We are hoping to pull together a diverse team of teachers interested in innovation! Do you have innovative ideas, or interest in learning about innovation in education? Do you need someone to share these ideas and discussions with? Then our new Innovation Team may be just for you. Please read the attached newsletter and complete th...

Good morning- I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weekend, Educator evaluation updates: Thank you to everyone who shared your self-assessment and goals with us on Friday.  Please do not sign any documents until you have had your meeting with your evaluator.  Documents will need to be recreated if you have signed them and changes need to be made.  All teachers should schedule a meeting with your evaluator in order to discuss goals and your plan for the year.  These meetings must take place prior to October 12.  Let us know if you have any questions. MCAS: MCAS scores will be mailed home to families this week.  I've shared the press release that went out regarding the scores and the new accountability system here. MCAS press release This coming weekend is our first Family Reconnect Weekend of the year.  Please review the guidelines/expectations.  Teachers will follow the guidelines set below: 1. Ensuring that long-term assignments are not due on th...