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November 11, 2018

Good afternoon-

Happy Veteran's Day to all who served and who have loved ones that did.

As a reminder, the grading window will be open until Thursday, November 15 at 3pm. We have a short turn-around time so please be sure to run your grade verification and check for accuracy! Turn them in to Linda once you are all set.

I will be out of the building most of the week. Tuesday and Wednesday I will be on the Give Kids the World trip. Friday I will be attending the MSAA Sportsmanship Summit with 10 of our student/athletes as well as Eryn Flynn, who won 2nd place in the Sportsmanship Essay contest. I can't wait to share her essay with you!

Student Council reminders:

1.  The food drive ends on Tuesday, November 13th.  The baskets will be collected first thing on Wednesday, November 14th.

2.  I need volunteers to help judge at hall decorating on Tuesday, November 20th at 7:30pm.  Please email me if you can help out!

3.  I need all "good things" done by clubs since last Thanksgiving (fundraising for charity, community service, social justice activities) entered into the google doc by Thursday, November 15th, at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rwtqplawrf_ujhsi2dhjr-T9wgqaNg2iJKbGOSuHBaQ/edit?usp=sharing     

Thank you,

Josh Wiczer
Math Teacher
Student Council Advisor
Ashland High School
http://sites.ashland.k12.ma.us/jwiczer/


Ashland HS is pleased to announce a heart screening program being offered on Monday, November 19th during the school day. Faculty is welcome to sign up. I have a friend who had
an undiagnosed, treatable heart issue discovered through this screening. It's quick, easy, and worth
the time.
The program will be provided by Mass HeartBeat, a local organization that specializes in ECG
heart screening. Mass Heartbeat brings their state-of-the-art ECG technology directly to the
school to provide an optional, non-invasive, and affordable screening that can help detect
underlying issues in the heart. The ECG tracings are interpreted by an experienced cardiologist
and the results will be returned within 5 business days.


If you are interested you must sign up for a time slot and register:

Check out this videos for more information:




To find out more about the program, see the Heart Screening Guide attached.

We will also be participating in a blood drive through the American Red Cross on November 19 from 12-5pm. Students will have the opportunity to donate from 12-3pm then we will open to the public from 3-5pm.  We need you to make this another great community event!
The public can visit RedCrossBlood.org and use Sponsor Code AshlandHigh65 to sign themselves up from 3p-5p.  All presenting donors will receive a T-Shirt!

Teachers are welcome to sign up during the 12-3pm window. Students will be organizing the
sign-up's for next week.

Please see the flyer below if you like to shop at Barnes & Noble for the holiday:
Barnes & Noble Holiday Shopping Event

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