Good evening-
I hope you all had a great weekend. Despite the disappointing loss it was great to see so many of you out supporting the hockey team this afternoon. We will celebrate them and the rest of the winter & spring teams this week.
Spirit Week:
The 5-Town Special Olympics is scheduled for Friday, March 22. The athletes need to be in Holliston at 9am. We will once again do a send-off parade t will be between 8:20am-8:40am depending on the order of pick-up. We should know details from the Student Services office soon and I can get a more nailed down time.
I hope you all had a great weekend. Despite the disappointing loss it was great to see so many of you out supporting the hockey team this afternoon. We will celebrate them and the rest of the winter & spring teams this week.
Spirit Week:
Next week (March 11th - 15th) is "Spirit Week", ending with a rally on Friday, March 15th highlighting the winter and spring sports along with everything that the clubs have been doing.
Monday, March 11th - Pajama Day
Tuesday, March 12th - Disney Day
Wednesday, March 13th - Hippie Day (wear your favorite tie-dye!)
Thursday, March 14th - TV/Movie Day (dress as your favorite TV/Movie character)
Friday, March 15th - Class Color Day (freshmen wear green, sophomores red, juniors blue, and seniors white)
A reminder that we are hosting a blood drive on Monday, March 11 from 12-5pm in the gym. It's not too late to sign up! To sign up go the RedCrossBlood.org and type in the Sponsor Code – AshlandHigh65. You can also stop by the cafeteria to sing up during lunch.
MCAS:
Thursday, March 14 is a Faculty meeting. The entire meeting will be dedicated to MCAS training. Please take time to review the documents Lauren shares with you. It is important you understand how the test will be administered and your role in proctoring as we move to testing completely on computers.
Courageous Conversations: Conversation Vs. Confrontation has been rescheduled to tomorrow, Monday, March 11 at Ashland High School from 7-9pm. This is a world cafe style evening of conversation which will include poetry performed by Jamele Adams, Dean of Students at Brandeis. In light of the recent occurrence of antisemitism at AHS this is an opportunity to talk about how we handle words and symbols of hate and make sure that all members of the community feel safe and respected. We hope you can join us!
Please consider reviewing some of this information shared by the ADL. It is important that we have open conversations about acts of antisemitism and other acts of hate. The ADL offers great resources.
Japanese visitors:
Thursday we have a group of Japanese students joining us for the day as well as a couple of their teachers. The students are all assigned to host students. The teachers would like to visit some classrooms so they may pop in.
Planning for Special Olympics send-off:A reminder that we are hosting a blood drive on Monday, March 11 from 12-5pm in the gym. It's not too late to sign up! To sign up go the RedCrossBlood.org and type in the Sponsor Code – AshlandHigh65. You can also stop by the cafeteria to sing up during lunch.
MCAS:
Thursday, March 14 is a Faculty meeting. The entire meeting will be dedicated to MCAS training. Please take time to review the documents Lauren shares with you. It is important you understand how the test will be administered and your role in proctoring as we move to testing completely on computers.
Courageous Conversations: Conversation Vs. Confrontation has been rescheduled to tomorrow, Monday, March 11 at Ashland High School from 7-9pm. This is a world cafe style evening of conversation which will include poetry performed by Jamele Adams, Dean of Students at Brandeis. In light of the recent occurrence of antisemitism at AHS this is an opportunity to talk about how we handle words and symbols of hate and make sure that all members of the community feel safe and respected. We hope you can join us!
Please consider reviewing some of this information shared by the ADL. It is important that we have open conversations about acts of antisemitism and other acts of hate. The ADL offers great resources.
- Anti-Bias Curricular Resources: In order to effectively challenge bigotry, anti-bias education should occur across the curriculum, in all grade levels and consistently throughout the year. ADL’s curricular resources are standards-aligned, differentiated, regularly updated and free. Please feel free to share the below with your teachers.
- Lesson Plans: ADL provides collections of age-appropriate and relevant lessons that assist K-12 educators in teaching anti-bias topics, often using current events. Each lesson helps students analyze a topic through anti-bias, diversity and social justice lenses. Lesson plans can be found at: https://www.adl.org/lesson-
plans The ones listed below may be helpful at this time.
- Books Matter: Children’s literature offers a safe and effective way to discuss issues of bias and bullying with young children. Through Books Matter, ADL recommends staff-reviewed anti-bias and multicultural literature to educators, parents and children. The list is frequently updated with new and noteworthy books. Books Matter can be accessed at: http://www.adl.org/books-
matter
Japanese visitors:
Thursday we have a group of Japanese students joining us for the day as well as a couple of their teachers. The students are all assigned to host students. The teachers would like to visit some classrooms so they may pop in.
The 5-Town Special Olympics is scheduled for Friday, March 22. The athletes need to be in Holliston at 9am. We will once again do a send-off parade t will be between 8:20am-8:40am depending on the order of pick-up. We should know details from the Student Services office soon and I can get a more nailed down time.
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