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September 18, 2022

Good evening-

Please review MA law around hazing and complete the anti-hazing student group form with your club/activity/team as soon as possible. Forms should be turned into the front office by Thursday, September 29.

Thank you for all your help to ensure we had a smooth start with X-block.  We have moved the cut off time to 9:45am in order to allow more time for teachers to add students, and to give extra time for students who might need a reminder to assign themselves.  We need it to be a team effort to get students to sign up for the week on Monday, and reminding students to check each morning.  Please remind students during 1st/2nd block attendance to check flextime manager to make sure they have an activity for that day. 
Also, as a reminder if you want to "plus add" a student to your room from anything other than a study, please email the teacher you are pulling them from to ask if that is okay.  


Remember to reach out to your evaluator ASAP to set up meetings to discuss your self-assessment and goals. 


Club Announcements for the Homecoming Rally are due by the end of the day on Tuesday, September 20th.  Please update the Google Doc here with the name of the club, who will be speaking, and a 3-sentence update on what they have coming up.

Booth registration, including payment, for Pumpkin Fest is due by this Wednesday, September 21st.  Please submit the registration form here by then!  To get an idea what other groups are doing, and how many "tickets" they are charging, check out the roster here.   If you already registered but haven't settled on a booth title or how many 50-cent tickets your activity will cost, please email Josh (jwiczer@ashland.k12.ma.us) or Erika (ethomson@ashland.k12.ma.us) no later than Friday, September 30th.  And finally, if you are interested in being a part of the "bulk order" to order prizes for this event from Oriental Trading Company, please check out their website and add your order into the Google Sheet here.

Faculty and staff participating in the "Desk Chair Relay Race" at the rally -- please be sure to choose your student by Tuesday, September 20th (and update the Google Doc here.)

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