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October 10, 2023

Good morning-

I hope you had a wonderful long weekend and are ready for the excitement of Homecoming Week. The students always bring a lot of energy this week.

We are also at about the halfway point in term 1. Please update your grades in iPass and notify counselors and parents if you have any concerns about student progress.

Homecoming reminders:

  • The dress up days are follows:
    • Tuesday, October 10th - Pajama Day
    • Wednesday, October 11th - Adam Sandler Day
    • Thursday, October 12th - Hawaiian Day (grab your lei on your way in the doors)
    • Friday, October 13th - Class Color Day (Seniors in white, juniors in blue, sophomores in red, freshmen in purple).
  • If you are participating in the "teacher-deskchair-relay-race" at the rally, please share the name of your student-pusher in this Google Sheet by 9pm Wednesday night (10/11)
    • We need five teachers willing to let us use their desk chairs. Could you please let us know if you can bring yours to rally?  (Email Erika Thomson or Josh Wiczer)
  • All club updates must also be in by 9pm on Wednesday night (10/11), added into this Google Doc.  We are looking for 1-2 concise sentences about what you've already done / what's coming up.  This part of the rally can really drag on if clubs are reading page-long announcements, and this is where we lose our audience.  Please make these short, clear and concise!
  • All sports updates must also be in by 9pm on Wednesday night (10/11), added into this Google Doc.  All captains were emailed about this.  We are looking for a brief (less than 30 seconds) update on their season so far and any big events coming up.
  • We'd love a few more chaperones for the dance...   If you'd be willing to chaperone, please contact Erika Thomson or Josh Wiczer, ASAP!
Year 2/3 teachers from Milford and Nipmuc will be in the building tomorrow, Wednesday, October 11 doing classroom walkthroughs during C and D periods. I am looking for a couple of classrooms that have EL students for an ELE teacher to observe. Please let me know if you are willing to host. Other classrooms have been assigned and teachers will be notified separately. Thank you in advance for welcoming the visitors into your room. 

Faculty meeting will be held Thursday, October 12 in the AHS library at 2:50pm.

Please be sure to review the schedule for Friday, October 13 with students. 


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