AHS Faculty/staff news

Good morning- I hope you had a wonderful break with some well-deserved rest. The stretch of time we are heading into always feels like the longest of the school year. Let us know how we can support you.  Please remember to create your x-block's activities ASAP.  Here are the slides from our faculty meeting presentation  from the HappyB 2.0 team on 2/13/25. Thanks for sharing the information with your students. If you would like them to present on any of the information they shared about their research or the Metrowest Adolescent Health Survey to a class or club please let me know. Signs of Suicide Program:  Our counseling and wellness staff will be administering the Signs of Suicide (SOS) program beginning Tuesday, February 25, through Thursday, February 27, to all members of the sophomore class. The program is administered during the student's regular wellness class.  Based on the screening tool s tudents may be pulled for assessment by a counselor later in the...

Happy Monday- I hope everyone is dug out from the snow. I hope you enjoyed the Superbowl if you watched it. I have a lot of team requests this week. We know the students respond positively when we are all on the same page and consistent with expectations.  As I mentioned earlier this week, we have had a few incidents in the past couple of weeks of students using their own devices in the classroom and issues of cheating, inappropriate access to sites, etc. coming up. Please remind students that it is the expectation that they are using a school-issued device. If they have a problem with their Chromebook they should bring it to the office for repairs. Personal laptops can not be supported by IT, are not accessible if you use GoGuardian, and can not print to AHS printers. Please use your discretion and think about your goals for an activity if a student is using their own computer. Thanks for working together on this. A message to the students and families went out in the newsletter o...

Happy February- A few reminders: Grades are due at 8:20am this morning (Monday, February 3). Please run a grade verification for Term 2, mid-year exams, and final grades for semester courses. Double-check that they look accurate. You should be giving all students comments on their progress in your course. The translated comments are not available for every comment. You need to scan down the list to find the corresponding number in Portuguese or Spanish. We will work on getting all comments added and hope to include Russian as well. Course Recommendation for teachers closes on Friday, February 7. As in past years, we will leave it accessible for you, in the event that you want to make changes as conversations continue with students and families. The override process remains the same. More information will be shared before next week when students begin their process of approving recommendations and choosing electives.  Class meetings will be held the week of February 10 and may last...