Thank you to the Spartan Athletic Booster Club, Bianca Mancini, and Megan and Scott Dumont for ALL that they did to make this new event a huge success! Thank you to our Athletic Director, Sal Gelsomino for organizing the banners, and announcing the event! Shout out to Jason Martin, and the facilities crew for a quick turnaround with the new banners!

Join us in the David Light Media Center on Tueasday evening. Mr. Hassell and Ms. Goffe will be giving an update from Scituate High!

Hello Alumni!

It's been a while since we've connected, but we're excited to rekindle the spirit of our alumni community! A small group of us has been brainstorming ways to make our bond even stronger and create opportunities for everyone.

We've identified an incredible chance for our alumni to not only reconnect with each other but also to make a positive impact on current students. We're reaching out to you because we believe in the power of our network.

How can you help?

We're building a database of our talented alums, and we'd love to hear from you! Please take a moment to click on the following link https://forms.gle/7HLB4PLBbkJuyrwC7 and fill out a simple form. We're collecting basic information so that, in the future, if a student expresses interest in a particular field, we can connect them with an alum who's excelling in that area.

Why does it matter?

Imagine the impact we can have on the next generation! Your experiences and insights could be the guiding light for a student exploring their passions and career options.

https://forms.gle/7HLB4PLBbkJuyrwC7

Let's make a difference together! Please also invite any alums who might not be part of this group, and stay tuned for more updates from us. This is just the beginning of something incredible!

Thank you for your support! and don’t forget to invite all your fellow alumni to this group!

Warm regards,

Elena Grigelevich

Congratulations to Lainey Nelson and Delilah Weissman on being nominated for a “Student Spartan Award.” Students are recognized by teachers and staff for their involvement with something positive for the school culture and community. Students will also be entered into a raffle for a Cold Brook Cafe gift certificate. Thank you to Mrs. Segar for arranging this gift certificate and Cold Brook Cafe for your generosity. Keep up the amazing work and continue to be outstanding Scituate Spartans in and out of the classroom!

Calling all SMS 8th Graders and any students from RI interested in coming to SHS next year!!

Mr. Catucci's physics students just wrapped up their Egg Drop/Smash projects. The project was a great way to apply kinematic equations to a hands-on project. This project was meant to simulate a car accident in which a car collided with an obstacle in the front and then was rear-ended.

The same concepts used to protect a driver can be applied to protect an egg. In this way, students can see how forces, accelerations and impulses determine if a car is safe.

As part of the project, students could make a Youtube video for extra credit.

Hi, We are three seniors attending Scituate High School, looking to fundraise for Stroke victims. We have chosen the Stroke Support Association to empower stroke survivors and their families with resources to recover, reclaim, and rebuild their lives. We have competed in Medical Innovations for the past two years designing a prototype to help stroke victims regain their hand function, now we have ventured on to Community Awareness, spreading information and awareness to and about stroke victims so their stories can be heard. Please help us in providing these victims with a little extra help! Every dollar counts! You can donate through the link attached. If you are unable to donate, please help us share the message.

On Friday students from our DECA chapter had a chance to explore Patriot Place and learn from their Marketing Team!

The holiday season is here and Culinary students are designing and constructing gingerbread houses. This week many students completed the baking and will start construction on Monday. Houses will be on display in the library for all to see!

Students enjoyed the Linus blanket project in Middle School and wanted to start a high school club. The club meets in Mrs. Morton room after school one day a week. If anyone is interested please plan to come after school on Wednesday to support this great program.

Students in US History II Honors were the first students in the state of Rhode Island to have the opportunity to go on a field trip to the Armenian Cultural Center of Rhode Island, the Armenian Martyrs Monument in Providence, and Sonia‘s Near East Market and Deli in Cranston. All student expenses were covered by the Armenian Cultural Society. Students were given a special tour of the museum, and the monument, by Pauline Getzoyan, granddaughter of Armenian genocide survivors, and editor of the Armenian weekly newspaper. She explained artifacts, her grandmother's story, and Armenian recipes behind the delicious food they ate. The students had many questions for Pauline about the Amrenian Genocide, Armenian culture, and the current conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Pauline was thoroughly impressed by the knowledge, curiosity, and empathy of the students. They all were extremely mature, caring, and asked very high-level and poignant questions. These students made Scituate High School proud! In fact, they were so impressive that Pauline Getzoyan is now looking into doing more of these types of field trips for students in the future.

Students in Modern World History classes recently completed a unit comparing the Crusades to the modern conflict over Israel. Students reviewed multiple forms of media identifying bias and perspective. Students began to formulate their own opinions regarding the conflict in Israel through an in-class debate. As a culminating event, students acted as journalists, interviewing Elihay Skital from Ashkelon, Israel. (This is 5 miles from Gaza.) Students engaged in workplace learning by acting as journalists to prepare culturally sensitive, yet thought provoking, questions to pose to Elihay. This conversation will be followed up with an interview with a Palestinian from the West Bank next week.

Holiday Cheer at the 2023 SHS Winter Concert!

Congratulations to our High School Chorus Students who made the All State Choir! We are very proud of you!

The Scituate Music Association will be having a digital ad book this year. Please see the attached documents to be a sponsor today!

Thanks to Scituate students, faculty, and community members who donated toiletries that will go to Amenity Aid, a Warwick based charity that helps supply homeless shelters, schools, and other organizations with care items for people in need. The drive was organized by Scituate's National Honor Society chapter.

Attention Juniors: Eligible juniors who qualify to be considered as NHS members will be contacted shortly after the end of first semester. Juniors interested in membership should read through the NHS bylaws posted on the district website. The bylaws offer details about qualifications for membership and requirements about community service. Anyone with questions should contact NHS advisor Mrs. Maggie Stormont at maggie.stormont@scituateschoolsri.net.

Students in Ms. Grundt's grade 10 Advisory led by Jacob Robinson. They focused on the “deck of destiny” and “what do you see?” large group discussions.

Before Thanksgiving, in Ms. Antonelli's English 9 Honors class, students explored themes presented through character in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

Scituate High School is hosting an After School Academic Support Center for ELA and Math beginning next week. Ms. Antonelli will stay after school for ELA each Tuesday beginning October 17th, and Mr. Soucar will be available for Math each Thursday beginning October 19th. Sessions will run from 2:20-3:20, and late buses will be available. During this time students can get extra support while completing class assignments and homework. We hope students will take advantage of this opportunity to get the additional time or help they need to be successful!

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Ms. Goffe at 647-4120 ext. 1033.

Attention Senior Parents:

Below is the link to place your ad in the yearbook to recognize your senior. Last day ro place ads is December 22nd.

https://www.jostens.com/apps/jcom/router.mvc?affiliateId=1043101

Attention Everyone!

Below is the link to order your teenager's yearbook. If you want a personalized cover the deadline is January 12th.

https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A07514900

12/19 Holiday Concert snow date 12/20

1/24/24 6th/ 7th gr concert

1/31 8th grade concert with Course Selection Fair snow date 2/7

3/26-28 TBD Chorus Festival Ponoganset HS

4/10-11 TBD Band Festival E. Providence HS

5/1/24 BROADWAY Trip

5/22 Pops Concert

5/27 Memorial Day Parade

5/29 Music Awards Night

6/7 Graduation

REMINDER

Important Message to Parents with Adolescents in 12th Grade

All children entering 12th grade are required to be up-to-date on their immunizations and submit a current physical exam to the school.

RI Department of Health Physical Exam Requirements

The examination may be conducted in the twelve (12) months preceding the date of school entry, but if not, it shall be completed within six (6) months of school entry.

Please send in or fax a current physical exam to 401-647-4126.

RI Department of Health Immunization Requirements

All adolescents entering 12th grade are required to have the following immunizations in addition to Kindergarten and 7-9th grade immunization requirements:

• One (1) dose of Meningococcal Conjugate (Meningitis) vaccine booster

• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (*Total of three (3) doses, or two (2) doses if series started at age 14 or younger)

Please contact the school nurse with any questions.

Thank you,

Sarah Makowski RN, BSN

School Nurse

sarah.makowski@scituateschoolsri.net

Phone: 401-647-4120

Last week the Federal Government announced that the FAFSA will be available by December 31st of this year. In the meantime, our FAFSA guide has been updated to reflect the new 24/25 FAFSA. Please check out the counselor link below and please help us share the parent link with your families. Also, stay tuned as we will be sending out an email notification when our calendar opens for FAFSA. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

https://www.risla.com/cpc-fafsa-toolkit-parents

Thanks to our Social Worker, Ms. Ricci we held another successful year of providing Thanksgiving Giving Meals to our students and their families!
Special thanks to our culinary arts students for baking and donating bread, Atlas Insulation for their generous support and our smiling student helpers!

SCITUATE SPARTANS 2023-2024

Winter Athletic Registration

Students, Parents, Guardians,

The Winter Season is about to get underway. All sports have a start date of Monday

November 27th 2023. In order to participate, ALL students MUST have a current

physical ( NO EXCEPTIONS), MUST be registered on the school Website, and

MUST be in good academic standing from the 1st quarter of this school year.

**** Our Hockey teams currently co-op with Cranston West. Please reach out to me

at sal.gelsomino@scituateschoolsri.net if you are interested in playing Hockey.

Website Registration

● Please navigate to https://scituate-ar.rschooltoday.com/ and proceed by creating

an account (First time users) or logging in (returning users). ALL ATHLETES

MUST BE REGISTERED PRIOR TO THE FIRST PRACTICE/TRY OUT

Academic Standing

● All students must have passed Quarter 1 with a GPA greater than 1.7 or failed

fewer than 2 courses.

Boys Basketball Coach Seaver seaver.paul@gmail.com

Girls Basketball Coach Walters friarsjim99@gmail.com

Wrestling Coach Bouyssou mayoquanchi@gmail.com

Cheerleading Coach Campbell caraskorski@gmail.com

Girls Indoor Track Coach Haney haneyneit@hotmail.com

Boys Indoor Track Coach Kelley matthew.kelley@scituateschoolsri.net

Ice Hockey (boys) Co-Op with Cranston West

Ice Hockey (Girls) Co-Op with Cranston West

Visit the Athletic Booster Club Facebook Page to see all of the fall athletic Division Awards!

The Scituate School Department does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, national origin, color, creed, political affiliation or disability in any of its educational programs and activities, and in employment and application for employment, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and other federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Equal Employment Officer, P.O. Box 188, North Scituate, Rhode Island 02857, Telephone: (401) 647-4100; Email: EEO@ScituateSchoolsRI.net. You may also direct inquiries directly to: Office for Civil Rights (Boston Office), U.S. Department of Education, 8th Floor, 5 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109-3921, Telephone: (617) 289-0111; Facsimile: (617) 289-0150; Email: OCR.Boston@ed.gov. If you require an accommodation to attend a meeting or program at a school, call the Equal Employment Officer at least two business days in advance of the meeting or program.