The Skippers' Log

• Tuesday, October 27: Norfolk Aggie will present to eighth-graders during Utility about one of their options for high school. (They rescheduled this; it was originally planned for last week.)
• Friday, October 30: Fall Spirit Day (See below for more details.)

• Students who want to wear costumes may do so, provided they follow these guidelines.
• By trimming six minutes off each period and shifting Utility to the end of the day, we will be able to run an activity block during the last hour of the day.
• This activity block will involve three different stations, designed by the students in Student Council: a scavenger hunt; a snack break/mini-dance party; and a grade-level, community-focused craft.
• Students who would prefer not to participate in any of these activities will be able to spend quiet time in the Learning Commons.
• Due to food allergy concerns, students should not bring in any of their own food, and snacks provided for this event will be respectful of our kiddos who do have food allergies.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and please let me know if you'd be interesting in volunteering from 1:45pm - 2:55pm. It should be a fun day!

The long version:

1. Please complete a signed consent for us to release information to the schools.

• Your child can pick up a copy of the release form in the School Counselor’s office.
• Please be sure to include on the release the names of the schools for which your child is applying.

• You can either have your child drop the signed form to Ms. Pearce’s office or email it to her directly.

• If you are choosing to use the electronic forms for schools (Ravenna, Gateway to Prep, SSAT, etc.), please send all Transcript Request Forms and Student Conduct Forms to our School Counselor, Allison Pearce.
• Please send all Counselor/Principal Recommendation Forms to either Ms. Pearce or Mr. Scopelleti.
• Please send all Teacher Recommendation Forms to the appropriate teacher. Please encourage your child to personally ask the teacher to write a recommendation letter before sending the recommendation form.
• Teachers do their best to write specific, thoughtfully written recommendations but need ample time to do this. Please adhere to the following deadlines for transcript and recommendation requests:
• 11/15 for 12/1 deadlines
• 12/15 for 1/1 deadlines
• 12/12 for 1/15 deadlines
• 1/15 for February or March deadlines

The short version:

Please reach out to our fabulous school counselor, Alli Pearce (apearce@cohassetk12.org) if you have any questions about applying to private schools.

If you need assistance providing your kiddo(s) with a computer or calculator, please complete this form. The Cohasset Community Assistance Fund--a great local partner!--is here to help. This flyer has more information.

If you are or know a male parent/caregiver who'd be interested in meeting up with other male parents/caregivers once a month, please complete this form. We already have a few folks from the Parenting Anxiety discussion we had earlier this month, but we'd love to welcome more!

I am biased, since I worked there for 15 years, but South Shore Tech is a great option for high school. You can learn more at their Open House, which happens on Saturday, November 7th, from 10am - 1pm. You can register and find more information here.

A high-needs student is one who has been identified as a student from a low-income or economically disadvantaged family, a student with disabilities, an English learner, or a former English learner.

In the 2026-2026 school year, 20.8% of students in Cohasset Middle School were designated as high-needs. Contrast this to the state average of high-needs students, which was 55.4% for the same school year.

Source: https://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=00650305&orgtypecode=6&leftNavId=305&