Our Open House was full last Wednesday night! Thank you to our staff, students, and our Spartan community who attended and helped answer questions and share their Scituate high school experiences. Each display table looked amazing, and it was clear that our students and staff worked hard to put their tables together. It's easy to have Spartan Pride with such a supportive school community!

Help the Homeless RI has put out an urgent call for items to help keep RI's unhoused people warmer.

Scituate High's National Honor Society invites you to participate in a FLASH collection drive of toe, hand and body warmers and THERMAL socks. Items will be delivered to Help the Homeless RI on Monday afternoon, Feb 5. Anyone who'd like to contribute, please bring items to the high school office or room 217 no later than Monday, Feb 5, at 2 pm. You may also contribute directly by purchasing hand, toe, or body warmers or thermal socks online and having them shipped to Help the Homeless RI, 28 Stevens Road, Cranston, RI 02910.

THANK YOU. Any questions should be directed to NHS advisor Mrs. Stormont at maggie.stormont@scituateschoolsri.net

Freshmen in Mrs. Stormont's English classes wrestled with writing song lyrics and iambic pentameter as part of their Romeo and Juliet study.

The International Foods students completed learning about Ukraine customs and cuisine last week preparing Ukrainian pancakes and fried cookies. This week students traveled to Italy, a favorite cuisine. They prepared homemade pasta using Kitchen Aid

Mixer attachments. All agreed it taste so much better than box products!

FACS students shared experiences about the various classes offered at the course selection fair. The event was well attended and Mrs. Morton reminisced with many past students who now have students attending the high school.

A huge thank you to Senator Jack Reed for paying his annual visit to Ms. Grundt's AP US Government and Politics class. He thoroughly explained how Congressional Committees appropriate funding for R.I. He answered student questions ranging from what it is like to visit global hotspots, to funding our bridges, to balancing his time between RI and Washington DC. Both seniority and being from a small state give us a lot of clout!

Physical Training for Active Careers. Powerlifting class: The “Press “

Issac visited our class with an explanation of proper bench press form and a demonstration. Wow, 475lbs x2, Issac is Awesome! Students conducted peer evaluations of their press technique using the floor press and or bench press.

Scituate High School Students:

Need some community service hours? Do you have the skills necessary to help the Scituate Preservation Society develop a professional, creative, and user-friendly website? If you have experience with WordPress or similar content management systems, the Scituate Preservation Society would like your assistance with the initial design of our website. If you have the technical knowledge, we have the vision! Once established, website content will be updated and managed by the Scituate Preservation Society. If interested in being a part of this exciting project where we are working to digitally preserve our SPS archives and provide online access for those researching our town's remarkable history, please send an email to: scituatepreservationmembership@gmail.com

While we understand there are a lot of illness going around Scituate and RI right now, we want to encourage our students to come to school everyday if you are not sick. Currently, 17.4% of Scituate High School are deemed "chronically absent" which is determined as 18% of the school year. We currently rank 96th of all schools in RI for chronic absenteeism. Please come to school if you are not sick... we need you!!

Below are interactive leaderboards and resources for absenteeism from the Commissioner and the Governor.

Linked below is a live spreadsheet with all SHS events from now through the end of the school year. Please check this spreadsheet weekly as we will continue to update it on a weekly basis. Thank you!

Yearbook NEWS

Yearbooks are on sale until April 1st

www.jostens.com

Baby pictures, senior quotes, sports/clubs due to Mrs. Terceira by February 13th

sharon.terceira@scituateschoolsri.net

Please send all in 1 email

Example : hosa-9,10,11

Basketball-10,11

Please send everything in one email

Sharon.terceira@scituateschoolsri.net

Shortly after the first semester ends, juniors and seniors who have a cumulative GPA of 3.9 or higher, and who do not have a negative disciplinary record, will be invited to apply for membership in the National Honor Society. Qualified students will get an email from Mrs. Stormont with further instructions about completing candidacy forms.

Juniors who are invited must be able to show documented proof of at least 35 hours of community service work for 2 or more organizations (totaling 35 hours, not 70 hours) and seniors who are invited must be able to show at least 40 hours for 2 or more organizations.

An invitation is not a guarantee of membership.

More information can be found on Scituate's school district website. Please contact advisor Mrs. Stormont with questions at maggie.stormont@scituateschoolri.net

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.

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

Dear Parents and Guardians,

During fall and winter, we often see increases in rates of respiratory viruses. Respiratory viruses include flu, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and the common cold. Fortunately, many of the same prevention measures help reduce the spread of all these viruses and keep students in school. The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has asked schools to share the recommendations listed below with the school community.

• Get your flu shot. Everyone older than six months of age should be vaccinated against the flu every year. For information on where to get a flu shot, see health.ri.gov/flu.

• Cough or sneeze into your elbow.

• Wash your hands regularly throughout the day using soap for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol to clean your hands.

• Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces at home, work, and school.

• Stay home if you are sick.

• Keep children home from daycare or school who have a fever, especially with a cough, congestion, runny nose, or sore throat, until they are fever-free for 24 hours without medications that reduce fever.

• If you have COVID-19, isolate for five days and wear a mask through day 10.

Isolation and Precautions for People with COVID-19 | CDC

• Be up to date on your COVID-19 vaccinations. For information on how to get vaccinated against COVID-19, see C19vaccineRI.org

Thank you for your continued support and cooperation.

Laurie Andries

Superintendent of Schools

Scituate

We are happy to announce the exciting new features and updates we have made to rischolarships.org to help students find scholarship opportunities to help pay for college. RIScholarhsips.org has hundreds of scholarships available with various match criteria.

Our new and improved online scholarship search site features:

· A brand new look

· Better search features

• Improved matching capabilities
• Sharing function with parents and friends
• A personalized dashboard to keep track of application activity
• Time-sensitive notifications about new and expiring opportunities

Registration is still FREE! Check it Out Today! Spread the word!

RIScholarships.org

P.S. Just by registering, students will be eligible to win a $1,000 scholarship, which will be awarded in July.

SCITUATE SPARTANS 2023-2024

Winter Athletic Registration

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

Monday Feb 5th- Girls Basketball SENIOR NIGHT!

Tuesday Feb. 6th- Girls Basketball, Teacher Shutout Game

Wednesday Feb. 7th- Girl's Night Wresting 6:30 PM

Thursday Feb. 8th Wrestling SENIOR NIGHT!

Thursday Feb 15th- Boy's Basketball SENIOR NIGHT!

UNIFIED Basketball

Join Unified Basketball this year!! Practice after school on Monday's until 3:30, starting March 4th! Don't forget to register!

Boys basketball saw their second win the other day 64-35!

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.