We wish you a safe, restful, and relaxing holiday break. We hope that you are all able to reconnect with friends and loved ones! May the joy and peace of the Holiday season be with all of you!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Cheers to a Happy New Year!

-Mr. Hassell & Mrs. Goffe

Friday, January 12th

Periods 1 and 2

• Exam I: 8:00-9:50

• 10 minute break

• Exam II: 10:00-11:50

• Bus arrive at 12:00

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• MLK Day Monday Jan. 15th

Tuesday, January 16th

Periods 3 and 4

• Exam I: 8:00-9:50

• 10 minute break

• Exam II: 10:00-11:50

• Bus arrive at 12:00

Wednesday, January 17th

Periods 5 and 6

• Exam I: 8:00-9:50

• 10 minute break

• Exam II: 10:00-11:50

• Bus arrive at 12:00

Thursday, January 18th

Period 7 and makeup

• Exam I: 8:00-9:50

• 10 minute break

• Exam II: 10:00-11:50 (Students may leave at 10:00 or they can stay in the HS cafe until 12:00 if they have no makeups)

• Bus arrive at 12:00

The Winter Ball will be held on January 26, 2024 at the Cranston Country Club - Permission Slips coming soon!

Congratulations to our students who qualified for first quarter honor roll! Keep up all fo the hard work!

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

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.

Take a stroll down Gingerbread Main Street, courtesy of the Culinary Arts students. Students worked together in teams to design and assemble their baked from scratch structures. Faculty will vote for best design, construction, and landscape this upcoming week.

Holiday Cheer at the 2023 SHS Winter Concert!

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

Final Call for the Ag. Holiday Sale!

https://forms.gle/zdQGqUt39fF2UgJj8

Ms. Fochler's Algebra III with Trig class used M&Ms to investigate the relationship between degrees and radians for angles in the coordinate plane.

In addition to generating acid rain, human activity also sometimes results in accidents like oil spills which also negatively impact the living and nonliving components of a habitat. S in STEAM students are investigating the effects of oil on bird feathers and testing methods of removing the oil in order to return the birds to the wild.

Additionally, Human Body System students sketched the lobes of the brain and control centers on swim caps and wore them around school showcasing their work.

Students enrolled in Human Body Systems (BioMed Pathway) have begun investigating the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system and its control over the muscular system. By installing the lobes of the brain and the spinal cord, these Maniken models illustrate the location of these important areas and define a list of associated behaviors linked to each one.

On Thursday December 7th, Scituate High School hosted a blood drive with the Rhode Island Blood Center. Over the course of the day 20 donors gave blood. Since 1 donation can help 3 people, as many as 60 individuals will be helped or saved!

This week students applied their training in spreadsheets to learn two tools used in the engineering design process: the decision matrix, and the Gantt chart. First, we used spreadsheets to learn about decision matrices. This is a spreadsheet used to make the complex decision of "which option is best" simplified by repeatedly asking "how would you rate this one option by this one criterion." Students then used actual data to show why different engines make sense on different vehicles. Then we learned about Gantt charts, a tool used to coordinate a process that requires many efforts by many different people. This was exemplified by making a Gantt chart of the efforts of everybody involved with a supermarket checkout. Seen below are picturesque examples by Aiden Ouilette and Richard Bond.

Students in Computer Integrated Manufacturing are currently cycling through stations training them on many different manufacturing techniques. For each station, students go through an academic phase where they watch a pre-recorded video demonstration and take a safety and technique quiz. This can be done repeatedly but must achieve a score of 100%. When ready, students will move to the practicum of that station where they are given technical drawings for something made using the technique in question. Featured this week, we see two different types of soldering. In the first photo, we see Bryant Machowski, Paul Zolkos, and Michael Correia doing electronics soldering by attaching components to a silicon board, then splicing two wires together and waterproofing them with shrink tubing. In the second photo, we see Grant Bailey and Joe Almonte practicing plumbers' work by pipe soldering different types of copper connectors to make a strange 3D shape, then we see if it holds water.

This week students completed putting the walls up on a seven-story mixed-use retail center, gymnastics gym, garage, and apartment complex. With over 200 apartments, 400 parking spots, dozens of other purpose-built rooms, and the rooms that all buildings require (utilities, bathrooms, stairs, hallways), fitting it all together was expected to be the biggest challenge yet. Seen below is Simona Mancini's 7th floor, the gallery for the gymnasium on the floor below, 41 two-bedroom apartments, and the open-air commons between the apartments.

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

CPC is Ready for FAFSA. Spread the Word!

Our January calendar is now open, and we are accepting FAFSA completion appointments starting January 2nd with extended hours. Monday – Friday, 9 AM to 7 PM, Saturdays & Sundays, 10 AM to 6 PM.

Students and families can book their January appointments online now!

Calling all 11th and 12th grade Spartan students and families!

RIDE has rolled out a college and career readiness texting service to make planning for your future as stress-free as possible. RhodyReady is a chatbot designed to increase access to information for high school students needing support with their college or career journeys. RhodyReady is available 24/7 for students to ask questions and receive personalized responses based on the bots capabilities. Students will also receive periodic text messages regarding important deadlines (such as FAFSA or scholarships) and internship opportunities.

To get started, text “Hi Rhody Ready” to 401-567-2822 (standard message and data rates may apply). Once signed up, seniors may check out scholarship opportunities by texting “#scholarshipbot”

Check out https://ride.ri.gov/rhody-ready for more information !

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

Girls basketball took the win over Coventry in their last scrimmage Monday night before the league games start. Come out tonight and support the Lady Spartans in their home opener against St. Rays!

Girls basketball kicked off their season with a tough game against North Kingstown. The Lady Spartans came close to pulling off the win, but ultimately came up short 48-43. Keep working hard!

Congratulations to the Spartan Varsity Wrestlers on their first win of the season!

Varsity Basketball fought hard against the Highland Charter team but ultimately it was a win for the visitors. The final score was 69 to 58.

Thursday evening the boys basketball teams traveled to Cranston. Varsity had an exciting game to say the least. The final score was 49 to 50. Their first win is so close, we can feel the energy! JV met tough competition and lost 54 to 17.

Keep up the great work!!!

Scituate HS swimmers participated in their first Independent meet of the season at RIC’s Sudut pool this past Saturday. Veteran Junior swimmers Ella Bard and Ella Werbecki showed new teammates, Freshman Ella Bowden and Junior Tristan Redmond, the ropes. All four Scituate swimmers were outstanding, and competed against Independent swimmers from Chariho, West Warwick and North Smithfield. Bowden kicked off her HS swim career with a 50 yard Freestyle & 200 yard Freestyle. Juniors Redmond and Bard swam the 50 yard Freestyle & 100 yard Freestyle. Werbecki competed in the 500 yard Freestyle and qualified for States with her 50 yard Freestyle time. Congratulations to all SHS swimmers for a great first meet!

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.