A Solar Eclipse is expected on Monday April 8, 2024 starting at 2:15 pm and will peak at 3:30 pm. It is important to remember health risks such as looking directly at the sun can cause permanent eye damage. Please review and share this information with your children from the department of health. Solar Eclipses

Health Risks

Looking directly at the sun can cause permanent eye damage. The sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays can permanently damage the retinal tissue in your eyes, called solar retinopathy. Even small crescents of the sun are intense enough to cause a retinal burn. There are no pain receptors in the retina, so your retina can be damaged before you realize it or feel any pain.

In preparation of the Solar Eclipse , Please see the information below provided to us by the RIIL. At this time HS athletics is NOT cancelling games and practices. All MS athletics have been cancelled. Please make sure your athletes are well versed in the dangers of looking directly into the sun.

Principals and Athletic Directors….

As you are probably aware, Rhode Island will experience a solar eclipse when the moon will partially cover the sun between 2:15pm and 4:38 pm on Monday, April 8, 2024. This will be visible from all locations in Rhode Island. The maximum eclipse, when just more than 90% of the sun will be blocked, will be at 3:29 pm.

Please note that it is unsafe to look directly at the sun without specialized eye protection for solar viewing so schools should take necessary safety precautions when scheduling and planning for practices, games and transporting students and teams during this partial solar eclipse.

Please click on the following links for more information about Solar Eclipses and other helpful resources.

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Solar Eclipse Guidance and Information

Solar Eclipse Eye Safety Information from the American Academy of Ophthalmology

Additional Information:

Learn more about the eclipse from NASA and Rhode Island Division of Statewide Planning.

All 10th and 11th Grade Students will participate in state testing this year. On April 9th, 10th grade students will take the PSAT and 11th grade students will take the SAT. This is a Federal and State requirement and will impact our school accountability rating. Teachers have been working hard in math and ELA to best prepare our students and we have used past assessments such as STAR and PSAT 9 and 10 to analyze individual growth needs. Thank you!

In addition, all 11th grade students will take the NGSA State Science Test on May 7th

• Grade 10- PSAT (Half Day) Bus run 12:30 PM

• Grade 11- SAT (Half day- Could take the 2:18 bus if needed)

• Grade 12- Senior Project Practice Run (half day) (Bus run 12:30 PM)

• Grade 9- Freshman Leadership Academy (Half Day) Main gym and SHS Cafe (Bus run 12:30 PM)

Below are some important reminders for testing

• All testers should bring a fully charged chromebook and a charger

• All students should bring a set of headphones/earbuds. We have headphones for students who may not have them. Bluetooth headsets are not allowed

• Students should arrive at school on time, well-rested, and should also eat a good breakfast

• Students will be given short breaks throughout the day however, the test will take about four hours to complete

• Students should not bring backpacks, cell phones, personal electronic devices, or smart watches into the testing classroom

• STUDENTS SHOULD TRY THEIR BEST!

A reminder that the third quarter of the year closed on Wednesday, March 27th.

All SHS families should have received an email with their student's report card in PDF on April 5th.

If you believe that you did not receive an email or if you would like a printed report card, please contact the school counseling office at 647-4180.

If you are unable to access the internet or do not have an email, please contact the guidance office and a paper copy will be printed upon your request.

If you believe that you did not receive an email with a report card, please follow these steps.

Check the spam or junk folder in your personal email.

Please reach out with any questions!

School Counseling Director and grade 12: daniel.casey@scituateschoolsri.net

Grades 10 : casey.faccio@scituateschoolsri.net

Grades 9 & 11: ruth.trainor@scituateschoolsri.net

Thank you for your support!

All 9th grade students will arrive to school at the usual time on Tuesday. They will head to the main gym to begin their day. 9th grade students are encouraged to bring a bagged lunch, snacks, and water. A small amount of school lunch will be sold on Tuesday. Freshmen will participate in a leadership academy and will be dismissed at 12:30 PM.

Our Boys Lacrosse team will be on Caito on Thursday, April 11th at 4:45 PM. Come out and see our first game in three years!!!

The faculty team played in tie breaker against the juniors and won Spartan Olympics.

1st place Faculty

2nd place: Juniors

3rd place: Sophomores

4th place: Seniors

5th place: Freshman

Students in Portfolio class completed torn paper portraits. The two pieces photographed are created by: Alexis Pezzullo and Abbey Theroux!

All works will represent SHS in “ARTISTIC DISCOVERY,” a state art competition hosted by Congressman Seth Magaziner.

Also, check out the portrait made entirely of Emojis by Ruby Weissman created in Advanced Computer Imaging!

The artwork below was created by Ella Bailey also in the Portfolio class. Ella used a map and its unique characteristics to define shapes creatively.

Scituate Schools

Virtual Fishing Tournament Week

Sponsored by the the Scituate Health and PE Department

Week of Vacation April 13-21st

Please join us in our virtual Scituate Student Staff and family fishing tournament

Website Link Here- See ‘Sign Up!’

Submit entry by Monday April 22, to mark.reed@scituateschoolsri.net

Include: Name, age, grade, school, picture of you with your fish

Optional: fish length and weight

Must be a Scituate student, faculty, staff, Administrator, or Family-Of to participate.

Don't forget to hold that fish out for the camera!

Remember fish only in legal fishing waters

If you are 15 or older you must have a freshwater fishing license.

For more information about obtaining a fishing license see:

Dem.ri.gov

“The prizes are small but the experience is priceless!”-Mr Reed

Ms. Grundt's USI honors class showing their enthusiasm on USA day!

When a student asks Mr. Soucar for calculus help while he is on lunch duty, he says... “of course!” Our teachers at Scituate High School are the best!

rom National Honor Society

Congratulations to our new crew of National Honor Society scholars. The induction ceremony will be held Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 6 pm in the SHS auditorium. More details to follow. Contact Mrs. Stormont at maggie.stormont@scituateschoolsri.net with questions.

Jessica Adams

Ella Bard

Remington Czerwein

Isabella Defusco

Nevaeh Depalo

Samantha Duarte

Ava Gregory

Sarah Gregory

Dakota Landry

Kylin Mcguire

Emerson Medici

Sydney Pagnozzi

Lea Paquet

Ava Pilderan

Jackson Scanlon

Madison Scanlon

Austin Simas

Hannah Smith

Ella Werbecki

Finn Wilkie

Bryn Williams

Senior Project Presentations are being held on Thursday, May 23rd from 3:00-7:15. A light dinner will be served at the break. If you are interested in judging please contact jill.morton@scituateschoolsri.net. It is always a great night for our seniors!

Open to ALL current sophomores and juniors

And please email Ms. Grundt to set up your account and sign up. There are suggestions for fundraising in the enrollment portal.Thank you.

This is such an exciting time to order your Class Ring! Balfour is offering a CLASS

RING SALE FOR 3-WEEKS ONLY!!!

Attached you will find a Flyer with all of the necessary information to purchase your

Official Class Ring. You may scan the QR Code or Click on the link provided on the

Flyer and either one will bring you right to your school’s website on Balfour.com.

Also on the Flyer is a link to the Balfour brochure so that you may look through it

beforehand to see all of the different options Balfour has to offer.

Balfour has also provided you with a Finger Sizer. Please print it out and follow the

instructions on how to size your finger. You can always stop by a local jewelry store to

get your finger- sized as well.

For a limited time, Balfour is running a 3-week sale! Prices are reflected on the website.

Place your order during the weeks designated on the Flyer to receive this exclusive

offer.

If you have any questions at all regarding ordering your Class Rings please call

the local Balfour Sales office at 401-430-6400.

*Also on the Balfour website, there is a lot of great merchandise: Hoodies, T-Shirts,

Sweatpants, etc. Stock up on some great Class Gear!!!

Below is the newly released senior memo which contains all end of year dates and details for our graduating seniors. Please be sure that families of Scituate seniors review the memo carefully! As a reminder, we have a "rain" date for graduation. Please reserve June 7th AND June 8th.

We can't wait to continue to celebrate these amazing seniors! Go Spartans!

Faculty, parents, and students may be interested in donating items to our yard sale fund raiser or students may be interested in getting some community service hours by helping put on the yard sale.

The event will take place at 706 Hartford Pike (historic grange building and SPS headquarters) on 13/14 April.

Contact sdkornatz@gmail.com With any questions.

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, 15.4% 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!

There are only 25 yearbooks left available for sale. Once these are sold, there will be no more additional yearbooks. We cannot order more. Seniors check to make sure you ordered one only 60 seniors have ordered.

www.jostens.com

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

All Juniors and Parents/Guardians are encouraged to attend Scituate High School’s Junior family college planning night! Join us in the High School auditorium on Thursday, May 2nd at 6:00pm for presentations and information about the college search process, requesting teacher recommendations, Scituate Scholarship Fund, FAFSA, the Common Application, and more! Attendance is strongly encouraged!

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SCITUATE SPARTANS 2024

Spring Athletic Registration

Students, Parents, Guardians,

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

March 18th, 2024. Baseball and Softball pitchers and catchers will begin on March

11th, 2024. In order to participate, ALL students MUST have a current physical, MUST

be registered on the school Website, and MUST be in good academic standing from the

2nd quarter of this school year.

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 with a GPA greater than 1.7 or failed fewer than 2

courses.

Boys Baseball Coach Hanson steelers21@cox.net

Girls softball Coach Geisser sgeisser@gmail.com

Girls Track Coach Haney haneyneit@hotmail.com

Boys Track Coach Kelly matthew.kelly@scituateschoolsri.net

Boys Tennis Coach Ceprano peter.ceprano@scituateschoolsri.net

Boys Volleyball Coach Short Diane.Garceau.Short@gmail.com

Boys Lacrosse Coach Lageux glagueux@verizon.net

Girls Lacrosse Coach Remka jena.remka@scituateschoolsri.net

Unified Basketball Coach Martin emmam1234567@gmail.com

Coach Barton nicole.barton@scituateschoolsri.net

Golf Coach Brown timothy.brown@scituateschoolsri.net

Please consider working concessions at Manning Field and the Gymnasium this Spring!

Boys Volleyball kicked off their season with a win against Exeter-West Greenwich last week! Good luck this season!

Lacrosse season has started for the Lady Spartans! Although they didn’t come away with the win they fought hard and are ready to roll this season! Keep working ladies!

Congratulations to the lady Spartans on their first win of the season. 18-0 against Portsmouth!

Congratulations to the SHS Boy's Lacrosse team on their win!!!

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Behavior Expectations for Fans

Behavior Expectations of Student Groups

• Always provide positive support for your team. Never ridicule or degrade the opposing team or players.

• Conduct yourself in an exemplary manner. Remember that you represent your school both at home and away.

• Assist cheerleaders with yells, chants, etc. Always be a working part of pep assemblies with preparation, organization

and involvement.

• Treat opposing players, coaches, spectators and support groups with respect and enthusiasm. Applaud good

performances on both teams. Doing this will show that you understand and can recognize good performance,

regardless of team affiliation.

• Always display proper sportsmanship toward officials and value their contributions to the game. Respect the

judgments made during a contest. All calls are impartial and should be accepted by all parties.

• Use only positive cheers, signs and chants during a contest. This will show that you understand proper sportsmanship

while giving your organization and school a good reputation.

Behavior Expectations of Spectators

• Always support your team and the efforts of all participants involved.

• Do not intimidate or ridicule a player, coach, or official before, during or after a contest.

• Always praise athletes for their actions during a game; never degrade a participant for their efforts. Athletics are a

learning experience for students, and mistakes will be made.

• A ticket is a privilege to observe the contest, not a license to verbally assault others or be generally obnoxious.

• Learn the rules of the game so that you may understand and appreciate why certain situations take place.

• Always respect the integrity and judgment of officials. They are present to regulate the flow and enforce the rules of

the game. An official should never be degraded or ridiculed for a call they make.

• Show respect for the opposing players, coaches, spectators and support groups. Treat them as guests to your school.

• Use only cheers that support and uplift the teams involved.

• Recognize and show appreciation for an outstanding play by either team.

• Refrain from the use of any controlled substance (alcohol, drugs, etc.) before, during and after the game, on or near

the site of the event (i.e. tailgating).

• Be a positive role model at events through your own actions and by censuring those around you whose behavior is

unbecoming.

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.