The Week Ahead 10/6

Alita Inthavongsa was the winner of this week's staff trivia contest! Make sure to pay attention to the notices every Friday for the trivia question of the day. When you have an answer, make sure to email Ms. Smalarz, bsmalarz@webster-schools.org, to see if you win the weekly prize!

Homecoming Week will be held from 10/14-10/18. It will begin with a kickoff pep rally on Tuesday, dress up spirit days Tuesday - Friday, home sports games on Wednesday and Friday, and the Homecoming dance on Saturday evening. We look forward to everyone's participation! More information on the events of the week coming soon!

Get ready for Homecoming!
This year’s dance theme is the Enchanted Graveyard Gala!
Tickets are $20 (cash only) and class dues must be paid in full in order to attend.

Ticket Sales:

• On sale Monday, October 6 – Friday, October 17

• Available during lunch only

• For Bartlett Students ONLY

• See Ms. Bigelow or Ms. Beaudette for tickets

• If you have questions, email Ms. Beaudette (sbeaudette@webster-schools.org) or Ms. Bigelow (mbigelow@webster-schools.org)

Don’t miss out on a night of music, dancing, and spooky fun—join us at the Enchanted Graveyard Gala!

If you would like your student to stay after for extra help please make sure that they go directly to the cafeteria after school (no Tuesdays). Remind them to bring their work with them, as well as their charged chromebook! Even if their teacher is not available, someone will be available to help each day.

Days: Every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (not offered on half days)
Time - 2:15pm-2:45pm
Location - BHS Cafeteria

**Snacks will be provided
**Late bus available (for bus students) at 3:10pm (bus passes will be given out in the cafeteria)

Jostens has extended the class ring order deadline and promotional pricing!!!

Class Ring Orders are Due Friday, October 10th!

If you have already placed your order... thank you! If you have not placed your order, please click below:

Our contact information is:

Email: office@myjostens.com

Phone: +1(888) 248-9084

Address: PO Box 598, Charlton, MA 01507

Here is the link to this year's handbook. Please make sure to review this book with your student(s).

There is no Saturday School this week! Our next Saturday School is October 18th. Just as last year, the program will serve several purposes throughout the year. Students may access Saturday sessions for extra academic assistance. The program may also be assigned as a consequence by administration if in school behavior warrants it. At times it may being given as an alternative to suspension. The high school's attendance policy will also be tied to Saturday School once we get further into the first quarter. If students lose academic points due to their daily attendance, student's will be able to earn these points back by attending a specific number of sessions. Students and families will have meetings with guidance if there is a need for this.

Students and families will be notified again this week if the school feels as though their student would benefit from attending based on current grades. We will be focusing on all students who continue to have a failing grade in at least one or more courses. Please keep an eye on emails for these notifications. If you do not get an email, but would still like your student to attend this week, please reach out to your student's guidance counselor and they will add your student's name to the list.

Saturday School will be held at the Webster Middle School. It will run from 8am-12pm, and students must stay the entire time. Breakfast and a snack will be provided to those that attend. Students will need to bring their work with them, as teachers will not be able to provide it to individual students while at the middle school. They should also come with a fully charged chromebook and charger, as there will not be any loaners available. There will be no cell phones allowed out from 8am-12pm. There is no bus provided to or from Saturday School.

If you have any questions, please reach out to guidance or administration.

The Basement in C Section is considered to be an Unauthorized Area at all times, unless you are directly with a staff member. If a student is found in the basement, a consequence of a Saturday School will be assigned immediately.

If you play a sport and need to access the basement to drop off athletic equipment, the only available time to do so is before school starts from 7:10am - 7:20am. If you do not make it between that time, you will be responsible for carrying your own equipment with you throughout the school day.

Regular Schedule

SEL Homeroom Schedule

1/2 Day Schedule

• School Guidelines

  If a student is going to be absent, tardy, or dismissed on any given school day, the parent/guardian must call the main office at 508-943-8552 to report it. When calling, please state:

  • Your student’s name

  • Reason for absence/tardiness

  • Phone number where you can be reached during the day in case a return call is necessary

  A note documenting the reason for the absence, tardy, or dismissal must be sent into the main office within two (2) days of the conclusion of the absence or tardiness. However, please note that a phone call and/or note only verifies the student's absence; it does not excuse the absence. When an absence, tardiness, or dismissal can be anticipated, advance notice is requested.

  
  

  Absent

  From School

  • If a parent/guardian has notified the school of their student’s absence, the student will be coded as “Absent” in PowerSchool

  • Students who are absent from school on any given day are not permitted to participate in any school or extracurricular activities on that day.

  From Class
  

  • On the 5th+ absence from class, the teacher will engage in two-way communication with the parent/guardian to develop a plan to make-up academic deficits resulting from absences

  • All missed assignments due to absences (not truancies) will be graded as a “0” (with the icons “missing” and “absent” both highlighted in Powerschool) until the assignment has been completed and submitted

  • Students are required to make-up all missed assignments due to any absence (not truancy)

  
  

  Truant

  • Students who are absent from school without a documented reason (ex. doctor note, call from parent/guardian) will be considered truant

  • Missed assignments due to truancy will receive a grade of zero (0) without the ability to make it up

  
  

  Tardy

  To School
  

  • Tardiness will be excused only if you have a note of acceptable explanation, such as a dentist or doctor appointment. Extenuating circumstances will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Tardiness to school is counted as time lost within the provisions of the Attendance Policy.

  • Students are considered tardy if they are not in their 1st block classroom by 7:25am (Please note: Being in the school building by that time is not the same as being in class by that time)

  • Tardy students are required to report to check in with the main office upon arrival

  • Tardy students will be required to dispose of any purchased coffee/morning beverages upon arrival. If a student refuses to dispose of their beverage immediately, they will be issued a Saturday School

  • Students that are chronically tardy to school (more than 3 times in a quarter) will be subject to progressive disciplinary action

  To Class
  

  • Promptness to class is as important as promptness to your job when you go to work. Good school citizens are never tardy to class because that interferes with their own education and disrupts the whole class. You have five minutes to pass between classes, and during that time you can reach any place in the school from any other place.

  • If you are with a staff member or doing an errand that cannot be done at some other time, and if this results in your being late to class, please be sure that you get a pass from the staff member in charge before leaving that staff member. It is YOUR responsibility to get a pass whenever you are going to be late to class.

  • Students who are not inside of the classroom when the bell rings are considered “tardy” to class.

  
  

  Dismissal

  • There are times when illness or personal family business of a serious nature occurs and you need to miss part of the school day. At that time, you may request an early dismissal. To obtain an early dismissal, bring a written request from your parent/guardian to the main office as soon as you arrive at school. All notes should include the first and last name of the student, phone numbers where the parent/guardian signing the note can be reached, time to be excused, reason for the request, and first and last name of the parent/guardian signing the note. Eighteen year olds must also have a pre-approved note from a parent/guardian. BHS reserves the right to verify all parent/guardian notes prior to approving student dismissals.

  • Students will be called to the main office when being dismissed

  • All students, who are dismissed for any reason, must sign the dismissal log before leaving school

  • ALL individuals dismissing students will be expected to come into the building and present a valid picture ID before any student will be released from the school

  • Students must be in school for 4 hours from the start of the school day to be considered present for the day. Students attending school for less than four hours will be considered “absent” from school that day.

  • Students dismissed from school are ineligible to participate in athletics or extra-curricular activities on that day or the ensuing weekend should it occur on the day before a weekend.

  • For eligibility purposes, with respect to athletics or extra-curricular activities, students dismissed for medical, dental, legal appointments, etc., must have the appointment verification documentation turned in to the office or to the coach or activity advisor upon their return to be eligible to participate (parental/guardian notes will not suffice)

  • Any student clinically dismissed by the nurse due to illness may not return to school and is ineligible to participate in athletics or school activities

  • If/when a student returns to school from a dismissal, they must sign back in on the dismissal log in the main office and produce their documentation for the time out of the building

  • No student, except in emergencies, will be signed out after 1:30 pm

We are pleased to inform you of Bartlett High School’s participation in the Massachusetts State Seal of Biliteracy for the 2025-2026 School Year. The Seal of Biliteracy is an honor offered to any student who demonstrates proficiency in English and any other language, whether they speak or sign the language other than English at home or learned it at school or in the community.

The State Seal of Biliteracy aims to:

1. Encourage students to study and master languages;

2. Certify attainment of biliteracy skills;

3. Recognize the value of language diversity;

4. Provide employers with a method of identifying people with language and biliteracy skills;

5. Provide universities with a method to recognize and give credit to applicants for attainment of high-level skills in languages;

6. Prepare students with skills that will benefit them in the labor market and the global society; and

7. Strengthen intergroup communication and honor the multiple cultures and languages in a community.

In order to earn the Massachusetts State Seal of Biliteracy, students must:

1. Demonstrate a high level of proficiency in English by earning a score of 472 or higher on the Grade 10 ELA MCAS,

2. Demonstrate a high level of proficiency in a world language by attaining a minimum score equivalent to Intermediate-High on an assessment approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and

3. Satisfy all other graduation requirements.

The Seal of Biliteracy with Distinction is available to students who:

1. Earn a score of 501 or higher on the Grade 10 ELA MCAS

2. Demonstrate a proficiency level of Advanced Low or higher on a Department-approved assessment, and

3. Satisfy all other graduation requirements.

The ELA MCAS Retests will take place on Nov 5 & 6, 2025 and again on March 3 & 4, 2026; Grade 10 ELA tests will take place on March 24 & 25, 2026. We will be administering Proficiency Assessments of Approved Language Other than English as soon as we know which assessments our students are interested in taking. More information to come…

We look forward to honoring the language expertise and diversity in our district through this initiative. If you have any further questions, please contact Seal of Biliteracy Coordinator, Dr. Patricia Mackay, pmackay@webster-schools.org 508-943-0104, x. 40030.

This week in Principles of Biomedical Science, students learned about blood spatter and DNA. They modeled blood spatter from different angles and heights. They also used 3D models to see how phosphate groups, sugars, and nitrogenous bases work together to form DNA.

In Human Body Systems, students worked on a skeletal system scavenger hunt, identifying different parts of the skeletal system and seeing how they look on their mannequins.

In Medical Interventions, students learned about the physical characteristics of sound waves and how they work inside the human inner ear. They also started creating models of the ear, the ear canal, and the several different parts of the inner ear.

Please join us for our first community wide event! Our school's PBIS team will be hosting a Trunk or Treat fundraiser to raise money for positive incentives for all students at the high school. Check out the flyer below for more information! If you have any additional questions please reach out to Sam Beaudette, sbeaudette@webster-schools.org.

Starting this Monday, home football game tickets will be available for purchase in the main office.

• Tickets purchased with Bartlett Bucks must be bought in advance at the main office — Bartlett Bucks will no longer be accepted at the gate!

• Tickets purchased at the gate will be cash only!

All athletes MUST enter and exit through the back of the gym after school. There should be absolutely no entry in or out of the C section hallway that is labeled as "Gym" on the outside door. Parents should plan to pick up their athletes at the back entrance to the gym after practices or games, not at the entrance closest to the BHS basketball courts.

Athletes MUST be supervised at all times when in the locker room hallway. If there is not a coach with them, then they will need to wait to go downstairs. All BHS athletes must use the bathrooms in the basement hallway, not the ones in the main part of the building once games and practices begin after school each day.

Winter sports start on December 1st.

This survey is only for girls to check interest in participating in any of the sports listed.

Are you a Grandparent raising a grandchild(ren)? Have you wondered how other grandparents are handling the stress of raising grandchildren? Are you looking for a “judgment-free zone” to vent?

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!!!

Please check out the attached flyer for important information regarding the dates and times of the support group's meetings.