King Philip Regional High School

Greetings KP Community,

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable February break, taking time to recharge and connect with family and friends. Stepping away from the daily routine is important, and I hope the past week provided a chance to reset before we dive into the fast-paced weeks ahead.

As we move into March, the energy of spring brings a flurry of activity—important classroom learning, extracurricular events, and planning for the year ahead. A special thank you to our dedicated school counselors, who are hard at work finalizing the program of studies and preparing to guide students and families through course selection for the 2025-2026 school year. Their efforts ensure that every student has the opportunity to build a schedule that supports their goals and aspirations.

Nicole Bottomley

Principal

King Philip Regional High School

Pronouns: she/her/hers

March 1: DECA States Competition

March 3: School Committee Meeting 7:00-9:00 pm, HS Library

March 6: MCAS ELA retest

March 7: MCAS ELA retest

March 10: Program of Studies Night 6:30 - 8:30 pm, HS Auditorium and Cafeteria

March 11: MCAS Math retest

March 11: MCAS Math retest

March 14: Friday Night Live 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Auditorium

March 19: MS/HS/Band/ Percussion 7:00-9:00 pm, HS Auditorium

March 25: MCAS ELA

March 26: MCAS ELA

Follow the following social media accounts-- @kphighschool, @kpcares, @kpstuco, @kphsathletics and Arbiter Live for sports schedules.

June 8, 2025 - Senior All Night Party -

The KP Parent’s Network is planning the All Night Party which is held the evening following graduation. The party is a 30+ year tradition and is a huge undertaking requiring many volunteers to make it a success. If you are interested in supporting this wonderful event please reach out to the All Night Party Committee kp.all.night.party@gmail.com

For the latest on All Night Party volunteer opportunities, event details and more, follow the KP Parents Network on social media

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The scholarship information, application, and details were released on Friday, February 14th and are due on or before Monday, March 10th at 11:59pm (all necessary documentation such as transcripts, essays, etc. must be completed by this date as applicable). Seniors can find information in the Class of 2025 Google Classroom and/or on the KPRHS School Counseling website. Any questions can be directed to Melissa Ludwig, School Counseling Secretary (LudwigM@kingphilip.org) OR to the KPRHS School Counselors.

MEFA Financial Aid Information

MEFA, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, provides informative webinars and virtual community events on a range of topics, that include Financial Aid 101. MEFA’s Financial Aid 101 webinar series presentation provides a helpful overview of the entire financial aid process, and includes information on financial aid applications and eligibility, types of financial aid, and how colleges determine the details of financial aid offers. Weekly webinars will continue through mid-December.

View English Financial Aid 101 webinars

To register for an upcoming live webinar, click HERE.

To view a recorded webinar, please view the MEFA Videos page HERE.

Massachusetts Community Colleges are now FREE to MA residents!

Mass Educate provides FREE community college tuition and fees for all Massachusetts students
Building on the success of Mass Reconnect, which made community college free for students 25 years and older, the Healey-Driscoll Administration and state Legislature made public community college FREE for students of any age and income in Massachusetts.
Mass Educate covers the full cost of tuition and fees for all eligible students. For more information and how to apply see the Office of Student Financial Assistance website: https://www.mass.edu/osfa/programs/masseducate.asp

The speaker is Caitlin Nevins, PhD, who is the Director of Psychological Services in the College of Mental Health Program at McLean Hospital. Her presentation titled, “Empowering Students for the College Transition” will provide caregivers with a better understanding of common stressors related to the college transition, teach strategies for caregivers to assess individual student strengths and areas of growth, and help caregivers learn about the Emotional Preparedness model for college readiness.

All information for this parent webinar (and others!) can be found on this link.

Course selection for the 2025-2026 school year will begin in March for students in grades 9-11.

• March 4th-Class Meetings: School Counselors will review the Course Selection process for students in grades 9-11 in an all grade meeting during the first half of the day. Information presented will also be shared in grade level Google Classrooms.
• March 6-14th-Students in grades 9-11 will have an opportunity to review teacher recommendations (for graduation required courses), register for course electives through Infinite Campus, and make any changes to teacher recommendations.
• Override Forms are DUE MARCH 31st. Any student wishing to make a change to a teacher recommendation must complete a Google Form Override Request before March 31st.
• Course selection materials (directions, Updated Program of Studies and list of courses) will be shared with students and families soon through email and grade specific Google Classrooms

Level Changes

Academic level change requests occur during the first two weeks of a course or with administrative approval. It is important that students spend sufficient time in a course before an academic level change is requested so that they and the teacher have the opportunity to determine the appropriateness of the placement.

Any level change that occurs after the first two weeks of the beginning of the course will require an Academic Level Change Request Form. Academic Level Change Request Forms are available in the School Counseling Office and require the student to get the signature of the current teacher and a parent/guardian.
Moving up a level only occurs within the first term. Any exceptions require administrative approval.
All courses dropped after the add/drop period will result in the appearance of a Withdrawal “WP” or “WF” on the student’s transcript. No schedule changes will take place during the last three weeks of a term.

Information on the Spring 2025 SAT Preparation Courses, to be held at Bridgewater State University, can be found by clicking on the link below.

https://www.bridgew.edu/ccs/SAT-Preparation

All registrations are to be done online.

If you have any questions, please email me at: d2marks@bridgew.edu.

The King Philip Regional High School athletic program offers numerous interscholastic opportunities throughout the school year.

Spring sports registration will be open from FEBRUARY 12-MARCH 12, 2025

REGISTRATIONS MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER - MARCH 12, 2025

The King Philip High School athletic program offers numerous interscholastic teams throughout the school year. The current teams offered during the Spring Season are:

Baseball

Lacrosse - Boys

Lacrosse - Girls

Softball

Tennis - Boys

Tennis - Girls

Track-Boys

Track - Girls

Unified Track

Volleyball - Boys

Payment MUST be made at the time of registration, if a student does not

make a team a refund will be issued in the same manner as payment.

All King Philip Regional High School students have the ability to participate on the sports team consistent with their gender identity.

POLICY REGARDING PHYSICAL EXAMS FOR SPORTS

Regulations require the school to have a current physical on file for the entire season (current physicals need to be dated within 13 months of activity). If a physical expires during a season a new one must be submitted prior to 13 month expiration date or athlete will become ineligible to play This is NON-NEGOTIABLE.

PLEASE UPLOAD PHYSICAL DURING REGISTRATION

MANDATORY IMPACT CONCUSSION EXAM

The concussion testing is mandatory, per KP policy, for all Juniors and Freshman as well as any transfer students or any student who has not taken it in the past 2 years.

CONCUSSION BASELINE EXAM AND COURSE (2 SEPARATE THINGS)

King Philip Athletes must complete a baseline concussion test every 2 years. This is set up so that it is usually done for all Juniors and Freshman. In the event that your child did not complete a baseline concussion test at KP last year (examples include - transfer as a sophomore or senior, did not participate last year or any other reason) you child must complete in order to be eligible to participate in sports.

Baseline concussion tests will be administered at home this year. This test must be completed prior to tryouts or first practice.

Baseline test link

King Philip School Code: cb0ec28b86

In addition to the baseline test all athletes much complete an online concussion course:

Parents and student athletes must complete a free online concussion course prior to registration. The free on-line courses is available through the link below and contains all the information required by law. At the end of the course you will receive a completion receipt, The entire course, including registration can be completed in less than 30 minutes – This is not the same as the baseline IMPACT test(listed above)

During registration you will be asked to sign off that you completed this course.

http://nfhslearn.com/courses/61037/concussion-in-s...

if you have any issues with either the baseline test or concussion class please contact Adam Bennett bennetta@kingphilip.org

Registration Link

Spring Sports Tentative Tryout Schedule

Arbiter Live for game schedules & locations

KP Athletics Webpage

KP Sports Boosters on Instagram

KP Athletics on Instagram

KP Hudl link to watch KP sports teams

Hockomock Sports League news, photos and awards

MIAA State Power Rankings for all KP Teams

The Healthy KP Substance Use Prevention Coalition has just launched a six-month Billboard Campaign aimed at parents with middle and high schoolers. The goal? To help parents take proactive steps in preventing substance use among their kids. The billboard directs parents to our newly designed website healthykp.org for talking tips to help them to have open, informed and ongoing discussions with their children. This month, our first billboard went up in Plainville on route one, next to Summer Scoops, and the next billboard will be further north in Wrentham (by Myrtle Street.) Here's the press release https://www.kingphilip.org/king-philip-regional-school-district-healthy-kp-coalition-launch-billboard-campaign-on-substance-abuse-prevention/

What is the Healthy KP Substance Use Prevention Coalition?

Formed in 2018, Healthy KP Substance Use Prevention Coalition is a community-based group of volunteers from various sectors of the Plainville, Norfolk and Wrentham communities. Our coalition members include school personnel, parents, students, law enforcement, businesses, civic and volunteer groups, religious and fraternal organizations and health care professionals working together to prevent and reduce the use of alcohol, drugs and tobacco products among our youth. From its inception, Dot Pearl, Wellness Director and Kip Lewis, Assistant HS Principal have spearheaded and supported the coalition's initiatives and growth. In December of 2020, Healthy KP was awarded a competitive federal five-year Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grant allowing the coalition to strengthen community collaboration and engagement to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The King Philip School District acts as a partner and as the fiscal agent to the Coalition. Healthy KP is one of 37 DFC Coalitions in Massachusetts and 750 nationwide.

The most effective prevention programs not only provide education and information but also provide opportunities for connection within the community. Healthy KP offers programming that not only educates but also connects students and families such as fun substance-free programs, support for middle school and high school events, Family Meals Matter community dinners and parent workshops and speakers (like this presentation happening on Wednesday evening at the Middle School.) I've been on board as Coalition Coordinator since last fall and as a health educator, parent of two teens and resident of Wrentham, I feel passionately about this community role and expanding the reach of this mission. Healthy KP plans to apply for continued funding in the spring of 2025 and to grow its parent support campaign.

How can you connect with Healthy KP?

• Drive by our billboards and tell your students and friends about the campaign
• Check out and promote our website- lots of great resources for parents and teens
• Connect with us on FB and Instagram and share
• Attend our monthly meetings on the third Wednesday of every month at 6pm held at the High School (typically in the library)
• Watch for our monthly Q&A column in the Wrentham/Norfolk paper
• Send students looking to connect and get involved our way (we are growing our student coalitions)

Thanks for reading! We are Healthy KP. Together, we can make a difference.

Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kingphilipmusicprogram/

Start planning over winter break, put together a team or group! Sign ups are due by March 1.

Friday Night Live! Student Council is still looking for unique, serious, fun and weird school appropriate performances. Consider doing a skit, a dance, bring your band, magic, put together a group and do a dance...There are all sorts of ideas on the internet.

Student Council will be giving out $1000 in prizes. Performances will be judged independently of anyone associated with student council.

Friday Night Live Sign Up Link

Congratulations to the students who placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the

Student Council Valentine's Day Bake-off.

1st Place-Caroline Blakesley

2nd Place-Shannon Burke

3rd Place-Arjun Kollu

Dear Parent or Guardian,

An important goal of the King Philip’s High School World Language Department is to adopt the principles of proficiency in world language instruction. This is a progressive philosophy that is spreading across the nation with the advancement of the Seal of Biliteracy: a movement in which King Philip is proud to participate! In April this year we are fortunate to administer to students enrolled in AP French/Spanish language the opportunity to take the STAMP 4S exam. Their teachers will register them and more information will be explained in class. In addition, if your student speaks a language other than English at home, the exam is offered in the following languages: Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish, Spanish Monolingual. Please fill out the following google form by March 7, 2025 if you wish to register your student for the STAMP exam.

Click here to register for the exam

The exam is scheduled to take place on April 9, 2025 and will be administered during the school day. It is important to note that in no way will it affect your child’s grade. The exams are scored externally by certified raters and are reported separately for each of the 4 domains of language (listening, reading, speaking, and writing) to your child and your child’s teacher. STAMP scores are proficiency benchmarks aligned to ACTFL (American Council on The Teaching of Foreign Languages) levels Novice (low, mid, high), Intermediate (low, mid, high) and Advanced (low, mid, high). If you are curious to find out more about the exam, you can review some of the exam materials at Avant’s website: https://avantassessment.com/stamp

The rating provided by this assessment is a nationally recognized rating that can be used both academically and professionally to describe one’s proficiency in a language. Additionally, students with an appropriate mode score across all 4 levels will earn the Seal of Biliteracy. Even though this assessment does not impact your student’s grade, it is important for your student to do their best work. Please help us to underscore the importance of working hard and celebrating many years of global language study.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

Sincerely,

Julianna Fernandez

World Language Department Chair fernandezj@kingphilip.org

Last call to look through the Lost & Found. Anyone wanting to check for lost items should go to the Hallway behind the Cafeteria. All of the Lost & Found clothing is in black bags and all of the water bottles are in a box in that hallway.

On March 5th all remaining items will be donated.

Getting your permit?

If you need residency documentation to obtain your Learner’s Permit or Driver’s License, the Massachusetts RMV requires the following items:

• An Official Transcript
• A Letter of Residency (which includes student’s DOB and current residential address)
• To have these items prepared, please complete a Transcript Request Form, check off the RVM box, and submit it to the Guidance Office Secretary, Mrs. Ludwig or email it to ludwigm@kingphilip.org

Purchase a Parking Spot

Once you have passed the Road Test you may register for a parking spot in the KP parking lot. To find more information about parking spots and to register click here: Student Parking

Nurse's News:

Parents/guardians - Please be aware that if your child feels ill while at school- please encourage them to visit the nurse's office for evaluation. If we deem it medically necessary, you will be contacted and we will excuse the dismissal. If a student dismisses themselves without being seen by the nurses, their dismissal cannot be excused ( without a doctor's note).

Please keep your students home if they are ill. This includes: fever (greater than 100 degrees and your child may return to school only after their temperature has been consistently below 100 degrees, by mouth, for a minimum of 24 hours), vomiting (even once) and diarrhea.

WE do not carry OR provide cold/cough medicine. We do not carry OR provide Claritin or Allegra

( allergy medicine). The Benadryl we have in the office is for anaphylactic events .

Cold and Flu season is upon us. Keeping a sick child home will help prevent the spread of illness.

If you need to dismiss your student during the school day please email hsattendance@kingphilip.org. If at all possible, please do this at the beginning of the school day. Only excused absences allow students to make up missed work.The KPRHS Student Handbook lists what constitutes an excused absence.

Please note: Juniors do not have 'senior' privileges and are not allowed to leave during the school day. The consequence for any student leaving school without permission is a Saturday Detention for the first offense.

also

"Students misusing their parking privileges by leaving school grounds before the end of the school day may be subject to having their parking privileges revoked."

King Philip Regional Schools offers the following program to those who may not have internet access available for their KP student.The device provided is a modified mobile hotspot providing filtered internet intended for educational purposes.

To access the program please fill out the following form and return it to the Technology Department.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1goM-YWK8gCQEZUmk2gWFTnCdzDbk93S1/view?usp=sharing

The form is also available in printed format in the tech office at each building.

If your student is eligible for Free & Reduced Meals, with their parents permission, KPHS Administration is able to share their information with other departments to offer discounted pricing on other things such as Prom tickets, SAT tests, club activities and more. If you are interesting in sharing this information please complete the attached form Sharing Information Form

Universal Free School Meals for All Students

Governor Healey and the Massachusetts Legislature have made Massachusetts the 8th state to make School Meals for All permanent, beginning immediately for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year! School meals will be offered at no cost to all students.

Free and Reduced Cost Meals Application

Please note that even though meals will be free for all, it is very important for families in need to still complete the household Application for Free and Reduced Price Meals for the 2023-2024 school year. This allows districts to establish eligibility for other federal benefits and school programs. Families who have been eligible for Free and Reduced Meals in the past must apply again for 2023-2024. Please know that the application is confidential with only the Director of Food Services and administrators having access. All students receive the same meals.

King Philip Free and Reduced Meals Application

For more information on the School Meals Program, please visit the food services page on the district's website, King Philip Schools Food Services Department.

We establish high academic standards and expectations for personal responsibility. Students are encouraged to become lifelong learners, to be productive contributors to society, to set ambitious goals, and to use all available resources.

Principal: Nicole Bottomley

Assistant Principal: Kip Lewis

Assistant Principal: Karen Archambault

Assistant Principal: Jill Poirier

Athletic Director: Gary Brown

Website: https://www.kingphilip.org/high-school/
Twitter: @KingPhilipHS

Instagram: KPHighSchool

Location: 201 Franklin St, Wrentham MA 02093
Phone: 508-384-1000