Some members of the alumni group met today, something might be coming soon! More to come!

From left to right: Peter Ceprano 1998, James Scacco Jr. 2013, Nick Pietrantozzi 2015, Michael Hassell 2001, Elena Grigelevich 2014, Heidi Rocchio 1985

Students in grades 8-11 will have a two-week window to select courses for next school year. All students attended an assembly last week and should review the links below to begin the course selection process. Once the two-week window closes, Mr. Casey, Ms. Faccio, and Mrs. Trainor will sit with every student to review choices and ensure that students are on track to meet our graduation requirements.

On Friday, March 1st, members of Scituate High School HOSA participated in the 8th annual State Leadership Conference. The following members were awarded medals for their competitive events, earning them a place to compete at the International Leadership Conference this year in Houston, TX.

Recognition

• HOSA Happenings, Scituate High School, accepted by Abigail Chatelle

• Barbara James Service Award, Maggie Collins

Gold Medalists

• Hailey Horne, Clinical Specialty

• Madilynn Rossworn, Research Poster

• Brynn Williams, Dakota Landry, Layla Dicicco, Nevaeh DePalo, Community Awareness

• Maggie Collins and Abigail Chatelle, Health Education

Silver Medalists

• Charlies Grover, Tristan Redmond, Caiden Reikhurd, Mental Health Promotion

• Ava Pilderian, Samantha Duarte, Ella Werbecki, Sydney Pagnozzi, Public Health

• Isabella DeFusco and Julia Diraimo, Forensic Science

• Sydney Senra, McKenna Kampper, Natalle Kozacksa, Aviah Fraere, Health Education

• Brady Scanlon, Keyliah Casasola, Sophia Aragao, Caiden Gurjian, Bryant Amaral, Public Service Announcement

Bronze Medalists

• Hailey DeMerchant and Lauren Henault, CPR/First Aid

• Nickole Roberti, Prepared Speaking

• Isabella Wilson, Research Poster

• Valentina Mancini, Isabella O’Leary, Kennedy Hayle, Jillian Hanson, Mia Mostecky, Community Awareness

Introduction to Engineering Design: Students have been building a stand for their cell phone that allows the operator to watch it in landscape mode. This built on previously-learned Computer Aided Design skills. We used a technique known as "parametric modeling" wherein dimensions are expressed as variables to be determined later, creating a model that can adapt to many different circumstances. In this case, the models were built without knowing the size of the phone to be mounted or the thickness of the material the stand would be built from. By using parametric modeling, students could quickly adapt their model from one phone to the next, or from 2 mm acrylic to 1/8 inch plywood. In the image below Stephen Cronan makes some modifications to his model based on new measurements.

Students continue to cycle through self-paced learning stations. The stations that were active this week were computer-controlled milling, oxy-acetylene welding, oxy-acetylene cutting, and sheet metal cutting and bending. In the photos below we see Mason Trazi cutting a paper flat pattern in preparation to cut sheet metal, Travis Vernon's completed sheet metal modifications of a model truck, and Cole Couillard preparing his torch to weld the inside edge of an L-shaped bracket.

This week International Foods classes prepared pot stickers, making their own dough and filling. They were a favorite of many!

Before winter break, thanks to Sergeant Parenti, the Working With Children class visited North Scituate Elementary School first grade. The high school students planned a lesson and activities on friendship. We thank the first grade teachers for allowing the students this great experience.

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!

SURVEY WORKS! THE SURVEY CLOSES MARCH 31ST AND WE NEED YOUR VOICE!

Dear Scituate Spartan Community,

At Scituate High School we strive for excellence and your voice is important! We need to know all of the amazing areas that we are doing well in and where we need to improve. Each year, the RI Department of Education asks families and students to complete an anonymous survey. The data from this survey will be reported on our yearly school accountability rating for all to see. This year, we hope to get as close to 100% as possible! Let's show the state that the Scituate Spartans are the best! The SurveyWorks Stakeholder Survey Initiative is an effort to gather information that will help improve the quality of schools across Rhode Island. The surveys capture and assess information that helps educators understand and act upon what students, teachers, support professionals, administrators, and parents say about the climate, culture, and learning environments in their schools. The survey window will close on March 31, 2024. (Click link below) Thank you for your support, partnership, and commitment to Scituate High School!

Please note that when completing questions that are on a 1 through 5 scale, RIDE considers 1, 2, & 3 a "negative rating" while 4 &5 are "positive." In other words, 3 is not neutral.

All students should have completed the surveyworks survey in Advisory last week.

News from National Honor Society

THANK YOU to everyone who donated hand/foot warmers and thermal socks. Your donations were delivered to Help the Homeless RI on Monday afternoon.

Invitations for National Honor Society candidates were sent via email on Tuesday, Feb 6. Juniors and seniors who are not already NHS members who have a cumulative gpa of 3.9 or higher should have received an invitation. If you did not receive an invitation but think you should have, please contact Mrs. Stormont at maggie.stormont@scituateschoolsri.net.

The invitation email contains instructions that candidates must follow if they are interested in being considered for National Honor Society membership. An invitation does not guarantee acceptance.

The North Scituate Fire Department will be holding their annual Fish & Chip fundraiser beginning this Friday 2/16 to support our volunteers. We are looking for Juniors or Seniors who would like to provide service to their community and earn community service hours.

Fish & Chips is held each Friday during lent 2/16 - 3/29 and we are looking for help from 3:30-7:30pm. We are happy to have students volunteer for one, several or all nights as fits into their schedule.

For anyone that is interested, 401-639-0193.

Thank you for your help.

Suzanne Adams

From Scituate Director of Facilities and Operations, Jason Martin:

Below is the official information from RIDOH. This violation happened in qtr 1 of 2023. The replacement sample has already been done and tested fine. This is simply a violation for timing.

I wanted to email regarding the sampling schedule for the Scituate High School and Middle School public water system. There was a miscommunication between the person that our sampler (Bill Walaska) communicates with regarding the wells that were on and not on at this public water system. Unfortunately, a sample schedule was missed at Drilled Well #2 in Quarter 1 of 2023.

RIDOH will have to issue a notice of violation for this missed sample, however, Bill has collected make-up samples at no cost to the PWS for the sample visit. A public notice will also have to be issued, RIDOH is extending the due dates to 365 days from the notice of violation as make up samples were already collected.

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

Please send everything in one email

Sharon.terceira@scituateschoolsri.net

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

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 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

This right here, we are one of the smallest schools in the state and Scituate Spartans High School Wrestling placed 8th out of 145 teams!!!!!

Gabriel Bouyssou is now a 3X New England Champion and a New England Hall of Fame Inductee!!!

Congratulations to Sophomore Ryan Larsh on earning All League 3rd Team!!!!!!

UNIFIED Basketball

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

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.