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March 2018

Class of 2018

Senior Dues for the Class of 2018 are now being collected! Dues are $40 and can be paid by cash or money or-der in Room 120A before school, after school, and during lunches. Dues must be paid in order to purchase tick-ets for prom and senior week

events. Senior dues are mandatory and cover the cost of your cap and gown and offset the cost of senior week activities.

MARCH 2018 1 Junior Parent Night [Bray] 6:30 PM 2.28-3.2 MCAS ELA Retest 3 State Drama Festival Preliminary Level [Bray Aud.] 5-6 MCAS Math Retest 8 Prism Concert [Bray Aud.] 7 PM 9 Sophomore Gathering (S. Attleboro Legion Hall) 7 PM 10 SAT Exam 13 Second Trimester Ends/Exam #1(Full Day of School) 14 Final Exams #2 and #3 (Full Day of School) 15 Final Exams #4 and #5 (1/2 Day for students)* 16 Transition Day (1/2 day for students)* 19 Trimester 3 Begins 19 Spring Sports Begin 21 NHS and NTHS Induction Ceremonies [Bray Aud.] 7 PM 23 Report Cards Distributed 24 Leo Club Easter Egg Hunt (Capron Park) 11 AM 26 Varsity Jacket Night [Bray] 6:30 PM 27-29 MCAS ELA Testing [Sophomores] 30 No School—Good Friday

APRIL 2018 6-7 Spring Musical [Bray Aud.] 7 PM 11 Parent Conferences 6-8 PM 13 ½ Day—Professional Development Day* 16-20 April Break 27 Senior Prom [Rhodes on the Pawtuxet] 6-11PM

*10:50 dismissal

Music Department News & Events PRISM Concert: Please join us for our PRISM concert on March 8, at 7:00 PM in the Bray Auditorium, a unique solo, small ensemble and large ensemble con-cert that will use the entire space of the auditorium. All City Choral Festival: The Attleboro Choral Festi-val will feature Hill-Roberts, Thatcher, Hyman-Fine, Studley and Willett elementary schools, Brennan Mid-dle School, and Attleboro High School coming togeth-er in song. Please join us on March 28 at 6:30 PM in the Bray Auditorium for this one of a kind event! Congratulations to Allison Morin, 2021 and Cristina Burns, 2021! They will be representing AHS at the Southeastern Massachusetts Junior District Festival on March 16 and 17 at Taunton High School. Please join us on the first Tuesday of the month for our Attleboro Music Parents Meetings. We meet at 7:00 PM in the Chorus room. The dates for the re-mainder of this school year are March 6, April 3, and May 1, and June 5. Upcoming Fundraiser in the Music Department Do you or someone you know need a new mattress or

pillow? Please join us for our Third Annual Mattress Fundraiser on May 5, from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Look for discount flyers from a music student soon!

Guidance Department News

Highly Selective College Admission Panel: We are excited to be hosting college admission officers from Harvard, Brown University, Boston College and Penn State University to share advice on applying to highly selective colleges. The event will take place on April 11 from 5:30-6:30 PM in Bray Auditorium. This event is open to all families in all grades. Registration is required. Please see our flyer for additional infor-mation.

Seniors: Plans for Next Year: This is a busy time of year as seniors are hearing back from colleges and finalizing their post-secondary plans. We love to hear about acceptances and want to help with additional options if needed. There are a number of colleges that are still accepting applications at this time. We are here to help! BCC Palooza: Bristol Community College will be conducting their “BCC Palooza” on Tuesday, March 20 at AHS. This is an opportunity for our BCC-bound students to re-ceive admissions decisions, complete the FAFSA, and schedule placement testing. Students should see their Guidance Counselor ASAP to sign-up for this op-portunity, as space is very limited at this time.

Scholarships: With the college search in full swing, it is also the time of year that students should start looking at scholarships. Scholarships and financial aid should be a priority at this time. Scholarship application packets are available in all house offices and on the balcony. Our web site also has many additional scholarships to consider. New this year you will be able to complete the application form on-line.

Here is the link for the Attleboro Scholarship Form Students must be logged in to the browser with their

attleborops.net account to view the scholarship form!

The majority of the scholarships have an April 1 dead-line, but seniors need to be aware that some have an earlier deadline. Students should check each scholar-ship individually for requirements such as a letter of recommendation and a resume. Any member of the Guidance Department can answer questions on the pro-cess.

Guidance Department... AP Testing News

Testing Window This is just a reminder that AP testing window is May 7 through May 18. Please see Ms. Little or Mr. Parrillo with any questions. AP News for 2018-2019 The Guidance Department met with all students to review their course requests for the 2018-2019 academic year. Students who have the teacher recommendation to take AP classes should keep in mind that it is a year-long com-mitment, and there is a requirement to take the AP exam at the end of the course in May.

For further updates please follow us on Twitter

@AHSGuidanceNews

Health Office News

SBIRT ~ Screening, Brief Interven-tion, and Referral for Treatment

All Massachusetts Public Schools are now required to im-plement the SBIRT screening program. The Attleboro

Public Schools will be screening students in Grades 7 & 9, according to the recommendations by the Mass Depart-ment of Public Health. This screening is a brief and confi-

dential conversation with students. The goal of the pro-gram is to let the students know that there is staff available to reinforce healthy decisions and to assist them in obtain-

ing support if needed for substance use related problems. All Grade 9 students will be screened starting in March. For further information parents can contact the School

Nurses, School Adjustment Counselors, or Psychologists.

Fee for Service Transportation When: Registration begins Tuesday April 3, 2018 - Fri-day, June 29, 2018 (deadline) Where: Attleboro Public Schools Transportation Department 100 Rathbun Willard Drive Walk-in Registrations: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00 AM - 12:00 & 1:00PM - 3:00PM Evening Registrations: Wednesdays, April 4, May 9, & June 6 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Attleboro High School Alumni Association (AHSAA)

THE ORIGINAL "BLUE PRIDE"

The Attleboro High School Alumni Association (AHSAA)

meets the FIRST Tuesday of each month during the school year

at the studios of DoubleACS, Attleboro Access Cable System, Inc., 42

Union Street, Attleboro, MA.

Our meetings begin at 6:00 PM and finish by 7:30 PM Please consider joining us!

Next Meeting: March 6, 2018

Check out our web page: http://ahs.attleboroschools.com/community/alumni

and LIKE us on Facebook: The Real Attleboro High School Alumni Association

ALUMNI MISSION ~ committed to creating a unified, informed and proud body of Alumni through our service

to SCHOOL ~ CLASSMATES ~ COMMUNITY

Athletics

Congratulations go out to Blue Bombardiers! January Student Athletes of the Month, senior basketball player Samantha Pierce and sophomore hockey player Ryan Mor-ry. The MIAA has selected senior Grace Mayer as Student Athlete of the Month for January. “Grace is the epitome of student athlete. Throughout high school she has managed an impressive Honors and Advanced placement curriculum with her involvement in sports while being an active member of the National Hon-or Society, treasurer of the Class Council, and a go-to peer tutor. She represented AHS at the HOBY leadership conference as a Sophomore and Girls State as a Junior.” - Guidance Counselor Lindsey McDonald. Girls swim team broke a Hockomock Swim Champion-ship record in the 200 Medley Relay placing first with a time of 1:56.69 and placed fourth in the Free Relay, both teams were made up of Tiffany Chin, Corine Perry, Jackie Lynch-Bartek and Liz Saltz. Hockomock Championship meet results: Jackie Lynch-Bartek won both the 50 Free and 100 Breaststroke, Liz Saltz took 2nd in the 200 Free and 100 Free and Tiffany Chin took 5th in the 200 Free and 8th in the 100 Backstroke. Three team members qualified for Sectionals: Amanda Kadisevskis, Faith Mor-rison Rachel Priestley; and four team members qualified for both Sectionals and States: Tiffany Chin, Corine Per-ry, Jackie Lynch-Bartek and Liz Saltz. Girls gymnastics team placed 5th at the Hockomock Championship Meet led by senior Emma Humphrey who placed 2nd on Bars, 4th on Beam, and 3rd in All Around. Hailee Pietro placed 3rd on Bars and Erin Gleason 6th on Floor. Emma also qualified for State Individuals in All Around. Boys gymnastics team finished 4th in the State, led by freshman Andrae Butler. Andrae broke the school record in the vault with a score of 9.6. In the State Champion-ship Meet he placed 4th in Floor and Rings; and 2nd on High Bar and Vault. Nick Mao placed 6th on Pommels. Congratulations to Boys Gymnastics coach Rich Butler who was named Coach of the Year. Boys swim team placed 9th at the Hockomock Champion-ships led by Connor Dunn 2nd place finish in the 50 Free and 3rd in the 100 Free. Team members who also placed include; Calvin Maragnano, Damian Geltrude, Brian Ul-brich, Colton Mangion, Luis Oliva, Nathan LaPlume, Mi-chael Strachan, Jeremiah Therrien, and Nick Tellier. Connor Dunn qualified for Sectionals and placed 16th in the 50 Free.

Boys and girls Indoor Track teams were led by David Cataloni, Josh Gallant, Brandon Hanlin, Nate Seybert, Alex Boedeker, Ali Wall, Abisloa Olaogun, Shea Ja-mieson, Kelly Neuendorf, and Diana Blouin. Alex and Shea have qualified for the Division 1 State Meet and will compete in the Two-Mile run. Booster Club Awards The Varsity Booster Club awarded thirty-eight varsity jackets to winter sports athletes on March 5th in the Bray Auditorium. Congratulation to: Boys Basketball: Tim-othy Callahan, Qualeem Charles, Bryant Ciccio, Kevin Velazquez-Rivera; Girls Basketball: Chelsea Dias, Oliv-ia McCall, Mackenzie Roberts, Abby Struminski, Nyah Thomas; Girls Gymnastics: Erin Gleason, Emma Humphrey, Morgan Reinbold, Madison Stack, Parker Sweeney; Boys Gymnastics: Matthew Grzyb, Anthony Hoyt, Jacob Mammoli, Nicholas Mao, Wesley Martin, Shawn Trombley; Boys and Girls Swimming: Julia Cook, Nicholas Corsi, Damian Geltrude, Jacqueline Lynch-Bartek, Faith Morrison, Rachel Priestley, Avery Schroder, Brian Ulbrich; Boys and Girls Indoor Track: Joshua Gallant, Takara Keele, Zachery Valade, Liam Walker; Ice Hockey: Samuel Flynn, Liam McDonough, Kyle Miniati, Ryan Morry, Derrik Rivet, Matthew Viveiros.

THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON RATHBUN WILLARD DRIVE!

The AHS Drama Club will once again be hosting the preliminary level of the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Over 100 schools participate in this statewide tri-level tournament of theatre. Each school produces a short play (no longer than 40 minutes) and is sent to one of the 14 prelimi-nary sites. This year, Attleboro welcomes BMC Durfee High School in Fall River, Diman Regional Vocational Tech High School in Fall River, Holliston High School, Millbury High School, Rockland High School, Taunton High School, and Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood. After all the plays, judges will present awards for student excellence in acting and technical design, and three schools will be selected to advance to the semi-finals the following week.

This year, AHS will present The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street--an episode of the classic television show The Twilight Zone--by Rod Serling. On a typical subur-ban American street on a summer evening, something--perhaps a meteor--flies overhead. All the electricity on the street goes off, and phones and cars stop working. While one man goes to the next block to see if they’re having a similar problem, a young boy tells the neigh-borhood about a comic book he’s been reading. The comic tells of an alien invasion with one team sent in advance to pose as humans. Tension and paranoia rise as some people’s cars and lights unexpectedly start and stop. They start distrusting and accusing each other, building to the type of twist ending you’d expect (and maybe even remember) from The Twilight Zone.

Our production features 18 student actors and student-

designed sets, costumes, make-up, lighting, and inci-dental music. The event begins at 9:00am, and Attlebor-o's show will be presented at 12:15pm. Tickets are $10

for the whole day, whether you want to support our show or stay for all eight!

TDA - Driver Education at Attleboro High School

Join the over 1000 families that chose Teachers Driving Academy as the driver education program for their child. Quality classroom instruction and the conven-ience of on-site classes make TDA the perfect choice! Students aged 15 years, nine months and older are eligi-ble to take driver education classes. In order to earn a driver’s education certificate, the state of Massachusetts requires students to take 30 hours of classroom instruc-tion, 12 hours of driving instruction, and six hours of driving observation; parents must also take a two hour parent class. Both the student and parent classroom in-struction will take place at the high school; the driving instruction will take place off site. See the schedule be-low for the remaining session dates. The cost of the classroom instruction is $80.00.

APRIL VACATION 2018 Tuesday, April 10* 6:00-8:00 PM Bray Thursday, April 1 25:00-9:15 PM Tuesday, April 17 8:00-2:30 PM Wednesday, April 18 8:00-2:30 PM Thursday, April 19 8:00-2:30 PM Friday, April 20 8:00-2:30 PM * Parent & Student Class: Tuesday, April 10, 6-8 PM SUMMER 2018 Tuesday, June 5*6:00-8:00 PM Bray Monday, June 18 8:00-2:30 PM Tuesday, June 19 8:00-2:30 PM Wednesday, June 20 8:00-2:30 PM Thursday, June 21 8:00-2:30 PM Friday, June 22 8:00-12:30 PM * Parent & Student Class: Tuesday, June 5, 6-8 PM (will change if AHS has snow days) SUMMER 2018 Monday, August 13*8:00-2:30 PM Tuesday, August 148:00-2:30 PM Wednesday, August 158:00-2:30 PM Thursday, August 168:00-2:30 PM Friday, August 178:00-2:30 PM * Parent & Student Class: Monday, August 13, 12:30-2:30 All classes will be held in the Mini Auditorium except where noted.

To register, call Donna Cameron in the Evening Pro-grams office at: (508) 222–5150, extension 1370, or Rhonda Marzetta, (508) 222-5150, extension 1534, or send an e-mail to: TDA@attleboroschools.com.

Dean’s Corner Trimester 2 Final Exam Information Students must attend their final exams. If students are absent, they will not be allowed to make-up an exam unless they had previously received permission from their dean to be absent. Students who are absent and have not received permission to miss an exam, will re-ceive a zero. Please do not schedule appointments dur-ing the exam period. The exam schedule is as follows: Tuesday, March 13: A block exam (Full Day of School) Wednesday, March 14: B and C block exams (Full Day of School) Thursday, March 15: D and E block exams (Half Day of School) Friday, March 16: Transition Day (Half Day of School)

Bushee Street Parking Lot

The Bushee Street parking lot is for staff parking and specialized transportation. Students who need to be dropped off or picked up in the vicinity of Bushee Street should use the corner of Bushee and Verndale Avenue.

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