Weekly News and Notes

Short version of the weekly notes this week, as I was the co-chair at a NEASC accreditation visit from Sunday-Wednesday of this week. It was an incredibly rewarding experience, and we are learning a lot in advance of not only our own visit next year but in our school's alignment to the reaccreditation standards. As we continue to make decisions around our core values, we trust that where we have been, where we are, and where we are headed will continue to evolve based on our goals.

Congratulations!

The Uxbridge Student Council recently earned the triple crown at this week's Massachusetts State Student Council conference, earning a Gold Council of Excellence Award, being awarded a "Top Ten Service Project" honor, and having senior Scott Kaeller honored as an "Unsung Hero." We will have some pictures and a full writeup of these honors in our next monthly newsletter, but congratulations to Ms. Bernard and the entire StuCo team!

Grade 7-8 Course Selections

The Uxbridge High School guidance counselors will be meeting with grade 7 and 8 students on Wednesday and Thursday (March 14-15) to review course selections for next year. For the most part, core courses are completed by the grade-level teachers and will be input to iPass for review. (For grade 7, there is only one department where there is a core course choice: grade 8 math or grade 8 algebra).

The counselors will be helping students select elective courses. The full list of helpful documents are linked at the high school website, and we will be sending home a hard copy of the course selection sheets with students on Monday for them to review with parents before starting the data entry process.

Questions after next week can be directed specifically to the high school counseling team or Mr. Flanagan. 

The relevant documents are listed here.

Academic Awards Luncheon

We are looking forward to Sunday's Academic Awards luncheon, where we honor a number of juniors and seniors for their academic success over the past several quarters. Many thanks to Mr. DiMeglio for his hard work in organizing the event, and Mr. Barros for facilitating the production of the video that will air on Sunday. We are excited for our students and congratulate all of them and their families!

School Council

Our School Council will meet on Tuesday, March 13 at 7:00 in the high school library. This month, we will begin looking at updates to the School Improvement Plan while providing some updates on some current initiatives, including our Innovation Pathway application, Early College momentum, and partnerships with the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce. We will also be looking ahead to April and May with an eye on the accreditation self-study visit in December.

If parents of current grade 7 or 8 students who will be parents of UHS students next year would like to get involved, either as parent members or in terms of attending meetings, please let us know!

Have a great weekend - and let's hope for some warmer, calmer weather!