Weekly News and Notes

Greetings,

We have a few updates from UHS this week.

Course Selections for 2020-21

Our counselors completed course input this week with the current grade 8 students, and they will be working in the next few days to determine class selections with students in grades 9-11. We have also had our seventh graders in the building, and they will be working through their course selections by the end of the month at all.
Our goal, as always, is to provide students with their courses as scheduled - but not necessarily teacher assignments - by the end of this school year. There are a number of variables that play into that process, so we appreciate in advance your patience!

Early College Expansion

We are working closely with a number of our colleagues from the region to support the potential for additional Early College classes being offered this summer. We hope to build a cohort of students including our friends and peers at Douglas, Northbridge, Shepherd Hill Regional, and Hopedale High Schools, which will enable us to improve offerings for our students as well. A survey for students in indicate interest was emailed to all juniors on Friday. We hope they take some time to answer.

Feedback Opportunities

As we consider different ways to incorporate student voice, we are implementing a number of different opportunities. We had more than 30 students indicate an interest in participating in a Principals Advisory Council, which will meet a couple of times a month over lunch and enable students to provide feedback on some processes and plans for UHS. We are also in the process of starting a Captains Council to advise the athletic director, and, finally, we will be sending feedback surveys to help our athletic department improve the experience of student-athletes. We encourage you to have students get involved with any of these!

Spring Sports

For those who did not attend the spring sports information night on March 3, this is a reminder that spring sports begin on March 16. Please make sure all registration information is updated on FamilyID.

Week that Was

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There will be no Weekly News and Notes next Friday.

Have a great weekend,

Michael Rubin, Principal
Uxbridge High School