Hello. Welcome to the second edition of the Highlander Times. You can access past editions on our website
We enjoyed meeting parents, guardians, and family members at our Back to School Night. Some themes from the evening: continuing our focus on “High Expectations and High Support” by increasing rigor and student-centered learning in the classroom, emphasizing student responsibility and increased opportunity for leadership, and continuing to provide a wide range of support for students. We also encouraged close communication between families and the school. Please reach out to your student’s assigned community with any questions or concerns, and, of course, to report a student absence.
If you weren’t able to make it, you’ll have a chance to meet teachers at our first Parent/Guardian conference night November 30.
Updates
Somerville High School administers the PSAT, a "practice SAT" exam at no cost during the school day for all 11th grade students and for 10th grade students who sign up. This gives students a chance to see how they might do on the SAT, which is often part of the college application process. 10th grade students wishing to take the PSAT may sign up here until Friday, September 29 at 3:00 pm (note extended deadline). See emails from Ms. Kessler for more details, and for your assigned testing time.
If you still want to order print photos from Picture Day, you can return a paper order form to our main office, or , go to my.lifetouch.com and enter code EVTTKH7HQ. Retakes will be on November 13.
Monitoring your students progress in Aspen: Student Progress Reports will be posted in Aspen October 5. We do not mail Progress Reports home. Please click on one of the slide shows below to see instructions on how to access progress reports and report cards in Aspen. These slide shows also explain how to monitor grades and attendance, and how to set up automatic email notifications if your student misses a class, gets a low grade, or has a conduct issue. If you need help accessing Aspen, or you would like a copy of a progress report or report card to be mailed or emailed, please contact your community
Road Closure: As you may have seen from previous emails from the district and city, starting sometime this week Highland Ave will be closed Eastbound from about 8am-5pm. Please plan your drop off and pick up route accordingly. Details can be found here: Spring Hill Sewer Separation Project | SomerVoice
- I want to introduce you to our wonderful Somerville High School Family and Community Liaisons: Eline Santana (Portuguese/English), 617-629-5640 x611531; Nayi Padilla (Spanish/English), 617-625-6600 x611041. The District-wide Haitian Creole Liaison, Nehemie St. Louis has her office at Somerville High School and can be reached at 617-629-6600 x 611531. Our liaisons can answer any questions about school programs, connect you to services and resources in the community, including basic needs like food / clothing, coordinate interpretation for school meetings and more. The SFLC is also offering Parent English Classes. These classes start in-person and online on October 10th. The SFLC is also \hoping to add a conversation class for parents with intermediate English skills
Thank you,
Principal Kersten
