This week's Masked Announcer was Mr. Nasis! Congratulations to Lillian Grenier for correctly guessing our special guest! Thank you to all who participated! Keep up the awesome school spirit and good luck next week! Remember to send in your guesses via email to Ms. Smalarz (bsmalarz@webster-schools.org) immediately following the announcements on Friday morning to enter into the contest!

Saturday School is back in session! Many students are attending for extra help, if you still want to join us, the links are below. This is also the time that students can earn back the points that they may have lost due to poor attendance in the second quarter. Saturday school consequences have also begun to be given.

Reminder - Times: 8am-12pm (must stay for the whole time). Come prepared with any work and a charged chromebook. Breakfast and a snack are provided. Transportation is available at general pick up and drop off locations.

Upcoming Saturday School Dates:

March - 8, 15, 22, 29

April - 5, 12

May - 3, 10, 17, 31

We are looking for 2 more students to join our school council. This advisory committee will meet once a month once all members have been identified. The council will be comprised of the principal, parents of students attending the school, teachers, students, and "other persons drawn from such groups or entities as municipal government, business and labor organizations, institutions of higher education, human service agencies or other interested groups, including those from school-age child care programs". The role of the school council is to assist the principal in adopting educational goals for the school that are consistent with local educational policies and statewide student performance standards, identifying the educational needs of students attending the school, reviewing the annual school building budget, formulating a school improvement plan, and reviewing the student handbook each spring to consider changes in disciplinary policy to take effect for the following school year. The make up of the council encourages diverse perspectives in the formulation of a consensus plan. Please email gnieves@webster-schools.org if you are interested in being elected as a representative of the school council.

The "Club del Libro en Español Worcester" is organizing a Poetry Contest among Spanish speaking young writers. Our aim is high-schoolers and college kids from Massachusetts and beyond. Last year we had poems from Venezuela, Dominican Republic and other countries. Most of the writers were from Worcester. This year they are expanding their program and have invited the students at Bartlett to enter the contest if they are interested as well. There is a $300.00 prize as well as the opportunity to have their poem recorded in the Talking Books Library at the Worcester Public Library if they are chosen as the winner. Please see the two flyers below for more information and contest rules.

Please see the attached document for information on how to access our school and district report cards on the Department of Education's website.

7:30pm - Massachusetts Seal of Biliteracy Exam in B113

2:15pm - NHS Executive Board Meeting in A145

2:15pm - Marching Band Club in M13

2:15pm - Yearbook Club Meeting in A228

2:15pm - Drama Club Meeting in M1

7:30pm - Massachusetts Seal of Biliteracy Exam in B113

11:00am - Workforce Development Field Trip

6:00pm - Acapella Club Meeting in M7

MASC Student Council Overnight Field Trip

6:45am - DECA Club Meeting in B107

9:45am - Nichols College Leadership Field Trip

2:15pm - Art Club Meeting in A228

2:15pm - LGBTQ Meeting in M1

2:15pm - Junior Class Officer Meeting in M8

MASC Student Council Overnight Field Trip

MCAS ELA Retest Session 1 (students will be called to the testing room)

2:15pm - Senior Class Officer Meeting in B214

2:15pm - Sophomore Class Officer Meeting in M8

MASC Student Council Overnight Field Trip

MCAS ELA Retest Session 2 (students will be called to the testing room)

8:00am-12:00pm - Saturday School at Webster Middle School

MCAS ELA Retest Makeup Session (Students will be called to the the testing room)

12:30pm - Freshman Class Meeting - Course Scheduling

1:00pm - Sophomore Class Meeting - Course Scheduling

1:30pm - Junior Class Meeting - Course Scheduling

2:15pm - NHS Executive Board Meeting in A145

2:15pm - Marching Band Club in M13

2:15pm - Yearbook Club Meeting in A228

2:15pm - Drama Club Meeting in M1

MCAS Math Retest Session 1 (students will be called to the testing room)

2:30pm - Big Brother Big Sister Program at Park Ave

6:00pm - Acapella Club Meeting in M7

MCAS Math Retest Session 2 (students will be called to the testing room)

6:45am - DECA Club Meeting in B107

10:00am - WMS Presentation - 2025 Course/Activity Offerings

1:00pm - St. Joseph's School Presentation - 2025 Course/Activity Offerings

2:15pm - Art Club Meeting in A228

2:15pm - LGBTQ Meeting in M1

2:15pm - Junior Class Officer Meeting in M8

6:00pm - MCAS Information Night

MCAS Math Retest Makeup Session (students will be called to the testing room)

10:00am - Senior Scoop

2:15pm - Senior Class Officer Meeting in B214

2:15pm - Sophomore Class Officer Meeting in M8

Professional Development Day for Teachers

8:00am-12:00pm - Saturday School at Webster Middle School

The Varsity Softball Team is selling "It's Indians Game Day" T-Shirts. Good for ANY Bartlett Game Day! Just $15 each! If interested, make sure to see a Varsity Softball Player or contact Coach Stawiecki at cstawiecki@webster-schools.org.

It's that time of year! If you are interested in playing a Spring sport here at Bartlett make sure to sign up. We NEED you! Boys and Girls!! Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Track!

*This link will only work if opened by a student's gmail from Bartlett.

The 2025 Massachusetts DECA State Career Development Conference (SCDC) was held on February 27th and 28th at the Boston Seaport. This is an in-person event that gives high school DECA members the opportunity to compete and participate in career development activities. This year, the conference held over 4,500 students from Massachusetts, which is the largest conference yet. Our students worked hard and did well in their role plays. They competed and were all busy doing different competitions in different areas throughout the 2.5 days. Congratulations to all of the students who participated!

Student Council Representatives will be heading to the MASC State Conference on Wednesday and will return on Friday. Here they will connect with peers, gain insights from expert speakers, and participate in engaging workshops. The students attending are Jared Fallas, Taryn Gerber, Deijah Delgado, Georgia LaPierre, Neil Duszlak, Irelyn Pottle, Tais Tapia, and Jayden Casey.

On Friday, May 30th at 10pm until Saturday, May 31st at 5am Bartlett High School will be hosting a Senior Overnight Party for the graduating class of 2025, followed by everyone watching the sunrise (5:14am). The event will be held at Bartlett High School. We will have a night full of activities, and would love your help!

We are looking for donations to make this event a great success! Please let us know if/how you can help. We are looking for any and all types of donations, big or small.

Please complete the attached form if you, or someone you know, is able to help.

Monday 3/3/25 and Tuesday 3/4/25

March 12 at 6:00pm in the cafeteria

Please join us for an MCAS information session regarding the recent MCAS changes and the upcoming Spring MCAS schedule.

March 6 and 7 - ELA Retest

March 10 - ELA Retest Makeups

March 11 and 12 - Math Retest

March 13 - Math Retest Makeups

Please check out our brochures to see what the Pathways have to offer!

Our IT interns at Webster Middle School are repatching a panel for internet use. They are cutting the old cord and rewiring a new port so that a cat5 cable can plug into it.

Bartlett is offering the Massachusetts State Seal of Biliteracy exam on March 3 and 4 for those seniors who qualified. This prestigious award recognizes students who speak, listen, read, and write fluently in both English and another language. Recipients receive special honors at graduation, a seal marking this distinction on their transcript, and the possibilities of college credit and improved standing in the workforce as a bilingual employee.

Get Your Cocoa Bombs While They Last!

The students of the 18 -22 Vocational Program have made our last batch of cocoa bombs!

All proceeds go directly to providing enriching opportunities in the community for the students in the 18 -22 year old program.

Cocoa Bombs are on Sale for $2 each or 3 for $5.00 while supplies last!

You may order ahead through Ms. Lambert in B105 or pick them up at one of our 2 final POP UP Stores on Tuesday, March 4th and Wednesday March 5th!

The PBIS team is hosting an Egg Hunt on April 13th from 9-11am. The cost is $5 per person. There will also be a continental breakfast, raffles, prizes and photo ops!

Students -

"Screens off, Minds On" Competition
Running until March 14th, students have the opportunity to be entered into a weekly raffle if they keep their phones away and never use their phones in class (this includes headphone use). A student who puts their phone in the classroom phone holder will receive two entries for that class period. Each week, one lucky winner will be chosen from the entries, and their teacher will also win a prize! Let’s keep those screens off and our minds focused!

How it Works (For Staff Only, Not to be Shared with Students):
Students who keep their phone away and never use their phone in class (including headphones) will have their names submitted by the designated block teacher to be entered in the raffle each day. A student who puts their phone in the classroom phone holder will receive two entries for that class period.

Raffle Entry Link for Staff to Enter Names: https://forms.gle/4VvLNLYj5GdaSzG1A

What a fun night of bingo this past Wednesday night! The money raised will go back to the students in the forms of positive incentives!

Welcome to the PBIS School Store! It will be open all year long. Please see the items available to purchase with your Bartlett Bucks!

All orders must be submitted through the online school store link; in-person orders will not be accepted.

Orders placed by Wednesday at 2:00pm will be delivered by Friday of that week. Items placed Thursday and Friday will be delivered the following week.

Start saving those Bartlett Bucks!

Link to the store: https://forms.gle/6oS5avHhJ3z2TJZBA

Scholarship season is here! All active scholarships have been posted on the Guidance Department's Google Classroom for the Class of 2025. As new scholarships come in the list will be updated. Scholarship info can also be found in both Naviance and in the Guidance Office. Please take advantage of these wonderful scholarship opportunities, and if you have any scholarship related questions please ask Mrs. Granger, Scholarship Coordinator, kgranger@webster-schools.org. The list of all active scholarships are listed in the link below.

Families and students have received notices of point deductions due to absences in the quarter 2 report cards. Many email reminders have been sent and many guidance meetings have been scheduled. Please encourage your student to attend the Saturday sessions to earn their points back. One Saturday session can replace up to 3 absences!

Seniors, ever wonder about going to college but you don’t know what you want to study? Come to the QCC presentation on March 18-19, 2025, at 8:30 am in the BHS cafeteria!

If your student is absent from school, a doctor's note that states, "the parent contacted our office to inform us their child was ill and did not attend school" is not accepted as an excused absences. These notes, however, will be considered when coding your student as "not truant". If a note has more information such as "based on the symptoms the child is presenting, our office has determined that it can be managed at home and should return to school on______", then the note will be reviewed and most likely be accepted as excused. Any further questions regarding doctor notes should be asked of the nurses' office, kpepin@webster-schools.org.

Loss of Points/Credit due to absences -

5-9 unexcused absences from a class will lose 10 points from their grade in that class for that quarter.

Grade/Credit Recovery Process:

Process 1 - Students can recover those lost points in the following quarter, if and only if, they have no more than 2 unexcused absences from that class during that quarter.

Process 2 (if last quarter of the course) - Students can work to recover lost points as soon as they reach their 5th unexcused absence by attending a 1.5 hour administrative detention session (one missed class per session). Students may attend multiple sessions to recover for multiple courses if needed. Students opting for these administrative detention sessions (ADPs) must designate which course they are attending for.

10 or more unexcused absences from a class will result in an automatic attendance failure for the quarter and receive a grade of a 40 (District Minimum Grade).

Grade/Credit Recovery Process:

Students may earn credit back by attending a 1.5 hour administrative detention session (one missed class per session). Students may attend multiple sessions to recover for multiple courses if needed. Students opting for these administrative detention sessions (ADPs) must designate which course they are attending for. They must attend enough ADP sessions to bring absences below 10 at which point the 10 point deduction will be enforced as noted above.

Attendance Matters! Here is a look at this past week's attendance percentage for each day that school was in session!

Monday 2/24 - 93.3%

Tueday 2/25 - 91.3%

Wednesday 2/26 - 91.7%

Thursday 2/27 - 91.8%

Friday 2/28 - 88.8%

Attendance Matters! Daily attendance went up this week! I hope that you had a great week and we will see you back on the Monday at 7:30am!

A public school district may excuse up to 7-day sessions or 14-half day sessions in any period of six months.

Based on this law, students may be approved for up to 7 excused absences in a 6 month period. Excused absences are defined as follows: Illness with medical documentation, A medical appointment that must be made during the school day, Observing a recognized religious holiday when the observance is during school, A family emergency, A planned absence for a personal or educational purpose that has been approved by the school, Educational disruption caused by a student's homelessness, unplanned hospitalization, or placement in foster care or a youth development center, Dismissal by the school nurse for illness.

**Note: Vacations will not be considered excused and should be avoided during days school is in session.

Our trading post is now closed due to the upcoming move this April. However, if you are ever in the need of something, clothes or basic supplies, please let a counselor or administrator know.

Join us in showing your off Bartlett Pride! Get your new BHS swag here! Remember, if you wear your Bartlett Gear on Fridays, you can wear your jeans!!

Bartlett – Family & Friends – Signature Ink

This week is National School Breakfast Week. The cafeteria staff will be doing fun giveaways this week along with a fun theme! Make sure to visit the cafeteria all week and see what is happening!