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Thursday, March 13 ~ College Panel Night at 6:30pm in the mini-theater.

Thursday, March 20 ~ HHS Parent/Teacher Spring Conferences

(window to book appoints will open on Thursday, March 13)

During today's professional development, the HHS faculty spent time discussing our Vision of the Graduate, focusing specifically on how we prepares students to be "Effective Communicators" - one of the four core competencies in the Vision. Teachers shared examples from across disciplines that highlight how we support students in learning a variety of skills, technologies, and tools that enable them to present clear, compelling, and persuasive information. Being an effective communicator requires more than overcoming a potential fear of public speaking; it requires students to scrutinize available information for its truthfulness, formulate arguments, and present ideas orally and visually for their targeted audience.

Another large chunk of time was spent on our annual training for the upcoming MCAS test administrations. Our first, English Language Arts for grades 8 and 10, is coming up in the next couple of weeks. Details about that logistics for that administration can be found later in this newsletter.

Lastly, we launch sign ups for our spring parent/teachers conferences tomorrow morning at 8AM. See more info below.

HHS Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 6:30pm-8:30pm.

On-line registration will open at 8:00am on Thursday, March 13, 2025 and close at 11pm on Wednesday. The link to register for a conference can be ACCESSED HERE after 8:00am on Thursday, March 13th.

Please keep in mind that teachers have limited conference timeslots. If you are unable to make an appointment with a particular teacher, you are encouraged to reach out to that teacher via email or telephone.

To access the staff directory, please CLICK HERE

2025 English Language Arts MCAS Testing Information

Reverse Half-Day Information

Tuesday, March 25 & Wednesday, March 26

The MCAS Test for English Language Arts will be administered to students in Grades 8 and 10 on Tuesday 3/25 and Wednesday 3/26. On most MCAS testing days, we operate school using a “reverse half-day model.” Because Hudson High School is a school with students in Grades 8-12, we must adhere to two testing timelines, and create a schedule for the day that allows all the students who are testing to be in school at the usual start time (7:30 am) and non-testing students to be in school later in the day (10:20am).

Preparation for Students

• Students have been working diligently with their teachers to prepare for this important assessment. They should arrive to school on-time, alert, rested, fed and ready to show their best effort and work

• Students MUST bring their Chromebook and Charger and should charge it overnight so it is operating on a full battery

• Students MUST bring their own, personal pair of wired headphones

• Wireless earbuds of any kind will not connect to the testing platform

• Students cannot leave when they complete their test and will not have access to any electronic device during the testing time

• Room assignments will be posted outside the Main Office on Friday, March 21, 2025.

Bus Transportation Information

If your student relies on bus transportation to school, please pay particular attention to the schedule below. Testing times are the same on both days. Morning buses will make two runs on each reverse half day. One bus run will pick up students being tested at the regular time and a second run later in the morning will pick up students in grades that are not being tested (see table below). Dismissal is at the regular time (2:03 pm) for all students on testing days.

Click this link to view the application and this link to go directly to the trip website.

Applications are due by April 1st but it is first come, first served, and could fill up before then. If you are interested, fill out the application! Any questions, ask Mrs. Hewitt - hahewitt@hudson.k12.ma.us

There is an optional parent informational meeting on Thursday, March 20 at 6pm in F101.

Pura vida!

The Bruins play the Buffalo Sabres on Mar. 17th at 7:00 pm at TD Garden. These seats are in Section 317 Row 1 (that’s FRONT ROW of the balcony), see the view from your seats below. All money raised will go to Home & School to help support student events and curriculum this year.

Go here https://forms.gle/ETtcDSwireUqBBKd9 to sign up for raffle tickets and then make your payment at our Venmo to Hudson High School H&SA @HHSHSA. When you make payment, please indicate in the note that it is for the Bruins Tix Raffle. Enter by end of day today! The winner will be pulled and announced tomorrow 3/13.

Please see the Class of 2025 Senior Smore and the printable Senior Events Calendar.

Interested in being part of the Drama Society? The spring musical is coming up! The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a fast-paced comedy about some quirky kids balancing the struggles of adolescence with a love of spelling. Auditions for will be held on Thursday, March 13, after school in the auditorium. An optional audition workshop will be held earlier in the week on Monday and Tuesday. Not a performer? Not a problem! There are plenty of other opportunities. Contact KG by email or in room C110 for any additional information or questions.

The Marlborough Junior Woman's Club is sponsoring an event on March 15th,that provides prom attire to anyone in need, free of charge, they just need to sign up for an appointment so we can manage how many people will be there during the event. Please sign up for an appointment through the link below:

https://www.mwprincessboutique.com/

Please join the editors of The Scribbler in congratulating our winners for the February 2025 contest on the theme Break Our Hearts:

Poetry - "Hushed Love" by Clara Pereira, Senior

Fiction - "Denial, Denial, Denial" by Ava Fontaine, Grade 8

Creative Nonfiction - "Loathed" by Quinn Weithman, Grade 8

Visual Art - Matthew Wood, Freshman

All winners will be celebrated in our print edition to be published in April 2025, and they will receive a small gift in recognition of the win. Thank you to all who entered our contest. We had a wealth of work submitted. We look forward to placing your work in the print edition also.

The School Counseling Dept. will be hosting a College Panel Night on Thursday, 3/13 at 6:30 in the mini-theater. Parents and students are welcome to come hear from college admissions representatives from Boston College, Worcester State University, UMass Amherst, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Qunisigamond Community College.

For Grades 10-12

Sudbury Education Resource Fund (SERF) will hold an annual College & Gap Year Fair that consists of a series of webinars culminating with an in-person College & Gap Year Fair held at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School.

This year the webinars will be held on March 10th-13th in the evening from 7pm-8pm and the in person fair with over 80 College Representatives in attendance will be on Sunday, March 16th from 12pm-3pm.

Upcoming Trade Exploration Opportunities

Calling all students interested in pursuing a career in the trades or those who want to learn more about trade opportunities. The HHS Counseling Department is excited for the chance to bring students to the Trade and Construction Expo on April 1, 2025. View the attached flyer for more information. Space is limited to 40 students and will be reserved on a first come first serve basis. Students wanting to attend the event are to return the attached double sided permission slip to Ms. Bartlett in the counseling office by Friday, March 21st.

The Peterson School has two upcoming opportunities available for students (and parents) interested in learning more about a career in the trades. The first is an Explore the Trades event on March 17th 2pm – 5pm and the second is an Open House on March 27th 1pm to 4pm.

Winter programs offered by Hudson Rec. Department

Come support the student-athletes of Hawk Nation. Schedules are available on the link below.

The School Committee approved the 2025-2026 Program of Studies on January 21, 2025. Please see the links below.

During National Breakfast Week, our smoothie rollout at Hudson High was a total success! We offered a different flavor smoothie each day from 3/3-3/7 – both in the café and at our breakfast cart!

Students were able to vote on their favorite flavor – and we listened to re-vamp our menu. We will be now be consistently adding the following to our breakfast menu starting next week (3/10) based on student results:

Strawberry Banana Smoothies every Wednesday

Chocolate Banana Smoothies every Friday

All smoothies will be paired with Scooby Snacks and are FREE of charge for all students!

Thank you to all for a successful program!

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