Based on the number of instructional hours needed each year and our current calendar it has come to my attention that we do not have to make up any additional days. Therefore the last day of school will be June 14.

Congratulations to SHS Teacher Tara Seger, who was the grand prize recipient for the Susan B. Wilson Civic Education Award last week! She was selected by the League of Women Voters South County for exhibiting extraordinary ability and innovation in her classroom.

“It is sincerely such an honor to receive the Susan B. Wilson Civic Education Award,” said Seger. “There are countless dedicated educators throughout the state of Rhode Island, the country, and the world that are deserving of such an honor. I deeply appreciate that the League of Women Voters has dedicated their time to recognize teachers who put their heart and souls into their work each day.”

Taking a bus to Scituate from Foster, Coventry, West Warwick, Warwick, or East Greenwich? Fill out this form for next year!

The statewide transportation system will be open on April 1st, 2024 to receive student transportation requests for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year. To ensure a bus stop for the first day of the school next year, both current and new riders must register by July 31, 2024.

Students from participating school districts who are eligible to use the statewide transportation system next year must annually request transportation through the statewide website at: https://www.eride.ri.gov/transparForm/ The website will be open to take transportation requests for Fall 2024. STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENT RIDERS ALSO NEED TO REGISTER. Please share this information with the parents/guardians of your students.

Statewide Transportation would like to inform you that open enrollment and new transportation requests are available throughout the entire school year. The July 31st deadline is only enforced if you require service on the first day of school.

Schools/Districts please send and inform parents of the information above and add the information to your School/District websites.

Please call TransPar at 401-304-9136 with any questions. You can also email them at transportationinfo@ride.ri.gov.

Some Culinary students participated in a grilled cheese challenge. They used a variety of cheese and creativity was part of the selection process. Mr. Ballou volunteered to be the official judge. Students did a great job and had a great time!

The Winners!

Best Plated

The Judge!

A blood drive will be held on Wednesday, May 1st in the auxiliary gym. Please see the flyer for more information and sign up at lunch next week.

No outside guests will participate.

The Rhode Island Writing Project (RIWP) is pleased to offer its annual Summer Writing Camp once again in 2024. Each summer, students of all ages (K-12) who enjoy writing gather to create, craft, refine, and share their work with peers in a lively, interactive, atmosphere. Staffed by experienced local educators, our camp facilitates instruction that helps attendees develop their skills and imagination as part of a fun and supportive writing community.

This summer’s camp will welcome its participants to the campus of Rhode Island College for two weeks, July 8 - 19 (Monday - Friday), from 9:00 - 12:00. The cost is $225; some scholarship help is available. We hope you can spread the word about this learning opportunity to interested parents and students in your community. Below is a link to our camp registration page, as well as links to our camp fliers in both English and Spanish. For more information, contact camp coordinator Jeff Lawton at riwpwritingcamp534@gmail.com.

REGISTRATION:

RIWP SUMMER PROGRAMS 2024

CAMP FLIERS:

2024 Writing Camp Flyer

Writing Camp Flyer 2024 SPANISH

Congratulations to the Scituate High School Band for receiving a Superior at state festival on April 11th.

Up next:

May 1 Lion King Broadway Trip

May 10 Elementary School Music Tour

May 22 POPS Concert

May 27 Memorial Day Parade

May 29 Honors Recital and Music Awards Night

The National Honor Society induction ceremony will be held Wednesday, May 8, starting at 6 pm in the SHS auditorium.

Seniors will also be named to the Rhode Island Honor Society, which honors any senior with a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher. Seniors did not need to apply for this award. The seniors listed below will be presented with a certificate and pin at the ceremony. Any senior who cannot attend the ceremony should visit Mrs. Stormont in room 217 after May 8 to receive their award.

All juniors and seniors who qualify for either award received an invitation via email on April 9.

Congratulations to the Rhode Island Honor Society members:

Elizabeth Angelotti

Abigail Argenti

Taya Bagley

Ella Bailey

Toby Baldwin

Milana Belanger

Mackenzie Borden

Isabella Breese

Daisy Brooks

Abigail Chatelle

Katherine Chiappone

Bianca Colavecchio

Shawn Cole

Maggie Collins

Matthew Corsi

Joseph Cuoco

Marina DelSanto

Alexandra DiGregorio

Anna Floor

Elysia Fortunati

Andrew Freelove

Amy Gladziszewski

Daisy Mae Hawkins

Hailey Horne

Maya Lynn Jurczak

Ethan Lightfoot

Daniel Linde

Jaxson Lindgren

John Loertscher

Nicholas Lupino

Domenic Macrae

Jake Mahoney

Jake Maiello

Simona Mancini

Nicholas Kane Matthews

Kate Nickerson

Maura Pendergast

Ethan Petrangelo

Alexis Pezzullo

Savannah Phillips

Caterina Ranieri

Gianna Ricciardi

Dominic Russo

Matthew Spaziano

Abbey Theroux

Noah Turillo

Giovanni Verducci

Regina Walsh

Senior Project Presentations are being held on Thursday, May 23rd from 3:00-7:15. A light dinner will be served at the break. If you are interested in judging please contact jill.morton@scituateschoolsri.net. It is always a great night for our seniors!

Open to ALL current sophomores and juniors

And please email Ms. Grundt to set up your account and sign up. There are suggestions for fundraising in the enrollment portal.Thank you.

Below is the newly released senior memo which contains all end of year dates and details for our graduating seniors. Please be sure that families of Scituate seniors review the memo carefully! As a reminder, we have a "rain" date for graduation. Please reserve June 7th AND June 8th.

We can't wait to continue to celebrate these amazing seniors! Go Spartans!

While we understand there are a lot of illness going around Scituate and RI right now, we want to encourage our students to come to school everyday if you are not sick. Currently, 15.4% of Scituate High School are deemed "chronically absent" which is determined as 18% of the school year. We currently rank 96th of all schools in RI for chronic absenteeism. Please come to school if you are not sick... we need you!!

Below are interactive leaderboards and resources for absenteeism from the Commissioner and the Governor.

Linked below is a live spreadsheet with all SHS events from now through the end of the school year. Please check this spreadsheet weekly as we will continue to update it on a weekly basis. Thank you!

There are only 25 yearbooks left available for sale. Once these are sold, there will be no more additional yearbooks. We cannot order more. Seniors check to make sure you ordered one only 60 seniors have ordered.

www.jostens.com

All Juniors and Parents/Guardians are encouraged to attend Scituate High School’s Junior family college planning night! Join us in the High School auditorium on Thursday, May 2nd at 6:00pm for presentations and information about the college search process, requesting teacher recommendations, Scituate Scholarship Fund, FAFSA, the Common Application, and more! Attendance is strongly encouraged!

The Providence National College Fair is taking place at the Convention Center this Tuesday, April 30th, from 5:30-7:30. Over 150 schools will be represented. Please see the link for more information: https://www.collegefairguide.com/providence-national-college-fair

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SCITUATE SPARTANS 2024

Spring Athletic Registration

Students, Parents, Guardians,

The Spring Season is about to get underway. All sports have a start date of Monday

March 18th, 2024. Baseball and Softball pitchers and catchers will begin on March

11th, 2024. In order to participate, ALL students MUST have a current physical, MUST

be registered on the school Website, and MUST be in good academic standing from the

2nd quarter of this school year.

Website Registration

● Please navigate to https://scituate-ar.rschooltoday.com/ and proceed by creating

an account (First time users) or logging in (returning users). ALL ATHLETES MUST

BE REGISTERED PRIOR TO THE FIRST PRACTICE/TRY OUT

Academic Standing

● All students must have passed with a GPA greater than 1.7 or failed fewer than 2

courses.

Boys Baseball Coach Hanson steelers21@cox.net

Girls softball Coach Geisser sgeisser@gmail.com

Girls Track Coach Haney haneyneit@hotmail.com

Boys Track Coach Kelly matthew.kelly@scituateschoolsri.net

Boys Tennis Coach Ceprano peter.ceprano@scituateschoolsri.net

Boys Volleyball Coach Short Diane.Garceau.Short@gmail.com

Boys Lacrosse Coach Lageux glagueux@verizon.net

Girls Lacrosse Coach Remka jena.remka@scituateschoolsri.net

Unified Basketball Coach Martin emmam1234567@gmail.com

Coach Barton nicole.barton@scituateschoolsri.net

Golf Coach Brown timothy.brown@scituateschoolsri.net

The Unifed Basketball team played their last regular season home game against Smithfield this week and recognized Senior Deedee Marzini! They played a very close game. Good luck in the semi-finals Spartans!

Another win for the Spartans who headed to Block Island Saturday!!

Scituate Boys win Friday night

Scituate Vs North Providence 14-1

Grant Bailey 5 goals 4 assist

Brady Scanlon 3 goals 1 assist

Caden Gurjian 5 assist

Ethan Lightfoot 2 goals 1 assist

Gavin White 2 goals 1 assist

Jake Robinson and Brian Kelly with goals as well

The Lady Spartans had their first win against North Providence at home last week! Nice job ladies!

The Lady Spartans remain undefeated. They won last week 8 to 1 against North Smithfield Burrillville.

Boys volleyball took the win at home last week against Mt. Pleasant! Great job boys!

Behavior Expectations for Fans

Behavior Expectations of Student Groups

• Always provide positive support for your team. Never ridicule or degrade the opposing team or players.

• Conduct yourself in an exemplary manner. Remember that you represent your school both at home and away.

• Assist cheerleaders with yells, chants, etc. Always be a working part of pep assemblies with preparation, organization

and involvement.

• Treat opposing players, coaches, spectators and support groups with respect and enthusiasm. Applaud good

performances on both teams. Doing this will show that you understand and can recognize good performance,

regardless of team affiliation.

• Always display proper sportsmanship toward officials and value their contributions to the game. Respect the

judgments made during a contest. All calls are impartial and should be accepted by all parties.

• Use only positive cheers, signs and chants during a contest. This will show that you understand proper sportsmanship

while giving your organization and school a good reputation.

Behavior Expectations of Spectators

• Always support your team and the efforts of all participants involved.

• Do not intimidate or ridicule a player, coach, or official before, during or after a contest.

• Always praise athletes for their actions during a game; never degrade a participant for their efforts. Athletics are a

learning experience for students, and mistakes will be made.

• A ticket is a privilege to observe the contest, not a license to verbally assault others or be generally obnoxious.

• Learn the rules of the game so that you may understand and appreciate why certain situations take place.

• Always respect the integrity and judgment of officials. They are present to regulate the flow and enforce the rules of

the game. An official should never be degraded or ridiculed for a call they make.

• Show respect for the opposing players, coaches, spectators and support groups. Treat them as guests to your school.

• Use only cheers that support and uplift the teams involved.

• Recognize and show appreciation for an outstanding play by either team.

• Refrain from the use of any controlled substance (alcohol, drugs, etc.) before, during and after the game, on or near

the site of the event (i.e. tailgating).

• Be a positive role model at events through your own actions and by censuring those around you whose behavior is

unbecoming.

The Scituate School Department does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, national origin, color, creed, political affiliation or disability in any of its educational programs and activities, and in employment and application for employment, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and other federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Equal Employment Officer, P.O. Box 188, North Scituate, Rhode Island 02857, Telephone: (401) 647-4100; Email: EEO@ScituateSchoolsRI.net. You may also direct inquiries directly to: Office for Civil Rights (Boston Office), U.S. Department of Education, 8th Floor, 5 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109-3921, Telephone: (617) 289-0111; Facsimile: (617) 289-0150; Email: OCR.Boston@ed.gov. If you require an accommodation to attend a meeting or program at a school, call the Equal Employment Officer at least two business days in advance of the meeting or program.