Summit High School

Dear SHS Families,

Thank you for a great first week of school!

Please note, on Wednesday morning, I will make an announcement to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, and we will pause of a moment of silence.

This newsletter contains information about upcoming happenings at SHS and important information for students and families. Please review it and share this information with your student.

It's a great day to be a Hilltopper!

Stacy Grimaldi

Principal

Thank you to all parents and guardians who attended the 9th grade parent/guardian meeting. Below please find the links to the presentation and the handouts from this meeting.

Presentation

Guide to Thrive

The application for PE Independent Study Hall was e-mailed to all 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students. The deadline for submission is Wednesday, September 11th at 3pm. Late applications will not be accepted.

This will be the only time for students to apply for Fall PE Independent Study Hall. Therefore, if a student-athlete has health during the 1st marking period, they should apply now because their Fall season might extend into the 2nd marking period.

Starting at 7:30am each morning, there will be three entrances to the building open for students. They are the entrances along Kent Place Blvd., the main office entrance, and the entrance by the gymnasium. Prior to 7:30am, all students must enter the building using the main office entrance.

When dropping off your student in the morning along the driveway, please pull up all the way before stopping to let your student out of the vehicle. If you drop your student off on Kent Place Blvd., please drop off only on the school side of the street. For the safety of all students and drivers, please do not make K-turns or turn around in driveways along Kent Place Blvd.

See the video below for some more information about how to make drop off safer for everyone. Thank you to Rachel Rydzewski and Rachel Zucker for creating this video.

Attendance matters in high school. Therefore, it is imperative that students arrive to school on time. Students must be in their first timeslot class by 7:45am. Any student who arrives after that time will be marked late.

Please be sure to drop off your student with enough time so they can get to class on time. There are several paving projects starting this week in Summit, so plan accordingly.

Students with study hall during a morning period can arrive late to school when their study hall period occurs during the first timeslot in the morning. Parent/guardian permission is required and should be done in the Genesis portal. The permission form can be found under "Forms" in Genesis and is listed as Study Hall Late Arrival - All Students.

Please note that students who have permission to arrive late for study hall must arrive in their study hall by 8:30am.

Sometimes students request schedule changes. All requests to drop and/or add new courses require administrative approval. Included below is a timeline and scheduling window that includes the parameters to drop/add classes and change levels. Requests for a teacher change within a given subject area will not be approved unless the student has had a previous course failure with that particular teacher. All course changes are based upon availability.

Appointments must be made in advance to see teachers, counselors, administrators, and other staff. Please be prepared to announce your name and purpose in order to be granted access into the building.

When a visitor arrives at the school, they will be asked to provide identification, such as a driver's license or state-issued ID card. If the visitor does not have any means of identification on them, they will be asked to input their first name, last name, and date of birth into our visitor management system. The identification is then scanned into the system, and the visitor's information is checked against a database to ensure they are not on any prohibited lists. Once the visitor's information has been verified, a temporary badge will be printed and provided to them by the school security officer or school secretary. This badge must be worn at all times while the visitor is on school grounds and will be collected upon their departure. All visitors to the building must be escorted by a staff member at all time.

In the event an emergency visit is necessary, please call the school’s main office ahead of your arrival so we are prepared to accommodate your needs.

Drop-off items (lunch, instrument, Chromebook, etc.) may be dropped off in the bin outside the main entrance vestibule. We will not inform students when items have been dropped off for them.

Our academic help centers are available each period of the day. Please encourage your student to visit the academic help centers during their study hall period.

Construction continued this past week on the interiors of the chorus room, the drama room, and the library. The work on the outside of the library has also progressed with the stone and brickwork installation.

Monday, September 9th

D Day

Tuesday, September 10th

A Day

Wednesday, September 11th

B Day

PEX Applications Due by 3pm

Boosters Meeting, Faculty Dining Room, 7:30pm

Thursday, September 12th

C Day

Board of Education Meeting, SHS Auditorium, 6:30pm (6pm Reception)

Friday, September 13th

D Day

• Wednesday, September 25th - Back to School Night
• Thursday, October 3rd - No School. Rosh Hashanah
• Monday, October 14th - Single Session Day
• Monday, November 4th - Last Day of 1st Marking Period