Principal Nieves' Notes

Monday - Scary Movie T-shirt Day

Tuesday - Onesie Pajama Day (no slippers)

Wednesday - Halloween Colors Day (9th and 11th graders wear orange, 10th and 12 graders wear black, faculty wear both orange and black)

Thursday - Costume Day (must follow school dress code, no masks and no face paint)

Friday - Bartlett Pride Day (wear your green and white)

• Afterschool MCAS Math tutoring for the upcoming Math Retakes (Nov 12 and 13) will begin this week. Keep a look out for the invitations from Mr. Paradise
  
• Picture Retakes are this Friday
• Quarter 1 ends this Friday
• The Trading Post will be open on Thursday from 2:00-2:45pm
• The track will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday beginning at 9am on both days
• Disguise the Portal Continues - After school decorating on Monday and Tuesday, Voting on Wednesday and Thursday
• Cheerleading Fundraiser - Fill My Bow Fundraiser - (see a cheerleader for more information)

• Winter Sports Signup - interested in playing a sport this winter? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeQ20t4z8xrNlTGiiIJi0k_o9mJNCZza-r6Guswk-8g-38nw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

• November Menus

2:15pm - NHS Executive Board Meeting in B221

2:15pm - Marching Band Club in Parking Lot

2:15pm - Yearbook Club Meeting in A228

2:15pm - Drama Club Meeting

4:00pm - Unified Basketball team hosts Auburn at Oxford High School

6:00pm - JV Football team travels to Oxford High School

7:30am - PSAT Testing (All Juniors and select Sophomores)

4:00pm - Boys Varsity Soccer team hosts South Lancaster Academy

6:00pm - Acapella Club Meeting in Mobile 7

6:45am - DECA Club Meeting in B107

2:15pm - Art Club Meeting in A228

2:15pm - LGBTQ Meeting in Mobile 1

2:15pm - Junior Class Officer Meeting in Mobile 8

6:00pm - National Honor Society Induction in the cafeteria

2:15pm - Senior Class Officer Meeting in B214

2:15pm - Student Council Meeting in A145

2:15pm - Sophomore Class Officer Meeting in Mobile 8

Last day of Quarter 1

8:00am - Picture Retakes

7:00pm -Varsity Football team travels to Quaboag

Attendance Policy -

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.

Grading Policy -

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.