The Week Ahead
10/14/24 to 10/18/24
Your guide to the coming week...
Hello Students and Parents,
Your guide to the coming week….
Tickets go on sale this week in Bulldog Block for the Homecoming Dance; $30 or $25 if you donate a pair of socks.
Monday, October 14th
No School for Students and Staff
Tuesday, October 15
Day 1
DRAMA CLUB: - Set Crew is called for Set Build. 6 to 9pm.
3:45 Varsity Cross Country at Somerset Berkley
4:00 Girls Field Hockey home vs West Bridgewater
6:30-8:30 Homecoming Skit Rehearsals
Wednesday, October 16
Day 2
2:05 - 3:00 Community Service Learning Club meets in Ms Browning’s room 239
Debate-Meets weekly after school in the High School Library.
DRAMA CLUB- ALL cast is called from 6 to 9pm to finish Act 3 and begin plugging in the British Stagehands. Costume Crew is no longer called as we have to find a new day in the week to meet with our Costume Designer.
3:45 Varsity Boys Soccer vs Apponequet
6:00 Varsity Volleyball vs Apponequet
6:30 Varsity Girls Soccer vs Apponquet
Thursday, October 17
Day 3
3:45 Girls Varsity Field Hockey vs Wareham
3:45 Boys Varsity Cross Country at Somerset Berkley
6:30-8:30 Homecoming Skit Rehearsals
Friday October 18
Day 4
1:40 p.m. Unified Basketball PEP RALLY
DRAMA CLUB- ALL cast is called from 2:15 to 4:15pm to review anything and everything done so far.
3:30 Unified Co-ed Basketball home vs Dighton Rehoboth
3:45 Varsity Girls Soccer at Joseph Case
3:45 Varsity Boys Soccer home vs Joseph Case
5:15 Varsity Girls Volleyball at Bishop Feehan
6:30 Boys Varsity Football at GNBVT
Other Information
Got junk in your trunk? Come sell it at ORR's first community yard sale on Saturday, October 19th from 9-1!
Rent a parking spot for just $20 for yourself or for a club. Participants keep all money made in their spot.
If interested, please fill out this Google form to reserve your spot. Please bring $20 cash or a check made out to ORRHS on the day of the event.
Set up begins at 8:00 am
Picture retakes will take place on 10/30
Students who need to have their pictures retaken should bring their photo package, which will be given out 10/7/24. Those who have not had their photos taken can pick up an order form in the main office.
Dear parents,
School pictures are ready!To order, log in to your account on mylifetouch.com or create an account using your student's student ID number.All families can also log on and order a FREE Digital SmileSafe card.More about the Smilesafe program here. Thank you!
Picture Retakes: Lifetouch will be back in the building on October 30. If a student was absent or would like to have their photograph retaken please report to the main lobby with unwanted photo packages or order forms.
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ORR Yearbook Packet:
Use this Doc. for the following information regarding the 2025 Yearbook:
ORR Yearbook Informational Packet 2025
1. Senior Portraits
2. Baby/Youth Photos
3. Yearbook Sales/Purchasing
4. Advertisements/ Recognition Pages
5. Senior Questionnaire
6. Contact
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Student parking - Students are required to have a parking pass affixed to their car and park in the space that corresponds to their pass number. Payment of $50.00 is collected in the Assistant Principal’s office with receipt of a completed registration form. Please complete the following Google form to register for parking: https://forms.gle/Ve4gthTKT4niMqWs6
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COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING INFORMATION:
Welcome to Socktober!
Help the Community Service Learning Club by participating in Socktober! We’ll be collecting new socks for all genders and sizes, they will be donated to the Women's Club in New Bedford. We’ll be collecting socks between October 7th - November 1st!
Join our google classroom using this code rinmj6v to see many more opportunities for volunteering in the classwork tab.
if you want to earn the Presidential Service Learning Award ( flier for more information), click on the PVSA topic in GC and open the google doc to “log in hours” Email karenbrowning@oldrochester.org or andreamonzi@oldrochester.org if you have questions.
Damien's Pantry - Volunteer Saturday's Year Round
Sign up BY WEDNESDAY of that week on this link.
Most Saturday’s from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Need permission form filled out once and brought to the Pantry for them to keep on file.
Address: 242 Marion Road, Wareham, MA
Email davidfredette@oldrochester.org if you have any questions
Mattapoisett Library Used Book Sale! See flyer for dates and times.
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Friends of Old Rochester Drama is seeking new volunteers to participate on the Board (as an officer or voting director). Please reach out to directors@friendsofoldrochesterdrama.org.
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Guidance Department Announcements
Attention JUNIORS and SENIORS
UPCOMING INFORMATION SESSIONS WITH COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES:
October 15 - American University (ZOOM - Asst. Principals conference room)
October 17 - University of Maine
October 17 - MassArt (Art room 1923)
October 18 - Roger Williams University
October 18 - Salve Regina University (Ms. Millette’s office)
October 22 - Rhode Island College
October 23 - UMass Boston
October 24 - Endicott College
October 24 - Bridgewater State University
October 29 - Fitchburg State
October 29 - Curry College (Ms. Millette’s office)
October 30 - Savannah College of Art (SCAD) (Art room 1923)
October 30 - Framingham State
November 1 - Southern NH University (SNHU)
November 8 - Eastern CT State University
November 11 - Sacred Heart University
November 20 - Iona University (Ms. Millette’s office)
November 20 - Suffolk University
November 21 - UMass Dartmouth CVPA-College of Visual & Performing Arts (Art room 1923)
Information sessions will take place during Bulldog Block in the Guidance Conference Room unless otherwise noted. Please sign up with your mentor.
Attention Seniors: Common App and Naviance Support sessions will take place in Guidance during Bulldog Block on Tuesdays starting October 1. Please sign up with your mentor.
Attention Seniors: You must make an appointment with your guidance counselor to drop off your College Application Checklists a.k.a “yellow sheets.” Please stop by the guidance office or email heatherbichsel@oldrochester.org to make an appointment.
**AP deposit payments are due to Guidance by Friday, November 1.
*see newsletter for more information
The College Now/START program is excited to begin accepting student applications for our Fall 2025 cohort through our alternative admissions at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Due to the program’s limited space for incoming students, applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early and complete an in-person meeting with our admissions team prior to April 1st, 2025. Students interested in the College Now/START Program can apply by using the UMassD online application or the Common Application. Please note when completing the application, students must select either College Now (COLNW) or START (START) as their 1st choice of major and second choice should be their major of interest.
Students interested in applying to the College Now Program must be either a U. S. citizen or a permanent U.S. resident for at least one year and cannot exceed 24 transferable college credits. Although not limited to students who only meet the criteria below, applicants who satisfy one of the following criteria below are encouraged to enroll and receive support services through our program:
(1) Be of low-income status, as defined by federal guidelines and/or
(2) Be first generation college bound
Students interested in applying through the START Program must be pursuing calculus-based majors, such as Engineering, Math, Computer Science or Physics.
Applicants applying to the College Now/START Program are not admissible through the Office of Admissions.
Applicants must demonstrate the ability to complete developmental and credited courses in order to matriculate into the university.
College Now/START is a Fall admissions program only.
Rochester Holiday Helping Angels 2024 - Information for Rochester families that need holiday assistance: The Holiday Helping Angels are a group of Rochester-based volunteers with the mission to provide ROCHESTER families in need with Thanksgiving food bags as well as Christmas food bags and gifts. Christmas gifts include both items that are "needed" and others that are on a "wish list". All food and gifts are provided by donations from several community organizations and citizens. This project is coordinated by a retired RMS teacher, Rochester Senior Center Outreach Office, and Plumb Library Youth Services. To sign-up for assistance, this Request Form MUST BE submitted by 11/12/24 You need to be a Rochester resident, residency will be confirmed. Please send questions to angelsfromrochester@gmail.com
Community-wide Flyers
Old Rochester Regional High School
Home of the Bulldogs
Email: michaeldevoll@oldrochester.org
Website: orrhs.oldrochester.org
Location: 135 Marion Road, Mattapoisett, MA, USA
Phone: 508-758-3745
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ORRHS/
Twitter: @ORRBulldogs