Norton High School News

Good Afternoon,

CPR Certification Opportunity: Students were sent an email this afternoon regarding an opportunity to become certified in CPR through the American Heart Association during LLB over the next two weeks. Thanks to District Nurse Doreen Browne, students can fill out the form in their email to attend the training on Wednesday, May 14th, Thursday, May 15th, Wednesday, May 21st, and Thursday, May 22nd. The cost is only $7.50 for the certification.

AP Exams: Advanced Placement exams began this week. Norton High School students will be taking almost 400 exams over the course of two weeks. If your student is take one or many exams and you wish for them to be dismissed from class after an exam or come to school for a later exam, please fill out the form linked here and have them return it to the Main Office prior to their exams.

Reminder: Please see the document linked here for Winter and Spring Guidance Events.

Site Council: Any parent interested in being part of Norton High School's Site Council please reach out to me at edolleman@norton.k12.ma.us. Site Council oversees the Program of Studies and the Student Handbook process every year as well as provides input on the preparation of the high school budget. The next Site Council Meeting will be on Wednesday, May 21st.

Norton Public Schools' Calendar

AP Testing - Monday, May 5th to Friday, May 16th

Warning Notices - Friday, May 2nd (Seniors) and Friday, May 9th (All other grades)

Math MCAS for 10th Grade Students - May 20th and 21st

Prom - Friday, May 23rd

Early Release - Friday, May 30th

During LLB on Friday Seniors were able to come down to the cafeteria and enjoy a complementary breakfast to celebrate their achievements. They were provided food, photo opportunities, and were asked to provide their future plan next year on small grad caps for our bulletin board display!

The full calendar of Senior Events is linked here.

Six Flags Trip: Seniors who wish to attend the trip to Six Flags on Tuesday, June 2nd must turn in their permission slips to the Main Office by Friday, May 9th. Permission slips are available through the class Google Classroom and in the main office.

All Night Grad Party: Seniors will be able to attend the All Night Grad Party on Friday, May 30th at the high school. Permission slips are available through the class Google Classroom and in the main office. They must be returned by Friday, May 16th.

Prom: Prom is on Friday, May 23rd. That is also the first day of Senior Exams. If your senior is exempt from their G-Block Exam, they do not need to attend school the day of the prom. The Memorial Day Assembly will also take part that day. It is optional for Seniors.

Thank you to everyone who attended the Art Show on Thursday, May 1st. It was an amazing night with tremendous art work from all of our art students! Special thanks to Robin Lewicki and Todd Kefor for all of their efforts in organizing the event!

On Friday before April break all students participated in a "Battle of the Grades" in which students earned points for their class by completing activities and games in competition with other groups of students.

On Thursday, April 17th more than 35 local businesses, schools and organizations came to present to Juniors and Seniors at a fair in the cafeteria. Students could learn about a future career or a summer job.

The 12 students from Norton High School's Pre-Apprenticeship program with the Department of Transportation traveled to Hopkinton on Wednesday last week.

A huge thank you to our National English Honor Society that put on the "Senior/Senior" Prom on Friday at the Senior Center!

Congratulations to Sophomore Lia Scagnoli who finished second in the state at the Lions Club Youth Speech Competition! There were over 600 competitors in the statewide competition.

A huge thank you to Mr. Cuddington who took a day on Saturday, March 22 to install historical and informational signage at the L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge off of Rte. 140. It is a great hike which takes you to an area used from the 18th and 19th century, where holding ponds, canals and energy generated from water wheels were employed to manufacture goods from copper imported from the Caribbean.

The Service Corps also embarked on a building maintenance project Saturday, March 29th to paint the Science Hallway.

Thanks to all involved and it is a great way to get the Community Service Graduation requirement hours completed.

Every year NEED generously recognizes one of our educators for the Beth Blakely Peer Impact Award. Teachers nominate their fellow educators based on how much they go above and beyond for Norton students!

Congratulations to English Teacher Nicole Shaughnessy for winning the award this year!

Norton High School students participated recently in the Memory Project. Their wonderful portraits for orphaned children in Honduras are below.

Congratulations to our Scholastic Art Award Winners! We had Gold and Silver Key Winners as well as honorable mention artwork!

On Tuesday, February 4th 11th Grade Students participated in the Credit for Life Fair. In a personal finance simulation students selected a profession and were assigned a character with a little bit of savings and a credit score. They then had to move through certain stations such as "Housing" and "Planning for the Future" to see how far their projected salary would get them in an expensive world. It was a great budgeting exercise. Thank you to Harbor One and North Easton Savings Bank for sponsoring!

On January 25th members of the Class of 2026 and the National Honor Society took the time to go to the Greater Boston Food Bank and contribute a day's worth of packing and sorting food packages. Thank you to them for all of their hard work!

Congratulations to Norton DECA for their amazing performance at the District 8 Competition in Hyannis on January 9th and 10th! DECA members prepared a press release linked here.

Career Day: On Tuesday, October 28th our 10th Grade students took a short break from their A-Block class to visit with representatives from many different careers. Students selected or had their career cluster selected for them. They had the chance to visit six different representatives to hear about what a career might be like in different fields. Below are pictures of some of the presenters. Special Thanks to Benson Chang '26 for taking the photos.

We are always looking for ways to engage students in thinking about their future after Norton High School. Below you will see some flyers for upcoming exploration events and two of our exploratory field trips that have taken place this year. One is to the Advanced Manufacturing Mash-Up for students in our Innovation Pathway and the other is the Public Works that was open to anyone interested in potentially following a career in public works.

This section is dedicated to news from the Student Support Center that has important resources for students and families. It will be updated regularly. A full accounting of winter and spring events was sent out by Vinny Cerce and linked here.

Federal Student Aid ID Reminder:

As high school seniors and their families wait for the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to be available on December 1, they should apply now for their Federal Student Aid ID (FSA ID) so that they will be ready when the application opens.

Other resources available to help students afford a college degree include:

• MassEducate provides free tuition and fees at the state’s community colleges for all eligible Massachusetts students.
• MASSGrant Plus can provide significant discounts (up to free tuition and fees) at the state’s four-year universities depending on family income.
• Eligible, non-U.S. citizens can apply for state financial aid through the Massachusetts Application for State Financial Aid (MASFA).
• Information about applying for financial aid, including links to information and one-on-one help, is available online.

Past Events:

9/18 SENIOR COLLEGE NIGHT for students and families: Due to positive feedback from families about the accessibility of our zoom webinars, we are going to hold this event virtually. It will be recorded and posted to the website for those that are not able to attend the live event. This presentation will cover some of the same material reviewed in their Senior Seminars, but will also touch upon other important information regarding the search, application and acceptance process.

Recorded Presentation

10/8 Financial Aid for 11th and 12th Grade Students and Families

This year the federal government has made a large number of changes to the financial aid process. This hour-long presentation is designed to provide junior and senior students and families with an overview of the financial aid process and all of the changes that are in the works for this year and beyond. It will cover how to apply for merit scholarships, government grants, government loans and private loans. Presenter Donald Kerr, Manager Student Lending, AAA

Recorded Presentation

11/13 - 11th GRADE COLLEGE & CAREER PLANNING NIGHT Part 1 - This event was for Junior students and families. The presentation focused on career/major exploration, college search and the college application and acceptance process and is recorded here.

12/3 – College 101 Presentation – This is a presentation by Bristol Community College in conjunction with Bridgewater State that is designed for 9th and 10th grade students and their families. This presentation covers college from "soup to nuts" and will provide valuable information on the search process and what underclassmen need to think about and do to prepare themselves for applications and acceptance. Recording is linked here

MEFA Webinars: The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority offers webinars and podcasts through their website. Please go to the website via the link below.

https://www.mefa.org/events

In addition to the Guidance Events above, there will be additional information regarding Seniors linked here.

Senior Privilege: Some Seniors have Senior Privilege in their schedule to begin this fall. There is more information about Senior Privilege linked here. Those students need to return a hard copy of the permission form linked here in order to be able to leave campus.

Due to a fundraise, tonight's meeting has been rescheduled for Monday April 14th. We hope you will join us we finalize plans for our annual Teacher/Staff Appreciation Breakfast on Tues May 6th. We are asking for donations of Hot Food Items and Gift Cards to present the Teachers & Staff at NHS. Gift Cards can be dropped off to the office (please make then PAB Breakfast) You ca sign up at this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A44ACAD2BA4FE3-56150354-nhsteacher

We are just under 60 days until the Grad Party, and are looking for volunteers for our event , as well as a last push for gift cards for door prizes for the Senior Class.
Volunteers: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A44ACAD2BA4FE3-56149785-nhsclass
Wish List: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A44ACAD2BA4FE3-56149763-nhsclass

Please help the NHS Parent Advisory Board as we support the students and staff of Norton High School. We meet the first Monday of the month in the faculty dining room located in the cafeteria from 7-8pm.

Meetings dates for the rest of 2024 are as follows:

Monday, May 5th

Do you have a student in the Class of 2025? If the answer is yes please complete this form so you do not miss out on initiatives for the graduates - such as our Senior Yard Signs! https://forms.gle/9XUswZKLCW6NLvcX6

Reach out any time with questions at nortonhighpab@gmail.com and or visit out website https://sites.google.com/view/nhspab/home look for a mailing on our primary fundraiser!

Email: edolleman@norton.k12.ma.us
Location: 66 West Main Street, Norton, MA, USA
Phone: 508-285-0160
Twitter: @MrDolleman_NHS