The NEASC Accreditation Team will be visiting SHS on December 9-11th. The team will meet with all school stakeholders including teachers, staff, students, parents, and central office members.

We are excited to showcase our amazing school community and all of the great things that we have accomplished!

The primary goal of the NEASC public school accreditation process is to provide support and opportunities to develop realistic improvement and growth plans to enhance teaching and learning in order to maintain a quality education for the entire student population.

Combating Chronic Absenteeism - One Calendar Day at a Time

As we continue our statewide effort to combat chronic absenteeism and improve student achievement, RIDE is excited to introduce new initiatives to support school and district leaders, families and the wider community. Thanks to support from the Papitto Opportunity Connection, we have begun distributing more than 140,000 magnetic calendars to Rhode Island school districts to help students and families stay on track with daily school attendance. We’ve also launched a free, comprehensive professional learning course titled “Preventing Chronic Absenteeism” that uses research and data to support attendance teams and school and district leaders in addressing chronic absenteeism.

Chronic absenteeism in Rhode Island is defined as missing 10% of the school year, or about two days per month. Attendance is a powerful predictor of student academic success and requires support from the entire community. With the new magnetic calendars and professional development course, along with new attendance and achievement data dashboards and mental health efforts, Rhode Island is demonstrating its unwavering commitment to mitigate chronic absenteeism among students and educators. I encourage all schools and districts to take advantage of all of our resources to continue spreading the important message that #AttendanceMattersRI.

In partnership,

Angélica Infante-Green

Did you know that Scituate High currently has 70 students from out of district who joined us for one of our four RIDE approved Career and Technical Education Academies? The 2025-2026 School Year application are now open! Students can apply and spend a day shadowing. Any student from any RI town or city can apply!

Tickets now on sale in the high school office!

Juniors, Annette Hartley and Molly Sheehan represent Scituate High School as our State Civics Liaisons! They are Sponsoring a coat drive in all Scituate Schools.

Congratulations to Antonio DiRaimo and Renee Henderson on being nominated for a “Student Spartan Award.” Students are recognized by teachers and staff for their involvement with something positive for the school culture and community. Students will also be entered into a raffle for a Cold Brook Cafe gift certificate. Thank you to Mrs. Seger for arranging this gift certificate and Cold Brook Cafe for your generosity. Keep up the amazing work and continue to be outstanding Scituate Spartan in and out of the classroom!

The Agriculture Club will have a table set up at our local Winter Farmers Market this year! Stop by if you can and check out our festive selection of tiny decorated cacti.

Abigail Schmeling and Isabella Wilson taught a lesson about germs to a kindergarten class at North Scituate Elementary as part of the Education Pathway!

Cupcake Wars have begun! Students in the Culinary classes are designing themed cupcakes for a competition.

Finished products will be on display in the library for voting the week of December 16th. All are welcome to view the students work.

Mrs. Wareing’s and Mrs. Dailey’s geometry classes combined for a group activity to introduce the concepts of logic and proof. Using the card game UNO as a framework, students wrote proofs on interactive slides explaining how a player could map a series of plays from a given card to a specified card.

Students in Physical Earth Science experimented with Newton's 1st Law of Motion by working with dominos this week. It was a challenging way of finishing off our unit on inertia.

Students, did you know that you can get extra help in reading, writing or math after school if you need it?

Ms. Antonelli (ELA) is available for Reading and Writing support after school on Wednesday from 2:20-3:20. Also, if you have a quiz or test you need to make up, you can drop in to Ms. Antonelli’s class after school to get your work done. Room 210

Mr. Soucar (Math) is after school on Thursdays from 2:20-3:20 for Math Academic Support. Room 109

Ms. Manchester (Special Ed) is also available for academic support to assist students with Math, ELA, Science, or Social Studies on Thursday from 2:20-3:20. Room 208

Please see Ms. Antonelli, Mr. Soucar, Ms. Manchester, or Ms. Goffe if you have any questions about staying after school.

Come hear the High School Band and Chorus at these events!

12/12 Music Department Holiday rehearsal & trip to PPAC (Hamilton)

12/13 Holiday Stroll/ Carols @ the gazebo 5pm

12/17 Dress rehearsal during periods 3 & 4

12/18 Holiday Concert 7pm

3/14 & 3/18 POPS Dress rehearsals periods 3 & 4

3/19 POPS Concert 7pm

5/26 Memorial Day Parade meet at the school 9am

5/30 Great East Music Festival

6/6 Graduation

FAFSA is OPEN!

The U.S. Department of Education has released the 2025-26 FAFSA form – 10 days in advance of the agency’s stated goal of December 1. The online FAFSA form is available to all students and families at FAFSA.gov, and the Department is processing submissions and sending them to schools. You can find their announcement here. Students who are planning for life after high school during the 2025-2026 school year are highly encouraged to fill out the form. It is critical to ensure that all students are completing their FAFSA to have a chance at financial support for their postsecondary education plans. Completing the FAFSA is a gateway for not only federal financial aid, but also grants, scholarships, and work-study.

Students and contributors (parents and guardians) will need to create an FSA ID/StudentAid ID prior to filling out the application. The FSA ID is a username and password combination used to log in to the U.S. Department of Education online systems and is used every year when filling out the FAFSA.

Share out this fillable FSA ID/Studentaid.gov account creation guide and worksheet with your students/families

To help communicate the importance of FAFSA, RIDE has created monthly messages for you to share with students and families (including necessary links and directions).

Please refer to the message document here and use the messages each month to keep students and their families informed.

The College Planning Center is a great resource to support FAFSA/FSA ID completion. They also provide a School Counselor Toolkit for the FAFSA check it out here! Look for updates to the FAFSA Dashboard soon!

Congratulations to the following students on their college acceptances last week!

Elizabeth Schmeling: Bethany Lutheran College

Abigail Schmeling: Concordia University

The 2025-2026 FAFSA is open!

Parents and students each need to create a user ID to complete the FAFSA. Visit www.studentaid.gov for more information and to apply for financial aid.

CSS Profile is open!

Students should login to collegeboard to complete the CSS Profile for any schools they are applying to that require it. The CSS Profile allows students to be considered for institutional grants not available through the FAFSA. Many, but NOT all schools require students to complete the CSS Profile.

Only 2 weeks until the holiday break!

Students with January 1 deadlines should be communicating with their counselors before break, if they need assistance with those applications!

Please consider donating to the Dan Casey Memorial Scholarship Fund. (The scholarship awards graduating Scituate High School seniors on it’s wrestling team, where he taught, coached and was a director of guidance)

Kindly use the below link, (it’s easy) typing in ‘Dan Casey Memorial Scholaship Fund’ in the ‘in memory of’ box. Thank you so much for your support and for your generosity for these students and for helping his legacy live on.

If you have information you would like shared with the student body like scores of winning games, events you would like students to attend, volunteer opportunities, or anything like that, here is a QR code you can fill out to have your information for the student body to be sent to the Scituate High School Broadcast club to be put in the morning show.

Please help support the Scituate High School

Yearbook by placing your business or non-profit group

advertisement in our 2025 edition.

All ads must be received by December 31, 2024.

Ad size and price list:

Full Page $160

½ Page $ 90

¼ Page $50

Business card $30

Please use this link to place your ad.

https://www.jostens.com/apps/jcom/router.mvc?affiliateId=1043101

If you have any questions, feel free to email Mrs. Scacco or Mrs.

Terceira at sharon.terceira@scituateschoolsri.net

***YEARBOOK NEWS***

Yearbooks are on sale www.jostens.com

The last day to order a personalized cover is January 5th.

Attention senior parents:

If you would like to place an ad for your senior please visit the site below and follow the directions!

www.jostens.com

• click yearbook
• click recognition ads
  
• create a student ad

Due by December 24th

If you need any help reach out to Mrs. Terceira sharon.terceira@scituateschoolsri.net

All students can use the QR code below to submit any picture for the yearbook.

Any student who currently has a license and plans to park on campus must complete the form below by September 15th 2023. Please reach out to Mr. Ceprano with questions! Students must have their licence and a car in order to get a pass.

Email: ParentPortal@ScituateSchoolsRI.net

Northwest SELAC (Sp Ed Local Advisory Committee) meeting schedule for the 24/25 School Year. All are welcome to attend!

Dec 10, 2024
Feb 11, 2025
May 13, 2025

Meeting Location: Ponaganset Middle School, Room 150

Meeting Time: 6:00pm

Happy Holidays to all Spartans and their families.

Unbelievably, winter sports have started on Monday, December 2, 2024 . All students MUST

be registered PRIOR to stepping foot on the court or mat this season. Please see the registration form

attached to this announcement. Schedule for practices/tryouts will be as follows:

Monday December 2nd 2024: HS wrestling after School in the back gym, Girls basketball 4:00pm –

6pm in main gym, Boys basketball 6pm to 8pm in main gym. Boys and Girls Indoor track will start after

school at 2:30 in room 216.

As soon as the first practice takes place all correspondence to athletes and parents will be from

coaches.

Please feel free to reach out to me or to the appropriate coach if you have any questions.

Thanks

Sa

Gelsomin

Sal Gelsomino

Athletic Director Scituate High School

sal.gelsomino@Scituateschoolsri.net

401 226-1359

On Thanksgiving Day, the Scituate Spartans delivered an impressive performance, defeating the Johnston Panthers 36-18 in a highly anticipated matchup. The game showcased the Spartans' determination, teamwork, and resilience as they battled through cold conditions to secure the victory.

Led by their dynamic athletes, the Spartans opened strong, capitalizing on crucial opportunities and setting the tone early. Their defense held firm, making pivotal stops against Johnston’s attempts to shift momentum. Offensively, the Spartans demonstrated great synergy, with standout plays electrifying the crowd and ensuring their dominance throughout the game.

The Spartans proudly displayed their unity and spirit, running onto the field with flags and energy that captivated the fans. Key players stepped up in critical moments, solidifying the team’s victory and bringing the Thanksgiving tradition to life with their grit and passion.

The win against the Panthers not only added to the Spartans' successful season but also exemplified the essence of Thanksgiving football: community, competition, and celebration. Congratulations to the Scituate Spartans for their well-earned triumph!

The Scituate School Department has released an updated non-discrimination policy. Please note that our Scituate High School 2018-2019 student and parent handbook was printed before the new statement was released. Therefore, the non-discrimination policy in this year's handbook is out of date. The current policy with updates is as follows:

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.