Monday, June 17, 2019

June 17, 2019

Good afternoon and happy summer!

It is hard to believe the 2018-2019 school year has come to an end!  I hope you all have a restful summer.

Grades will open in iStudent/iParent tomorrow afternoon by 3pm.  The final report card for the year will be shared in the reports.  Members of the Class of 2021 will be able to see their GPA and decile rank with this report card.  If you have any questions or concerns about your grades please reach out to your counselor.  They will be in the building through Friday, June 21.  If you have a 0 listed in in the final exam column it signifies your student owes a book or other materials. Please call the front office for information if you are not sure what is missing or need to know the cost.

The main office will be open for summer hours starting Tuesday, June 18.  Hours will be 8am- 2:45pm but it is recommended you call first to make sure someone is in.  Ms. Chaney and I are the only ones here in the summer, after this week, and we will both be taking some personal and professional time.

Please follow the link below for all summer assignments:
Summer Assignments

Peer Leader applications are available on the website for members of the classes of 2020 and 2021.  Students should complete the application prior to August 15.  We welcome all students to apply to be a part of this program and help our new students transition to AHS.

Schedules for the 2019-2020 school year will be available on or around August 6.  Stay tuned!  The counseling staff and Deans are working diligently to make sure we have a schedule that meets the needs of the most students.

Here are some tentative dates for Start of the School Year activities/times are to be determined:
Peer Leader training- August 21
Student Leadership training (ALL students interested in having a voice at AHS are encouraged to attend!)- August 22
New Student Orientation- August 21, 2018 4-6pm


Many students have the ability to complete service hours over the summer.  Here are the AHS guidelines for your information:
Community Service guidelines
Students can start earning service hours the summer before their 9th grade year and must have their 25 hours completed before the start if senior year if they wish to earn senior privileges.

Schedules are expected to be ready for parent and student viewing during the first full week of August. I will email an exact date once it is finalized.

Today we said good-bye to three retirees.  We are grateful for the service of Sue Bronstein (English), Terri Henry (STEM), and Len Rabinowitz (history).  Ms Henry will return in the fall to teach part-time so we aren't losing her entirely.  We wish Ms. Bronstein and Mr. Rabinowitz all the best in their next adventures.

Check out the Parent Flyers  to see what is going on around the schools and town!


Have you ever thought about hosting an exchange student? The Cambridge Network is in need of more families to host exchange students attending Ashland High School next year. 

Friday, June 7, 2019

June 7, 2019

Good afternoon-

It has been a quiet week without our seniors. We wish the class of 2019 all the best in their future endeavors!

Mr. Moshkovitz took some great pictures of the graduation ceremony.  Enjoy!
Mr. Mosh's graduation album


June 11-17- Final Exams (grades 9-11)

If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook they are still available for $120.  Contact Sue Reap
to purchase one.



The Ashland Public Library and Friends of the Ashland Public Library are almost
ready tolaunch the 2019 Ashland Summer Reading Program. We need the half sheet
flyer translated into the following languages: Tuli, ASL, Japanese, Marathi, Kannada,
Persian/Farsi, Indonesian, Greek. Arabic, Korean, Gujarathi, Russian, Urdu, Mandarin,
Luganda, Telegu, Tagalog. It qualifies for an hour of community service. If you're able
to help please send an email to president@friendsoftheapl.com.



Check out the Parent Flyers  to see what is going on around the schools and town!


Have you ever thought about hosting an exchange student? The Cambridge Network is in need of more families to host exchange students attending Ashland High School next year. 



Youth Lead the Change (YLC) is a global youth leadership development program developed by students and professors at Harvard College and Harvard Business School. 

YLC is now accepting applications for the 10th annual Boston conference (at Harvard University, August 26-30th), and we would love to have students from Ashland High School join!

If you know of any interested who might be interested in the program, please feel free to forward this email with the following links. Applications to YLC Boston will be due June 21st — please let us know if you have any questions!

Conference Application: http://bit.ly/HarvardYLC2019
Financial Aid Application: http://bit.ly/HaravrdYLC2019Aid

We look forward to reading your students' applications!

Warmly,
Ishaan, Vivian, and Aysha
YLC Boston 2019 Coordinators

Saturday, June 1, 2019

June 1, 2019

My newsletter is a late this week given the Senior Week festivities.

It was a great week for the Class of 2019 and I look forward to celebrating their graduation with them tomorrow at 1pm.

Yesterday was a great day walking through the schools of APS.  What a send off for the seniors.
Pittaway visit- Congrats from the Class of 2032




Here is the link to the graduation ceremony.  WACA-TV uses Facebook Live.  It will also be live on  Comcast channel 11 and Verizon channel 45.

If you are interested in checking out the Class Day ceremony it can be found here.

Biology students will be testing on Tuesday, June 4 and Wednesday, June 5. All students in Honors Biology, CP2 Biology, and Application of Biology II will test this week.  Please help to make sure your student is well rested and has a good breakfast. 

Please check out the
APS Social Emotional Learning Newsletter 1, May 2019

Check out the Parent Flyers  to see what is going on around the schools and town!