May 14, 2021

Good afternoon and happy Friday-

Thank you to all AHS students and families who helped us to successfully administer the ELA MCAS to the Classes of 2022 and 2023. We appreciate you patience and flexibility as we navigate assessing more than one class at a time while limiting the impact on all classes. We would not have had space to put all of our students were working hard past the allotted 3 hours had we had our other classes in the building.

We will follow a similar plan this coming week, May 20-21, while we administer the math MCAS. Please remember the sophomore and junior classes are occurring in person after the students complete testing and students are expected to be in the building for classes or they will be marked absent. Freshmen and senior classes will again be asynchronous and held remotely. 

Academic Awards Night! will be held virtually on Wednesday, May 19. WACA will broadcast the virtual awards at 7pm and students will receive their certificates in school over the course of the following week. 

Senior parents have received communication regarding graduation through Blackboard Mass Communications. Please look for registration information for graduation as well as other end of the year activities this weekend. All members of the community are invited to line the streets for the graduation parade on Sunday, June 6 beginning approximately at 11:30am. A map of the parade route will be shared in the coming week or two. 

 Class Officer Elections:

The election process for the 2021-2022 class officers has begun!  Any student interested in running for a class officer or elected Student Council representative position should read through all the information here.  All nominations and administrator endorsements are due to Mr. Wiczer by Friday, May 28th, at 3pm.

School Committee Advisory Council:

We need to elect a five-person "School Committee Advisory Council" that meets regularly with the School Committee to update them on what's going on at AHS.  In addition, one member of this group will be chosen to be the official "student representative" on the School Committee, attending all meetings and offering suggestions from the perspective of an AHS student.  To learn more and learn about the election process, please read through all of the information here.   All nominations and administrator endorsements are due to Mr. Wiczer by Friday, May 28th, at 3pm.

Any questions?  Contact Mr. Wiczer at jwiczer@ashland.k12.ma.us