The Wolf Weekly

I hope this message finds you doing well. It was a great week last week at NRHS with our student activity fair during long block and Back to School Night on Thursday.

Reminder that there is no student parking or parent drop-off or pick-up in the auditorium parking lot on Monday, September 25th due to the special town election. Please plan accordingly.

Senior college planning night is Tuesday 9/26 - the flyer is below

Have a great week!

Best,

Dr. Kathleen Boynton, principal

Ten seniors from Nashoba Regional High School have received Letters of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Program. Three of these individuals have been recognized as Semifinalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Students take the qualifying PSAT exam in October of their junior year of high school. More than 1.3 million juniors entered the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as the initial screening of program entrants.

Students receiving Letters of Commendation are:

Yi Cheng

Brayden Duprey

Thomas Hastings

Alexander Jangro

Maxwell Libby-Grantham

Jack London

Chloe Mitchell

Ivan Roberts

Keira Smith

Victor Xu

From this list comes the nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, and includes the highest scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout their high school career, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn ACT® and SAT® scores that confirm the Semifinalist’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.

The Semi-Finalists from Nashoba are:

Yi Cheng

Thomas Hastings

Keira Smith

Finalists will be announced in February, and all National Merit Scholarship winners for 2024 are selected from this group. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference.

Congratulations to our student scholars!

The Department of Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce the launch of our new Teaching and Learning website now linked directly from our updated district web platform through Apptegy. On this site, families will find our NRSD Curriculum Guides which were developed last year as a component of our districtwide curriculum mapping and alignment efforts.

The NRSD Curriculum Guides offer families an overview of what students will learn in a given year. Aligned with the standards outlined by the Massachusetts Department of Education Curriculum Frameworks, the guides articulate the vision for learning, major units of study, essential questions, transfer goals, and skills and competencies that will be addressed in a particular course of study.

Curriculum is living, breathing, and consistently evolving to reflect student needs and the changing learning landscape. Our Curriculum Guides will be regularly assessed as part of the Nashoba Regional School District Curriculum Review Process and are still in development in some K-5 areas. Our Curriculum Guide development will continue alongside our curriculum work this year, and we will be certain to keep families updated as new Guides are added.

NRSD Teaching and Learning

NRSD Curriculum Guides

The NRHS Instrumental Program has 2 great events coming up in the month of October. First, the NRHS Pep Band is holding it's 9th Annual Nashoba Band Day at the Homecoming Football Game on Friday, October 13th. This event is where we welcome all of the 7th and 8th grade band students from across the district to come and play with our Pep band. This event is co-hosted with all of our amazing middle school music teachers. Nashoba's Concert Choir will be singing our National Anthem at this event.

On Tuesday, October 24th, the NRHS Instrumental Ensembles will hold our annual Fall Concert. This concert will feature our 2 Jazz Bands and our Concert Band. The concert begins at 7pm in the NRHS Auditorium and admission is $5. Students, Seniors, and NRSD Employees are free. We hope to see you there and support our amazing musicians.

On Sunday, October 29th at 3 p.m., Nashoba Symphonic Band will open its 2023-24 season with a program entitled “Vive la France!” in the NRHS auditorium. The concert includes Norman Dello Joio's Scenes from “The Louvre,” Pavane pour une Infante defunte by Maurice Ravel, and the dazzling Paris Sketches by Martin Ellerby. The concert is free to one and all. Now in its eighth season, the 90-piece Nashoba Symphonic Band is a multi-generational performing group composed of students, parents, educators and members of the greater Nashoba community and surrounding towns.

On Wednesday, November 1st at 7 p.m. Nashoba Regional High School will present the Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Tenor and Bass Choir, Unified Music, and the newly-formed Treble Choir for the Fall Choral Concert. Concert Choir will perform some of their exciting festival pieces, including a Haitian song, Wangolo. Look forward to singing along with Unified Music, and hearing Treble Choir's debut! The concert begins at 7pm in the NRHS Auditorium and admission is $5. Students, Seniors and NRSD Employees are free.

It's that time again.....time for Juniors to register for the PSATs! This year, they will be held on Friday, October 20th at noon at NRHS. Registration is online at www.TotalRegistration.net/PSAT/220162 beginning September 12th, and ending September 27th. Due to the College Board requirements for digital testing, we are not afforded the late registration opportunity, so please plan accordingly. For planning purposes, If you plan to use your College Board approved testing accommodation, you must notify Mr. Glover by the end of the registration period, otherwise, we may not be able to accomodate you.

The PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) is designed to be taken early in the junior year and is not only a practice SAT, but also the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholarship Program. The PSAT is only offered once each school year in October, and the junior year is the only time students can take the PSAT and qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Program. Please download and read the attached Student Guide, which should answer many questions you may have.

For the first time ever, the PSAT is going digital! An App called Bluebook will be pushed out to your school-issued Chromebooks soon. For students taking the PSAT, this App will be used not only on the day of the test, but you will also use it to access the practice questions for test preparation. Students are required to bring their fully charged school-issued Chromebooks on the test date. There will be a practice run during the last period on October 10th (more information will follow to students who are signed up for the test).

The PSAT will begin promptly at 12:00 and you will be given a short period of time to eat lunch prior to testing. You will NOT have enough time to go anywhere to pick up any food. Students, Please indicate here if you would like to have a bagged lunch provided by the school cafeteria or if you will bring your own lunch.

If you have any questions not answered in this email or in the attached Student Guide, please reach out.

Take care,

Guidance

Attachments:
2023 PSAT Student Guide.docx

"Nashoba Regional High School is a location site for the SAT on November 4th, 2023. Students should sign up via the College Board (www.collegeboard.org). Using our school code 220162 during the registration process assures that scores will be reported back to NRHS.

The deadline for regular registration is October 5th, and the late registration deadline is October 24th. This is the last paper-based SAT to be offered; moving forward, all SATs will be digital."

MOSQUITOES

Following a report of a mosquito testing positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) in Ayer and ongoing reports of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)-positive mosquitoes in the southeastern part of the State, we are reaching out with a general reminder to stay vigilant and protect yourself from mosquito bites. It may be September, but mosquito season isn’t over yet! With this summer’s wet weather, we have more mosquitoes than usual, so it’s extra important to exercise precautions.

To avoid mosquito bites, use a repellent with an EPA-registered ingredient, wear clothing to reduce exposed skin, drain standing water and repair window screens. Remember that mosquitoes are most active at dawn and dusk.

Stay informed on when and where WNV and EEE activity is occurring in Massachusetts and get more information on protecting yourself and your loved ones: https://www.mass.gov/mosquito-borne-diseases

PHYSICAL EXAMS AND VACCINES

Please remember to send in a copy of your child's physical exam after regularly scheduled appointments throughout the year, so that vaccines and any changes in health conditions or allergies can be updated. Yearly physicals are required for all student athletes as well as for all 10th grade students. Thank you in advance!

FLU VACCINE CLINIC

Please see the attached flyer for the annual flu vaccine clinic to be held at NRHS on Monday 10/16 from 3-6pm. This clinic is for all ages.

Pre-registration is required. Please visit https://www.nashoba.org/calendar for full clinic schedule, registration links, and FAQs. Please bring your insurance card if you have one.

Wishing everyone a healthy autumn season!

NRHS Health Office

Friends of the Bolton Public Library to hold Book Sale

The Friends of the Bolton Public Library will hold their semiannual book sale on Saturday,

October 21, from 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM. Rain date is Sunday, October 22, 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM.

Location is the Houghton Building, 697 Main St. There are over 5,000 books sorted and “not

picked over.” Puzzles, CDs and DVDs.

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The book sale is the Friends' largest fundraiser. Proceeds from the sale support programs, events, museum passes, and our online newsletter “ Wowbrary.”

Email: kboynton@nrsd.net
Website: https://nrhs.nrsd.net/
Location: 12 Green Rd, Bolton, MA 01740
Phone: (978) 779-2257