Cautionary Tale
Last week a Worcester student passed away after taking part in the One Chip Challenge that was
a viral stunt last year. I know it isn’t easy but try to keep an eye on what your students are up to
on social media and what is influencing them.
School Supplies
We have more school supplies on the way!

College Affordable
The LHS & CTEi School Counseling Department is pleased to announce our continued
partnership with College Affordable (formerly Campus Bound) to provide all our families
with free comprehensive support navigating the financial aid process for college. 
College Affordable is a non-profit built to help families reduce the cost of college, minimize
debt, and increase higher education choices. They have helped families reduce their costs by over
$100K in multiple cases. 

This year, you can easily register for all webinars at the start of the academic year with one click
by completing the Family Registration Form on the program's landing page. This landing
page serves as your family’s center for accessing free support and tools of the program. 
Their first webinar, Completing the Financial Aid Application (errors are costly!), is Thursday,
9/14/2023 at 6:30 PM. By registering for the webinar, you will automatically receive the
recording the next day even if you can’t attend live.

If you have any questions or you can reach out to the College Affordable team
at financialaid@collegeaffordable.org. 

Substitute Teachers
LHS has need of a few people with a lot of patience and savviness to help us out as substitute
teachers. Please email me if you are interested.

Reminders:
Calling in a student absent
If your student is going to be absent please call the school at 978-534-7715. The absence line is
option 1.
If you get an auto-call that your student is marked as absent and you think they are at school,
don’t panic. Sometimes they accidentally get marked absent (especially with a sub) and
sometimes they do cut class. Call the school and we will confirm they are not here.
Student Dismissals

If you need to dismiss your student you can simply send them to school with a note that they
should bring to the office when they get to school. Your student will receive a pass to be
dismissed and can just check out at the office when it is time for them to go. You won’t need to
come into the school and it is much faster than coming in to dismiss your student.
School Instagram
I’m not great with social media but I do keep an Instagram account with pictures of our students
doing great things. It’s at lhsbluedevilnation

School Schedule next week: Shop Week A
Monday Day 6
Tuesday:   Day 7
Wednesday: Day 1
Thursday: Day 2
Friday: Day 3
Next Week’s Athletic Schedule
https://arbiterlive.com/Teams?entityId=12673

Joshua Romano
Principal