Welcome Back to School!
Principal's Update 8/27/24
Welcome Back!
School starts tomorrow! We are excited to have students returning once again! Here are a few notes to help you settle in:
Buses:
School bus routes are on the district website at https://www.leominsterps.org/. I would plan to be out at the bus stop a few minutes early just in case.
Start and End Time:
School begins at 7:30 and ends at 2:15. Remember that 2100 people are trying to get into the school at 7:30 so plan to be a little earlier due to traffic.
If you drive your student you can drop them off and pick them up at the main entrance of the school (not where the buses are).
Students will not need a pass to park on school for the first few weeks. They should park in the gravel lot across from the front entrance or along Kingman.
Student Schedules:
I highly recommend that students look up their schedules tonight and take a picture of it to have on their phone. They can access it on ASPEN. Last year the computer system went down on the first day of school and things got pretty messy.
Schedule for the Day:
Students will start the day in Homeroom this week. Homerooms may be visible in ASPEN on your student’s schedule, but if not we have lists posted around the room.
Students will have information packets that will need to be filled out and returned by Friday.
School Supplies:
We are providing school supplies for students, BUT some of them are back-ordered and have not come in yet. Please be patient, they will come in. I can’t speed up the infrastructure of WB Mason.
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.
School Attendance:
It is essential for you to get your student to school as much as possible. I am compelled by law to work to get your student to school as often as possible. Absences are excused by a doctor or dentist’s note, court appearance, college visit, driving license appointment. Vacations are not excused absences.
When a student gets five unexcused absences we will require a meeting with parents to make a plan to get them to school more often. Remember that students will need to make up time from unexcused absences at our Saturday Academy.
Student Dismissals
If you need to dismiss your student you can send them to school with a note to 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’s much faster than coming in to dismiss your student.
School Pictures:
School pictures will be done on Thursday. Make sure everyone looks their best!
Next Week’s Athletic Schedule
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Joshua Romano
Principal
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