Principal's Update 8/31/25
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Holiday Tuesday and School Schedule
School will be closed on Monday September 1 for Labor Day.
This week we start our regular schedule. Where we drop one class per day. On a Day 1 we drop students’ period 1 class, on Day 2 their period 2 class, and so on. So Tuesday is a Day 1 and students will report directly to their Period 2 classes. No homeroom, we only use homeroom a few times a year.
Student Parking:
Students will not need a pass to park on school for the first few weeks, but they should see Mr. McCaughey when the parking passes come in. They should park in the gravel lot across from the front entrance or along Kingman. We have a whole bunch of new parking spots that will be open sometime later this year, which will help with student parking.
Some Upcoming Events:
Wednesday September 17 is an early release day for students. Students are being dismissed at 10:45
The LHS/CTEi Open House is on Tuesday September 23rd at 5:30.
Cell Phones:
Students did a great job with keeping phones out of their hands during class time, and a remarkable thing happened when they didn’t have them during homeroom: students talked to each other instead of watching their screens.
School Supplies:
We are providing basic school supplies for students (notebooks, binders, pencils, as well as required materials like sketchbooks), BUT if your student has particular things they want (like a New Kids on the Block Trapper Keeper) you would need to pick them up.
Did You Know?
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans this week in 2005. I remember watching the coverage of the storm and saying “someone needs to help those people.” A half hour later my National Guard unit called me and it turned out we were the ones going there to help them! We spent 30 days in New Orleans.
I’ve never been back since, but my wife is a musician and wants to go there for her 50th birthday to geek out on all the music history.
Anyway, you can read about Katrina here.
Next Week’s Athletic Schedule
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Reminders
Buses:
School bus routes are posted on the district website at https://www.leominsterps.org/.
You can also track the bus using the FirstView App.
Schedule:
Schedules are available in ASPEN. Your student can log in to ASPEN using their school google account username and password. You can log in at https://ma-leominster.myfollett.com/aspen-login/?deploymentId=ma-leominster
Student Pick Up and Drop Off:
Remember that 2100 people are trying to get into the school at 7:30 and there is construction around the city 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). Pull up as far forward as you can.
Calling in a student absent
If your student is going to be absent call the school at 978-534-7715 as soon as possible. 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 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.
We cannot do dismissals over the phone or by reading a text you sent to your student’s phone for safety reasons. Someone else could be impersonating you and we would not be able to verify it (this happens more often than you might think).
Joshua Romano
Principal