Principal's Update 9/12/25
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LHS Families’ Help Cheat Sheet on the school website here.
Early Release Day September 17
Wednesday September 17 is an early release day for students. Students are being dismissed at 10:45
PSATs
The district will be paying for all grade 10 students to take the PSAT on October 22. The PSAT is a practice version of the SAT, which is used by many colleges and universities as admission criteria. It’s also used for qualifying for programs such as the Merit Scholar Program
If you do not want your student to take the PSAT let me know by email by Wednesday September 17th.
Open House
The LHS/CTEi Open House date had to be changed to Monday September 29th at 5:30. Families will start with a short presentation in the auditorium and then can walk their student’s schedules and get information from various organizations.
Homecoming Dance
The Homecoming Dance will be on Saturday September 13th at Leominster High School.
The dance is semi-formal (so no new clothes required) and will be from 6-9 PM.
Tickets are just $10 and will be sold during all four lunches. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Only LHS students can attend, no outside guests! We only have so much room in the gym!
Breakfast for the Bands Save the Date!
The annual Breakfast for the Bands will be on November 23rd at Fitchburg High School
Damaged and Lot Chromebooks
We get a LOT of damaged and lost chromebooks and this gets to be very expensive for the district. If your student damages their chromebook through negligence or deliberate damage (it happens), we do charge for the replacement device just like we do if a student loses their textbooks. Do whatever you can to get them to be responsible for their chromebook.
School Council:
LHS is looking for family members to serve on the LHS School Council.
School Councils are made up of staff, students, and parents and meet regularly (once a month or so) to advise the principal, particularly on the school budget, program of studies, and handbook. Send me an email if you would like to serve on the LHS School Council
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.
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