Principal's Update 12/27/25
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December Vacation
The last day of school before the break is next Tuesday December 23rd. We return on January 5th.
Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukah if you celebrate, and Happy New Year if you follow the Gregorian Calendar!
Happy Holidays from CTEI!
We have a few important updates to share as we head into the winter break.
Staff Update
First, please join us in congratulating Michael Still, who has been named the new CTEI Assistant Principal! He is your main point of contact for all CO-OP opportunities and can be reached anytime at 978-534-7735 ext 2604.
Student Office Procedures (Effective Monday, January 5th)
Starting in the new year, all CTEI sophomores, juniors, and seniors will now use the CTEI office for late arrivals, early dismissals, and any other administrative business. All freshmen will continue to use the LHS office for all matters.
Important Drop-off and Pick-up Procedures
For the safety of our students, we are implementing new traffic procedures. Please note the following changes:
· Parents are not permitted to pull into the half-circle driveway between 7:10 am and 7:30 am. The half-circle will be designated as one-way traffic only.
· Parents are not allowed to drive behind our buildings for drop-off or pick-up during school hours (7:00 am – 2:30 pm).
A map illustrating these new procedures is included below for your reference.
Thank you for your continued patience and understanding regarding these changes. We wish you and your family a wonderful vacation.
Sincerely,
Renee
Next Week’s Schedule
Monday: Day 6
Tuesday: Day 7
Wednesday: Day 1
Thursday: Day 2
Friday: Day 3
Tutoring Center
The LHS tutoring center is back up and running every day after school except Wednesday. Your student can stop by to get some help with school work or some space to get homework done.
Students Bringing in Personal Devices and iPads
LHS has banned all cell phones this year, which has been a great way to raise engagement and get students to learn without distractions, drama, and disruption.
BUT
Many students have started to bring in personal laptops and iPads. This allows them to circumvent everything we are trying to do to get kids off their screens. iPads allow them to do everything that they could do with their phone. School-issued devices have filters that try to block students from accessing unauthorized or unsafe sites which an iPad or personal laptop will not have. Per the student handbook students must complete school-assigned writing on their issued chromebook to attempt to prevent plagiarism, which the history functions on the chromebooks would allow us to discover.
So please don’t send your student to school with an iPad or personal laptop. It undermines everything we are trying to do to keep kids focused on school and from accessing things we don’t want to have access to do.
Senior Yearbook Parent Letters
Parents who wish to submit a parent letter in acknowledgement to their child may do so using this form. The parent letter will also include 1 photo of your child, and this letter will be featured in the back of the 2025 - 2026 yearbook. Cost per parent letter with picture will be $15.00.
Form Submission are due by February 27th, PAYMENT due by March 5th. Forms will be closed on February 28th, and any payments received after March 6th will not be accepted. Payments may be made by checks thru the mail, Cash may be dropped off at the CTEi office, in an envelope with parent and students name on front of the envelope. All checks must be made payable to: Graphic Communications Yearbook, CTEi, 122 Granite St., Leominster, MA 01453
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKFr0sUPAlkVAdRgs3-ZwpvYhavpc1sW6QfPZuzt6OY6v5AA/viewform
Substitute Teachers Needed
LHS has need of a few people with a lot of patience and savviness to help us out as substitute teachers. Please fill out the application if you are interested: https://leominster.schoolspring.com?jobid=5382951
Next Week’s Athletic Schedule
https://arbiterlive.com/Teams?entityId=12673
Reminders
Damaged and Lost 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.
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