Principal's Update 2/6/26
School Instagram at lhsbluedevilnation
LHS Families’ Help Cheat Sheet on the school website here.
Course Selection
Course Selection has begun; you can find resources to help your student select classes by clicking on this link.
Next week students will meet with their individual teachers to discuss core course recommendations. We encourage them to select challenging courses that will help you meet your college and career goals. Talk with your student about their choices! We strive to make opportunities for every student.
· Here you can find information about the Course Selection Process https://sites.google.com/leominsterschools.org/school-counseling-department/course-selection?authuser=0
· Here is Link to the Program of Studies: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mSPThnBroKZvNL4EC4b900OS0oyN_EvXqsmpYkNglg/edit?tab=t.0
· Here is a video showing you the steps to select your classes in aspen. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17WWsDpAgApGLsbsz4hgXTY_TPVmKyA80/view
Winter Carnival and Dismissals
The annual Winter Carnival is on February 13 from 12:15 to 2:15. When 1000 kids are in the gym together it is very hard to find students for dismissal so if you need to dismiss your student Friday afternoon please send them in with a note in the morning. We will not be able to page them if you come to do a parent dismissal after 12:00.
Chorus in the Round
Next week on Wednesday, February 11 at 6 pm in the LHS Auditorium the Music Department will be presenting our 17th annual Chorus in the Round a concert featuring singers from Johnny Appleseed, Northwest, Frances Drake, Fall Brook, Samoset, Sky View, Leominster High School, CTEi, and Leominster Center for Excellence. Admission is free and open to the public
CAPS AND GOWNS!
Order your cap and gown: https://jostens.co/leominster-hs-graduation
Wearing a cap and gown is mandatory for the graduation ceremony. You only need to purchase the Graduation Kit ($47.50). All other packages are optional and may be purchased at your discretion. All cap and gowns will be delivered in bulk to the school in May. Options that were purchased will be delivered directly to your homes. THE DEADLINE IS TODAY! We will try to extend it, but it takes time to have them made and we need to order them ASAP.
Yearbook Sales
The yearbook is now available for purchase, please click on the link below to place your order.
BuyTheYearbook.com
Special Education Survey
The Leominster Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) would like to hear from you! Your input is incredibly valuable in helping understand what’s working well and where we can improve. The feedback the Leominster SEPAC collects may be shared with Leominster Public Schools' administration and/or School Committee to help improve outcomes for all students. We truly appreciate your participation in this important process. The survey can be found by following this link: https://forms.gle/ooDk8EpsZvKPbbtP6
Graduation Updates
Families, please remind your seniors to do the following:
Stop by the Main Office to verify your full legal name and ensure it is spelled correctly for graduation materials.
Check the Scholarship Google Classroom for available opportunities. A reminder with the invitation and classroom code was sent on Friday, January 9th, by Ms. Leblanc.
Fill out the Friends & Siblings form if you are interested in being in the yearbook. This Form is due February 27th Link: https://forms.gle/JKnZ3uiB6z2HykUH7
Fill out the Superlatives form for the yearbook. This Form is due March 6th https://forms.gle/ybrmC641adQApYLZ9
Blue Devil Athlete Spotlights!
Jacob Magliozzi, Indoor Track
Attendance
Good attendance at school is incredibly important; nothing else we do matters if your student isn’t here. So far this year we are doing better than last year, with an average of 92.0% of students here per day.
If your student is sick, please keep them home, but if they are well please make every effort to get them to school and don’t let them convince you to give them a day off!
Freshmen: 92.9%
Sophomores:92.5%
Juniors: 92 %
Seniors: 90.5%
Next Week’s Schedule
Shop Week B
Monday: Day 2
Tuesday: Day 3
Wednesday: Day 4
Thursday: Day 5
Friday: Day 6
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.
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 and Grades:
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
Drop-off and Pick-up Procedures
For the safety of our students, please follow these guidelines for student pickup and drop off
LHS: 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. PLEASE DO NOT DROP OFF IN THE STAFF LOT THAT IS ALONG GRANITE STREET. There is a lot of pedestrian traffic through here and dropping off students here creates hazards.
CTEi: 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).
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