Principal’s Flyer #33: April 23, 2023
Dear Warrior Students & Families:
We sincerely hope everyone had an enjoyable vacation, and are returning to school schedules feeling rejuvenated and ready to embrace our home stretch of the year with tremendous energy. We would like to say thanks to all for a great week of conferences prior to break, and wanted also to take a moment to celebrate Warriors accomplishments you may have missed on social media prior to break!
Congratulations to the 50+ chess players who competed in our Chess Tournament during conference week. Given the number of students we’ve observed playing chess games during lunch, we were unsurprised by a good turnout, but a tournament field including nearly 10% of the school really was extremely striking. Special thanks to Dr. Conley and Dr. Worden, co-club advisors, for putting on an outstanding tournament. And of course, bravo to our winners: Aidan Liang (3rd place), Quinn Wiedle (2nd place), and Anthony D'Angelo (1st place, tournament champion)!
Congratulations also to Ms. Richard's Math students, who competed in the Elizabeth Haskins Math competition on Friday, April 14th at Fitchburg State University. Special congratulations to Jacob Pervier (3rd place), and Katherine Longmuir (2nd place) for their respective awards amidst tough competition. Here’s a photo of Jacob and Katherine, and kudos to our mathematics participants representing NRHS in mathematics competition.
Looking forward, please be advised we’ll have a very busy spring season, including among other things: Advanced Placement Exams and MCAS during early and mid May, the 8th grade DC class trip and Senior class trip, and showings of The Wizard of Oz: The Musical. To get your tickets for a Wizard of Oz showing, please visit: http://nrsd.booktix.com/. Students have been working hard on this production during school and over break, we look forward to seeing you at a performance!
Prom Safety and Senior Week Advanced Planning |
The upcoming break marks the beginning of the home stretch for our class of 2023. After 12 - glorious - years of learning, seniors are looking toward post-HS graduate life. Students, friends, and families of seniors are advised that the Senior Week schedule is attached here.
Additionally, with prom tickets on sale, please be advised that we will hold a mandatory prom safety program called GAAP, which is a collaboration between the Templeton Police Department, Templeton Fire Department, Worcester County’s District Attorney Joseph Early’s Office, and Narragansett Regional School District. This presentation will include a number of stations and events to help educate NRHS students on intelligent decision making alongside a celebration of our Warrior prom traditions. Special thanks goes out to Senior Class Advisor Ann Lyons for working tirelessly to coordinate this program, and for obtaining a special grant to fund meaningful prom safety modules to educate our Warriors.
MCAS State Testing |
There will be no MCAS testing this week directly after our return from break. However, families are advised that MCAS testing will resume in early May.
Grade 8 Students
Participate in Science MCAS on both days: 5/2 and 5/3
Participate in Math MCAS on both days: 5/10 and 5/11
Grade 9 Students
Participate in Biology MCAS on both days: 6/6 and 6/7
Grade 10 Students
Participate in Math MCAS on both days 5/16 and 5/17
It’s A Great Day to Be A Warrior! |
Students, please make sure to check the weekly events below, and be advised of the latest activities and/or opportunities:
Attention Advanced Placement Test Takers (and families). Please find the AP Testing schedule, which will begin in early May. Please be reminded that AP exam dates and times are set by the College Board. Students are advised to reach out to Ms. Donnelly, our AP Testing Coordinator for questions. Ms. Donnelly will be in touch with you regarding important updates and information as your exam dates approach.
Supporters of the Washington DC Grade 8 Class Trip! Calendar Raffle Winners!
Here are your beginning of the month calendar raffle winners for the DC Field Trip!
4/8 Justin Smith- Kros & 110 GC
4/9 Paige Larrabe- $75
4/10 Kathy Norton- $50
4/11 Michaella Coffield- Gardening Basket
4/12 Jane Raymond- $50
4/13 Gloria Leblanc- $75
4/14 Jessica Gillespie $50
4/15 Steve Cormier- Smith's Country Cheese GC
4/16 Sarah Lent- $75
4/17 Penny Taintor- $100
4/18 Mary Lemeul Webb- $50
4/19 Samantha Reyes- Coffee Basket
4/20 Jill Barnard- $75
4/21 Paul Dumas- $50
‘Gansett Thrift Event. Thank you to everyone who donated to the Gansett Thrift store. Brielle Howlett is putting on a spring shopping event, which will be held April 25th. Thanks for making support of one another and “thrifting” part of ‘Gansett culture. Details about the event can be found here.
Buses: A Quick Reminder: Students are assigned a bus and must ride the given bus they are assigned home. Please be advised we do not have space availability to accommodate different requests to ride buses home to friends’ houses, etc. Thanks for understanding that getting students home to the correct location is our foremost priority.
Class Elections! Students are advised to be on the lookout for information from Ms. Smith, Student Council Advisor, regarding class elections!
Honors Induction Ceremony 2023. Families are advised that we will hold an honors induction ceremony for several honors societies (listed below) on Tuesday, May 9th at 6:00 PM this year. Each year we do our best to schedule this program when it does not interfere with athletics competition dates. That said, please be advised that conflicts sometimes arise due to rain dates. Participants of prospective inductees (you will hear from your advisor) will be notified of their admittance to honors societies in the next two weeks. We hope you will join us to celebrate our scholars with a traditional ceremony and light refreshments.
Much Ado About English: English Honors Society
Rho Kappa: History & Social Studies Honors Society
National Honors Society
Tri-M Music Honors Society
Staff Appreciation Week. NRHS holds our all staff appreciation week during NEA’s Teacher Appreciation week, which begins on May 8th. During this week NRHS administration coordinates events to celebrate our educators and support staff. As part of this year’s effort, we’d like to invite students and families to leave a comment celebrating a staff member.
Please feel free to leave a message here and we’ll make sure to get it to our staff! Thank you ‘Gansett for helping ensure our staff feel valued!
Welcome back Warriors! We’re looking forward to a great week back!
Colby Young & Michelle Quercio
Narragansett Regional School District Athletics Calendar |
Updated 4/23/23. Click here for the most Up-to-Date Schedule.