Narragansett Regional High School

Principal’s Flyer #5: September 15, 2024

Dear Students & Families:

Thank you to Varsity Letterman’s Club for sponsoring an outstanding homecoming week filled with school spirit days; an amazing pep rally; and a weekend of disco fever homecoming dance, awesome games and activities and food at Warrior Fest capped with a Warriors Saturday Night Lights football win (great game!) and fireworks.  Given the scale of this event, there are always too many people to thank for making this happen, but we’d like to acknowledge a few: tremendous thanks to Ms. Erin O’Dea and Ms. Lauren Caouette for coordinating Homecoming week and Warrior Fest, who plan this event tirelessly for about a year prior to the event itself.  

Thank you to our Class and Club Advisors for running games and booths.  Thank you to our parent volunteers, boosters, and vendors for setting up Warrior Fest booths and for making the afternoon a vibrant one.  Thank you to Athletic Director Brad Bond and Ms. Ann Lyons for coordinating athletics and outreach, and to the CERT team, police and fire departments for supporting the many logistics of everything from parking to fireworks approval and public safety.  A special thank you to the CERT team for parking Warrior Fest attendees anywhere and everywhere safely given the incredibly strong turnout this weekend. 

Finally, thank you to our students, staff, alums, and community members for showing up to celebrate glorious Saturday together.  Our student conduct and support from families continue to be outstanding. Seeing everything from our staff getting into the spirit of events, to partnerships with parents over fun activities, our cheer and football teams on the field, and little kids/Warriors rolling down the hill or cheering during the fireworks..it all makes for a great night at NRSD and in the community.   Click the links above for videos/photos taken/sent our way.  Thanks again to everyone involved for making for a great community event.  You are sincerely appreciated. 

Student Family Handbook, 2024-2025.  Families are advised that the 2024-2025 NRSD Student and Family Handbook is available on our website for review.

• Please find, linked here, step-by-step instructions for finding and acknowledging the handbook

• Handbook acknowledgements are past due.  Thank you for taking time to review and sign the handbook promptly if you have not. 

  • Special note: 9th grade students receive a new chromebook upon acknowledgement of the student family handbook. 

Beginning of Year Forms (BOY). BOY forms are passed due, thanks for turning them in.  

Families are advised that school pictures (taken last week) are ready to order!  To order, login to your account on mylifetouch.com or create an account using your student ID number (numbers on your student’s NRSD email).

• Note that our picture retake day will be October 15th. 

Seniors: If you haven’t had your Senior portrait photo taken, you should do so on October 10th.  We will email you directly if we don’t have a portrait on file directly. 

Are you looking to make an impact at NRHS and/or help steer the short and long term direction of NRHS?  If so, we’d love your voice.  NRHS School Advisory Council is a working group composed of students, staff, administration, & parents/families that help guide the direction of the school in both the short term and long-term decision making, and to help shape the vision of NRHS for the future.  

Our preliminary meeting for the 24-25 School Year will be held on Tuesday, September 17th @ 5:30 PM via zoom.  If you’re a parent/family or community member who would like to attend, please email Colby cyoung@nrsd.org. 

• Walgreens Covid/Flu Vaccine clinic will be held on October 23rd from 5:00 - 8:00 PM in the Middle School Cafeteria.  We will send out a sign up for the clinic 2-3 weeks in advance of the clinic.  

• Courtesy of our partners at Heywood, please see the organization’s School Based Services Monthly Newsletter for September. 

• Bus Evacuations are state mandated and always held at the beginning of the school year.  We will hold bus evacuation exercises on September 17th.  These practiced routines are brief but important.

• Students interested in Business and/or Economics.  Consider joining this student-led group: Junior Economic Club of Boston.

• Sign ups / registration for Warrior Elite Basketball is open through September 30th.  Please refer to this flyer for more information. 

• Senior Class of 2025 ALL Class Photo will be held Friday, September 20th during D block.  That Friday will also be an all school Warrior Gear / Blue / White School Spirit Day! We’ll be sending up Mr. Gagnon’s drone to take a Class of 2025 photo! Wear your blue and white!

• Warrior Yearbook will take senior/sibling photos this coming Thursday during D block, seniors and siblings, be ready!

• Warrior Clubs!  Check our Weekly Events calendar at the end of this memo to see what, dates, times, and clubs are available to you!  

  • The easiest way to check on the status of a club is to review this Weekly Events calendar.

To conclude this weekly memo, we would like to introduce and congratulate our School Committee Representative for the 2024-2025 school year:  Amanda Iannacone (Senior).  As School Committee Rep., Amanda will help represent student voice and interest on the School Committee.  Amanda will be supported by Caitlyn McGuiness (Senior) and Isabelle HIll (Junior) who will represent our students when Amanda is not available.  Congratulations to these outstanding students who were voted for this honor/responsibility by their peers!

Colby Young & Michelle Landry

Updated 09/15/24.  Click here for the most Up-to-Date Schedule.