Narragansett Regional High School

Principal’s Flyer #16: December 1, 2024

Dear Students & Families:

Welcome to December!  We sincerely hope you had an outstanding Thanksgiving recess and were able to recharge your batteries in the midst of a busy holiday season kickoff.  In case you missed the Turkey Bowl competition, we congratulate our players on winning our 51st Annual Thanksgiving Day Game this past Thursday against Murdock.  Bravo to our players for being competitive and having fun out there, and special congratulations goes out to senior Kaeden McCullough winning the award for offensive player of the game, senior Justin Desmarais for defensive player of the game, and senior Sean Kelly for winning the sportsmanship award.  Additionally, big thanks to our District League Champion Cheerleaders for combining with Murdock Cheer to make this game special, even if Mother Nature made both the players and the fans earn it on Thursday!

Special thank you also to Student Council for Coordinating an outstanding spirit week and Varsity Letterman’s Club for coordinating Pep Rally on Wednesday, which included a Faculty & Student Unified Hoops game, a “Macy’s Day Senior Float Parade”, and the usual super fun, and uber competitive pep rally games!  We LOVE how competitive this gets…Thank you to our students and staff for participating and cheering one another on.  And ultimately, we sincerely hope your Turkey didn’t give you THIS much trouble getting in the oven!   

Looking at the week and month ahead, thanks for staying in touch with our weekly updates and social media posts in order to keep up with the busy holiday season!  We’re grateful to our staff, students and families heading into December; we had strong participation at our conferences (thank you families for the positive feedback) and great turnout for our Narragansett High School and Fitchburg State University Financial Aid Night. 

The Harlem Wizards are coming back to play basketball against the NRSD Staff Team in a fun-filled community event on Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM in the Narragansett Regional High School gymnasium. Tickets for this event go on sale beginning Monday, November 25, 2024 at 8:00am. 

Use the following link to purchase tickets: https://www.harlemwizards.com/tickets/baldwinville. 

Tickets make great holiday gifts for loved ones and friends!

• Walking Program.  Take a look at this poster for details regarding the 2024-25 Walking Program, beginning this week!

• Senior Families: Here’s some important follow up to last week’s Financial Aid Night

  • Please see this letter from our Colleagues at Fitchburg State and NRHS Counseling Department 

  • Please see this update regarding FAFSA availability now

• Reminder: Routine Health Screenings Start This Week!  A notice to families that our nursing office will be conducting routine postural screenings for 8th - 10th graders over the next several weeks. These screenings are always brief a and minor disruption to the student’s day:

  • 8th grade postural screenings, week of 12/2-12/6

  • 9th grade postural screenings, week of 12/9-12/13

  • 10th grade BMI/Hearing/Vision screenings, week of 12-16-12/20

• Holiday Toy Drive.  Project 351 Alum Kelly Taylor has partnered with Wonderfund and the Department of Children and Families is hosting a toy drive in the high school lobby through December 6. Kelly is collecting new and unopened toys, and would be grateful for any donations in support of this project!  Thanks for your support!

• NRSD SEPAC Meeting is canceled for Monday.  The next SEPAC meeting will be held on January 6th @ 6:00 PM.  

• NRHS School Advisory Council will meet Tuesday, December 3rd virtually at 5:30 PM.  

  • A reminder to email Colby Young (cyoung@nrsd.org) if you are interested in joining School Council meetings.  

  • School Advisory which considers the voices and input of students, families, staff, and community members to help shape the short and long term direction of NRHS. 

• Ski Club Reminder! The cost of ski passes will increase on December 2nd.

  • To get your pass, visit the Wachusett website, click on tickets and passes, click on school groups and then use the code for this year - NTSCH in order to gain access to all the great deals on passes for this season.

  • See Mr. Donofrio’s Ski Club Informational Flyer

• Narragansett Holiday Concert will be held Thursday, December 12th @ 6:30 PM in Safka Auditorium and features the Middle and High School Concert Bands.  

• Don’t Forget! Little Mermaid Auditions are coming up the week of December 9th. Best of luck to all performers in your tryouts!

Families are reminded that Friday students will dismiss at 11:10 AM given the professional development day for NRSD.  We’re looking forward to an outstanding week and December! 

Colby Young & Michelle Landry

Updated 11/30/24.  Click here for the most Up-to-Date Schedule.