Dear Parent/Guardian,

I want to thank all faculty, staff, parents, and students for such a smooth first quarter to the school year. Faculty and students seem to hit the road running back in September with great energy and enthusiasm. The Cohasset Middle-High School administrative team is absolutely committed to minimizing any and all obstacles that impede optimal learning. Michael Gill, Ed.D., Principal.

 

December 6, 2011 - Grade 6 – Celebrate Africa night - the sixth grade students in conjunction with the South Shore Art Center invite you to celebrate Africa. The evening will include two guest speakers and an exhibition of work by the students. The evening begins at 7:00 p.m. and will take place in the school auditorium. Please plan to attend.

December 7, 2011 - School Improvement Council – school library – 2:30 p.m. Parent representatives: Patricia Morse (Co-Chair), Sally Sisson, Judy Kaplan, Cheryl Whetstone, Nancy Oddleifson, Elizabeth Tarpey, Ellen Maher, Christa Hagearty, Nancy Farren. Faculty representatives: Nina Berkowitz, Theresa Conroy, Laura Humphrey, Dan Jones, Jill Kelley, Kate Nelligan, Mike Welch, Beth Marat. Student representatives: Bobby Nahill, Andrew Barrett. Community representative: Mary McGoldrick (Cohasset Education Foundation). School Committee representative: Dr. Helen Lieb. All meetings are open to the public.

 

December 8, 2011 - Grade 11 Parent Coffee – 7:45 a.m. – school library

December 12, 2011 - High School Curriculum Night – School library @ 7:00 p.m. - High school students and administrators will discuss the curriculum and answer questions for those eighth grade students and their parents who want to learn more. 

 

December 13, 2011 - Our new lunch program begins. This new program will require students to swipe their student ID cards or enter their student identification number in order to purchase food from the cafeteria. The District Business Office and School Food Services Dept. will be providing you and your student with more information in the next week or so. You will be able to make online payments and even view your child’s purchases by creating an account at www.nutrikids.com   contact mHaraden@cohassetk12.org for more information. 

 

December 15, 2011 – CMHS PSO meeting – 9:30 a.m. – high school office. Open to all.

 

December 15, 2011 – High school winter concert – auditorium 7:00 p.m.

 

December 16, 2011 - CMHS progress reports

 

December 20, 2011 – Middle School play – 7:30 p.m. auditorium

Professional Development – Dr. Jerry Goldberg, a consultant with Teachers 21, Inc. has been working with our middle school faculty on Response To Intervention (RTI). “The RTI process is a multi-step approach to providing services and interventions to students who struggle with learning at increasing levels of intensity. The progress students make at each stage of intervention is closely monitored. Results of this monitoring are used to make decisions about the need for further research-based instruction and/or intervention in general education, in special education, or both.” - National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2006. Dr. Goldberg returns to do more training with our middle school staff on 12/14/11.

More PD - Our middle-high school staff is working on curriculum with Cohasset Public School’s Director of Curriculum and Professional Development, Louise Demas. They are focusing on the Common Core as it relates to vertical alignment (grade level sequencing) and school-wide literacy.

 

School Accreditation – Our School’s application for its decennial accreditation has been processed and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) has announced that they will be visiting Cohasset Middle-High School on April 28, 2013 – May 1, 2013. In preparation for the visit, members of Cohasset High School’s Steering Committee will be leading our school through an extensive self-study. This self-study process has already begun and will continue until the visit. Our school will be committing both faculty meeting time as well as release-day time to the self study process. George Edwards, Associate Director of NEASC’s Commission on Public Secondary Schools will be addressing our staff on the December 13^th faculty meeting.  

 

School safety drills are held regularly throughout the school year. We are planning another one next week. Please do not necessarily be alarmed if you see police and fire department vehicles at the school. We do a lot of work together and they are a regular presence on our campus.

 

Student drop off and pick up - Over the past few years we have had several meetings with the Cohasset Police Dept. to review the safest ways drop off and pick up students at the school. Students are regularly reminded via morning announcements that there are two locations for the safe drop off and pick of students: 1) on the east side of the building (Central Office parking lot across from Alumni field concession stand) and 2) in front of the middle school.  Please do not drop off students in front of the high school at the top of the main driveway.

 

Senior Yearbook –

·         Senior pictures, baby pictures and the corresponding write-up are now past due. DEADLINE WAS 11/15/11

·         We ask that parents encourage their senior to get these items turned in as soon as possible.

·         The deadline for the PARENT AD for their senior is fast approaching.  DEADLINE:  1/31/12

·         Parents are encouraged to upload any pictures they may have taken over the years that the yearbook staff might consider putting into the yearbook. DEADLINE:  2/1/12

·         Deadlines, links for picture uploads and other information can be found on the 2012 Yearbook School Fusion Page.  Yearbook advisors can also be reached at chsyearbookadvisor@gmail.com

Personnel – Mr. Muzafar Qazilbash – has been hired to fill the position of high school Latin teacher. 

 

Athletics - Grade 8 Participation - This winter we are experiencing a shortage of high school student athletes in the following sports:

 

 

We are opening tryouts to eighth grade boys and girls to increase our participation numbers in order to build the program so that we may be able to field full teams. Students may sign up at Middle School Lunch on Wednesday, November 30 and Thursday, December 1 and pick up the necessary eligibility forms, schedules, and contact information.

 

Athletic Spirit merchandise – The CHS Athletic Dept. is selling the following spirit items: “C” flags ($50.00), Cohasset “snuggie style” blankets ($25.00), and Cohasset Stadium blankets ($20.00).

 

If you have any questions regarding athletics please contact Ron Ford at 781-383-6103 or email at rford@cohassetk12.org.

 

Technology- Thanks to the efforts of Superintendent, Barbara Cataldo and Technology Director, Ken Cisneros, the building is going wireless. It is now up and running for staff members and will soon be available to students. More information to follow.

 

Communication – A school improvement goaldeveloped by last year’s School Improvement Council recommended that we improve school-home communication. Toward that goal, Assistant Principals, Kerri Sandler, Marty Geoghegan, and I are committed to improving this communication through email. Both assistant principals have been encouraged to utilize electronic mail to keep parents informed at an optimal level. You will likely begin to receive regular emails from either one of the assistant principals and/or me. Please let our office know if we are not reaching you in a convenient manner or at the best email address.

 

Senior Parents you are now able to upload any photo you would like to have considered for this year's 2012 yearbook.  Just click on the link and upload your photos; we will do the rest.  http://community.lifetouch.com/
               

             Senior pictures, baby pictures and the corresponding write-up are DUE


                  Deadline for the parent AD for your senior is fast approaching
                                                                 1/31/12


Parents are encouraged to upload any pictures they may have taken over the years that the yearbook staff might consider using.  DEADLINE 2/1/12 


Yearbook advisors can be reached at chsyearbookadvisor@gmail.com

October 28, 2011

 

 

Dear Parent or Guardian:

 

We are pleased to attach the link to our school “report card” for the current year. It contains important information about teacher qualifications, student achievement on Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests, and the progress we are making toward helping all students become proficient in English language arts and mathematics. The information in the report card is divided into three parts:

Part I: Teacher Qualifications

Part II: Student Achievement

Pat III: School Accountability

 

Part I provides information about the qualifications of the teachers in our individual schools and district. Part II summarizes how our school’s students scored in English language arts and mathematics in the last two years of MCAS examinations. Part III indicates whether or not our school is on target to meet the goal of all students reaching proficiency in English language arts and mathematics by 2014, a fundamental goal of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). In accordance with the NCLB, schools that do not make sufficient progress toward this goal are identified for ‘improvement’, ‘corrective action’, or ‘restructuring’.

 

The web address from which you can access our NCLB Report Card is:

 

 

If you would like to receive a paper copy of the NCLB Report Card, please contact my office to make that request.

 

We are happy to help you if you have further questions about the document. Please feel free to call me if I can be of additional assistance to you.

 

Sincerely,

 
Michael Gill

Principal