Good Evening, Parents & Guardians, Students, CHS Staff and CHS Community,
With the Thanksgiving Holiday behind us, we are now in the fast paced run to the Holiday Break. The generosity of the Litchfield community came through with our great numbers of contributions for our Make-A-Difference Food Drive across the three Litchfield schools. We really appreciate your supporting these efforts. If you look at our notices of upcoming events, please join the district Tuesday evening at 6:30 at GMS for the continuation of our Reimagining GMS process. Also if you have a chance to watch the Winter Concert, there are links below to enjoy our music students’ talents on Tuesday evening as well. Have a great weekend! Bill Lonergan, CHS Principal
From the Superintendent:
Reimagining Griffin Memorial School: For those interested in providing feedback, the school district is sponsoring a second session for Reimagining GMS. This community session will take place in an in-person conversation on Dec. 7 @ 6:30pm in the GMS multipurpose room.
The Town of Litchfield is holding a COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Clinic on Wednesday, December 15th from 2-7 PM. Staff, family and friends are welcome to participate, but they do need an advance count and vaccine type requested to be fully prepared. Details can be found HERE. Deadline is December 10th at noon.
If you are looking for updated COVID statistics for CHS, LMS, or GMS, please use the following link to that information. Data across these first three months can be found on the right side of the page: https://www.litchfieldsd.org/CoronavirusInformation.aspx. The tabs at the bottom of the worksheet allow you to look at the data for each school for that month.
Be well, Mike Jette, Superintendent of Schools
News from Counseling: The FAFSA is open and accessible to all families of the Class of 2022. Go to www.fafsa.gov to begin the process of filing for financial aid. All families should complete the FAFSA regardless of income. For any questions, please connect with your school counselor. Seniors have been visiting the Counseling Den regularly with college application questions!!
Alumni Panel: December 22, 2021. All seniors will have an opportunity to listen to the panel along with interested juniors!
Scholarships are regularly being updated in Naviance for seniors. Any questions, please have them stop by and see us!
Athletics: Winter Sports are underway. Here are this week’s events:
12/8 - Wrestling @ White Mountains 6pm
12/10 - Girls Basketball @ Fal Mountain JV/V 5:00/6:30pm
12/10 - Boys Basketball vs. Fall Mountain JV/V 4:30/6:00pm
12/11 - Wrestling @ Alvirne 10am
Notifications:
PSAT Test Scores: Student PSAT 8/9 for 9th Graders, and PSAT for 10th and 11th have been released. Students will be soon receiving a hard copy of their scores along with a link to a video to understand and interpret them. If you have any questions, please reach out to your child’s counselor for assistance with this.
Math & Computer Tutoring Saturday Mornings: Math and computer tutoring for students is available on Saturday morning from 8-10 AM with Mr. Conley. Please have your child see him in room 223 for details or show up on Saturday morning for help.
The CHS Winter Concert: It is being held this Tuesday, December 7 in the CHS Phil Martin Auditorium from 6:30-8:00. In-person viewing is limited to students’ parents and families. For others, we would love for you to support us through any of the following viewing options:
Comcast channel 21: (in Litchfield only)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5BQLznq5MNHjXMQIjgJF4Q
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LitchfieldTV/
21-22 CHS Yearbook Info: For Seniors, it is that time of year to get your baby photo submitted for the Cougar Cubs section. Upload your photos using the following Google Form: https://forms.gle/99C4qZtBACzQ4N6W6 or bring in a photo to the office to be scanned.
Senior Parents, it is also a great time to order the yearbook or celebrate your students accomplishments by creating a yearbook ad.! Both can be ordered online at Jostens.com
Next Week’s Events:
Group Time Where
December 6 Tri M Music Mtg 2:30-3:15 Music Room
December 6 Athletic Boosters 7:00 Learning Commons
December 7 Advisory 2:30-3:30 Learning Commons
December 7 Key Club Mtg 2:30-3:15 Room 214
December 8 NHS Mtg 2:30-3:30 Learning Commons
December 9 Debate Club 2:30-3:30 Room 236
Appreciation & Recognition from the Administration
Congratulations to all of the members of the Science National Honor Society who were inducted last Tuesday. Here are the newly inducted members: Alexandra Biron, Adin Brown, Lucas Chew, Phoebe Drouin, Sean Follis, Matthew Franck, Justin Haley, and Ava Houle. Returning members include: Lily Adamakos, Faith Avitabile (treasurer), Nicholas Carignan (historian), Corinne Chew (secretary), Lauren Dionne, Matthew Grieco (president) and Kiley York. Nice job by Joanne Ray, NSHS Advisor coordinating this event.
Between CHS and GMS, more than 3000 items were donated to the Litchfield Food Pantry as a result of the Student Council’s Annual Make-A-Difference Food Drive. While we do not know what LMS has contributed to this point, we are really grateful for all the hard work at the three schools for this event. Particular appreciation goes to the Student Council and Advisor for coordinating and spurring the drive. Great job to all for your generosity!
A pat on the back goes to PE/Health teacher Shannon Szepan and Athletic Director Josh Knight for their presentation about our PE and Health programs to the School Board on Wednesday evening. It is always a good feeling when the Board expresses their appreciation across all of our programming.
Thanks to CHS school nurse Donna Boucher for her willingness to assist down at LMS for mornings this past week and next week to provide services to Litchfield students. We appreciate Donna’s flexibility and collaboration to ensure students in both schools are appropriately cared for.
Thanks to Val Nelson and Sally Mastarlerz for assisting with interviews for our Administrative Assistant openings. We are hoping to have our new bookkeeper hired on for next week. Again, we appreciate you giving up valuable time to assist!
CHS Athletics Boosters Organization: The next Boosters meeting is Monday, Dec. 6 at 7:00 pm. in the Learning Commons. Campbell Athletics Store: To purchase CHS gear for your student or family members, please check out our website! https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/new_hampshire/litchfield/campbell-high-school
CHS Parent Teacher Organization: The next meeting is on Tues, Dec. 14 in the CHS Learning Commons at 6:30.
CHS Friends of Performing Arts (FOPA): Just a quick update regarding the next FoPA meeting. We will not be having a meeting in December, our next meeting is Tuesday, January 18 at 6:30 in the Learning Commons. FoPA is hoping to open an online sweatshirt order after the Holiday Break. The link will be going out to the music department students, but if any staff at CHS would like to order, they can contact either Claire Chew, Jim Norton or CHS music teacher Britteny Milligan for the link.
From Food Services: The following forms are to apply for Free and Reduced Lunches in the Litchfield School District. If you have received F & R Lunches in the past, please fill out these forms as we do receive federal money based on these applications. If you have questions about this, please contact Lauren Crowley our Food Services Director at [email protected].
Instructions for F&R Lunch Forms: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=03435c136c&attid=0.2&permmsgid=msg-f:1707633520426960275&th=17b2bba3af994593&view=att&disp=safe&realattid=f_ks4uf1xn1
Household Application: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=03435c136c&attid=0.3&permmsgid=msg-f:1707633520426960275&th=17b2bba3af994593&view=att&disp=safe&realattid=f_ks4ufcio2
FAQ’s: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=03435c136c&attid=0.3&permmsgid=msg-f:1707633520426960275&th=17b2bba3af994593&view=att&disp=safe&realattid=f_ks4ufcio2
Employment in the Litchfield School District: We are still looking for custodial staff and paraeducators. Please check out the following link if you or anyone you know might be interested in job opportunities here: https://sau27.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx