CHS Report
Principalś Report
Carrabec High School
10/2/24
Peter Campbell
I would like to begin again with a report on cell phone usage in the building. During this first month the students have continued to be respectful and follow the new guidelines. I would like to extend my thanks to the staff for their diligence in being aware when there are violations. The fact that the staff is watchful helps deter offenders. There have been only 6 students that have needed to bring their phones to the office.
Dayna Labonte will be the 2024-25 student representative on the school board. Dayna is the daughter of Jessica Schiaffino and James LaBonte. She is a member of the girlś soccer team. In addition she is the Senior Class President and a member of the student leadership team.
The next item I would like to address is what is happening with regards to the shared decision making team. I would like to thank Mrs. Manzer for being the board representative on the team. The group met on the early release day and we made great progress. First of all the team decided to call itself the Carrabec Collaborative. Next the group drafted a vision statement and a mission statement. The Collaborative started to discuss one of the priorities that had been identified by the staff. We were looking at improving students´ academic skills.
My student leadership team which consists of interested students and representatives from each classś student council are planning homecoming and a school spirit week. The teachers supported the idea of having an activity day on the day of the pep rally for homecoming. The students are planning that day. The day is to include a parade with class floats. There will also be class competitions including decorating the class Dean´s door. The school spirit week will conclude on Thursday with a semi-formal homecoming dance hosted by the Senior Class.
The guidance department has been actively meeting with all the freshmen to start them on the process of career exploration. Mrs. Turner has also arranged for a group of students to attend a construction career awareness presentation in Brunswick put on by BIW. In addition she has arranged for students to attend a college career day visit at UMF. I am also pleased to say that we have had multiple students already receive the early college acceptance letters from the colleges they wish to attend.
On 9/20 we had several groups attend the Common Ground Fair. Mrs. Hall and Mrs Long took the Seniors with the idea of doing some team building. The two culinary arts teachers accompanied their students as they were looking at how to use culinary art skills to make a living either as a career or a side business. Both students and staff enjoyed the trip. However, neither group enjoyed the long wait in traffic to get onto the fairgrounds.
On 9/24 and 9/25 all the students at CHS participated in the Map Growth NWEAs in math. The students will be taking similar ELA (reading) NWEAs on 10/1 and 10/2. The results of those tests are intended to be used to plan instruction based upon student strengths and needs. I will go into more details about this in my annual data report at the board meeting on 10/2.