Welcome to December! How did that happen so fast? We hope everyone had a restful Thanksgiving holiday with their loved ones. Things here at CCHS are moving along. December can be a very busy month both at school and at home for both faculty and students. Please make sure your student is taking care of themselves. Please remind them to slow down on all fronts and to get enough sleep (easier said than done, we know!). Hopefully, if we all communicate the same message to the students it will serve as a helpful reminder. We have another “Fun Friday” coming up at the end of the week. These lunch blocks have gone well and will hopefully bring a nice break with a bit of fun to your student's day. Please see a few pics below from our November Fun Friday. Whether it is decorating cookies, playing giant Connect Four or Jenga or cornhole, painting rocks, or blowing bubbles, our Fun Fridays have not disappointed.
Seal of Biliteracy - Deadline to Apply is December 15
This school year, 2023/24, Concord-Carlisle High School participates in the Massachusetts State Seal of Biliteracy program. The State Seal of Biliteracy is an award that recognizes high school graduates who attain high functional and academic proficiency levels in English AND a World Language by high school graduation.
The purpose of the State Seal of Biliteracy is to:
Encourage students to study and master languages
Certify attainment of biliteracy skills
Recognize the value of language diversity
Provide employers with a means of identifying people with language and biliteracy skills
Provide universities with a method to recognize and give credit to applicants
Promote skills that will benefit them in the labor market and the global world
Strengthen intergroup communication and honor the multiple cultures and languages in a community.
CCHS Students enrolled in 4H, AP, or C&C/level 5 (Chinese, French, Latin, Spanish), courses as well as Heritage speakers (any language) and English Learners, are encouraged to take the test.
The State Seal of Biliteracy’s criteria are:
Meet or exceed the proficiency threshold of the ELA MCAS of grade 10 or WIDA ACCESS
Attain a score or level at the Intermediate-High level of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (4H, AP, or C&C).
CCHS will administer a nationality-recognized assessment taken online in early March 2024 during school. All four skills will be assessed: writing, reading, listening, and speaking—for Latin, reading skills. For languages that do not have a state-approved assessment, a portfolio option may be available.
All applicants must fill out this form by Dec.15th, 2023, Seal_sign_up_2023/24
Seniors who earn the Seal will have the Massachusetts Seal of Biliteracy insignia affixed to their Concord-Carlisle High School transcripts and diplomas.
For additional information, here is a FAQs document here, or please contact;
Sue O’Connor, English Learners teacher, soconnor@concordcarlisle.org
Florence Roussel-Ehrenthal, WL Department Chair; frousselehrenthal@concordcarlisle.org
Changes to Food App Deliveries to CCHS
Please see an email that was sent to the student body this evening regarding changes to ordering food delivery to the school from various food applications. We would appreciate your support on this. Thank you!
Good evening students.
We wanted to let you know about some changes we have made to food delivery to the school through Apps like Uber Eats, Door Dash, etc.
Starting tomorrow, any food that is ordered needs to be delivered to the back of the school by the amphitheater. We will have a table outside for deliveries to be dropped off at. Delivery people are not allowed to enter the building. You will need to pick your food up from the table set up out back. No exceptions.
Please remember that you are not allowed to leave class, at any time, to order or pick up food. You are only allowed to order food to be delivered during your free blocks or lunch. Our reason for doing this is to make sure that the building is as secure as possible. Your safety and the safety of our entire community are of the utmost importance and we do not want delivery people coming in and out of the building. Please also remember that you should never open any door that leads to the outside of the building to visitors. All visitors must be buzzed in through an adult in the main office.
Thank you for your cooperation. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Ms. Stahl, Co-Principal
Updated Academic Integrity Policy
In response to the quickly evolving information environment, Concord Carlisle has been engaged in updating the Academic Integrity Policy currently found in the CCHS Handbook. The updated policy will include language that addresses new trends in academic behaviors related to the use of artificial intelligence platforms, such as ChatGPT. The new language specifically states that such behaviors violate our school’s academic integrity expectations based on this definition of use:
Use of artificial intelligence applications to generate work or to enhance it to the point that the work does not reflect the student’s original work. Assistance from an AI system is too much when it interferes with the educational objectives or the assessment of a submitted work.
To further inform this work, we will be conducting a survey of students to gain a better understanding of current behaviors and strategies students are employing to complete their academic work. The survey will be anonymous, with no collection of email addresses. CCHS will also provide several student focus groups over the coming weeks to hear directly from students about the updated policy and their thoughts, questions, or concerns.
To opt your student out of this survey, please email Assistant Principal, Dr. Darius Green (dgreen@concordcarlisle.org).
FAFSA Support
uAspire will offer a FAFSA webinar for students three times: 4:00-5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 3; 5:00-6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 30; and 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27. Registration is open online. In addition, FAQs are available in English and Spanish, and more resources are posted on uAspire.org/resources, uaspire.org/Checklist, and uaspire.org/FSAID.
Careers in Sustainability Field Trip
At Walden Pond, left to right: Daniel Simmons, Laz Keita, Alexia Brunius, Debra Jemison, METCO Director, Elyjah Ramos, Cesar Hernandez, Ndungu Muiruri, and Jermaine Fernandez.
On November 14 after school, CCHS students interested in the STEM field met with the Green Engineer group (based in Concord) to explore careers in sustainability. The students walked to Walden Pond and met with staff from the Green Engineer and the Walden Visitor Center to see firsthand the impact of addressing sustainability and social equity in the built environment. The visitor center is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold-Certified building. The Green Engineer group was a consultant in the design and construction of this center made from locally harvested wood and triple-paned glass. The center is sunlit and energy efficient, powered by nearby solar arrays on a parking lot canopy. Additionally, students enjoyed visiting the replica of Henry David Thoreau’s “simple house”, a clear example of earlier sustainable practices. After walking back to school, students participated in an informative Q & A session with Green Engineer partners and a college intern to explore the many ways to prepare for work in the fast-growing field of sustainability that advances healthy built and outdoor environments for all.
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