Congratulations!
Congratulations to our 20 staff members who achieved professional teaching status. Congratulations to our 6 staff members who reached 30 years of experience!
Job Postings
Seeking Community Help - We are pleased to be almost fully staffed at the start of the year in our classroom teaching positions. However, our District continues to have several openings in our classroom support and operational support positions, all of them important roles in our schools. Specifically, we have openings for:
Special Education assistants (full-time and part-time) High School Spanish Teacher High School Reading Teacher
We encourage interested members of our community to consider applying for positions that you believe would be a good fit for your skills and interests. Please also consider passing this information along to friends and neighbors who may also have an interest. Many of these positions may also be suitable for college-aged students who may be attending school part-time, or on a leave from their studies. Click here for our job listings.
Kelley’s Corner Update
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Student safety - we understand that crosswalks at Kelley’s Corner may not yet be available. Please consider student safety when allowing children to be in that area unsupervised. The Acton police are also aware of the situation.
Paving is continuing and is scheduled to take place in front of our schools next week. Please expect potential traffic disruptions. We thank you for your patience and cooperation with this important project.
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Community Coffee with School Committee Chairperson and SuperintendentOur Welcome Back Community Coffee (virtual) is scheduled for Tuesday, September 22 at 7:00 p.m. The link will be sent closer to the scheduled date. This is an opportunity to hear the beginning-of-year updates from the Chair and Superintendent, and a great chance to ask your most pressing questions.
State 911 Department Update
The state has asked us to pass along information to families about two important, but lesser-known features of its Next Generation 9-1-1- system. The first is “ Text - to - 911 ”, which allows a person who is unable to speak or hear to communicate via text with a 9 - 1 - 1 dispatcher. The second is the “Silent Call Procedure'', which allows a person who is unable to speak to call 9 - 1 - 1, and when the call is answered by the dispatcher to press the following digits on their phone - 1 for police, 2 for fire, 3 for an ambulance - so that the dispatcher can immediately send help. These two features of the 9 - 1 - 1 system are valuable and can provide the ability to save a life when used.
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Carol Huebner Early Childhood Program
During the staff professional learning days, staff participated in activities/learning about positive psychology and relationship building. During orientation parents/guardians and students had an opportunity to meet the CHECP staff and explore the toys/learning materials and play in the classroom. Students participated in circle time, storytime and learned about classroom jobs and routines during the first days of school. The rain held off enough on the first day so that most of the classes were able to play outdoors on the playground.
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Blanchard Elementary
The theme is Stronger Together at Blanchard this year. Welcomed many new staff who have embraced our school/community with energy and curiosity. We had a "ribbon cutting" opening our new playground space that was completed this spring.
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Conant Elementary
The entire Conant Staff participated in a Professional Learning Workshop on Neurodiversity. The Conant Kindergarten Orientation and New Family Orientation Events were very well attended. At the start of this school year, the students and staff of Conant School represent forty-two different languages!
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Douglas Elementary
Staff professional learning focused on the importance of creating a sense of belonging for each other, our students, and families. We welcomed many new staff members and students to our Douglas community. Doug the Eagle welcomed all students from across the Boardwalk.
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Gates Elementary
Students spent their days getting to know one another through morning meetings and getting to know you activities. Students have also been learning classroom routines and all school expectations. All students enjoyed their first recess on Thursday - great seeing everyone spending time on the playground together!
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McCarthy-Towne Elementary
McT was thrilled to welcome 24 new students and our new staff members. We gave our K students their traditional white carnation. They will get the same flower when they graduate from McT as 6th graders. Student work on team challenges to learn how to work together and generate ideas about their classroom agreements. Every class works on classroom agreements during the first few weeks of school that align with our school-wide expectations of Be Safe, Be Kind, and Be Responsible. This is also part of the Responsive Classroom structures.
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Merriam Elementary
Staff professional learning focused on inclusion and belonging, setting a positive tone for the year ahead. Classrooms are alive with excitement and collaboration! Students are working together on projects, games and activities that celebrate connection and community. Our youngest learners are already showing independence and confidence as they navigate their new classrooms and school routines.
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RJ Grey Junior High School
We successfully planned a master schedule to accommodate 7 teams, and we appreciate everyone's flexibility in the early days of the school year! We welcomed 30 new 7th and 8th graders to AB over the summer. We have been thrilled to get to know the 13 new staff members who have joined our community this year.
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Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
We welcomed nearly 200 staff members back to the building on Monday, August 25, with two days of professional learning and celebrations of our community, including three certified staff members (David James, Kirk Marshall, and Susan Root) who reached 30 years of service. The high school had a successful 9th Grade Orientation Day on Wednesday, August 27, with nearly 400 9th graders and many 11th and 12th-grade Ambassadors. The day was filled with students visiting their classes and meeting their teachers, counselors, and assistant principals, along with an assembly, a Student Experience panel, a class photo, and team games. After a week of school, high school students are engaged in their new classes and looking forward to many upcoming community events, including the Student Council’s first-ever Movie Night, featuring a showing of The Greatest Showman on Leary Field this Friday, September 5, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
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