• Shawsheen Valley Technical High School

    Back-to-School Information

    Monday, August 26, 2024

     

    Dear Shawsheen Students, Parents/Guardians, and Colleagues, 

     

    I hope you have had a wonderful summer so far! We look forward to welcoming new students on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, and all students on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Today, I am writing with important back-to-school information.

     

    Student Schedules and Back-to-School Registration: 

    Student schedules were posted in Aspen over the weekend. Please note that the exploratory cycles listed in Aspen for incoming grade 9 students are not complete or accurate at this time due to an issue in Aspen that we are currently working with them on. Once that issue is fixed, exploratory cycle assignments will be changed and finalized in Aspen. We will notify you once those are finalized. Please ignore exploratory cycle assignments until that time.

     

    If you are unable to log into Aspen to view a student schedule, please read the following information carefully:

     

    • If a parent/guardian has completed the back-to-school registration process in Aspen, and:
      • the parent/guardian still cannot log into Aspen, please submit a help desk ticket (click the link above to access instructions for submitting a help desk ticket.
      • the student cannot log into Aspen but the parent/guardian can log into Aspen, the student likely needs to log into Microsoft 365 to reset their password.
        • Please note - incoming students will not receive their log in credentials until New Student Orientation on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

     

    Once you have logged into Aspen:

    If logging in from a parent/legal guardian account:

    • Select the "Family" top tab
    • Select the name of the student whose schedule you wish to view (if you have more than one student at Shawsheen)
    • Select the "Schedule" tab on the left side of the screen
    • At this point the schedule should appear - if it appears as a list of courses and you want to see the schedule organized by class period and week, click the "Matrix View" link

    If logging in from a student account:

    • Select the "My Info" top tab
    • Select the "Current Schedule" tab on the left side of the screen
    • At this point your schedule should appear - if it appears as a list of courses and you want to see the schedule organized by class period and week, click the "Matrix View" link  

     

    Important Documents for the 2024-2025 School Year

     

    Reminders re: School Routines

    Student Drop-off & Morning Entry

    • Students can begin to enter the building at 7:00am, and must remain in one of the following supervised locations until the homeroom bell rings at 7:25am: cafeteria, auditorium, library, or assigned classrooms.
    • During this time, students may only enter the building from two locations: the main entrance, and the entrance next to the student cafeteria (in the rear of the building).
    • Staff members will be assigned to these locations in the morning to direct and supervise students.
    • When dropping off students at the main entrance or by the cafeteria, please do not park in the fire lanes or in lanes of traffic between parking spaces, or allow students to sit and wait in the vehicle until the bell rings, as this creates traffic concerns in the parking lot and out on the street. If everyone drops students off as soon as they arrive, we can keep traffic moving and avoid back-ups.

    School Start Time & Homeroom

    • Students may not bring coffee, food, or drinks (other than water) to homeroom.
    • Students must report to their homerooms by 7:30am or they will be marked tardy.
    • Students who arrive late may enter the building through the main entrance or the entrance by the cafeteria. Students entering by the cafeteria after 7:47am should ring the buzzer to gain access to the building.
    • Refer to pages 21-23 of the 2024-2025 SVTHS Student Handbook for detailed information about school rules regarding attendance and tardiness.

    Student Pick-up & Afternoon Dismissal

    • Student dismissal is at 2:04pm for all students.
    • We encourage students to take the bus to reduce the number of cars entering and exiting the parking lot at dismissal time.
    • Please avoid using the front parking lot for student pick-up until after 2:10pm. Cars that arrive early block fire lanes and prevent efficient pick-up of students who have mobility issues. 
    • Between 1:45pm and 2:15pm cars may only enter the rear parking lot through the entrance on Alexander Road. Buses and cars use both lanes of the entrance on Cook Street to exit the rear parking lot after student dismissal.

     

    2024-2025 SVTHS Bus Routes

    2024-2025 Bus Route information can be viewed at the following link: Business Manager / Bus routes home (shawsheentech.org).

     

    Student Laptops

    New students will receive their school-issued laptops during Orientation on Tuesday, September 3. All returning students are reminded to bring their fully-charged laptops and power cords to school with them when they return on Wednesday, September 4.

     

    Best,

    Jessica Cook

    (she/her/hers)

    Principal