Dear Shawsheen Students, Families and Colleagues,
We look forward to cheering the Rams Football Team on tonight as they compete in the State Championship at Gillette! Fans attending the game in person should carefully review the Fan Information Document from Gillette and the Shawsheen Tech Superbowl 2025 Info Page, and make note of the following:
We ask all Shawsheen fans in attendance this evening to display respectful and appropriate behavior, and to comply with the rules in place by the MIAA and Gillette, as we cheer on our student-athletes.
Students are reminded that all school rules apply and will be enforced at this school-sponsored event.
Students are also reminded to dress appropriately for the weather because it is expected to be VERY cold this evening. This may seem like a silly reminder, but many students showed up to Gillette without jackets, hats, gloves, and/or enough warm layers when the Rams competed there last year because they didn’t realize how cold the stadium would be.
Fans who aren’t able to attend in-person can cheer the team on from home. The game is being streamed on Patriots.com and via YouTube, as well as broadcast live by WSBK TV-38. GO RAMS!
Rams Pride School Store is Open from 8:30am-12:30pm Today
Students, staff, and families can visit the school store between 8:30am and 12:30pm today to purchase any cold weather gear they might need for tonight’s football game. Any visitors coming to the building for the school store must report to the main entrance to sign in before going to the school store.
Annual SkillsUSA Toys for Tots Drive Ends on Tuesday, December 9, 2025
The Shawsheen SkillsUSA Leadership Team (in partnership with the Billerica Fire Department and the U.S. Marines) will continue to collect toys for their annual drive through next Tuesday, December 9 (donations will be picked up from the school at noon that day). Donations can be dropped off in the collection box near the main office/main entrance of the building.
Q2 Mid-Term - Next Friday, December 12, 2025
Next Friday marks the mid-term for the second quarter of the school year. Quarter two mid-term progress reports will be published and available to view in Aspen by Friday, December 19, 2025.
Reminder: Registration Info for the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Annual Scholarship Awards Program
The Massachusetts AFL-CIO is pleased to announce the Annual Scholarship Awards Program. All graduating seniors in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who are seeking a college degree or job training are eligible to compete. Scholarship awards this year total over half a million dollars.
To qualify, students must be a senior in high school, fill out the online application and then take our exam. Applicants must register in advance at https://massaflcio.org/scholarships. We will be accepting applications through Friday, December 19, 2025.The deadline is firm, and no late registrations will be accepted. The exam consists of 30 multiple choice questions and one written essay. All questions will be selected from the information in the study guide.
Exams will be administered online to registered students during the week of Monday, February 2, 2026, and Friday February 6, 2026. Once again, we will be using Classmarker to administer the exams online. Paper tests will be available upon request. Students will need access to a computer or tablet and all testing should be taken in school under supervision from an exam proctor. Further testing instructions will be sent to exam proctors in the last week of January.
Sincerely,
Jessica Cook
(she/her)
Principal
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Important Dates/Reminders:
Friday, December 12: Q2 Midterm
Tuesday, December 16: School Committee Meeting at 7:00pm
Tuesday, December 23: Early Release for Students at 10:43am
December 24 – January 2: NO SCHOOL – Winter Break
Monday, January 5: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS – Professional Day for Staff Only
Wednesday, January 7: School Council Meeting at 2:15pm
Wednesday, January 14: Open House at 6:00pm
Thursday, January 15: Snow Date for Open House
Monday, January 19: NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Friday, January 30: End of Q2