Good morning Charger Nation!

Happy Saturday!

We are just over a week away from the start of the 2024-2025 School Year and we are incredibly excited for what this year will bring! We’re particularly excited about our implementation of a Community Schools Model starting this year through our partnership with the United Way of Massachusetts Bay. This is a great opportunity not only for Consentino, but our community as a whole. To learn more about the model, please visit https://www.nea.org/student-success/great-public-schools/community-schools/what-are-they.

As a reminder, to view our school calendar, please bookmark https://consentino.haverhill-ps.org/events/.

Through the generosity of several community partners, backpacks full of supplies for students are available for students in need. Consentino is expected to bring in around 100 backpacks over the course of the next two weeks. Additionally, our Parent Resource Center located at the Burnham School on Fountain St. has backpacks available. If you are in need, please feel free to visit the Resource Center or reach out to me directly.

Additionally, UTEC is hosting a Summer is Over Event on Aug 22nd from 4pm-7pm at 241 Winter St. in Haverhill.  They will have food, beverages, raffles, and live. Haircuts will also be raffled off in addition to MORE backpacks for students in need.

We are so fortunate to have such a caring and generous community. Thank you to all!

Have a great weekend!

Rich

Richard Poor, Ed.D.
Principal

Open House 8/26 from 5:30-7 pm:
Open House is more directed at our NEW students, particularly our incoming 5th graders. However, all are welcome. Make sure to mark your calendars for the 7th Annual Back to School BBQ on September 12th!

Supplies:
Students should plan to come to school with:

• Backpack
• Water bottle
• Wired headphones
• Charged Chromebook and charger (new students will be issued a device in the first few days)

All other supplies will be provided by the school.

If you are in need of a backpack, please contact me directly or visit the Family Resource Center/Registration located at the Burnham School on Fountain St. Please ask for Maria Maldonado Cruz.

Class Assignments:
Class assignments will be posted in SchoolBrains by 4 pm on August 23rd. Before that point, they are NOT accurate. Please do not reach out with class/teacher requests.

Bus Routes:
Bus routes will be shared with families who are entitled to bus service on August 20th. If you believe your child should receive a bus and do not receive an email, please contact our Transportation Department directly by emailing transportation@haverhill-ps.org. Please note that 7th and 8th grade students must be more than two miles from school to ride the bus per School Committee Policy.

SchoolBrains & Communication:
SchoolBrains: Class assignments, progress reports, report cards, and grade updates are all located in SchoolBrains. We do what we can to reduce paper use as much as possible. If you do not have a SchoolBrains Community Portal account, please visit https://www.haverhill-ps.org/technology/athome/portal/.

ParentSquare: Our district has transitioned from SchoolMessenger to ParentSquare. ParentSquare allows you to decide in what format and at what frequency you wish to receive school communications. To create an account, please visit https://www.parentsquare.com/select_school/new. An App is available for download for iOS and Android.

Remind and Email: The school continues to use Remind. To start an account, visit https://www.remind.com/sign_in. To email a staff member directly, please visit https://consentino.haverhill-ps.org/our-team/ and click on the staff member’s name. Please note, these options will not be available until August 26th.

Charger PRIDE and DeansList:
Our PRIDE Program is our school-wide system of values and behavior management. This is explicitly taught to students on Day 1 and periodically throughout the year. It is highly recommended that families learn about the program which can be found at https://consentino.haverhill-ps.org/pride-policy/. DeansList is the portal we use to track the PRIDE program, new families will be invited to DeansList shortly. Please reach out if you do not get an invitation by the start of school. DeansList for Families is available for download for iOS and Android.

Arrival & Dismissal:
Student arrival starts at 8:05 am. Please do NOT drop your student off before this point. Students should be at school no later than 8:30 am.

Student dismissal is at 2:45 pm. Please DO NOT arrive at the campus until 2:30 pm; the entrance will be closed.

Please note that there is no parking allowed on Washington St during school hours. Traffic may turn RIGHT ONLY when leaving campus. 

Please see the attached diagram.