A Memo from the Superintendent:

Changes in Bus Arrival Times Effective December 7!

Dear Parents and Guardians:

As you are aware, in September, we made several route changes for our school buses following the altered start and end times of the five Canton Public Schools.  Two major changes included reducing the number of tiers from four to three and expanding the number of buses per tier from fourteen (14) to twenty (20).

Since then, we have been carefully monitoring school bus transportation and have noticed many of our buses arriving too early to our schools.  The school administrators have expressed concern, and many of you have brought this issue to our attention as well. Therefore, we will be moving the morning pick up times slightly later so the buses arrive at the schools closer to the start of classes.

The updated Bus List and Times have been sent to you via Blackboard Connect and will also be sent at least two times more by your building principals.  Please adjust your child’s bus pick up time later by the number of minutes in the column labeled “# of Minutes Later.” (See the chart below.)

The changes will be effective on Monday, December 7, 2015.


Please note there will no changes to the afternoon bus routes.

If you have any questions, please call Leslie Tamarkin, at 781-821-5060 X1156.
Thank you.

Term 1 Closes on Friday, Nov. 13

Believe it or not, Term 1 closes on Friday, Nov. 13. Our students have worked extremely hard for the first nine weeks of school. During recent announcements and throughout class lessons, we have emphasized the importance of one's work ethic, active learning and resiliency. We have

emphasized the importance of maximizing every moment of the school day.

The end of a school term always brings a focus on grades. We certainly encourage students to finish strong and achieve the highest grade possible. But we encourage the students to consider their level of learning and thinking, to consider their growth, and to consider their ownership of their own learning. Great grades and -- more importantly -- great learning will be achieved if students strive to be better in their areas.

As I told the students today, Term 2 provides a fresh opportunity to improve on Term 1. Continuous Improvement is one our Core Values!

Here are some key dates:

Friday, Nov. 13 -- Term 1 closes

Monday, Nov. 16 -- Term 2 begins, Homeroom at 8 a.m. 

• Homeroom: Term 2 Schedules and School IDs will be handed out.

Friday, Nov. 20 -- Term 1 Report Cards emailed home/Edline posted

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Monday, November 23 -- Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on Monday, Nov. 23, from 3-5 and 6-8 p.m., by appointment.

On Monday, November 16, CHS will send out the link at 3 p.m. to book the online appointments.

Canton High School
Drama Club
Presents

Marvin's Room

Friday, Nov. 13 & Saturday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 14, 2-4 p.m.

Tickets: $10

(Students: $5 pre-sale; $10 at the door)

**MARVIN'S ROOM is rated PG-13 for mild strong language and adult themes.**

THE STORY: Bessie lives in Florida where she cares for her pain-ridden aunt and ailing father, Marvin, who is confined to his bed and unable to speak. When Bessie is diagnosed with leukemia, her only hope is to contact her long-estranged sister, Lee, to see if their bone marrow is compatible for a transplant. Lee reluctantly makes the trip from Ohio, bringing along her two sons, one of whom, Hank, has just been released from an institution after a wave of arson. The sisters’ reunion is uneasy at best, with long buried recriminations coming to the surface even as love slowly overwhelms Lee's veneer of selfishness and glib denial. Bessie's challenge becomes reuniting Lee and Hank before he rejects her completely for her years of neglect. Beloved for its mordant humor and unflinching wisdom, Scott McPherson’s dark comedy allows us a moving view of one woman’s commitment to family and response to despair.

Winner of the 1991–1992 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, the 1991–1992 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play, the John Gassner Award for Best New American Play, and the 1991 Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award. 

"When the American theater gains [a] voice this original, this unexpected, you really must hear it for yourself. What separates MARVIN’S ROOM from so many synthetic American plays…is that even at its occational sunniest, it never lies or sentimentalizes the truth. Mr. McPherson does not pretend that people always die with dignity, either, or that everyone isn’t dying. Instead he asks, What good can we do with the time, however much or little it is, that we have left before our inevitable harsh fate arrives?…My first impulse after seeing Mr. McPherson’s play was to gather those I care about close to me and take them into MARVIN’S ROOM so that they, too, could bask in its bouncing, healing light." —NY Times. 

"…written with a blazing, tender accuracy that grips you with the force of revelation…" —Village Voice. "…the themes of death, love, duty, care and service are frugally intertwined in a play of considerable emotional resonance. Laughing one minute, we are shuddering with a stealthy empathy the next. Death has rarely seemed more interesting or love so complex." —NY Post.

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