Looking Ahead - February/March Events
(Subject to Change)

Feb 22nd Mon - Winter Carnival - Egg Toss, German Ball and Basketball
School Board Meeting
Feb 23rd Tues - Winter Carnival: Doglsled, mini ping pong
8th Grade Parent Night-Snow date Feb.24th
Feb 24th Wed - Winter Carnival: Snow soccer and snow fort
Vassalboro 8th Grade students shadow from 11 AM - 1:15 PM
Feb 25th Thurs - Winter Carnival: Hallway bowling, Trivia, Volleyball
One Act play 7 PM
Feb 26th Fri -Winter Carnival: Class competition during lunches. Each class will make and sell a small food item and be judged on it.
Assembly at 1 PM
Sadies 8-11 PM
March 3rd Wed
FLT Meeting
March 7th Sun
Progress Reports Due into IC
March 9th Tues
Area Guidance Post Secondary Night for Sophomores, Juniors and their Parents at
Lawrence HS, 6-9 PM
March 10th Wed
Math Meet at Gardiner - Allegria Rehearsal
March 11th Thur
Progress reports going home with students
Science EXPO 2:30-5:30 PM
March 12th Fri
In-Service-No School for students
Out of State Junior College Trip (MELMAC)
March 14th Sun
Allegria
March 17th Wed
Faculty Meeting - DC trip begins
March 19 Fri
In State Junior College Visit (MELMAC)
March 24th Wed
Early College for ME meeting at 6 PM
March 26 Fri
Project Grad Dance
March 31st Wed
Early Release

Winslow High School T-Shirts for sale!!

$5.00 each. Orange shirt, black & white writing "Winslow High School" on the front with a "W" and a Raider "Home of the Black Raiders" on the back. Please see the main office. Sponsored by the Class of 2010.

ATTENTION SOPHOMORES and JUNIORS:
There are two college trips scheduled for this Friday, March 12, funded by the MELMAC grant. One bus will be going to New Hampshire to visit St. Anselms College AND University of New Hampshire. The second bus will be going to Boston and students can choose to visit either Northeastern University OR Wentworth Institute of Technology.  If any sophomore is interested in going on one of these trips, please see your guidance counselor as soon as possible. Juniors have already signed up and there is still room!

SCIENCE EXPO is open to the public so all parents and friends can view the student projects.Time is 2:30 to 5:30 PM on Thursday, March 11th in all of the science rooms.

Juniors Plan Senior Class Schedule
Important: Current juniors and their parents should call our Guidance Office at 859-2437 to schedule an appointment to meet with a guidance counselor to plan Senior classes for school year 2010-2011. Please call between 7:30 AM and 3:30 PM.

Parent and Student Night for Eighth Graders
was held Tuesday, February 23
If you missed the welcome night and would like to visit the school, call guidance at 859-2437 for more information.
"Meeting the Needs of all Students" was the topic of the welcome night for the parents and students of 8th graders.

Parent Portal is Ready to be Accessed.

Activation codes were sent to parents to access their child's or children's grades, attendance, etc. Click here for the general information to use Infinite Campus data base with student information. Be certain to go to the WHS homepage to find the correct link for parent log-on. Students received information and passwords to access their grades on Infinite Campus the end of November.

H1N1 Clinic was held Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at Winslow Elementary School.
1. The clinic was for children ages 9 and under who received their first dose of H1N1 vaccine at least 28 days ago and who need to receive their second dose of H1N1 vaccine (booster shot necessary for full protection against H1N1).
2. The clinic was for any student enrolled in AOS 92 who has not yet received an H1N1 vaccine and who is sill interested in being immunized.
Consent form is available at this link: Consent form

Completing FAFSA forms workshop for seniors and their parents took place Tuesday, January 12th and Thursday, January 14th from 6-7:30 in the high school computer lab. Angela Dostie from Financial Authority of Maine was there to answer any questions about how to fill out the form. 
Guidance Director: Sue Bumpus

High school students, teachersand administrators received a Macbook for the 2009-2010 school year. Teachers have received their computers. Students received their computers October 27th. Winslow is leasing the computers from the state for the next four years. The program is part of the MLTI program. The computers will have open source and Apple software and a 4 year warranty from Apple.

Winslow Schools and AOS92 adopt new School Information System
The parent portal will open in the end of January.

The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) selected “Infinite Campus” to replace its existing Maine Education Data Management System (MEDMS), a statewide student and staff data collection and reporting system.”Infinite campus” is a comprehensive, web-based system that streamlines administrative processes and provides secure, real-time access to school data. It provides the Department and School Units with the capability to collect, analyze and report school and student data to meet State and Federal requirements. “Infinite Campus” will give Maine the ability to assign unique student IDs and collect data in a flexible manner. Susan Gendron, Maine Commissioner of Education, said "Infinite Campus is an important component in Maine's Statewide Longitudinal Data System that will provide timely and accurate data to support decisions to improve student achievement."

The main advantages are: the state can consolidate staff and student information across all school systems and it will be reported in standard form. Also, the Maine Department of Education is hosting “Infinite Campus District Edition” at a remote site at no cost to our AOS.

Winslow Schools will use “Infinite Campus” as its School Information Service (SIS) with information going directly to the state. For Winslow Schools it replaces Web2School, the SIS used by Union 52. Administrators, secretaries, teachers and technicians have been training all summer to get the program in place for the start of school.

Parents will only notice some differences in the format of student grade and attendance reports. The parent grade reporting web portal is now available.

For more information, call an administrator, secretary or guidance person at any Winslow School.

Winslow Schools Connects to High Speed Internet
Winslow Schools connected to the Maine Regional Education Network (REN) April 27! Our Internet Speed changed from 6 megabits to 20 megabits burstable to 100 megabits up to 1000 megabits. The higher speed allows for faster and more stable Internet connections, video conferencing with sites such as NASA, art galleries and for streaming education video from sources, such as Discovery Education.