Narragansett Regional High School

Principal’s Flyer #8: October 5, 2025

Dear Students & Families:

We hope you’ve enjoyed a very sunny and warm fall weekend.  All we need is a Patriots win over the Bills to cap it off (let’s not hold our breath…or talk about the Red Sox).  To start our memo this week we wanted to share this photo, which hopefully will make everyone smile (especially you historians out there).  Taking up a challenge from Mr. Bell, these students dressed up in honor of Patrick Henry and for the latest US History Studies.  Absolutely glorious!

Here’s the original Patrick Henry Before the House of Burgesses Painting…And HERE are 2025 Warriors in Patrick Henry’s Give Me Liberty…mode.  Scholars are listed From Left to Right - 

Lilith Parent, Annabella Tigs, Keegan O’Malley, Camden LaBonte, Lydia Draleau, and Liam Hunt

Someone please contact Lin-Manuel Miranda as we have some potential cast members for Hamilton 2. 

Varsity Letterman’s Club’s 4th Annual Warrior Fest: October 18, 2025

• We are very excited to share that on Saturday, October, 18, 2025, Gansett's Varsity Letterman's Club is proudly sponsoring NRHS's 6th Annual Warrior Fest. Festivities begin at 4:00 pm. We have a couple food trucks coming, live music, a football game, and a professional fireworks display.

• Save the date for Homecoming Dance: Friday October 17th*

• *Stay tuned for more information about the dance. Be advised that 8th grade holds a special 8th grade dance later in the fall 

A  Community COVID & Flu Vaccine clinic has been scheduled for Friday, October 10, 2025.

Fitchburg Department of Public Health will be in the Middle School Cafeteria (460 Baldwinville road) from the hours of 4:00 - 6:30 PM. This evening clinic is open to all community members.  Please reach out to Nurse Oshman with any questions (moshman@nrsd.org).

Attention all students who are planning to take in the future, currently taking, or have taken an AP course.   You may be eligible to earn college credit depending on your exam score and the policies of the college you plan to attend. Each college has its own requirements for which scores they will accept.

You can use the following website to look up the credit and placement policies for individual colleges: AP Credit Policy Search. We encourage you to check this resource so you understand how your hard work (our hard work of your students) in AP courses can benefit you after graduation!

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) officially opened last week. Completing the FAFSA is an important step for any student planning to pursue education or training after high school, as it determines eligibility for federal, state, and institutional financial aid. Your senior should begin filling out the application on their own (possibly with your help) and then add a parent/guardian as a “contributor.” This will get the process started, and we are hearing that the new form is much easier to complete this year than in the past.

To support our families through this process, we are offering several resources:

• Partnership with College Affordable – Families have access to expert guidance and support in navigating the financial aid process.

• FAFSA Night – November 24
  During parent/teacher conferences on Monday, November 24, we will host a FAFSA Informational Night for families. We highly recommend senior parents attend this if you are able. This session will review the FAFSA application, the different types of aid available, and how to interpret a Financial Aid Award package from a college. There will also be time for individual questions after the presentation. The workshop will be led by the Director of Financial Aid at Fitchburg State University, who also works with MEFA (Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority). HS Library - Time TBA (evening)

• FAFSA Fridays at MWCC – Mount Wachusett Community College is offering free, in-person FAFSA help sessions open to the public. Students do not need to be planning to attend MWCC to register for an appointment.

Thank you to our NRHS Counseling Team for these crucial updates!

School Pictures are ready! To order, log in to mylifetouch.com or create an account using your student’s ID number.  All families can also log on and order a FREE Digital SmileSafe card.

• More about the Smilesafe program here

• School Picture Retakes/makeups are scheduled for Friday, October 17th.  

Senior Portrait, Yearbook Option. Seniors/Families of Seniors are advised that the Senior Yearbook option for photos is now available for signup.  The date is Tuesday, October 21st.  

• Please be reminded this option is for families that do not wish to purchase a photo package from Life Touch / Prestige (i.e., the sitting fee for this is $0)

• All seniors should have a portrait/senior photo taken for yearbook purposes!  

• Heywood School Based Services Newsletter

  • Courtesy of our partners at Heywood, here is your October Newsletter. 

• Bus Evacuation Safety practice will take place this Monday, October 6th briefly during the school day. 

• Paying Class Dues.  Families are advised of an important update to class dues. NRHS is asking that all class dues be paid through the UNIPAY system.  

  • Why? This helps with accurate record keeping

  • Paying dues on a yearly basis helps with strong Class fiscal planning

  • To pay dues online, please click this link (select dues) or visit the link: https://unipaygold.unibank.com/transactioninfo.aspx

  • Please contact NRHS administration (cyoung@nrsd.org) with any questions regarding class dues

  • To see the Class Dues structure, please see our parent/family handbook (p.120)

    • $25 - Grade 9

    • $30 - Grade 10

    • $35 - Grade 11

    • $40 - Grade 12

    • Total dues: $130

• Calling all Poets! You have three weeks to enter the Beals Prize for Young Poets Poetry Contest. The submission deadline is Friday, October 24.

  • Warriors, Prize Money for Submittals is available…

  • Prize money of $150 for first, $75 for second, and $50 for third will be awarded at the awards presentation on Thursday, November 20. The remaining seven finalists will receive $10. All will receive certificates. The competition rules are as follows:

  • Contestants must be in grades 9 through 12 and go to one of these schools: Athol, Cushing Academy, Gardner, Monty Tech, Murdock, Narragansett, Oakmont, St Bernard, Sizer, The Winchendon School, and Conant in New Hampshire.

  • They may submit only one original, unpublished poem.

  • Submissions must be mailed to bealspoetryprize@gmail.com (Word docs preferred).

  • Ten finalists will be chosen to compete for the prize money on Thursday, November 20.

• Parent/guardian volunteers! NRHS participates and is one of a few local schools that is accredited as part of NEASC - the New England Association of School and Colleges.  As part of our ongoing accreditation cycle this year, we are looking for parent/guardian volunteers to provide a visiting team of educators for New England perspective on our school community.  If interested, please reach out to cyoung@nrsd.org, we are still in search of parent/guardian volunteers!

  • We would be seeking your input especially November 13-14th.

  • To see more on the accreditation process which NRHS participates in to foster continuous improvement please visit: https://www.neasc.org/resources-public-schools

Have a great week Warriors!

Colby Young & Erin O’Dea

Updated 10/05/25.  Click here for the most Up-to-Date Schedule.