27 | ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | ANNUAL REPORT 2023–2024
This year, the high school celebrated community and connections through our first-ever Community and Social Justice Flex Block in March , the inaugural Senior Clap Out Celebration in May, the annual Senior Dress Up Day in November, and our third annual Step Up Ceremony in June. In its second year, our Advisory program continued to build relationships across the building. Advisories consisted of 10-12 students from all four grade levels and met weekly to discuss high school issues and upcoming events. We implemented the first year of our course leveling shifts that focused on increasing access to advanced level courses and providing more diverse learning opportunities. Finally, staff continued to incorporate culturally responsive practices into instruction and responses to incidents. HIGHLIGHTS • Over a third of our students participated in 70 clubs and activities. Speech and Debate, Science Team, Math Team, Academic Decathlon, Quiz Bowl, Invest in Girls, Ocean Bowl, and Badminton took part in local and national competitions. • Affinity groups hosted community events such as the Korean Language Club’s Chuseok Festival, the Jewish Student Union’s Potato Latke Making, Dear Asian Youth’s Garba Night, and the Muslim Student Associa- tion’s Ramadan Community Fasting Awareness Event. • Staff and A-B Students for Equity and Justice (ABSEJ) Club hosted our first-ever Community Building and Social Justice Flex Block in March. 45 workshops were led by teachers, and community members including Bhel Puri Making, Sociolinguistics & Gender Bias, Deconstructing Bias in Artificial Intelligence, Sign Language, Climate Change, History of Tea and Origami, Therapy Alpaca Farm, A-B Resource Center, and Responses to Mass Incarceration and Racial Injustice, Interrupting Hate Speech, and The Artwork and Murals of Chicano Park.
Joanie Dean PRINCIPAL Betty Baker ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Michael Csorba ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Maurin O’Grady ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Christopher Ocampo ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
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