18 | ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
As we navigated yet another school year through the pandemic, students and staff put their best effort into supporting each other and making it extremely successful. We are grateful that we were able to be together in person in our school building without distancing restrictions. While we started the year with mask requirements, they were lifted at the end of February. Our clubs and activities were almost completely in-person, and it was wonderful that we were able to gather together for almost all of our presentations and celebrations by the end of the year. Finally, we would like to acknowledge the support of the Acton and Boxborough communities for their support throughout this unique school year. Here are some highlights from the year: • Our Student Ambassadors welcomed the Class of 2025 to the high school by providing tours and guidance in August before school started. • In the fall, we resumed in-person activities, athletics, and clubs. Those provided welcome spirit and community-building for the high school this year. • We were able to conduct in-person field trips and competitions for several clubs such as Speech and Debate, Math Team, and the Ocean Bowl. In total, we had nearly 80 clubs at ABRHS this year . Addition- ally, we were able to bring in guest speakers for many club meetings, and some teams and groups were able to attend in-person national tournaments. • In October, our Virtual Back to School Night provided parents with information about classes and activities by faculty and administration through pre-recorded videos. • In December, our Dear Asian Youth group joined with other student affinity groups to hold a forum for students to process hate and bias incidents. Student facilitators guided this discussion. Throughout the year, our numerous student affinity groups, social justice groups and programs, and staff discussed ways to make our school more equitable and inclusive, and we plan to continue this work next year. • This year, despite the ongoing issues with the pandemic, we were able to offer 63 teams , while we only had 33 last year. We had a total of 1,452 students participate in athletics at the district level, and we won four DCL titles. Congratulations to our Boys Tennis Team and our Girls Swim/Dive Team for winning State Championships
Joanie Dean PRINCIPAL Beth Baker ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Maurin O’Grady ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Michael Csorba DEAN Fred Hohn DEAN
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