Acton-Boxborough Annual Report 2024-25

30 | ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | ANNUAL REPORT 2024–2025

High School • Over 700 students participated in 70 clubs and activities. Affinity groups hosted community events, such as the Lunar New Year Celebration and the Jewish Student Union’s Potato Latke Making. Speech and Debate, Science Team, Math Team, Academic Decathlon, Quiz Bowl, Invest in Girls, and Ocean Bowl participated in local and national competitions, earning numerous awards and honors. • Staff and A-B Students for Equity and Justice (ABSEJ) hosted the second annual Community Building Flex Block. Fifty-one workshops were led by teachers, students, and community members. Examples included: Cards for the Elderly, Color of India, Identity Mural, Jazz Jam Session, Therapy Animals, Origami , and Tufts University Prison Initiative. • ABSEJ students founded Student Spotlight, a series high- lighting A-B student identities and perspectives. Students from both the Black Student Union and the Muslim Student Association shared their experiences during two well- attended, successful events. • Student Council organized many events, including the ever- popular Homecoming Dance and Seniors vs. Staff Basketball Game. They raised $4385 in mini-grants given to 19 clubs and organizations. • Proscenium Circus (PC) performed Annie and joined with A-B Choruses to perform student-directed plays during the Spring Arts Fest. PC’s competition play, Blithe Spirit earned a state finalist honor as one of the top 15 schools in the state from the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild. • More than 250 student musicians performed the “A Spring in Our Step” Concert at Groton Hill Music Center in May. ABRHS Choruses presented our 30th Annual Cabaret Night, and the Orchestra presented its second Masquerade Concert. There were districtwide Spring Concerts with more than 3000 people in attendance. The ABRHS Band earned at gold medal at the MICCA festival, and the Marching Band was named Div 5A State Champions.

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