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Save the Date: February 17th at 6:30 PM -- TLC Families Town Hall to help navigate our COVID guidelines
In this Newsletter:
  • Black Lives Matter at School in Action
  • Student Achievement Recognition
  • Honors Classes
  • Upcoming Dates
  • ACT Testing
  • Announcements
Note: Translations provided by DeepL
Hello Secondary Families!
This week I've enjoyed talking with students about their experiences last weekend with the snow. Our students come from all over Massachusetts, as well as other states. I've enjoyed hearing the varying amounts of snow that they received in different areas!
 
This week, students and staff throughout campus participated in Black Lives Matter at School activities across departments on Zoom, sharing experiences, learning, and storytelling together. We look forward to continuing these events, year-round. Due to MPS closing on Friday, we will share our wrap up slideshow and more videos next week.
Family and student access for our new database is almost ready. TLC will send a standalone newsletter letting families know when it is ready, and we hope that should be soon.
 
Regarding Honor Roll this year, the middle school team has decided to recognize student achievement in other ways, such as Student of the Month, and other awards throughout the school year. High school students will receive Honor Roll certificates this year. We are in the process of confirming GPA information from the first two quarters of the school year, and then we will distribute certificates to students who have met the criteria.
 
For high school students who are interested in taking Honors classes for second semester, and receive an Honors designation on their report card, we are planning to provide a project-based approach. We are in the process of looking for a teacher to provide this project. In the meantime, if students are interested, please contact me within the next couple of weeks. Once we have a teacher identified and the project in place, I will follow up with those students who are interested. Again, any students who are interested in an Honors level designation for the second semester, please contact me soon.
 
Have a wonderful weekend, and I look forward to seeing students next week.
Interim Secondary Principal
VP: 774-999-0926
Important Dates/Reminders: (Link here for Academic Calendars) 
  • February 9: Early Release (Prof. Dev.)
  • February 21-25: February Break 
  • March 2: Early Release (Prof. Dev.) 
  • March 18: No School
  • Our DESE visit that was originally scheduled for January has been postponed and will now be March 7th-9th.
ACT Testing April 5 & 6
  • YSP February Virtual Vacation: Click Here for Information
  • Camp Sol Summer Camp: Click Here for Information
  • Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf is inviting deaf and hard-of-hearing students to register for our upcoming competitions for spring 2022: SpiRIT Writing (https://www.rit.edu/ntid/writingcontest) and Digital Arts, Film, and Animation (https://www.rit.edu/ntid/digital-arts-film-and-animation-competition). 
  • RIT Explore Your Future: If you’re looking for a way to help your college-bound high school students make important decisions about life after high school, encourage them to join us at Rochester Institute of Technology this summer for Explore Your Future! EYF is a week-long, on-campus summer program for college-bound deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students who will enter their junior or senior year in fall 2022. More information here.
Seeking Deaf Artists and Sculptors
The Framingham Centre Common Cultural District (FCCCD) is seeking proposals for local Artists to participate in their upcoming “Many Cultures, One Heart” public art project.

“Many Cultures, One Heart" is a public art project designed to celebrate cultures and ethnicities through a series of heart sculptures placed around the city of Framingham. 

TLC is honored to be featured as one sculpture in this project. We would like to thank Advocates, who is sponsoring our design, in recognition of our long time partnership and advocacy for the Deaf community in Framingham and the broader MetroWest community.

We are hoping to reach out to the broader Deaf community by sharing this message. We would love to find a Deaf artist who would be interested in this project to inspire our community with a special design that captures TLC’s mission, history and values. The Deadline to submit your proposal is February 15.

To learn more, click here.
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