2024-2025 course selections

The ELHS Guidance Department will be meeting with all students next week to complete their course selections for the 2024-2025 school year.

Marking period 3 midpoint

Wednesday February 28, 2024 is the midpoint of the 3rd marking period - check your grades!

elhs curriculum night

We would like to invite both students and parents to join us on February 28, 2024 at 6pm to discuss both the scheduling process and our academic programming at our first ever ELHS Curriculum Night. At this event, you will have the opportunity to hear about upcoming changes to our ELHS Program of Studies, new course offerings, graduation requirements, and the scheduling process. Our administrators, counseling staff, department heads, and other teachers will be present.

grade 9 career meetings

The ELHS Career Center finished meeting with all grade 9 students in small groups. The meetings covered extracurricular involvement, ideas for completing their 40 hour community service graduation requirement, and career planning. The Freshman also utilized their Naviance Career & College planning account to complete the "Cluster Finder" and research potential career clusters and pathways. 

Career CLUSTER SPOTLIGHT

Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications

Arts, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications relates to designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism and entertainment services.

Career CLUSTERS & PATHWAYS

Career clusters are groups of related types of work. They give you an easy way to explore different kinds of jobs within one broad category. Start with one of the clusters—like health care or construction—to learn what it involves, current trends, and the different careers it offers.

It’s often easier to change jobs and advance within a career cluster that share similar knowledge, skills, and interests. Identifying with a cluster can help you build your career and choose credentials—such as a college degree, specialized training, or certifications—that will qualify you for a variety of different, but related, jobs.

• Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

• Architecture and Construction

• Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications

• Business Management and Administration

• Education and Training

• Energy

• Finance

• Government and Public Administration

• Health Science

• Hospitality and Tourism

• Human Services

• Information Technology

• Law, Public Safety, and Corrections

• Manufacturing

• Marketing

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

• Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics

College CORNER

SCHOLARSHIPS:

• Local Scholarships in Naviance

• Scholarships for STEM Students

• Scholarships for Students with Disabilities

• More Scholarships...

UPCOMING WEBINARS:

• College Admissions Webinar 2/28 @ 630pm

• Applying for Scholarships Webinar 3/5 @ 630pm

• Financial Aid Webinar 3/13 @6:30pm

MAJORS:

• Anthropology Degree Careers

COLLEGE VISITS:

• What to Know about College Visits

• Tips from Students on Making the Most of College Visits

rensselaer summer engineering program

Are you a high school sophomore or junior (entering 11th or 12th grade in the fall of 2024) with a passion for engineering or technology? PREFACE is a summer experience hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for students interested in pursuing a career in engineering or technology who are part of groups that have been historically underrepresented or underserved in science, engineering, and other technological fields. Click here to learn more!

community service

student hours log - graduation requirement - volunteer ideas - documentation form

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To view the "student hours log" students must be signed into their school gmail account

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• WHAT: Meadowbrook School PTO Meeting - Help watch kids while parents attend the PTO meeting.

• WHEN: Wednesday, February 28 from 6:15pm to 7:45pm

• WHERE: Meadowbrook Elementary

• HOW: Email meadowbrookpto1@gmail.com

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• WHAT: E.L.H.S. Recycling - Help empty the recycling bins after school with Mr. Lennon

• WHEN: Every Monday after school - and the late bus runs on Mondays also!

• WHERE: ELHS

• HOW: Email Mr. Lennon at kevin.lennon@eastlongmeadowma.gov

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More ideas..."ENVIRONMENTAL"

Put your environmental consciousness to work. Think of ways your school could be greener, and talk to your principal about putting your ideas to work. Or find creative ways to recycle shoes, tires and other things to keep them out of landfills. You could also teach kids about natural resources in your area and how to protect them.

Here are some websites to get you started: 

• Browns Farm - Peaked Mountain - Student Conservation Association - The Nature Conservancy  - Connecticut River Conservancy - Alliance For Climate Education - Sierra Club - 4H Club - Tree Planting Event - E.L. Earth Day Cleanup (April) - 

Here are some student led projects: 

• Lily volunteers with other students at her school to help keep Albuquerque beautiful by working on cleanup and restoration projects in the Rio Grande Bosque, a deciduous forest that winds 16 miles through her city. 

• Jonah led his 4-H club in raising money to purchase reusable shopping bags that local merchants can use to cut down on the number of plastic bags that end up in landfills.

• Emma led an effort at her school to promote recycling of bottles, cans, paper products and old T-shirts. 

• Bella educated her community about the harm that plastic bags do to oceans and sea life, and spearheaded the passage of a town ordinance banning the bags. 

E.L. Recreation dept jobs

Click here to see the summer job opportunities at the E.L. Recreation Department