UPCOMING DATES

• ELHS Curriculum Night (Thursday 1/23/2025 @ 6-7pm) - ELHS Auditorium

• No School / Teacher Professional Development Day (Wednesday 1/29/2025)

• 2025-2026 ELHS Course Scheduling (1/27/2025 - 1/31/2025) - Guidance counselors will be in English classrooms throughout the week

• DiGrigoli Cosmetology & Esthetics School Open House (2/4/2025 @ 5-7pm) - see details below...

• ASVAB Test (Tuesday 2/4/2025) - Learn what military careers you qualify for! - email marc.maccarini@eastlongmeadowma.gov to sign up

• CAREER SPEAKER: Physician's Assistant (Thursday 2/6/2025 - E block) - email marc.maccarini@eastlongmeadowma.gov to sign up

• February Vacation (2/17/2025 - 2/21/2025)

• CAREER SPEAKER: Engineering (2/14/2024 - D OR E block) - email marc.maccarini@eastlongmeadowma.gov to sign up for D OR E block

• Women in STEM Conference (2/14/2025 @10am-3pm) - see details below...

• Plumbers Union Applications (2/24/2025 - 3/1/2025) - see details below...

• WNEU College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Summer Program (6/23/2025-6/27/2025) - see details below...

U.S. Employment Snapshot

December 2024 

• The US economy added 256,000 jobs in December 2024

• With 80,000 new hires, the healthcare industry saw the largest hiring gains

• The leisure and retail industries saw the second largest gains with 43,000 hires in each industry

• Nationally, 161,661,000 people were employed

• 6,886,000 people were unemployed

• The average national weekly earning was $1,224.17

• The national unemployment rate was 4.1%

• The average duration of unemployment was 5.9 months

filing financial aid for divorced parents

grade 10 post secondary planning

All grade 10 students visited the ELHS Career Center for Labor Market Information (LMI) research!