Opening Week at NCHS

Dear NCHS Family,
Welcome Back!!!  New Canaan High School students came back to school with so much enthusiasm.  The class of 2021 was welcomed into the fold and we look to the class of 2018 to become positive leaders for other classes around the school.  
This week the administration and support staff met with each of the classes to welcome them back into the school and visited all of the classrooms.  Students seemed excited and ready to tackle the new year.  
New Canaan High School will continue to communicate regularly with all stakeholders through a variety of different mediums.  We will still continue to publish our weekly update, and have an active twitter feed.  In addition, this year we will have daily announcements posted on the TV’s at school and on the website. We are continuing to look for ways to celebrate NCHS!


Pictures around NCHS:




Spirit:
We had class meetings this week for all classes and have addressed appropriateness of decorations on seniors’ cars.  Please support us and take a look at your child’s car and ensure there is nothing inappropriate or offensive on your child’s car.  While we love school spirit, we want to make sure that we do not offend anyone.  
Open House change of date:
The *new date* for Open House/Freshman Parent Orientation will be Monday, September 25:
Freshman Parent Orientation - 6:30 pm
Open House - arrival at 7:00 pm, class visit schedule starts promptly at 7:15 pm
Afternoon food service:
Starting on Tuesday September 5, the cafeteria will begin afternoon food service.


Weekly Update:
Our departmental news will start next week - Friday September 8.

NCTV Broadcast:

 Click here to see the first broadcast of the year.
Important Information Regarding Uber Transportation:(During the School Day)
Some of our students have called Uber to transport them from campus into town or home during the school day. We are concerned about students using this service during school hours for a variety of reasons including:
·     no parental permission has been explicitly given for this driver to transport a student.
·    neither the school nor parents have any way of knowing the qualifications/background of any Uber driver.
·  transporting anyone under 18 without an accompanying adult is a violation of Uber’s own policies.
When we have become aware of a student attempting to leave campus in an Uber, we have intervened and will continue to do so, but unlike taxis, most Uber cars are indistinguishable from other traffic entering or exiting campus. We have reached out to Uber in an attempt to discourage drivers from picking up students at school, but the service views each driver as an independent contractor who makes his/her decision about taking on customers.
Please talk to your child to reinforce their adherence to rules regarding off-campus privilege and to help us discourage use of this service during the school day.
Best,
Bill Egan
Principal

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