Newton South Students and Families:

Here is the link to the Weekly Update for 2/14 – 2/18. This is an ORANGE week, which affects Lion Block and clubs.

Here’s to another week at South! Please let us know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Jason Williams (he/him/his)
Vice Principal
Newton South High School
140 Brandeis Road
Newton, MA 02459
617-559-6700

Grade 9 families:

Here is the link to the recording of the Grade 9 parent night from Wednesday, February 2. Thank you to those who were able to attend!

Sincerely,

Jason Williams (he/him/his)
Vice Principal
Newton South High School
140 Brandeis Road
Newton, MA 02459
617-559-6700

Newton South Students and Families:

Our new at-home rapid antigen testing program starts Monday, February 7. Please note the following important information:

Opt-In

Families need to opt their child(ren) into this testing program. The easiest way to do so is through Aspen, using these instructions.

Tests will be distributed in the Faculty Dining Room on Monday during lunch and Tuesday during lunch and Lion block.

For a student to receive a test this week, families must opt in their child through Aspen by Sunday, February 6 at 11:59pm. Students may also bring in a signed and completed paper consent form.

Paper opt-in forms are available here in the following languages:

English | Simplified Chinese: ???? | Haitian Creole | Japanese: ??? | Korean: ??? | 

Portuguese: Português | Russian: ??????? | Spanish: Español | Vietnamese: Ti?ng Vi?t

Details of Testing

• An at-home rapid antigen test kit will be distributed at school every other week. Each kit contains two tests.
• Only positive results need to be reported. Please take both of the following steps when reporting results:
  • Use this form
  • Report these results to the school nurse. They can be called at 617-559-6575 or emailed at kramer@newton.k12.ma.us and kiritsyk@newton.k12.ma.us.

How to Use the Tests

Here is a video tutorial.

Printed instructions are available in the following languages:

English | Arabic: ???? | Simplified Chinese: ???? | Japanese: ??? | Portuguese: Português | Russian: ??????? | Spanish: | Vietnamese: Ti?ng Vi?t

Students who are within 90 days of a COVID infection should NOT test.

Here is a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the program.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Jason Williams (he/him/his)
Vice Principal
Newton South High School
140 Brandeis Road
Newton, MA 02459
617-559-6700

Newton South Students and Families:

Here is the link to the Weekly Update for 1/31 – 2/4. This is an ORANGE week, which affects Lion Block and clubs.

Here’s to another week at South! Please let us know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Jason Williams (he/him/his)
Vice Principal
Newton South High School
140 Brandeis Road
Newton, MA 02459
617-559-6700

Newton South High School cordially invites you to our annual Grade 9 Parent Information Night. This event will be a virtual webinar, held on Wednesday, February 2 at 7pm. At this event, you will have the opportunity to hear from our principal Tamii Stras and some of our department heads. You will also have the opportunity to ask general questions about the grade 10 curriculum.

A copy of next Wednesday’s program can be found here. The link for the webinar will be sent in a separate email early next week.

We hope you are able to join us!

Sincerely,

Jason Williams (he/him/his)

Vice Principal

Newton South High School

140 Brandeis Road

Newton, MA 02459

617-559-6700

Newton South Students and Families:

Here is the link to the Weekly Update for 1/24 – 1/28. This is a BLUE week, which affects Lion Block and clubs.

Here’s to another great week at South! Please let us know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Jason Williams (he/him/his)
Vice Principal
Newton South High School
140 Brandeis Road
Newton, MA 02459
617-559-6700

Newton South Students and Families:

Here is a link to the Weekly Update for 1/17 – 1/21. This is an ORANGE week, which affects Lion Block and clubs.

As a reminder, Monday, January 17 is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and we will not have school. We will see you on Tuesday!

Sincerely,

Jason Williams (he/him/his)
Vice Principal
Newton South High School
140 Brandeis Road
Newton, MA 02459
617-559-6700

Newton South Students and Families:

Happy New Year!

Here is the link to the Weekly Update for 1/3 – 1/7. Note that this is an ORANGE week, which affects Lion block and clubs.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Jason Williams (he/him/his)
Vice Principal
Newton South High School
140 Brandeis Road
Newton, MA 02459
617-559-6700

Newton South Students and Families:

Here is a link to the Weekly Update for 12/20 – 12/23. Note that this is a BLUE week, which affects Lion Block and clubs.

Here’s to another great week at NSHS! Please let us know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Jason Williams (he/him/his)
Vice Principal
Newton South High School
140 Brandeis Road
Newton, MA 02459
617-559-6700

Newton South Students and Families:

Progress reports for term 2 are now available for viewing on Aspen. These can be found on the home page in Aspen and contain a list of classes, comments for these classes, and number of absences from class.

If you have any questions about these comments, please reach out directly to your/your child’s teacher.

Sincerely,

Jason Williams (he/him/his)
Vice Principal
Newton South High School
140 Brandeis Road
Newton, MA 02459
617-559-6700