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Photo by Olivia Kennis.
Parents to have daily access to students' grades and attendance
Newton South, along with Williams Elementary School and Brown Middle School, will test a new software system, ParentConnect, starting in September. This software has the capability to send e-mail alerts to parents whenever their child receives unexcused absences, and allows them to check their child’s term grades and midterm comments online.
ParentConnect will only require an added entry into the current student information sys…
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Memories of years now past
Love,” luck,” stress,” hope,”drama” and happiness; these words come to mind when thinking about my last words as a high school student. But in all honesty, the most accurate word to describe my feelings is thanks.
My experience at South has been everything I could have wished for and a good bit more.
Of course I will remember the big things: stressful presentations, piles of homework and opening nights. But the real blessings of…
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