Central High School

The Girls soccer game vs. F.A. on September 12th will start at 3:30 PM and not 4:00 PM. This is due to some bussing issues. Thanks for the understanding.

ESPORTS is ready to start up. Sign ups are outside the CHS office. Please contact Mr. Foster or Coach Dennis if you have any questions.

Tomorrow's golf match at F.A.has been moved to TODAY at 3:30. Bus 2:20.

A reminder to parents and students: Breakfast and lunch are free again this year for all enrolled students. If you have any questions about this, please contact your school office.

I'm looking for any students interested in running the soccer lines for games this fall. This is a paid position. Please see Mr. Foster with any questions. First games are tomorrow at 3:00 and 4:30 PM.

UTC students first day is Thursday. The morning bus leaves at 7:50 AM. See you soon.

No golf practice today for CHS. Wet course conditions.

Hello everyone. With the ongoing renovations on the HVAC systems, we have no phone service, power, or water today at the high school. If you need to reach the high school, please contact the central office at 285-3334 and they will relay a message to us as quickly as possible. We will reach back out as soon as we can. Thanks for your patience.

CHS Open House - Tuesday 8/27 - 6-7:30 pm. Hope to see you all there! First student day is Thursday 8/29.

Please see an important email that went out today: Dear Families and Caregivers, As we make some of the final preparations for the opening of the 2024-2025 school year, I want to let you know about the recent work the District has done with regard to learning about the impact extended cell phone use is having on our students and their mental health. Back in March, administrators and Board Members began to study the topic of extended cell phone use and its impact on the developing brain. Several teachers joined us in this effort. As we learned about the four foundational harms extended cell phone use is having on our students' mental health, we became very concerned because what we were learning resonated with us. The four foundational harms that have been identified in extended smartphone use among adolescents include social deprivation, sleep deprivation, attention fragmentation, and addiction. What we have been seeing in our students aligns with the research we have studied. The District cell phone use policy is not changing. Since its inception, it has restricted cell phone access during the school day unless an adult authorized it. In recent years we have become very relaxed in allowing students to access their phones during the school day. We did not know the harm this was causing to our students' mental health or the real time social engagement cell phone use was blocking. It is our goal to provide students a cell phone free school day so they are better connected to their learning, and their peers, in real time. As staff return next week, we will be working on how we will be talking to our students about why we are moving to a cell phone free school day. Students will be expected to turn off their phones and put them away upon entry into the school buildings. If you need to reach your student, please call the school office. In addition, we have partnered with Brooke Shannon, the founder of the nation-wide Wait Until 8th campaign. She will be with us on Wednesday, August 28th from 6-7pm at CCES to talk about how parents of elementary and middle school aged students may make decisions about the purchase of a phone for their child. Our goal is to support parents in how they navigate this very important topic. There will be several door prizes drawn that have been generously donated by our community based businesses. I hope to see you there. If you have any questions, or wish to talk to me further about this work, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. Mental health matters. Sincerely, Mrs. Sperrey Superintendent

Golf practice is canceled for today because of weather.

If any athletes are interested in Playing Football or Field Hockey please contact Mr. Foster. Field Hockey will be playing with Dexter high school this season and Football with John Bapst. I can give you the contact numbers for those coaches. Thanks,

A reminder that the Fall Sports Parents Meeting will be on Tuesday August 13th at 5:00 PM in the CHS Gym. Come meet your coaches and get the information you need for preseason that starts on the 19th. Please bring you physicals so you may start practice on the 19th. Thanks, See you soon.

Reminder of fall sports meeting on 8/13 at 5:00 pm in the gym.

The new scoreboards are going up today. Looking great for the Fall seasons

On our last student day, and their last day, please join me in thanking Cormier's Bus Service and Leighton's Bus Service for their many, many years of dedication in the transportation of our students! Your safe transport of thousands of students over the past several years has not gone unnoticed! Thank you for taking such great care of our kids!!!

PUT THIS ON YOUR CALENDARS.... CHS Fall sports night will be on August 13th at 5:00 PM in the CHS Gym. This will be the time to meet your coaches, get all your information for the upcoming year and turn in all your physicals and paperwork. See you then and have a great summer. Dear FRESHMEN. High school pre season starts on August 19th. Please make sure you sign up at the middle school this week so we can let your coaches know you are interested in playing this fall.

Happy Friday everyone. Just a reminder that our 2024 seniors will be graduating tomorrow at the Cross Center in Bangor at 2:00 pm. We hope the community will turn out to support them on this auspicious occasion. If you cannot be there and want to watch, Peter Marsh and the Red Devil productions team will be present to record and live stream the event. Here is the link to the live stream: https://youtube.com/live/-03XwS6LZ8k Hope you can make it!

Here is the link for the live stream of today's senior assembly. https://youtube.com/live/hFQUvOLLAMM

Central High School will be hosting MCI for the softball preliminary game on Tuesday June 4th at 4:00 PM. GOOD LUCK GIRLS!!!