RAMS News 9/24
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Contents
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Health Office Update
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iWalk Event
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Clubs and Late Bus Info
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How To Report Absences
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RAMS Drama Club Info
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Mark Your Calendar
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RAMS Think it Over
HealthOfficeUpdate
Medication Drop-Off
After-School Medications
All medication orders and parent/guardian consent to administer the medication need to be renewed at the beginning of the academic year and/or as necessary during the academic year. Instructions on how to drop off medication for your student and/or addition forms can be found on our website: Holliston Public Schools Health Office. The school nurse must provide written consent for your student to self-carry medication at school. Please reach out to your student’s school nurse if you have any questions.
All medication that is to be stored in the Health Office must be delivered by a parent or guardian to a school nurse.
After-School Medications: If your RAMS student will be staying for ANY after-school activity (i.e. sports, clubs, etc.) and has a rescue medication prescribed (i.e. Epipen, inhaler, seizure rescue medication, etc.), please check-in with the school nurse as soon as possible to make a plan for after-school activities, since typically no nurse is in the building after dismissal. We encourage all of our students to carry their own EpiPens and/or inhalers, however consent to self-carry MUST be on file with the school nurse each academic year. Even if this information has already been provided to the school, we also strongly encourage parents/guardians to reach out to the responsible adult who will be supervising their student in that after-school activity to ensure that adult is aware of the medical diagnosis and any applicable rescue medications.
Thank you!
Amy Piselli and Stephanie Leeber
iWalkEvent
We will have our annual iWalk event on Wednesday, October 8th! This is a statewide event through Safe Routes to School that encourages students to walk or ride their bike to school.
DROP OFF POINT for those who live to far to leave from home:
- Come to Blair Square ~10 minutes ahead of time
- Leave Blair Square at 8:00 am
- Arrive at Adams Middle School at 8:15 am
- Families welcome to join, too!
- Students and families, should make their own, safe plans for the end of the day.
Clubs&LateBusInfo
Great News!
Clubs officially began this week! Please use the link below to view all club information. The document will continue to be updated in real time as new details are finalized, so be sure to check back regularly.
In addition, the late bus also started this week. It will depart at 4:15 PM each day to bring students home.
HowtoReportAbsences
If your child will not be in or late to school, you have several options for reporting your child's absence or tardiness. Please be aware that if you report your child's absence or tardiness by 9:15 a.m., you will not receive a notification from Bright Arrow indicating that your child has been reported absent.
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Call in your child's absence or tardiness. Our RAMS Absentee mailbox is (508) 429-0657; press option 3. Please leave your child's name, grade, and reason for your child's absence.
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Email us your child's absence or tardiness. Send an email to ramsattendance@holliston.k12.ma.us. Again, please leave your child's name and grade and the reason for your child's absence.
Early Dismissals
We have implemented an easy and efficient new online dismissal system to run RAMS more efficiently. When you fill out this easy Google form, the online dismissal system informs our front office staff of your child's dismissal before arrival. This allows time for us to call your child's classroom and have them ready when you arrive to pick them up.
Rather than calling the office or having them bring a note to school, if you need to dismiss your child before the end of the school day, please fill out our online dismissal form as soon as you know you will need to dismiss your child. The form can be filled out days or weeks in advance and can be used for multiple dismissals to accommodate recurring appointments. It allows us to monitor and organize dismissals throughout the day. It has been extremely helpful on busy days when classes might enjoy the outside in the good weather or exam days. The more advance notice you give us, the better. And while we understand that there may be a day when a student needs to be dismissed last minute, the advance notice this dismissal system gives us is a massive help as we work to dismiss students promptly.
Click here to access the online dismissal form. You may also visit our RAMS website and click on About. This will give you a drop-down menu, and the last item on that drop-down menu is Dismissal Form. Fill out the information, click Submit, and that's it! The information will be forwarded to our front office staff. Thank you for helping RAMS run more efficiently!
RAMSDramaClubInfo
Fall 2025 One-Acts: Justice for Pluto & Haters
Performances:
Friday 10/24 @ 7:00
Saturday, 10/25 @ 2:00
About the Shows:
Justice for Pluto
By Barry Weber
Synopsis:
Hey middle schoolers, It’s time for the “Save Our Solar System” celebration! Tonight, experts from the Globex Corporation will show you how to clean up the planet Saturn by recycling your napkins. You’ll also get to sign a petition to preserve Neptune’s Great Dark Spot, and even sing along to a new pop song demanding a stop to Venus’ acid rain! But nothing compares to the biggest quest of all: reinstating Pluto’s status as the ninth planet in our Solar System!
Haters
By Don Zolidis
Synopsis:
The recycling program at the Wilson School is garbage, until megastar Taylor Swift issues them a challenge: if they recycle 20,000 cans in two weeks, she’ll sing at their dance. What happens when a school full of desperate Swifties turns to actual crime? Find out in the wickedly funny Haters.
MarkYourCalendars
September
23 Rosh Hashanah - No School
25 School Committee
October
TBD Keefe Assembly-Grade 8 (Angela)
2 Yom Kippur - No School
8 iWalk Event
9 School Committee
10 Mid-Term 1
13 Indigenous Peoples’ Day - No School
20 Diwali - No School
22 Keefe Assembly - Grade 8
23 Picture Retakes
23 School Committee
24 Fall One Acts Performance 7pm
25 Fall One Acts Performance 2pm
RAMSThinkItOver
