Dear NCHS,

I am excited to welcome you to the 2022-2023 school year!   We are thrilled to begin a new year of teaching and learning at New Canaan High School. To the Class of 2026, welcome to the family. We look forward to your academic and personal growth over the next four years.

Please join us for the first NCHS PFA meeting of the 2022-2023 school year. This meeting is the first of six general meetings that we host in conjunction with the administration and faculty. Don't miss this opportunity to reconnect with old friends, meet new friends and visit with Principal Bill Egan! Coffee and refreshments will be served.

EVENT LOCATION: Wagner Room

We encourage parents of freshmen to attend the first 9th Grade Networking meeting - Welcome to High School!  Assistant Principal Kristi Carriero and NCHS Counseling Chair Cynthia Rivera will discuss and answer questions about the freshman transition. Please contact 9th Grade Networking Chairs Jayne Benton and Lori McLaughlin with any questions.The event will be recorded.

EVENT LOCATION: Wagner Room.

Please join Sue Carroll, coordinator of the College and Career Center, and Cynthia Rivera, from the Guidance Counselor department, to hear a review of the exciting year ahead and how you can help your students as they make their post high school plans. You don't want to miss this important and informative meeting which will be recorded. Please contact 12th Grade Networking Chairs Jenn Hladick and Amy Ravenisi with any questions.

EVENT LOCATION: Wagner Room

Please join us as we hear from the College and Career Center Coordinator and one of the NCHS guidance counselors. They will speak about the various ways to research colleges and plan your upcoming road trips.  Additionally, they will discuss what is new in the college admissions landscape and the college admissions timeline. Q&A will be addressed at the end. Please contact 11th Grade Networking Chairs Mary Lydon and Kristin Reed with any questions.

EVENT LOCATION: Wagner Room

Please consider volunteering in the HS Library/Media Center this year! It's a great way to interact with students and get a feel for what's going on at NCHS.

The shifts are 95 minutes long every two weeks. The shift entails assisting at the circulation desk and shelving materials.  Past experience is not necessary. 

Please contact Liz Orelup if you are interested in volunteering in the library.

The College and Career Center is up and running for the new school year! Please visit our School Counseling page and follow the College and Career Center on Twitter (@nchscolcar) and Facebook (@NCHS College and Career Center) for the latest news on college admissions, financial aid and youth employment.

Please join the School Counselors to hear a review of the exciting year ahead and how you can help your students as they make their post high school plans.

EVENT LOCATION: Wagner Room

College visits begin the week of September 12. Seniors who wish to attend college visits and hear first-hand the latest news from colleges in which they may be interested must register for the visits on Naviance and ask for permission from the faculty to miss class. 

Students who are unable to meet with the reps should stop by the CCC before the visit time and fill out a form indicating their interest in the visiting school. Attendance is taken at these sessions which will be conducted in person or via  Zoom. 

The visit schedule may be viewed through Naviance and on the School Counseling page of the NCHS website. 

The PSAT will be offered at New Canaan High School on Saturday, Oct 15, 2022. Juniors must register for the test online between Sep 7 - Sep 16, 2022. Click HERE to visit the registration site. The fee is $40.00. 

Any student registering after Sep 16, 2022, will be charged a late fee of $10 in addition to the $40.00 fee. No registration will be accepted after Sep 19, 2022.

This is the only date that the PSAT is offered at NCHS this fall.

School Counselors recommend that all members of the JUNIOR class take the PSAT as preparation for the SAT that is taken the following spring. This is also the qualifying exam for the National Merit Scholarship Program for juniors.

Please contact your school counselor for help determining if your SOPHOMORE is ready to take the PSAT. Sophomores who are ready and interested in taking an initial PSAT can sit for the test being offered at New Canaan High School on Saturday, October 15, 2022. Sophomores may register for the test by visiting the above registration site.

Our door is open! If you have any questions or concerns at the start of the school year, please stop by the counseling suite. See Mrs. Poccia, the Guidance receptionist to sign in and she will direct you to your counselor’s office. Remember that during the lunch periods, you can drop in without an appointment.

The NC Rams All Sports Booster Club supports all New Canaan High School athletic programs. We raise and distribute funds to provide necessary athletic program components which are above and beyond those provided by the NCHS athletic budget and assures equity of resources for all CIAC-recognized sports. Each year, the Club funds additional coaches for every team, raising the skillset and abilities of all athletes.

More than 70% of all NCHS students participate in school athletics in any given year. For these students, athletics are an integral part of the educational process. Through athletic participation, students learn teamwork, work ethic, time management and a responsibility to others.

JOIN NOW
https://www.ncrams.com/boosterclub

NCHS's Fall Musical is going to be Tuck Everlasting.

Auditions will be held from Wednesday, Sep 7 through Friday, Sep 9. Please arrive early to fill out your audition form (know your conflicts) and stretch. 

Wednesday will be the dance call from 3:00 - 6:00pm. You need to be dressed and ready to dance by 3:00pm. Thursday we will sing from 3:00 -6:00pm in the auditorium! Please prepare 1-2 minutes (a verse and chorus) of a contemporary musical theatre song and bring your sheet music with you in a binder. 

Friday callbacks will be from 3:00 - 7:00pm. This production is reserved for our 9th and 10th grade students. You should plan to be at all three days of auditions. See you there!  

EVENT LOCATION: NCHS Auditorium

Come audition for our fall play, Take Her, She's Mine. Auditions are Thursday Sep 1 from 3:00 - 6:00pm in the NCHS Auditorium with callbacks on Friday Sep 2 from 3:00 - 7:00pm. 

Please come early to fill out your audition form (bring your calendar with conflicts) and prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary, comedic monologue. This production is directed by Broadway's Jodi Stevens!!!

EVENT LOCATION: NCHS Auditorium 

After her newspaper column “Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone” landed her on NPR, Fox News and everywhere in between, Lenore Skenazy wrote Free-Range Kids, the book-turned-movement. Lenore has been profiled in The New Yorker, hosted the reality show “World’s Worst Mom,” and has lectured everywhere from Disney to Microsoft to schools across the country. She will join us in New Canaan to share, through her unique lens, why and how we can let our kids go and help them grow. 

Please click the link to register for the event: https://newcanaancares.org/event/freerangekids/

EVENT LOCATION: Saxe Auditorium

Filling in the Blanks fights childhood hunger by providing children in need with meals on the weekends; supporting 87 schools across 10 towns in CT & NY. Every year they deliver a new gift-filled backpack to the kids in their program. Kids use this backpack year-round to transport their Weekend Meal Bags home. 

How you can help: 

1. Host a Holiday Backpack Drive and/or purchase an item from Filling in the Blanks’ Amazon Wishlist. 

2. Host a fundraiser with proceeds benefitting our Amazon Wishlist most needed items. 

Donation Deadline: October 28th, 2022 For more information on FITB, please visit: https://www.fillingintheblanks.org/holiday-backpacks  

Join us for the 6th Annual Community Addiction Awareness Vigil in downtown New Canaan, complete with our Remembrance and Resource Walls, authentic speakers, and a candlelight vigil with local faith leaders.

EVENT LOCATION: 6 South Avenue, New Canaan