Newsletters
Read the Back to School, August, 2025 Edition of the Highlander Times newsletter!
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Quick Info
- Report a Student Absence. Please visit the SHS Communities page and call your student's Community direct line or email the Community Administrative Assistant to report any student absences. Communities are organized by the first initial of the last name.
- Breakfast and Lunch Menus. All students receive free breakfast and lunch. Breakfast service begins at 7:15 a.m.
- SHS Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 7:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. During these hours, you can obtain work permits and request transcripts.
- Students received free MBTA passes for the 2024–2025 school year. Learn more.
- SFLC School-Based Family Liaisons: Nehemie St. Louis (Haitian Creole/English), Jayr Frenandes (Portuguese) 617-625-6600 x611045, Ashley Chacon (Spanish) x611047
- School Nurses: 2023–2024 SHS Nurses are Terri Emens (617-625-6600 x611062) and Maria Tully (617-625-6600 x611061). School Nursing. SHIP Program nurse Carli Eldridge x611063.
- CHA Somerville Teen Connection
- Work Permits: Please fill out the Youth Employment Permit Application and follow the instructions. Find an overview of the process here.
- Log in to X-2 Aspen to find student-specific schedules. (Parents and Guardians are invited to log in for up-to-date information about their student's academic progress.) Check out the universal SHS Daily Schedule.
- Tech Support: Students having problems with their Chromebook or with technology, please visit the SPS Parent / Guardian Technology Support Website.
- For school student information, contacts, numbers, and essential SPS school links, download your community's informational sheet here: Beacon, Broadway, Elm, Highland. Each sheet includes English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole.
- SHS Library Website: https://sites.google.com/view/shs-library/home. Destiny Library Catalog: https://somerville.follettdestiny.com.
- Join a Club! View the Clubs List.
- Volunteer Coordinator: Nehemie S.t Louis
- Transcript Requests and Education Verifications: Fill out the Somerville High School Transcript & Education Verification Request Form
- SHS School Improvement Council Information
- Visit the Safe Routes to School page for information about cycling and walking around Somerville.
- Tours for prospective students and families. To inquire about a tour, please fill out the request form. Please note–SHS tours are for prospective students and families only.
New student information
If you are new to Somerville Public Schools, click this link for more general information about Somerville High School.
Accreditation Process
The Somerville High School leadership team and the Somerville Public Schools district are pleased to announce that Somerville High School was granted formal accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) in June 2025. Among the achievements outlined in the report are an investment in work-based learning through the school’s CTE curriculum, alignment of ELA and world language studies across all high school grade levels, development of a comprehensive Tier 1 resource and student support guide, fostering a safe school climate, and effective use of technology and digital literacy. The report also highlighted access to academic honors and AP courses, as well as dual enrollment opportunities.
- Accreditation Report
- NEASC Overview
- SHS to Seek Accreditation from New England Association of Schools and Colleges
- NEASC Commission on Public Schools Report of the Visiting Team for Somerville High School
Somerville High School Building Project
- Watch a video about the new building: SHS Building for Lifetime Learning
- Take an online tour of the new Somerville High School building.
- SHS Building Project Update
- Learn about the new building's Educational Plan in this informational video.
- Visit the SHS Building Project website to learn all about this project.
- Watch construction in real-time through time-lapse photography.
Leadership
Contact Somerville High School: Main Office 617-629-5250. Marie Connolly or Irma Calderon.
Somerville High School regularly reports demographic and student progress data to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). This data is used to develop the annual No Child Left Behind progress report card for Somerville High School. The 2024 Somerville High School report card is available on the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website.
Donate to the Somerville High School Scholarship Foundation.
