September 2025 Dates:

9 Picture Day for students and staff

10 Early Release: students are dismissed at 10:45am

10 School Board mtg

12 Add/Drop ends for High School

15 7th grade trip to YMCA leave at 8:15am Team Rangely

16 7th grade trip to YMCA leave at 8:15 Team Acadia

24 Early Release day; students are dismissed at 10:45

25 Olympia Snowe Leadership Field Trip for involved students

26 Middle School Homecoming Dance 6-8

29-Oct 3 Homecoming Week

Oct 1 Homecoming Bonfire

Oct. 4 High School Homecoming Dance 7-9

Oct. 7 Aspirations Day

Oct. 9 Parent Teacher Conferences

Oct. 9 PSAT for students who sign up

Oct. 10 No School

Hello to the amazing families of Cony,

Welcome back to school! We are thrilled to have students back at school and look forward to a great school year.

We have an Early Release Days Wednesday, Sept. 10th and Wednesday, September 24th this month. Students are dismissed at 10:45am.

Aspirations Day is scheduled for Tuesday, October 7th.  All grade levels will be doing aspirations events.  We intentionally plan these important dates to help students figure out what they want to do with their life. Over the six years that we have students at Cony, students participate in 12 aspirations day. Each grade level has programming geared for their level. Aspirations Days count as a school day. We appreciate your support for these days.

Parent Teacher Conference-We are hosting Parent Teacher Conferences on Thursday, October 9th from 4:00-7:30.  We sent out a survey this summer to families asking their opinions about the format of our parent teacher conferences.  The survey asked 1 question and then asked for feedback.  The question was what is your preferred format for Parent Teacher Conferences.  We had 129 responses.  Of the 129, 53.5% of respondents wanted in-person conferences and 46.5% wanted virtual conferences.  The 2nd question asked for feedback. The feedback was clear that families don't like the gym format as we have done in the past. We had a lot of suggestions to utilize both formats for families.  Based on the feedback, we will have both formats for families both in-person in classrooms or virtual/phone.  We will continue to use PTCfast.com for sign ups. Parents/Guardians can state whether they want in-person conferences in teacher's classrooms or virtually through the phone or zoom in that document.

Please know that we have weekend food bags in the health suite that students can sign up for.  This gives students an opportunity to get food for the weekend. We also have a Cony grocery in the main office.  Students who need support for food have access to this venue. Also, if your student needs clothing, we have the Community Closet filled clothing for our students. Students should see the guidance or health suite for access to these programs.

Athletics Newsletter - September, 2025

Welcome back everyone! HS sports are closing in on their season openers on Sept. 4 & 5 (golf has already opened their season) and teams are looking good! Below are the home openers for each team:

Girls Soccer - Sept. 4 at 3:00 on Fuller Field

Field Hockey - Sept. 4 at 6:30

Boys Soccer - Sept. 5 at 3:30

Volleyball - Sept. 6 at 11:00am

Golf - Sept. 8 at 3:30 at Natanis

Football - Sept. 12 v. Brunswick at 7:00

XC - Sept. 26 at 4:00

MS sports parent/player info night was held on Sept. 2 at 6:00. First day of practice for soccer and FH will be on Sept. 4, XC will begin on Sept. 5. Please contact MS AD Nasya Monroe for more info at nasya.monroe@augustaschools.org.

Hello and welcome back from the Guidance Office! We have been busily settling into the school year! We look forward to another year of partnering with our students and their families!  As a reminder, if you would like to speak with your student’s counselor, here is the list of who to contact:

Middle School:

Shawn Johnson sjohnson@augustaschools.org

High School:

Last Names A-E Heidi Mills heidi.mills@augustaschools.org  

**Mrs. Mills is on maternity leave. We are fortunate to have Michelle Michaud joining us as her long term sub. Her email is mmichaud@augustaschools.org.

FOR SENIORS: While Mrs. Mills is out on maternity leave, Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Richardson will gladly assist you with college applications and transition plans beyond high school. Students with last names A-B will work with Mrs. Russell and C-E will work with Mrs. Richardson. 

Last Names F-O Beth Russell bethany.russell@ausustaschools.org

Last Names P-Z Laura Richardson laura.richardson@augustaschool.org

In addition to School Counselors we have the following staff members who support our students

School Clinicians:

Tony Veit anthony.veit@augustaschools.org

Donna Knights (Kelly) donna.kelly@augustaschools.org

Career Specialist Lisa Plourde lisa.plourde@augustaschools.org

Reintegration Specialist Carly Wiggin carly.wiggin@augustaschools.org

Important Upcoming Dates:

PSAT AND SAT TESTING INFORMATION:

PSAT Sign Up DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 FREE for students; PSAT Testing Date OCTOBER 22, 2025

ASPIRATIONS DAY OCTOBER 7, 2025

SATs

SAT Sign Up DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 22, 2025; SENIOR SAT TEST OCTOBER 15, 2025 

Senior Parents and Guardians:

Senior Letters to parents and their senior will be mailed by October 1, 2025. The letters will include graduation,  individual credit and academic information. Please be sure to encourage your senior to meet with their School Counselor to discuss their upcoming future plans.

MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS: 

Middle School has started and we are settling into the new year. The 8th grade has started their last year of middle school on a great foot and are doing well. The 7th grade has begun the year learning how everything works and also are settling well. Please call or email me if you have any middle school questions that I can help you with.

Hello families,

As a reminder, we have a school nurse Ms. Roberts who is in the Health suite. Parents/Guardians can opt in for your student to be a part of our School Based Health Clinic. We have Nurse Practitioners who are at Cony for 15 hours per week.

In addition, please be sure that your student's immunizations are up-to-date for next year.

Please share any new Actions plans for your student for the next year from their primary care (Asthma, Diabetes, allergies, Seizures)

Please share your student's medications if they need to be administered at school (see below)

All parental requests must be accompanied by a written order from the student’s health care provider substantiating the fact that the administration of a particular medication during the school day is necessary for the student’s health and attendance in school. Such order must include:The student’s name; The name of the medication; The dose; The route of administration (e.g., tablets, liquid, drops); and Time intervals for administration (e.g., every four hours, before meals); Any special instructions; and The name of the prescribing health care provider.

Please know that it is the responsibility of the school nurse to clarify any medication order that they believe to be inappropriate or ambiguous. In accordance with Department of Education Rule Chapter 40 § 2(B), the school nurse may decline to administer a medication if they believe such administration would jeopardize student safety. In this case, the school nurse must notify the parent, the student’s health care provider and the school administrator (i.e., building principal or designated administrator).

Written parental permission requests/forms and health care provider orders must be renewed at least annually. Health care provider orders must be renewed whenever there are changes in the order.

Thank you so much for sharing your students with us.

We are looking forward to highlighting some of our outstanding students in the upcoming months!