Chelmsford Residents Attend Nashoba Tech Freshman Orientation

Nashoba Valley Technical High School welcomed 200 freshmen — the largest incoming freshman class in decades — and most of them attended a two-day orientation facilitated by this year’s group of 36 Kick-Off Mentors.

KOMs are juniors who are trained to coordinate and run orientation, and to act as mentors to the freshmen throughout the school year, helping them to acclimate themselves to the school and being available at all times to assist and answer questions.

Students are chosen to be KOMs by staff at the end of their sophomore year.

This year’s class of KOMs includes Chelmsford residents Chloe Adler-Mandile, Dennis Baker, Christopher Cassidy, Brendan Conley, Matthew Desrochers, Kyle Dionne, Jordan Forrest, Sabrina Reedy, Stephanie Santiago and Justin Uzzell.

(Photo: Nicholas Marcotte of Chelmsford, center, a freshman at Nashoba Tech, plays a game during the school’s recent Freshman Orientation that helps new students get to know each other.)