Anna LaRowe, grade 11, Primavera, mixed media
(See ART DEPARTMENT NEWS below)
THIS WEEK:
March 4 - Day 4 B-A-Flex-G-E
March 5 - Day 5 C-B-D-F-G
March 6 - Day 6 E-A-Flex-C-F
March 7 - Day 7 A-B-D-G-E
March 8 - Day 8 B-Flex-D-C-F
LOOKING AHEAD:
March 11 - Day 1 C-A-Flex-E-G
March 12 - HALF DAY A-G (11:10 dismissal)
March 13 - Day 2 E-B-D-G-F
March 14 - Day 3 A-Flex-D-F-C
March 15 - Day 4 B-A-Flex-G-E
NOTABLE DATES:
March 5 - HS PTO Meeting 7-8pm
March 6 - Teacher Conference appointment scheduler opens at 12:00 PM: https://pickatime.com/medfieldhighschool/Spring2024
HELPFUL INFORMATION:
- If you are having trouble accessing your ASPEN account - email aspenhelp@email.medfield.net for assistance.
- Check out the Medfield High School FAQs Center for information regarding our HS Schedule, School Calendars, Bell Schedules, Technology, and more!
- Here is the 23-24 HS Monthly Bell Schedule for your reference. Please check it regularly as information may change.
- 2023-2024 MPS District Calendar
- Class dues ($20/year) can be paid online via the MySchoolBucks portal. Please check your account for outstanding invoices.
MHS WARRIORS ADVANCE!
The MIAA Tournament continues!
Tuesday, March 5:
MIAA D3 Boys Basketball Round of 16
Medfield (#6) hosts Martha's Vineyard (#11)
5:00 pm - Medfield High School Gym
MIAA D2 Girls Basketball Round of 16
Medfield (#1) hosts Leominister (#17)
6:45 pm - Medfield High School Gym
Wednesday, March 6:
MIAA D3 Boys Hockey Round of 8
Medfield (#10) vs Shawsheen Valley Tech (#2)
7:30 pm - Loring Arena - Framingham
Congratulations to the MHS Theatre Society cast and crew for their performances
of Puffs this past weekend!
HANDBOOK HIGHLIGHT #25
GUIDELINES FOR MAKING UP MISSED WORK DUE TO ABSENCE(S)
- Students are expected to submit classwork prior to an absence when possible and over the course of that absence. If this is not possible, the classwork is expected immediately upon return.
- Students missing class due to tardiness are responsible for submitting/completing work due that day. This includes projects, assignments, tests, and quizzes.
- Students missing class due to dismissal are responsible for submitting/completing required work to the teacher prior to leaving school. This includes projects, assignments, tests, and quizzes.
- ANTICIPATED ABSENCES: Students must coordinate with each individual teacher to obtain work being missed during the projected absence(s). For multi-day absences, students/parents/guardians should contact all teachers in advance to allow for planning and coordination. This includes school-sponsored trips as well.
- UNPLANNED ABSENCES: If a student is absent and was not able to coordinate with their teachers in advance or during the absence, the student is expected to do so immediately upon return to school, whether the class meets that day or not.
For more information, please visit the MHS Student Handbook.
FROM THE SCHOOL COUNSELING OFFICE
Personal Pathways Career and Training Fair:
Framingham Public Schools and Natick Public Schools are collaborating to host our Personal Pathways Career and Training Fair on the evening of March 12th. We are hosting organizations and businesses in order to spread awareness of the wide variety of career and training options available in today's job market. Metrowest students and families are invited to learn about a variety of postsecondary options beyond typical 4 year colleges.
Vendors from the following sectors will be represented:
Architecture and Construction & Trades
Arts A/V Technology and Communications
Education and Training
Employment Services
Health Science
Hospitality and Tourism
Human Services
Law Public Safety and Security
Military
Personal Services
Real Estate
STEM
Trade School/Community College
This event is open to the public.
EMPTY BOWLS IS BACK THIS YEAR!
For those who may be unfamiliar, Empty Bowls is a community event that combines pottery and food to raise money with proceeds benefiting the Medfield Food Cupboard.
Participants have a chance to take a pottery class where they will make a bowl, which will be used at the big event to eat out of. No time to make a bowl? No problem! You can join us in May and we will have bowls available for purchase. This year, we will be enjoying an Ice Cream Social with our handmade bowls on May 9th.
We have had a loyal crew of regulars the past few years, and we would love for more folks to get involved and join us...it is a lot of fun!
Please follow this link to sign up (or use the QR below) and feel free to reach out with any questions.
FROM THE PTO
FROM THE SENIOR FASHION SHOW COMMITTEE
Calling all underclassmen parents! We need volunteers to work the Senior Fashion Show so that the senior parents can watch the show. We also need donations of food and drinks for the concession stand (senior parents can help with this!). The Senior Fashion Show is one of the biggest fundraisers for the ANGP as well as it is a fun event for the senior class to participate in as they wind down their senior year. Thank you for your help!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BABA923A6FEC34-47880097-senior#/
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To all Senior parents and guardians:
TICKET SALES OPEN 7am March 5th CLICK HERE or visit www.medfieldangp.com
The Senior Fashion Show is a wonderful way for your Seniors to be celebrated by family and friends in the audience. It's a really low-key, fun event with zero pressure in what they wear. It's all about them having fun.
We'd love for all students in the class to participate.
March 23rd at 7pm
Seniors should sign up to join the fun here!
FROM THE ALL NIGHT GRAD PARTY
Parents from All Grades are welcome & needed to join us every or any Wednesday at 6pm-9pm in the Medfield High School Cafeteria.
We need folk to cut, paste, color-in or if you're creative - design things!
Please consider getting together with friends & come to our Wednesday Workshops to create the fun - not only for the Seniors but for yourselves too!!
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To All Senior Parents and Guardians:
The All Night Grad Party Committee (ANGP) are now in the thick of fundraising and planning the party of the year for your Seniors.
The only way we can make this happen is thanks to generous donations from the community & volunteer time.
PLEASE HELP IN ANY WAY YOU CAN.
The average cost per Senior for this 8 hour party, full of fun entertainment, food, & refreshments throughout the night is $200.
Please help our mission of keeping your kids SAFE while celebrating.
Thank you!
DONATE HERE and receive The Class of 2024 Car Magnet
ART DEPARTMENT NEWS
The Student Recognitions exhibit, sponsored by Mass Art Education Association, has selected five MHS student artworks to be included in a virtual exhibit. Submissions were reviewed from high schools throughout the state & juried for artistic skill & vision. The following student artworks will be featured in the exhibit, opening March 18, 2024.
Greta Krauss, grade 11, Duplicates, painting (upper left)
Bailey Mead, grade 12, New Day, mixed media (lower left)
Katie Turner, grade 12, Environmental Changes, mixed media (center)
Anna LaRowe, grade 11, Primavera, mixed media (lower right)
Emily Fratolillo, grade 11, Day in the Life, drawing (upper right)
MUSIC DEPARTMENT NEWS
Medfield High School Jazz Ensemble Earns Gold Medal at MAJE Festival
On Tuesday, February 27, 2024 the Medfield High School Jazz Ensemble performed at the Massachusetts Association for Jazz Education (MAJE) Central District Senior Jazz Festival at Nipmuc Regional High School in Upton, MA. Medfield was one of six high schools to perform in front of three adjudicators and they earned the highest rating of Gold at the awards ceremony. There were several featured soloists including: Lauren Barr, Marco Benson, Robert Cabezud, Abby Cartisser, Warren Churchill, Nathan DePaola, Sasha Mazurenko, Mason Pagio, Alexander Richards, Lukas Subacs and Nash Ten Hagen.
The Jazz Ensemble is excited to be performing in New Orleans in mid March.
ALSO:
Sasha Mazurenko (grade 11) was awarded the MVP award for the MAJE Central District Festival. This is a special award and is only presented to one student from amongst all of the six participating bands. Congratulations!!
SUPPORT THE THEATRE SOCIETY
SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES
We are excited to share information with you about the 2024 PREFACE Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute! PREFACE is a summer program for talented students who will be entering the 11th or 12th grade in the fall and who have been historically under-represented in science, engineering, and the technological fields, and who express a strong, early interest in pursuing careers in these areas. This year’s program will take place in-person, Sunday, July 28 through Saturday, August 10, 2024 (2 weeks), on the Rensselaer campus in Troy, NY.
Completed applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on April 19, 2024. Notifications will be made to accepted students in early May.
If you have questions about the program, please contact us at preface@rpi.edu.
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Gender Representation in Tech club GRiT is a student-led club at Concord Academy that organizes and hosts an annual tech conference designed to promote gender equity in the STEM world. While all individuals are welcome at this conference, our goal is to create an open space for female and genderqueer students to explore their interests in tech. We welcome all students grades 6 through 12 (ages 12-19), regardless of previous experience.
The 2024 GRiT conference will take place on April 20, 2024, from 1-3:30 pm at Concord Academy (166 Main St, Concord, MA 01742). The conference will consist of two workshop blocks with workshops hosted by CA alums and other non-males in the tech industry. Students will be able to choose the workshop they wish to attend through a form sent to them prior to the conference.
As examples of workshops, our 2023 conference hosted workshops regarding navigating the tech world as a WOC, an introduction to creating more accessible technology, how to use technology and psychology to discover your own work style, and more!
Free registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gender-representation-in-tech-conference-tickets-795423782947?aff=oddtdtcreator
For more information on this conference and previous conferences, please visit our website: https://sites.google.com/concordacademy.org/grit/home
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Get ready for the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse!
The eclipse may overlap with dismissal for many Massachusetts schools. We recommend preparing students to safely experience the eclipse. Comprehensive information related to the eclipse is available on our new eclipse resource site. Visit NASA’s website for comprehensive information about the eclipse.
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Ocean STEAM Powered Women Fellowship August 11-17, 2024: Applications Open!
The 2024 O-STEAM Fellowship is a collaboration between WHOI Sea Grant at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Sea Education Association.
BUILD CONFIDENCE IN STEAM! This fellowship aims to promote diversity and expose young women to a variety of careers in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM).
O-STEAM student fellows will work with a predominantly female team of researchers to explore a variety of STEAM-related activities. The team will explore challenges that are unique to women in science. In seeing themselves represented, our teens can gain a sense of belonging.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
We welcome students who are:
Interested in being in a female-identified space,
Current residents of and students in Massachusetts, and
Current high school sophomores and juniors
No experience required
FREE OPPORTUNITY
The fellowship award includes travel to and from Woods Hole, food, and accommodations. There is no cost to the participants.
LEARN MORE AT THE INFORMATION SESSION!
Have questions about the program? Get answers at our Zoom session on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at 6 p.m.Register for the Info Session
HOW TO APPLY Learn more about the fellowship and how to apply on the O-STEAM webpage. Applications are due by April 4, 2024. Notifications will be made by May 2024.
CONTACT Email Grace Simpkins, gsimpkins@whoi.edu, with any questions.
Save the date! Massachusetts Miss Amazing is coming to Medfield High School for its eleventh annual event! Join us in supporting this goal and giving girls and women with disabilities an opportunity to shine. Donations are greatly appreciated to fund this empowering event. To donate and support, go to our website. This is a full-day event on Saturday April 27th, and the show will be held in the Medfield High School Auditorium at 6 PM. If you want to volunteer with the event, you can sign up to be a buddy, half day volunteer (helping hand), or a right hand man online at ma.missamazing.org. If you know a girl or young woman who might want to participate in this event, refer them to the Miss Amazing website so they can learn more! See you there!
FROM SEPAC
Please mark your calendars for our spring Workshops & Parent Connection Groups:
3/12 NEW IEP Process with Director of Student Services Mary Bruhl, 7 pm, Blake Middle School Library. SEPAC Board meeting after.
3/19 Autism Spectrum Parent Connection Group - 7 pm Medfield Public Safety Building
3/20 Dyslexia + Language-Based Learning Disabilities - 7 pm Medfield Public Safety Building.
3/21 Down Syndrome Parent Connection Group, 11:30 am Medfield Public Library.
4/23 Executive Function with Ali Spidalieri, M.Ed BCBA, 7 pm, Blake Middle School Library. SEPAC Board meeting after.
Details are always available on our website and social media (FB & IG)! Our workshops and board meetings offer childcare, and a remote link can be made available if you'd like. Our workshops and board meetings are open to EVERYONE. You do not need a child on an IEP or 504 to attend. RSVP to SEPAC@email.medfield.net or by completing or RSVP form: https://forms.gle/SeeQg6Apmngad5dq7
Our parent connection groups are limited to parents and caregivers of children with the corresponding diagnosis. Please email sepac@email.medfield.net with questions or to join a group.
We hope to see you!
If you haven't taken a second yet to pre-order a yearbook copy now while supplies last, please do so ASAP. Luckily, the price has been frozen at $95 for the rest of this school year, which is a good deal since the final price has long been $100. Here is the ordering link.
CLICK HERE:
FOR OUR DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS!
COMMUNITY NOTICES
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https://www.medfield.net/o/medfield-public-schools/browse/103792
To submit items to the MHS WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE, please email Maura Fitzgerald at mfitzgerald@email.medfield.net by 8:00 AM on Monday mornings. If you would like to submit photos or flyers, please convert to .jpg files.
