Lots of stuff going on this week (and in the coming weeks)! Thanks in advance for paying attention to all these details!
First, some congratulations! The Banking Program competed at the state competition this week at the Federal Reserve and came home with a state championship in Product Development and a second place finish in Marketing. Congratulations both to Joan at Charles River Bank and her committed group of students for a job well done!
Also, the Science Olympiad won the Regional championship, and after competing last week at Framingham State and the state championship, finished in the top 25 of school's in the state. Congratulations to Mr. Hoek, Ms. Pereira, and Ms. Colace for their efforts with the Science O!
The Medway Clean Sweep is rapidly approaching. It will be held on the morning of Saturday, April 27, from 8:00-11:00 a.m. We will have a number of student groups involved, and they will be assigned to different areas of the town to assist with the town-wide cleanup, which is in coordination with the Town administration and Medway300. Club advisors have been on top of getting their organizations involved, and we hope to have many of them (and everyone) around town to assist.
The four areas our students will be coordinating are:
Zone 2 - Coffee/Ellis Streets: Project Green/TADA
Zone 3 - Highland/Oak Streets: Class of 2016
Zone 4 - Lovering/Adams Streets: NHS/Peer Counselors
Zone 5 - Oakland/North Streets: Student Government/Leos
Please feel free to bring a set of gloves, a broom, or a rake to help out!
Secondly, get ready for the Arts Weekend, which will be here May 11 and 12. Save the date!
Field Trips
The weather is getting warmer, and the days brighter. With that, there have been more field trips being requested.
Already on the calendar (or tentatively on the calendar):
April 23: Ms. Aigler - BioTech Field Trip, Periods E&F only to Waste Water Treatment Plant
April 25: Mr. Collins - Junior Honors and Accelerated classes - Medway Community Farm
May 3: Freshman Class- Six Flags Physics Trip
May 3: Ms. Cecchi - journalism classes/Newspaper club
May 7: Ms. Guilfoil - student leadership day for SADD at Boston State House
May 20: Mr. Andreoni, Mr. Rojee, Ms. Ryan- Sophomore AP History/Junior AP Language - Newport Field Trip
Other trips that are pending: The entire junior class hopes to attend a screening of The Great Gatsby, which will likely happen in the Bellingham theater. A date will be forthcoming.
SENIOR EXAMS
We haven't posted this yet, but the senior exam schedule is looking like:
May 21: A,B; Followed by CDE
May 22: C,D; Followed by EFG
May 23: E,F; Followed by GAB
May 24: G, MU.
On May 24, the makeup will be an A block for the rest of the building, followed by BCD. Everything thus meets during the week.
If there are any extenuating circumstances, seniors should have those approved in advance.
SENIOR WEEK
Here's the schedule for the Senior Week activities, which is not quite set in stone. We would love to see many of you at graduation on June 2!
Tuesday, 5/28, a.m.: Senior Class Outing @ Hampton Beach
Tuesday, 5/28, p.m.: Movie Night - hopefully on Hanlon Field
Wednesday, 5/29, a.m.: Cap and Gown Distribution, Graduation Rehearsal
Wednesday, 5/29, p.m.: Scholarship Night
Thursday, 5/30, a.m.: Homeroom Competition and BBQ
Friday, 5/31: Class Day
Sunday, 6/2: Graduation
We will send more details as they are available, particularly about the location and place for the Superlative Night.
We will be meeting with the Class Officers and have brought up the decision for an indoor graduation (as predetermined, and not as a rain site). We will hopefully have a decision on that very soon.
SCHEDULING
Great job this week by all teachers and in particular the counselors on getting all three grades of students in and out of the labs for course registration. We have most of our tallies in, and will hopefully be able to start the process of determining what will meet next year.
The middle schoolers will be concluding their inputs very soon. As that happens, we will have a more full idea of what will be running and who will be teaching what. After that, it will be a little bit easier to make determinations of what the schedule will look like.
MCAS FOR MAY
The MCAS in Math is scheduled for May 13 and 14, which will be a Day 1 and 2 in the schedule, respectively. Because the sophomores will miss similar periods those days, and because the AP US History test is being given on May 15, we will be adjusting the sequence of periods those days to allow C block to meet, as it will be compromised both days and the sophomores in AP history are the only sophomores to be testing on 5/15.
Monday, May 13 will remain a Day 1; the schedule sequence will be A-B-E-D-C-F.
Tuesday, May 14 will remain a Day 2; the schedule sequence will be B-D-F-E-C-G.
Handbook Committee
We will be having an annual Handbook Committee looking at some policies and procedures, as well as some changes to the Handbook. Some tentative dates will be set very soon, ideally by the end of next week, for a quick process of 2-3 meetings. Agenda items will be provided. Be on the lookout!
LINK OF THE WEEK: Not to pat ourselves on the back, but Medway shows up twice on this link of the top 60 Twitter accounts in Massachusetts!
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