Friday, April 12, 2013

Weekly News and Notes

April vacation is here! Serenity now!


Hope that all of you find serenity, wherever you may be! (But don't bottle up too much anger!)

This Week!

There were so many great things happening this week around the building - awesome projects, collaboration, hard work. Not that this week was different from many, but there was definitely many positive happenings. We appreciate that everyone tolerated the smell of vinegar from Mr. Hoek's classes' experiments. A video of one of their assignments is just below. The excitement those students brought to the project was palpable - and they were so proud of what they had accomplished. Awesome work, Frank!

Frank's Students' Video #1 and #2;

Some of you were also fortunate enough to see Mr. Christie's students' interpretation of The Importance of Being Earnest, which was cleverly adapted to Medway circa 2013. In the coming weeks, we hope that many of you will be able to help out with a number of projects, even as spectators, including Ms. Pereira's awesome forensic projects, and Mr. Jacobs' classes trial of Victor Frankenstein. There are many, many wonderful things going on in the classrooms - too many to list here - but if you want to make sure we stop by to get a log or observation of it, just ask!

On top of that, Jon Jasinski's band is up for a WMRC Regional Award. Look for Songs For Ceilidh on #11 - Best Local Ethnic Act and  Click here to vote!


AFL-CIO Scholarship Winners

We are pleased to announce that two graduating seniors who took the 55th Annual Massachusetts AFL-CIO Scholarship exam won scholarships!

Amanda Trainor won the UAPP Local 12 Golf Tourney Scholarship in the amount of $4000!
Jayel Gervais won the LIUNA Local 88 Scholarship in the amount of $1000!

Congratulations!

Special Schedules and Info

Expect to see information on the Math and Science MCAS, Graduation, Senior Week, and Senior Exams when you return after the week of graduation, as well as more details on the evaluation process for those of you who need to schedule appointments/conferences, both formative and summative. Let us know if you have questions!

Foreign Trips

Thanks to  all our chaperones who spent the April vacation week with students abroad - it is a daunting task to travel across the world with a group of students, and we look forward to hearing about all the excitement of these trips. Hope to see lots of pictures!

Again, have a pleasant and restful week, complete with lots of serenity!

Links of the Week:

Fifteen cool examples of new technology in education


This week's list of resources includes a great article on "Ten Commandments for Educators." My two favorite involving inspiring kids to get gritty and to fail - because taking risks are what's necessary. Click here for the full issue.







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