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FRIDAY FOCUS
Monomoy Regional High School's Weekly Newsletter
Published: June 24th, 2022
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Final Exam Schedule & End-of-Year Information
FINAL EXAMS
Final exams will occur from Wednesday, June 22nd through Monday, June 27th. Please see the attached schedule. Wednesday, June 22nd is a FULL day of school. The remaining final exam days are HALF days. Buses depart by 12:00 PM on HALF days. The last day of school is Tuesday, June 28th.
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - (FINFEST!)
Our final day of school is scheduled for Tuesday, June 28th. It is a HALF day of school and we will hold our annual FinFest event on the turf. This is an expected day for students and we will run a shortened 7-block schedule to allow students to finalize any obligations. Please see the schedule below:
- A Block 8:45-9:05
- B Block 9:10-9:30
- C Block 9:35-9:55
- D Block 10:00-10:20
- E Block 10:25-10:45
- F Block 10:50-11:10
- G Block 11:15-11:35
OBLIGATIONS It is extremely important that all students fulfill their obligations before leaving on June 28th. All books/classroom materials should be turned in to classroom teachers. Please contact your child’s teacher with any questions or concerns relating to books or classroom materials. Other End of Year Student Obligations: Cafeteria Balances paid in full Athletic Equipment and uniforms turned in Library books returned Any outstanding balances need to be paid CHROMEBOOK POLICY Please read the full MRHS Chromebook Policy 2022 here. To help facilitate year-round learning, all students with a school-issued Chromebook will be allowed to take the device home for the summer.
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MRHS Grade 8 Silver Team honors students for Core Values
The faculty of the Monomoy Regional High School Grade 8 Silver Team today honored students who espoused the school’s Core Values of Critical Thinking, Perseverance, Challenge, Communication, and Passion.
The awards were given by each academic teacher on that team:
English, awarded by Ms. Barnes:
Critical Thinking: Sarah Groves
Perseverance: Lily Wryan
Challenge: Rea Christakis
Communication: Thomas Chase
Passion: McKenna Carchedi
Math, awarded by Mr. Negron
Critical Thinking: Patrick Jordan
Perseverance: Fainie Jean Baptiste
Challenge: Charlotte Skinner
Communication: Natalie Sims
Passion: Amalia DeCastro
Social Studies, awarded by Mr. Matheson:
Critical Thinking: Abigail Myer
Perseverance: Reese Eldridge
Challenge:Jayden Merriam
Communication: Chatham Gillis
Passion: Payton MacRoberts
Science, awarded by Ms. Picarello
Critical Thinking: Thomas Chase
Perseverance: Jonathan Sagesse
Challenge: Kyra Howard
Communication: Ella Baum
Passion: Arlo Danielson
The Grade 8 Blue Team will hold its awards on June 28, 2022.
Work Permits
Work permits may also be distributed at the Central Office in Chatham.
Library News
Even though we are ending our school year next week, you have several opportunities to find eBooks and digital audiobooks this summer.
Audiobook SYNC continues until August 17th. Every Thursday, AudioFile Magazine is giving away a thematic pair of audiobooks to everyone who signs up for the program. Visit the 2022 SYNC Audiobooks page on the library website to find out how to participate.
All of the books are yours for 98 years, but they do need to be checked out by the Wednesday of each week.
Our access to the thousands of eBooks and audiobooks in the Commonwealth eBook Collection is always available through Sora. We also have access to a few hundred eBooks and audiobooks through MackinVia. Both resources use your school email and password to login.
Have a great summer filled with lots of reading!
Ms. Wheaton
There are 5 yearbooks left for sale!
Please see Mrs. Francesconi in the Main Office with your payment to purchase your yearbook!
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Summer School Info
Attention Families: If your student would benefit from Credit Recovery during the summer you will receive a phone call and a letter home informing you of such.
SUMMER SCHOOL DATES:
The FIVE-WEEK schedule is as follows:
- July 12 through August 11th
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (Monday & Friday off)
- Session 1: 8:30-9:50
- Session 2: 10:10-11:30
More information will follow if this is relevant to your student (s)
PBS Documentary/"Hiding In Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness" a film by Ken Burns
"Mental illness is one of the most significant health crises in the world—as pervasive as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease—but it often exists in secret and is endured in isolation. It’s the place where sadness leaves off, and depression begins; where nervousness becomes anxiety; excitement becomes mania, and habit becomes addiction. It’s the place where simply living becomes painful.
It affects all ages, in families both rich and poor, healthy and dysfunctional. Trauma can be the trigger—from personal crises such as divorce and neglect to environmental disasters, racial injustice, and pandemics. Over time, the symptoms can progress, and lead to increasingly extreme behaviors—like eating disorders, self-harm, and thoughts of suicide.
The issues surrounding mental illness are extraordinarily complex. The risk factors are daunting, the economics bewildering, and the politics contentious. But the most important step—and often the most difficult one—is to start talking about it. Hiding in Plain Sight will bring that conversation into homes, schools, the workplace, and community organizations across the country.
The two-part, four-hour film follows the journeys of more than 20 young Americans from all over the country and all walks of life, who have struggled with thoughts and feelings that have troubled—and, at times—overwhelmed them. They share what they have learned about themselves, their families, and the world in which they live. Through first-person accounts, the film presents an unstinting look at both the seemingly insurmountable obstacles faced by those who live with mental disorders and the hope that many have found after that storm. In the process, they will directly confront the issues of stigma, discrimination, awareness, and silence, and, in doing so, support the ongoing shift in the public perception of mental illness today.
Executive produced by Ken Burns, co-directed by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers, produced by Julie Coffman, and written by David Blistein, Hiding in Plain Sight, the first film of Our Mental Health Crisis, premieres June 27-28, 2022. (4 hours)" from Ken Burns.com
https://kenburns.com/films/hiding-in-plain-sight-youth-mental-illness/
https://www.pbs.org/show/hiding-plain-sight-youth-mental-illness/
The Great Escape for Tweens & Teens
Calmer Choice is hosting a free, Day of Mindfulness for Tweens & Teens on Wednesday, June 29, 1:30 - 5:30 pm at Nové Yoga in West Dennis (Suggested ages: 11-13)
Anyone interested can register on the Calmer Choice website: https://calmerchoice.org/summer-series/the-great-escape
ASVAB Career Exploration Program Parent Q&A Meeting
Topic: ASVAB Career Exploration Program Parent/Student Q&A
Time: July 18, 2022 @ 6::00 PM Eastern Time
Time: August 15, 2022 @ 6::00 PM Eastern Time
Topic: Parent/Student Q&A
Join Zoom Meeting
https://www.zoomgov.com/j/16195452250?pwd=TTZFQUhlVWpFS0kwZWhZSGl3djBrdz09
Meeting ID: 161 9545 2250
Passcode: parent
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Wishing you health and safety,
The School Counseling Team
Caitlyn Hall, 8th Grade Counselor
Lindsay Ginnetty, A-F
Sean Burke, G-N
Jon Bennett, Instructional Leader, O-Z
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Website: https://www.monomoy.edu/Page/15
Location: 75 Oak Street, Harwich, MA, USA
Phone: 508-430-7200
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