• Throughout this year, Spanish students prepared various murals to celebrate Latin and Hispanic culture within the school. We celebrated Hispanic History Month, Black History Month, Spanish International Language Day, and other projects. This week, we created the mural "Un verano en Cabo Bacalao" (A Summer in Cape Cod) in which the Spanish IV Honors students designed posters in Spanish about activities and information on the different towns of the Cape. All these projects were possible thanks to Miss Wheaton. She has always been there facilitating and supporting the preparation of the posters. Miss Wheaton has shown incredible patience and has been a key part of the mural creation process. Thank you Sarah for your UNWAVERING support this year. -Profe Berbeo

Even though we are ending our school year next week, students have several opportunities to find eBooks, newspapers, magazines, comics, and digital audiobooks this summer using resources they have learned about this year.

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 student school email and password to log in.

Additionally, with a Boston Public Library eCard, Massachusetts residents have access to thousands of digital titles. For more information, visit the Boston Public Library Resources Page on our library website.

Last, but certainly not least, our public libraries have a great selection of books and are offering programs geared toward teens.

Have a great summer filled with lots of reading!

Ms. Wheaton

Monomoy Regional High School recently honored students in a variety of categories, bestowing Department Awards and Junior Book Awards to members of the Class of 2025.

Department Awards
The Department Awards are chosen by the Instructional Leaders for those juniors who have demonstrated excellence in the classroom. Each department at MRHS recognizes Grade 11 students who have made an impression within that department. The Instructional Leaders, along with their colleagues, proudly recognize the following students who go above and beyond in the classroom.

World Language

• Excellence in Latin: Hillevi Segerson and Fiona Moore
• Excellence in French: Yssel Rivas Batista
• Excellence in Spanish: Jericah Dujua
• Excellence in Mandarin: Emily Layton and Kassandra Cruz
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Science and Technology

• Excellence in Biology: Hillevi Segerson
• Excellence in Chemistry: Anna Borzilleri
• Excellence in Physics: Jake Giorgio
• Excellence in Computer Technology: Amaud Pryce
  
  

Social Studies

• Excellence in History: Aubrey Schneeberger
• Excellence in History: Jason Elhilow
  
  

Math

• Lucy Bates
• Ryan Laramee

English

• Critical Thinking: Emily Layton
• Perseverance: Amaud Pryce and Anna Borzilleri
• Passion: Hillevi Segerson
• Communication: Jason Elhilow
• Challenge: Ella Robinson
  
  

Visual and Performing Arts

• Digital Media: Ashleigh Bourgea
• Excellence in Visual Arts: Lilly Furman
• Excellence in Instrumental Music: Ben McGrath
• Excellence in Choral Music: Leyla Holmes
• Excellence in Theater Performance: Chloe Thompson
• Excellence in 3-Dimensional Art: Isabella Bellefeuille
• Excellence in Ceramics: Scarlett O'Malley
  
  

Wellness

• Bobbi Rose Brown
  
  

Culinary

• Yssell Rivas Batista
  
  

Junior Book Awards
The Junior Book Awards are given to students who are in the top of their class with respect to their academic standings and GPA. Colleges present the awards each year to 11th-grade students in recognition of their outstanding academic accomplishments, dedication to learning, leadership, school involvement, and community service.

• Lucy Bates – Harvard University
• Ryan Laramee – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Emily Layton – Yale University
• Aubrieta Schneeberger – Dartmouth College
• Hillevi Segerson – Brown University
• Jericah Dujua – Tufts University
• Niko Vujosevic – Notre Dame University
• Kassandra Cruz – Wellesley College
• Maya Jones – Smith College
• Tamer Khalil – St. Michael's College
• Adelaide Thonus – St. Michael's College
• Justin Barr – Suffolk University
• Bella Bellefeuille – University of Vermont
• Sophia Cohrs – Worcester Polytechnic University
• Hannah Sullivan – Endicott College

Congratulations to all!

Throughout this year, Grade 10 students from MRHS and Grade 6 students from MRMS have been meeting for mentoring, friendship, and connection as part of Project 10/6! This program was facilitated by educators Cheri Armstrong, Jena Chase, Caroline Freitas, and Candace Wolcott, and supported by the Chatham Women's Club and Behavioral Health Innovators.

Congratulations to the following students for placing first, second, and third (Honorable Mention) in the Annual Animal Welfare Club's Animal Photo Contest!!

• First place: Arden Gingras and his cat, Apollo
• Second place: Stella Seufert, and her dog, Peanut
• Honorable Mention: Ashleigh Bourgea and her cat, Bella

Arden and Stella won gift cards to Dunkin!! Both the student and faculty winners are on display upstairs near the top of the Main Street staircase.

A large donation of pet food was delivered to the Animal Rescue League on behalf of the student and faculty submissions.

Don't have time to visit in person?

Click the link below to review the tracks & application process:

VPA Independent Study Tracks & Applications

Make a copy of the application, fill it out, and share it with your mentor teacher, anewcomb@monomoy.edu, and your guidance counselor for final approval by June 17th.

Yearbooks have arrived! And there are only 12 yearbooks left for sale!

Purchases can be made via cash or check (made out to: MRSD).

• Yearbooks are $90 each.
• Please forward payment to the Main Office with attention to Katie Francesconi, Yearbook Advisor.
• Once payment is received, the order will be entered in our system manually and a receipt will be sent.

Please reach out if you have any questions: Katie Francesconi (kfrancesconi@monomoy.edu) or (mrhsyearbook@monomoy.edu)

It is hard to believe but it is time for the Class of 2025 to start taking their senior portraits for the yearbook! Currently, we have the two June appointment dates open. More appointment dates will open up as portrait days are finished. So after the June portrait dates have occurred you can then login to see the July dates, etc!

Please read the attached Senior Yearbook Checklist & Senior Portrait Dates for some helpful information as well as portrait dates this summer. Sign up information is below:

SIGNING UP FOR YOUR SENIOR PORTRAIT:

• Go to www.prestigeportraits.com
• Enter your senior portrait code (see below for info!)
• Choose your senior portrait date and time

YOUR SENIOR PORTRAIT CODE:

• Your code will be mailed to you via Lifetouch/Prestige Portraits
• You can also sign up by entering the name of our school and then your name!
• Or, email Mrs. Francesconi at kfrancesconi@monomoy.edu and I will email you your code to sign up!

Please contact Mrs. Francesconi with any questions: kfrancesconi@monomoy.edu

2021 graduate, Megan Montiero, has made the Patriots Cheerleading Squad! Read more about her experience here in the Cape Cod Chronicle article, Monomoy Grad Montiero Ready For Patriots Cheerleading Debut by Brad Joyal: https://capecodchronicle.com/articles/1136/view

Special recognition goes out to Thomas and Joseph for their participation and for representing Monomoy among many of the developing young leaders of the world.

Thomas attended the three day Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Conference- Massachusetts Chapter- at Bentley University. The mission of MAHOBY is to inspire and develop our global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation. Learn more about HOBY here

Joseph attended the three day MassSTAR Youth Leadership Conference held at Lasell University. This event sponsored by the MA Youth Leadership Foundation provides outstanding high school students with the skills, opportunities, and inspiration to affect positive change in their communities. Our vision is a world where young people embody citizenship through service and leadership in their communities. Learn more about MassStar here

In addition, Junior- Chace Robbins, a delegate at last year’s MassStar conference, returned for another year, serving as a program ambassador. Chase has made some close friends through his MassSTAR experience and has epitomized “giving back” as demonstrated by his volunteerism at the recent conference. Go Chace!

Joseph and Thomas shared similar reflections on their respective seminars.Joey stated “I learned a lot about citizenship and what actually defines a citizen and how we can all make an impact on our own communities back home. I am very glad I decided to accept the invitation because I made so many memories and friends that I will remember for the rest of my life”. Thomas shared that “This experience is something that has changed my perspective on leadership forever. Being able to be surrounded by like-minded people who wanted to make change in the community is awesome, and I am very appreciative for the time I spent at this seminar. I definitely recommend getting involved in the community, and help be the change you want to see in the world.” Chase, Thomas and Joseph are impressive young men to say the least!

Dear Grandparents, Aunts/Uncles, Neighbors, Foster Parents and those providing Kinship Care,

Please feel free to reach out to Cape Cod Foster Closet at (508)514-7125 or info@CapeCodFosterCloset.org for more information on the many types of support available to families. Whether it’s back-to-school clothes, shoes or other items, they have a large selection of new free items that to share within the community. Please see the attachment at the bottom of Friday Focus for more information.

TWITTER: @MonomoyGuidance

INSTAGRAM: @MonomoyGuidance

Wishing you health and safety,

The MRHS Counseling Team

On Monday June 10, Monomoy Regional High School held its Spring Sports Awards Night. We had a great night honoring our spring student athletes and teams. The following are some highlights from the night.

The April and May Scholar Athletes of the Month were recognized. The Scholar Athletes for the month of April were Susannah Brown and Tamer Khalil. The Scholar Athletes for the month of May were Isabella Bellefeuille and Gareth Vos.

Two seniors were recognized for winning Scholar Athlete of the Year at Convocation. They were Susannah Brown and Paul Carlson.

Nineteen triple crown awards were given out to athletes who lettered in all three seasons this school year. The list is pictured with the sports they played:

The following teams were recognized for their Cape and Islands League Championships

• Softball
• Girls Tennis
• Girls Golf
• Boys Lacrosse
  
  

We honored four of our student athletes as Cape and Islands League MVP’s.

• AJ Gates for Softball
• Tatiana Malone for Girls Tennis
• Tamer Khalil for Boys Lacrosse
• Finn Hyora for Baseball

The following student athletes were Cape and Islands All Stars:

• Baseball: Finn Hyora, Casey Huse, Chace Robbins, Reign Stephens, Gareth Vos
• Softball: AJ Gates, Lily Furman, Willa Leighton, Kiley Mawn, Alana Lojko, Kate Huse
• Girls Lacrosse: Karah Deveau, Victoria Letendre, Susannah Brown, Emma Burnie, Karlie Monteiro, Ileana Babes-Deel
• Boys Lacrosse: Tamer Khalil, Braeden Darling, Max Barrett, Joey McKeen, Jake Giorgio, Jed Zimmerman
• Boys Tennis: Ryan Casey, Roman Pavluchenko, Gavin McDonnell
• Girls Tennis: Tatiana Malone, Lily Gould, Henadi Rezk
• Sailing: Abigail Considine
• Boys Track: Alique Brown
• Girls Track: Varvara Conley
• Girls Golf: Ava Packett, Yu Ying Zou, Ava Larocco, Emily Layton, Sally Watson

As we look forward to summer it starts the planning for fall! High School and Middle School Fall Sports Registrations are open and available at Arbiter Registration/Family ID.

Here is what you need to know if you are planning on playing a fall sport.

High School Fall Sports Information
1. Football practices begin 8/16/24; All other fall sports begin 8/19/24
2. All student-athletes must be registered on Family ID/Arbiter Registration prior to the first practice/tryout.
3. All student-athletes must have an up to date physical on file with the school nurse or our Head Athletic Trainer, Taylor Sliney prior to the first practice/tryout.
4. All student-athletes must have an up to date ImPACT Test with Taylor prior to the first practice/tryout. Students may sign up with Taylor during Jawsome during the month of June.
5. All student-athletes must take and submit the certificate to Taylor for the Concussion in Sports course and Implicit Bias course. Both are free at nfhslearn.com.
6. All fall student-athletes and their parents/caretakers must attend High School Meet The Fall Coaches night on Monday August 12th at 6:00pm in the MRHS Auditorium. Specific practice and game information will be available at this meeting.

Middle School Fall Sports Information
1. All middle school fall sports practices begin Monday September 9th.
2. All student-athletes must register on Family ID/Arbiter Registration prior to the first practice/tryout.
3. All student-athletes must have an up to date physical on file with the school nurse prior to the first practice/tryout.
4. All fall student-athletes and their parents/caretakers should attend Middle School Meet The Fall Coaches night on Wednesday September 4th at 6:00pm in the MRMS Auditorium.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the athletic office.Best of luck as you wrap up the school year and have a great summer!

Karen Guillemette, CAA
Director of Athletics

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