Weekly Update

Dear Masconomet Middle School Families,

I am happy to announce that we will hold our annual costume contest on Halloween, next Thursday, October 31! Students may dress up in a school appropriate costume and team teachers will pick a winner for each team for the best costume. I encourage students to have fun and participate! Who knows, maybe some of the teachers will dress up as well! Here are the costume guidelines:

• No weapons or props of any kind
• No masks or heavy face paint/make up may be worn - this includes any type of hat, hood, or wig that obstructs a student's face. Otherwise, hats/wigs are okay.
• No offensive/gory material of any kind.
• No inflatable costumes-students are not able to easily travel between classes or sit down.

Please see below for this week's updates.

Upcoming Dates

October 29 - MS Picture Retakes

October 30 - MS Parent Teacher Conferences, 2:30 p.m. - 6:50 p.m.

November 11: Veteran's Day, No School
November 27: 10:30 a.m. Dismissal
November 28 & 29: Thanksgiving Recess

8th Grade Field Trips

A large majority of the class arrives back from their trip to Washington, D.C. tonight! From all accounts, they have had a great time with outstanding weather. Students not traveling to D.C. went on day trips to Boston this week to various civic and historical related sites around the city. I will share a few pictures next week from the trips!

Calling all students for STEM club!

All students who are interested in joining the STEM Club are invited to attend an introductory meeting on Monday, October 28 at 2:15 in room 2160. Attendees will receive information on scheduling for the year, as well as participate in an engineering challenge to kick off the year. Students are encouraged to arrive with ideas for future challenges in order to help form a vibrant and student-driven club.

PAC Fundraiser

In cooperation with PAC, Supino's Restaurant will donate 20% of dine in and take out orders on October 28 directly to support PAC programming. Click on the attachment for details!

Yearbook Sales
Sales for the yearbook are currently happening now thru November 14th. Yearbooks can be purchased online for $40 by going to the following link:

Essex Tech

On Monday October 28th, a representative from Essex North Shore will speak to our eighth-grade class and any seventh-grade students interested in viewing the presentation during M Block

Essex North Shore Technical High school is a public school that admits students from Boxford, Middleton, and Topsfield (among 14 other local communities) to their 24 career technical, animal science, and agricultural programs. During this presentation, students will gain a better understanding of all that Essex North Shore Tech has to offer.

Seventh-grade students must receive parent/guardian permission to attend the presentation. Please email your child’s school counselor.

Rob Beardsell rbeardsell@masconomet.org

Jessica Goldberg- jgoldberg@masconomet.org

Kristen LeBlanc- kleblanc@masconomet.org

Visiting Masco MS

REMINDER: all visitors, including parents and caregivers, must check in at the main office upon arrival. Ring the bell at the front door and report to the front desk, even if heading to the nurse's office. Please share this with anyone connected to your child. Thank you for helping keep our building safe!

Tri-Town Council Update

Please click here for this week's update!

Library Update

Please click here for this week's MS Library Update!

Sincerely,

Phil McManus

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Philip B. McManus, Ed.D.

Principal

Our mission is to prepare all students with the skills, knowledge, and competencies essential to becoming lifelong learners, responsible problem solvers, and contributing citizens by providing challenging and compassionate learning experiences that cultivate teamwork, community, respect, innovation, perseverance and critical thinking.

Email: pmcmanus@masconomet.org
Website: masconomet.org/ms
Location: 20 Endicott Road, Boxford, MA, 01921
Phone: 978-887-2323