Principal's Newsletter

From the Desk of Russ Booth

June 2nd, 2024

Good afternoon MHS families,

What an incredible week we had celebrating the Class of 2024! Thank you to all of you who participated and supported all of the events we had over the last week. We had a great week of celebration starting with our Athletics night and Scholarship night. The senior picnic was incredible (A huge thank you to all the parents for putting that together!), class day was great, and the senior stoll and boat cruise did not disappoint! Today was no exception to the week we had; the weather was great and the ceremony fantastic! Thank you to all who played a role in helping to make this past week a memorable one for our seniors.

This week our grade 9 students will be taking the Biology MCAS. Each day is a regular day of school, but our students in grade 9 will be testing on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Please be sure to check out the final exam schedule below as well. The end of the year is rapidly approaching and we want to be sure everyone knows what to expect over the last few weeks.

Senior Corner

Thank you to all the parents who helped support our seniors this past week and made the senior picnic such an incredible event! I'd also like to congratulate all the athletic award winners and scholarship award winners from this past week. There are a variety of photos from scholarship night courtesy of Mr. Dave Redding (Thanks Dave!) that can be found linked here.

Official graduation photos will be sent through the mail later during the summer once we are able to identify each member of the senior class' photo.

District Mission, Vision, and Values Update:

Mansfield Public Schools recently went through the process of updating its Mission, Vision, and Values statements. Please use the link below to access the district newsblog for more information.

Mission, Vision, Values Statements

Biology MCAS

The Biology MCAS will be administered on Tuesday, June 4th and Wednesday, June 5th to all students in the 9th grade. All 9th grade students should report to school with their Chromebooks fully charged in preparation for the MCAS. All grade 9 students will attend an assembly on Monday, June 3rd where they will receive more information about the exam and their room assignments.

Students in grades 10 and 11 will report to school at the regular time of 7:25am, as it is a regular full day of school for them.

Underclass Final Exam Schedule

Final Exams will take place beginning on Thursday, June 13th. The schedule will be sent to student next week, and families can find it below for their reference.

Thursday, June 13th: Full day of school modified schedule, Exam Block 2/Period 1 (8:10-9:35)

Friday, June 14th: Period 2 Exam (7:25-8:50) and Period 3 Exam (9:00-10:25)

Monday, June 17th: Period 6 Exam (7:25-8:50) and Period 7 Exam (9:00-10:25)

Tuesday, June 18th: Period 4 Exam (7:25-8:50) and Period 5 Exam (9:00-10:25)

Thursday, June 20th: Make-Up Exams as needed

Please note the following details regarding final exams:

Make-up Exams are available after 10:30 on each exam day for students for students with extenuating circumstances and who have received approval from administration.
All students are to exit the building at 10:30am on exam days unless they are finishing an exam or have arranged to take a make-up exam with a teacher.
Thursday, June 20th: Only students taking make-up exams need to attend.

Changemaker Series: Action To Affect Positive Change In The Community

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Various Vaping Resources

Vaping in high school continues to be a concern across the country. At MHS we have hired 2 hall monitors, instituted a digital pass system, and developed a vape education program in order to continue to try and support a safe and healthy environment for all our students.

In an effort to combat the ongoing challenge of vaping within our school (and others), please take a look at and utilize the various resources provided below to learn more about vaping in order to start/continue the conversation with your child. Making progress in this area is a group effort, and we want to provide support for families at home with these resources.

General Info:

What parents need to know

Quick Facts about vaping

Vaping and the impact of Covid

Vaping can't harm teens?

Information on Quitting:

How to quit

This is quitting

Nicotine withdrawal and how to cope

Mansfield High School DESE Report Card

MHS Bus Route Information

Mansfield Public Schools News Blog