Winter Break is from Thursday 12/23 to Friday 12/31. We will return to school on Monday 1/3. It will be a Day 2 in the schedule.

Friday Focus will be back on January 7th!

• Huge shout out and thanks to Ms. Freitas for supporting OSA in pulling off Thanksgiving meal. She saved us! -Emily Jutras

• Shark shoutout to Sheila House for making the Save-A-Life tour happen for our MRHS students!
  
  
• Thank you to Miss Trish Mruz who sponsored and created personalized Christmas stockings for the students in our Academic Support class. She filled them with great little gifts! I am very grateful for her help this year and for the example she sets of kindness and generosity. -George Sowpel

• A big thank you to Angelina Chilaka and Albert Raneo (90 year old Mr. Harwich) for visiting the Creative Writing II: Global Outlook class to teach the kids about Cape Verdean culture and the life of Cape Verdeans in Harwich during the first half of the 20th century. Students wrote "Found" poems using words and phrases from Ms. Chilaka and Mr. Raneo. -Lisa Forte-Doyle

• Shark Shout Out to one of the nicest people at Monomoy: Special Needs Assistant Jon Randall, who attended Friday's Open Mic to support our students and even purchased items to support Sandscript. -Lisa Forte-Doyle

• Shark Shout Out to Monomoy 2020 graduate, Paul Reece for visiting the Creative Writing II: Global Outlook class to talk about Korean culture, education, music, food, military and political situations, social life, and more! The kids were really engaged and asked lots of questions! Good luck to Paul as he heads back to South Korea soon to serve in the U.S. Air Force! -Lisa Forte-Doyle

• Thank you to the Red Nun and students from the Class of 2025 for a successful fundraiser! Top: Sophia Cohrs, Mrs. Ginnetty, Anna Carey, Finn Hyora Bottom: Maya Jones, Fiona Moore, Paige Nash

  
  

  
  

On Friday, December 3rd the Save-A-Life tour visited MRHS. Read more about the visit in this Cape Cod Chronicle article:

https://capecodchronicle.com/en/5650/harwich/8106/Students-Get-Taste-Of-Impaired-Distracted-Driving-With-Save-A-Life-Program-Education-Monomoy-Regional-High-School.htm

Monomoy Tour de Best Buddies, France, April 2023

proudly announces

When: Monday, February 14th, 2022

Time: 5:00 - 9:00 pm

Who: Children ages 4-12

Where: Monomoy High School

Cost: $25 for 4 hrs of fun!

What: Pizza, winter crafts, movie, etc.

RSVP required: http://evite.me/ujAdMzeFQY

On Friday, December 10th at the Chatham Holiday Stroll, the Class of 2023 hosted a bake sale in front of the Wild Goose Tavern. Thank you to everyone who brought in baked goods and thanks to people who showed up to help run the table! Aside is a picture of the Vice President of the class, Christie Beckley, and the Treasurer of the class, Olivia Willis. There is also a picture of the other students who decided to show up! Also, a huge thank you to the Wild Goose Tavern for letting us use their front pathway! The sale was very successful, and a great way to end the holiday season. Happy Holidays from the Class of 2023!

On Saturday, December 11th, the MRHS Key Club helped out with an event hosted by the Chatham Elementary School! There were children aged preschool through fourth grade. They all gathered at the Chatham Orpheum Theater to watch the movie, Elf. Key Club members dressed up in festive colors and helped guide the kids, watch them, and interact with them BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER the movie!! Thank you so much to the members who showed up and to everyone who made this fun day possible! Happy Holidays from the Key Club!

On Saturday, December 4th, the MRHS Key Club helped out with the Homeless for the Holidays event at Brooks Park. Members showed up to help organize the food that was donated. Special shout-out to Forrester Belanger and Julian Belanger for creating the food organization system! Also thank you to Ashley Anderson, Juliana Ritchie, Samantha Goode (Vice President) Christie Beckley (President), Abrielle Long, and others for showing up! A picture from the event is below.

The MRHS Class of 22 Prom will be held Thursday, April 14, 2022, at the Wequassett Resort. Traditionally, there has been an After-Prom event that was held at another location lasting from the end of the prom until the next morning, to provide a safe, chaperoned overnight event offering fun and memories for students. The Harwich Community Center is able to provide the venue for an After-Prom event this year. This event is fully parent-led and requires a number of volunteers to plan and execute. There are a few parents who have started work on this event, and many more are needed. We need volunteers to handle fundraising, activities, food, decorating, and more. Please click here to sign up to help in any of these areas. If you have any questions, please email monomoyafterpromcommittee@gmail.com. Thank you!

The creative writing club, Sandscript, hosted a wonderful open mic night last Friday the 10th in our school cafeteria. So many wonderful performers entertained us with poetry, narratives, songs, instrumentals, and even dance!! Big thank you to the following talented students: Emily Celia, Ayah Wilson, Erin DeSouza, Edrian Wright, Via Ferer, Charlotte Mahoney, Michelle Generazzo, Eddie Crownshaw, Kristina Tamasco, and Monomoy athlete, Paul McLardy. We even heard great writing written by Kaelyn Mayo and Ben, a MRMS 7th grader!! We raised $265 for Sandscript!!

Students in both the CWII class and Sandscript, created our annual holiday houses about which they had to write a story. The houses and stories are on display downstairs in front of the library. Here are some photos from our house building day:

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Photos below taken by Amanda Schuermann:

The Select Choir reinstated our tradition of caroling in the halls of the elementary schools this week and we had a blast!

Seniors are selling popcorn through Poppin Popcorn again from December 1st through the 21st! Support the class of 2022!

If anyone in the community would like to purchase popcorn, please see a senior OR email Mrs. Corrigan at jcorrigan@monomoy.edu for a link to purchase!

Seniors: You must register yourself in order to sell. Register for the event HERE and check your email from Mrs. Corrigan on how to use the portal to sell to your friends and family.

Won't you please consider donating a book with diverse characters to the Creative Writing II book drive in support of the MLK Education Task Force? The Task Force is supplementing the 3rd grade classrooms in CES and HES with new books that show the many shades, cultures, ethnicities of Cape Cod. We are collecting until December 22!

Look for the donation box in front of Mrs. Doyle's room, A237. Thanks so much!!

Congratulations to Wesley Ulrich who was honored by the Chatham Rotary as the December student of the month. Wesley is a hard-working student who contributes greatly to the Monomoy culture! Pictured here with his guidance counselor Jon Bennett.

January 13th 2:15 - 3:15 on Main Street

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter"

The purpose of this showcase is to give MRHS students a safe platform to communicate their stories, messages, opinions, and ideas about topics they care about.

All kinds of work is accepted– including artworks, posters, class projects/presentations, videos, writing, spoken word, monologs, musical compositions and more.

If your work has a message, WE WANT IT HERE!

You can either post and/or perform their work at the showcase.

The first 30 minutes will be a gallery walk/reception and the final 30 minutes will be dedicated to students who wish to perform and/or recite their work.

Student artists/performers/writers must register & upload work here:

https://forms.gle/v4Ec2oievbZaKbx86

Today, the students of the Diversity Club and the History of Culinary got together during Jawsome to celebrate the holidays. Students originally from Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, and China created some culinary delights to share with the student body. Beautiful posters were made by the History of Culinary students. Fellow students enjoyed the delicious food. Fun was had by all! Thanks to everyone. -Mimi van der Burg

Seniors, your second payment for $200 for the class trip is due ON OR BEFORE January 10th. Please bring payments to Mrs. Corrigan in room A221 or drop in her mailbox. Checks MUST be written to MRSD! Please make sure, if you haven't already done so, to sign up for the CFAR travel insurance HERE

Class of 2025 is selling Heritage Candles for $12 each - please see a 9th grader to place an order!

Monomoy is going to France, and everyone is invited!

To sign up for the trip, go to:

www.explorica.com/Linnell-1360

Or by phone at 1-888-310-7121

For more information, please contact

Mrs. Grogan : sgrogan@monomoy.edu

Madame Linnell: plinnell@monomoy.edu

• Go to: YBPay.lifetouch.com
• Enter yearbook ID code: 9900722
• Enter student name & grade

Yearbooks are $5 off until 1/7/22 - $85 total!

Regular pricing ($90) will resume on 1/8/22.

If you require financial assistance to purchase a yearbook please let Katie Kelly know at kakelly@monomoy.edu.

Guidance visited grade 9 history classes this week to discuss tips for student success, register students on our Naviance program, and administer a personality assessment on Naviance. Ask your child to share their results!

On December 16, students who took the PSAT were invited to a presentation on how to interpret and improve their scores. One step is connecting Kahn Academy to the College Board account and practicing. Reading is also another great strategy to improve knowledge! Students can access their scores through their College Board accounts.

Seniors with January 1 and January 15 deadlines, please let your counselor know ASAP!

Please be checking Naviance for scholarships as well as doing your own search!

Harvard University, American University, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, UMass Boston, UMass Amherst, University of New England, College of Charleston, University of Rhode Island, Salve Regina University, Babson College, University of Vermont, Suffolk University, Assumption College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Cornell University, Merrimack College, University of Lynchburg, and St. Anselm College!

TWITTER: @MonomoyGuidance

INSTAGRAM: @MonomoyGuidance

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

CHEER

The cheer team is doing great! This season we have a huge team which we are hoping to take to competitions this year. This week along with last we cheered both basketball games. We are also beginning to practice more elite stunts that we will use at our competitions this year! The team has bonded extremely well and we are super excited for an amazing winter season! (Sabrina Morand, Senior Captain)

BOYS BASKETBALL

This week for basketball was a very good week, Practices were really good and everyone was working hard. On Wednesday we had a big game against DY and we pulled out a big team victory in overtime. Everyone put in maximum effort and it paid off. We are 2-0 and have a game away in Falmouth on Tuesday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Girl’s basketball is off to a good start. We started off the week with a strong win over SJP on Monday, leaving us 2-0. Later in the week we had a tough loss against DY despite a great effort. The team is excited to keep working hard over winter break in order to have a successful season. (Melissa Velasquez, Junior Captain)

Wed. 12/22

V Boys Ice Hockey @ 1:15

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Phone: 508-430-7200

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