FRIDAY FOCUS

High School student volunteers are wanted for the Harwich Rec winter soccer program.

The program runs Sunday mornings from Dec 3-Feb 25 and the leaders would love any and all interested high school kids! If you are interested, contact Kristen Wentworth at 413-427-5378 (call or text) or krisfiola@gmail.com.

Join us in helping our SHORE & SAIL friends shop for gifts and meet Santa!

Class of 2025 is hosting a Penny Wars contest between all the grades! Each coin/dollar is assigned points and the class with the highest points will keep their earnings with the rest going to the Class of 2025. Great time to clean out those change drawers and send in those pennies!

The club is collecting towels, small blankets, and pillowcases for local animal shelters and animal organizations. Look for our collection boxes all around the first floor of the high school.

We’ll collect all through December!!

The club and the animals thank you!!!!!

The Monomoy Global Studies Program is considering a possible trip to Rwanda in February 2025. We are checking to see if there is enough interest to proceed with developing a formal proposal.

Interested students should come Monday 12/11 to the Global Studies meeting Jawsome A in Mr. Dickson's room. This is open to both students already in the Global Studies program and students who hope to join the program in the future. If the student cannot attend the meeting, please email Mr. Dickson at jdickson@monomoy.edu to indicate your interest and/or ask questions,

On Tuesday, one of the two sections of high school band went to teach the 5th-grade band! A tradition Ms. Richard is thrilled to bring back!

Both Creative Writing II: Global Outlook and our Sandscript writing club are getting into the holiday spirit!!! Sandscript members continued their annual tradition of making holiday houses for which they will write a story or long poem; the writing will be about the person or creature that lives in the house they built.

The Creative Writing II class has been studying different cultures since September and also has been learning about the wars raging in the world today. CW students built holiday houses that represent difficult cultures. As student Tripp Gill suggested, "This is our Village of Peace." Students will write either a story or long poem that will capture the holiday season in that country. Our Peace Village, as well as the Sandscript houses, will go on display very soon downstairs in front of our library. The display will showcase the houses, stories, and poems from both groups.

35 Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) students are in NYC for 3 days. On their trip, they will experience 2 Broadway shows, NYC Ballet Nutcracker, the Museum of the Moving Image, the Broadway Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a walking tour of Central Park, a tour of Lincoln Center, and 2 theater workshops!

The Harwich Elementary PTO would like to give a shout-out to our High School Student Volunteers for helping us pull off another very successful Holiday Bazaar this past weekend! We absolutely appreciate you taking time out of your day to help spread some holiday joy with our Shark Families and Community! Thank you!

MRHS Student Volunteers

• Shelby Currie
• Emily Gray
• Vaughn Jamieson
• Lilly Gould
• Chloe Jones
• Quinn Viprino
• Lillian Lagreze
• Patrick Kelleher
• Sophia Cohrs
• Abigail Gates
• Joseph Murphy
• Marco-Dean Hart
• Bobbi Braz
• Jack Raye
• Madison Staniels
• Talia Perez
• Bella Mercurio
• Sally Watson
• Emily Silvester
• Ashley Anderson
• Cassadi Manchuk
• Juliana Ritchie
• Isadora Alexis
• Emma Burnie
• Chloe Thompson
• Anna Carey
• MaryAnna Dunnan
• Emily Layton
• Stella Seufert
• Yu Ying Zou
• Riley Vath
• Breonna Mody
• Emma Gingras
• Hannah Sullivan
• Addisyn Insana
• Charlie Ducott
• Jason Elihow
• Alexa Vermaak
• Maya Jones
• Ava Pina
• Annaleigh Massey
• Adelaide Thonus

School Class Wrist Bands are now being sold at the MRHS School Store!

They are the perfect addition to a holiday gift or as a stocking stuffer.

$2.00 per wristband

Each class will receive a percentage of their wristband sales, so make sure to get yours today!

The FAFSA will be available to fill out beginning on December 31

• Please adhere to all the financial aid deadlines that are listed for each college as each school has specific deadlines and requirements.
• Watch these very HELPFUL VIDEOS from Federal Student Aid for some steps to take prior to the launch of 2024-2025.

Below is a list of steps necessary to complete your 2024-2025 FASFA!

Our free online Introduction to Cape Cod Commercial Fishing course is now available! SIGN UP HERE! Within 2 business days of signing up you will receive a separate email from Leaderosity with your log-in information.

Apply by Friday, December 22, 2023

Students enrolled in Cape and Islands schools in grades 9 - 12 are eligible to apply for this program! No prior climate education or experience is required. Apply Here!

Held the second Tuesday of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm at the Family Resource Center

The Director of Youth and Family Services in Harwich, Ashley Symington is starting a new parenting support group: Parenting BIG Feelings. It will take place at The 204 and is open to all. They will be once a month until May - skipping December and February.

(Flyer for the series is attached at the end of Friday Focus)

TWITTER: @MonomoyGuidance

INSTAGRAM: @MonomoyGuidance

Wishing you health and safety,

The MRHS Counseling Team

• Tues. 12/12
• Freshman Boys Basketball @ 1:45

• Wed. 12/13
• V Boys Hockey @ 2:30

• Fri. 12/15
• V/JV Girls Basketball @ 1:45
• Freshman Girls Basketball @ 1:45

Please click the link to see the MRHS Performing Arts Department Calendar 2023-2024

Click here to access the 2023-2024 School Handbook:

https://mrhs.monomoy.edu/our-school/school-handbook

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https://mrhs.monomoy.edu/attendance

Did you know? Past issues of the Friday Focus can be found on our website:

https://mrhs.monomoy.edu/news/friday-focus

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