June 16, 2018

2017-18-Week 42

A Solon Salute to Val Belanger and Heather McLane. Val and Heather serve as the senior class advisors and successfully planned and delivered the senior breakfast, senior day of service, and the 2018 graduation ceremony. This is a tremendous amount of extra work and they do a great job! Thank you Val and Heather. 

A Solon Salute to the MHS custodial staff who put in extra hours and effort to make graduation and the special events of the final weeks of school happen. The team set up and took down 800 chairs--even with the chair truck having to be towed in late on Friday! 

A Solon Salute to the Class of 2018. Congratulations on your graduation. You did an excellent job during the Senior Day of Service and during the graduation ceremony. To read the Times Argus Article from graduation click here, and the photos below are from the day of service. The seniors helped weed the community garden, improve the Mountaineers field, work on the hoop house, and clear out the MHS stage storage. Click here for a full photo album of the senior day of service.

Photo by Jeb Wallace in the Times Argus 6-16-18
Photo by Adam Blair
Photo by Adam Blair
Photo by Adam Blair

Photo by Adam Blair
Photo by Adam Blair
Click Image to View Time Lapse Video by Angus Fraser
Seniors had some after-volunteering-pizza from the MHS pizza wood fired kiln
Cleaned out the basement with Tom Allen
helped to fix the hoop house with Mr. Sabo
A Solon Salute to the MHS students, Amanda Adams, Randi Carpenter, Ray Sparrow, Riley Cook, Elizabeth Engelhard, Damon Cadwell-Dunham, Jalen Royea, and Casimer Isaacs-Corcoran, who completed their programs at the Central Vermont Career Center this past week. Amanda Adams and Elizabeth Engelhard were two of three student speakers at the celebration event. Click here to view the Times Argus Photos.

A Solon Salute the MHS QSA and advisor, Sylvia Fagin. The QSA hosted graduating members, Rachel Sucher, Avi Isaacs-Corcoran, Liam Frey, and Len Sawyer for our second annual Lavender Graduation. The ceremony was beautiful, thank you and congratulations. 

A Solon Salute to Sean Sullivan. Sean is pictured here with retired teachers Mary Redmond and Paula Dolan receiving the Washington County Retired Educators scholarship. The scholarship is given each year to graduating senors who reside in or attend school in Washington County and plan to major in education at college in the fall.

A Solon Salute to Quim Comas Colomer. Quim built this excellent bench in Woodworking and Design. He plans to give it to his Montpelier host family before heading back home this summer. 

A Solon Salute to the Project Grad Committee, their advisor Barb Austin-Hutchins and chaperones Myles Chater and Andrea Myotte. Participating seniors enjoyed a fun evening after graduation at Spare Time in Colchester with laser tag, bowling, massage, henna, arcade games, and a hypnotist. 
Rory found a place to catch a little nap

A Solon Salute to Ryan McSweeney for his efforts to raise money for those in need due to the recent Volcano in Guatemala. Money raised with go to Mayan Families Relief Fund. With the help of Spanish teacher Meegan Winslow, they enlisted the generous Mr. Tillotson for a pie-in-the-face fundraiser. Thank you to all of you!
Ryan and Mr. Tillotson
The crowd gathers
Willem, "But I have so much respect for you"
Good Sport!
A Solon Salute to MHS Girls' Ultimate Team on their back-to-back state championships! The girls won both the state championship and the state spirit award. An truly remarkable combination. What a great way to represent MHS, Congrats!


A Solon Salute to senior Stella Kahn for her Bottle Tree project. Members of the school community enjoyed the beautiful display and interactive art/poem experience throughout the end of the week. Great job Stella!

A Solon Salute to Ethan Eldridge for making sure Jen had a chance to try to the pizza from the kiln on Thursday. Thanks Ethan! 

**Notice: Lunch Money Reminder**
As the school comes to a close, please be sure to pay any outstanding charges to our school lunch program.

Owl Sculpture Go-Fund-Me:
  • Art teacher Barb Austin-Hutchins is collaborating with MHS alumni Sean Williams to raise money for a 10 foot tall original granite sculpture to be placed in the MHS roundabout. For more details on the project click: "Life is short, art is long.

Announcements

June 18th-22nd: Semester 2, Summative Re-Take Week

June 22nd:
Step-Up Day for Class of 2022 & Final Day

June 28th: We are hosting a blood drive at MHS. We are looking for as much support from our community as possible to make it happen. In order to donate blood, you need to be over 16 years old and have parent permission. If you are interested, please contact either Christie Cerere (cecerec@mpsvt.org) or Olivia Hennessey (hennesseyo@mpsvt.org) for more information and to sign up.

District School-Year Calendar: 2018-19

MHS Student and Staff Awards 2020-2021

 SOLON SALUTES 2020-2021 MHS Awards MHS Yearbook Dedication: Dan Miller-Arsenault Valedictory Group: (cumulative 3.9 or higher)  Mae Brown...