2017-18: Week 35

A Solon Salute to the MHS QSA. The QSA provided a heartfelt and informational whole school assembly on Thursday in preparation for Friday's Day of Silence. Thank you for your planning, leadership, and dedication to building a safe learning environment for all. A special salute to 9th grader Eliana Moorhead for the personal, powerful, and inspired speech that was so well received by the school community. And thank you also to Sylvia Fagin, Julie Morton, and Sue Monmaney for their leadership. We salute you!

A Solon Salute to CBL Community Partners Ian Downing (MHS Class of 2005) and Gordie Eurich - owners of SlopeStyle Ski and Ride. And a Salute to Brecken Shea for his positive and growing CBL learning experiences at SlopeStyle this semester. As local and community minded business owners, Ian and Gordie have been longstanding and reliably outstanding CBL Community Partners for over a decade for MHS students. (Ian actually did his CBL with Gordie when he was an MHS student in the early 2000s. Cool.) Ian, Gordie and the entire SlopeStyle team have mentored, engaged, inspired, and employed many MHS students over the years and for that we Salute you both. Thanks!

A Solon Salute to the MHS Jazz Combos who performed with George Voland at Bagitos last Wednesday. 

Announcements

• April 30th to May 3rd: Grade 9 English SBACs
  

• May 5th: SATs Saturday morning

• May 5th: Prom

• Soap Sale: Applied Chemistry students will be selling their class made soap in the lobby in early May. Orders will also be available at https://solonsoap.weebly.com/

• Athletic Calendar

• Remember to check out our list of Work, Volunteer, and Extended Learning Opportunities website.

• Green/White Calendar

Full Spring Outlook 2018 (Full Letter and Links)
SBACs: English: 4/30, 5/1, 5/2, 5/3 (Grade 9 only)
May 5th: SATs (Saturday morning)
May 5th: Prom
May 8th: AP Spanish Exam
May 9th: AP English Exam
May 11th: AP U.S. History Exam
May 10th-12th: All State Music Festival
May 14th: AP Biology Exam
May 15th: AP Calculus Exam
May 15th: AP Computer Science Exam
May 16th: End of Marking Period 7
May 17th: AP Statistics Exam
SBACs: Math: 5/17, 5/18, 5/21, 5/22 (Grade 9 only)
May 18th: Racial Justice Alliance—Movie Night
May 22nd: Spring Concert
May 23rd: Annual Art Show
May 24th: Student Led-Conferences for grades, 9, 10, & 12
May 24th: NGSS Science Assessment for grade 11
May 28th: Memorial Day
June 1st: Music of Color-School Dance
June 2nd: SATs (Saturday morning)
June 7th: Masque Talent Show
June 8th: Awards Assembly
June 9th: Livelihood Music Festival hosted by Club Action (pending)
June 15th: End of Marking Period 8
June 15th: Graduation
June 18th-21st: Semester 2, Summative Re-Take Week
June 22nd: Step-Up Day for Class of 2022 & Final Day

2017-18: Weeks 33 & 34

A Solon Salute to the MHS/CVCC students who participated in Skills USA recently. On April 4th and 5th, students attending Technical/Career Centers all around Vermont competed. Skills USA is a competition in which students compete against one another in different technical areas. Three Montpelier students won medals this year. Randi Carpenter (Junior) won Bronze in Advertising Design - Graphics, Riley Cook (Senior) won Silver in Firefighting, and Amanda Adams (Senior) took Gold in Advertising Design - Graphics. Amanda, along with other Gold medalists will move on to Kentucky to compete in Nationals where over 6000 students compete in their technical area at the end of June 2018. Congratulations!

A Solon Salute to Mason Ecklund-Gustavson and Heather Swiatocha, who are dedicating their CBL experiences to the care and companionship of the animals at the Central Vermont Humane Society. Mason and Heather have become essential contributors to the team of volunteers who keep CVHS running. And a heartfelt Solon Salute to long-time Community Partner Christina Hayward, Volunteer Coordinator at CVHS, for providing training, mentorship, and opportunities for CBL students to connect and care for animals in need (From Sarah Loveless).

A Solon Salute to UES teachers Mrs. Frey and MJ Jennings for having Logan Graves work in their classrooms this semester for his CBL. They have both provided him with opportunities to be a leader.  Logan expressed an interest in working with younger students, and possibly working one on one as a mentor (from Katrina Phillips).

A Solon Salute to the MHS students who performed in Teen Jazz on Friday, April 13th during the MHS assembly. Your dedication and hard-work was on display. Congratulations on a wonderful performance: Isabelle Francke, Isabelle Banse, Brynn Bushey, Kailea Silvers, Samantha Murray, and Daniel Jestes. 

A Solon Salute to Hope Petraro for taking the initiative to develop the Women in STEM display for our hallway in honor of Women's History Month. Thank you Hope! 

A Solon Salute to Mr. Sabo, The EARTH Group, and all students who planned, supported, worked, and attended the Rally for the Planet on April 12th. 

Nick provided DJ soundscape

Emma and Nadia were featured speakers

Televici performed for the event

Announcements

• April 25th: Wednesday, 6:30pm, MHS library: “Managing College Costs” is VSAC new way of looking at college costs and affordability.

• Athletic Calendar

• Remember to check out our list of Work, Volunteer, and Extended Learning Opportunities website. So many great chances listed there!

• Green/White Calendar

• Soap Sale: Applied Chemistry students will be selling their class made soap in the lobby in early May. Orders will also be available at https://solonsoap.weebly.com/

Spring Outlook 2018 (Full Letter and Links)


April 27th: Day of Silence (led by MHS QSA)
April 27th: Racial Justice Alliance—Movie Night
SBACs: English: 4/30, 5/1, 5/2, 5/3 (Grade 9 only)
 
May 5th: SATs (Saturday morning)
May 5th: Prom
May 8th: AP Spanish Exam
May 9th: AP English Exam
May 11th: AP U.S. History Exam
May 10th-12th: All State Music Festival
May 14th: AP Biology Exam
May 15th: AP Calculus Exam
May 15th: AP Computer Science Exam
May 16th: End of Marking Period 7
May 17th: AP Statistics Exam
SBACs: Math: 5/17, 5/18, 5/21, 5/22 (Grade 9 only)
May 18th: Racial Justice Alliance—Movie Night
May 22nd: Spring Concert
May 23rd: Annual Art Show
May 24th: Student Led-Conferences for grades, 9, 10, & 12
May 24th: NGSS Science Assessment for grade 11
May 28th: Memorial Day
May 31st: Masque Talent Show Night
 
June 1st: Music of Color-School Dance
June 2nd: SATs (Saturday morning)
June 8th: Awards Assembly
June 9th: Livelihood Music Festival hosted by Club Action (pending)
June 15th: End of Marking Period 8
June 15th: Graduation
June 18th-21st: Semester 2, Summative Re-Take Week
June 22nd: Step-Up Day for Class of 2022 & Final Day

2017-18: Week 32

A Solon Salute to math teacher, Ms. Kassie Reid. Ms. Reid was honored last week as one of Vermont's transformative and innovative educators--A Vermont IGNITED Educator. Congratulations!

A Solon Salute to senior, Liam Frey. Liam was nominated for the Boys and Girls Club Vermont Youth of Year. Congratulations Liam!

A Solon Salute to the MHS Faculty for their reflective and dedicated work during the morning in-service on April 5th.

A Solon Salute goes out to Vermont State Curator, David Shutz and assistant state curator, Jack Zeilenga. As Community Based Learning mentors for Blake Bailey, David and Jack have generously donated their time, energy and expertise to support Blake's learning goal of, "how the work of a curator impacts our culture and the community." ​​

A Solon Salute to CBL Community Partner, Andy Harper, and his talented team of timber frame builders at Winterwood Timber Frames, LLC. Andy is the owner of Winterwood and he has been engaging Ethan Eldred in really cool timber frame work through Ethan's CBL this semester. Speaking of Ethan, great job, Ethan, with your CBL responsibilities and work at Winterwood. Keep after it. Below is a short segment from Ethan's original CBL Letter of Interest to Andy. It is quite fine when students are exposed to ideas, skills and experiences in their MHS courses and then seek out ways to expand and dive deeper into those emerging curiosities.

• "I’m intrigued by both the simplicity and natural beauty that are present in timber frame construction. My interest in this style of architecture/building was first introduced to me earlier this year when my woodworking class designed and built a timber frame structure to cover our school's outdoor pizza oven from the natural elements. (We worked with Tyler Strange.) After being given the opportunity to practice and cut joinery, I definitely felt like this was an art that I would love to put my time and effort into learning more about it." 

Special Announcement:
On April 11th, 2018: The Montpelier High School, Solons Robotics Team #14251, will hold an introductory meeting in Room 222 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Students interested in building and programming a robot for an exciting statewide competition are encouraged to attend. Parents are also welcome to learn about the FIRST Robotics program.
Announcements

• April 12th: Youth Lobby, Rally for the Planet (Students from MHS may opt into participation) 

• April 13th: Special Schedule for Teen Jazz Assembly

• April 16-20th: Spring Break

• April 25th: Wednesday, 6:30pm, MHS library: “Managing College Costs” is VSAC new way of looking at college costs and affordability.

• Athletic Calendar

• Remember to check out our list of Work, Volunteer, and Extended Learning Opportunities website. So many great chances listed there!

• Green/White Calendar

2017-18: Week 31

Reminder: April 5th & 6th: Sign up: Parent/Guardian & Teacher Conferences. Click here for the Full Letter. Please sign up by April 3rd. 

A Solon Salute to Lily Fournier, who received an honorable mention at Friday’s 3-D Vermont Architecture and History Olympiad, for her research and 3-D replication of historic 140 Main Street. Also, a Solon Salute to her CBL Community Partner, Jamie Duggan of the State of Vermont’s Division for Historic Preservation, as well as Jason Miles, Andy Mosedale of Mosedale Integrated Solutions, Evie Caserta, Avery Paul, Meredith Stetter, Isabelle Boutin, Bella Luhr and Azwayla Taylor and Christina Goodwin for their support and participation in the process. (Times Argus Article link and Jeb WB photo below, Salute from Sarah Loveless). 

A Solon Salute to the folks at Bagitos, Owner Soren Pfeffer and Manager Sarah Clifford for mentoring Sophia Robins this semester for her CBL. Sophia is learning about the restaurant industry, working both in the kitchen and the "front of the house". (From Katrina Phillips) 

A Solon Salute to the MHS Racial Justice Alliance for their recent Human & Civil Rights Award from the Vermont-NEA. This award is only given once per year in the state and is a great honor. Congratulations to the RJA.

A Solon Salute to Andi Evans for exceptional work digging deeply into her independent "Japanese Studies." Sending out a simultaneous Salute to Mr. McRaith for meeting with Andi Friday morning to share his insights about both the language and the culture of Japan, gleaned from several years living in the country.

Announcements

• April 4th: Central Vermont Job Fair 10am to 4pm, Barre City Auditorium. Over 60 employers: (Full Flyer)

• April 5th & 6th: Sign up: Parent/Guardian & Teacher Conferences. (Full Letter)

• April 25th: Wednesday, 6:30pm, MHS library: “Managing College Costs” is VSAC new way of looking at college costs and affordability.

• Athletic Calendar

• Remember to check out our list of Work, Volunteer, and Extended Learning Opportunities website. So many great chances listed there!

• Green/White Calendar