A Solon Salute to the Gender Sexuality Alliance for the second year of the Day of Silence. The Day of Silence is a national event, and the GSA did a great job making the assembly and the week fit our MHS community. Special Kudos to Olliver and Edie for delivering personal speeches about their experiences.
A Solon Salute to Teen Jazz. Special thanks to MHS members Kailea Silvers, Greta Sabo, Erin Sullivan, Samantha Murray, Izzy Banse, Daniel Jestes, Alex Ordway, Juliet Rapaport, and Anna Luhr. We appreciate your talents, hard-work, and understanding this week! (Click here to view photos by Ben Carpenter)
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A Solon Salute to Hope Petraro. Hope was selected as one of 20 semi-finalists among more than 1200 applicants for the Yale Bassett Award for Community Engagement. About the award: "By establishing this award, the faculty of Yale's Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration sought to honor emerging leaders who, like Ebenezer Bassett (1833-1908), distinguished themselves through a record of creative leadership and public service, academic distinction, interdisciplinary problem solving, and experience addressing societal issues." Congratulations Hope!
A Solon Salute to Eleanor Braun, Nadia Scoppettone, Colin Desch and Max Hughes who performed their Senior Solos for the Green Mountain Youth Symphony. We salute your musicianship, dedication and hard work.
A Solon Salute and a hundred thanks to David Dobbs for visiting my Creative Writing classes to talk about his life as a writer. We learned about what a career as a freelance journalist might look like. We loved his stories from the field as well as his wisdom about devising structures for each piece we write. We read his story, “Teenage Brains” in National Geographic in advance of his visit. (From K. McCadden)
A Solon Salute to Sophia Currier for the work in painting a beautiful mural on the our recycling and trash center in the cafeteria. Thanks Sophia!
A Solon Salute to everyone at MHS who supports Unified Sports and the commitment to equity. The Unified Hoops team extends a hearty Salute to all of the Solon Fans (adults and students alike) who came out to cheer the team on this season (thanks!), the National Anthem singers (Wow!), Matt Link for his commitment to promoting equity in athletics, and for two Solon athletes who stepped up this past week to support the Unified Solon hoopsters team - Marshall Donahue and Zach Masure. To all of you, the Unified Sports Basketball team Salutes you. Play Unified!
Announcements
- MHS Spring 2019 Outlook Letter: More details on upcoming spring events & assessments. Hard copy will be mailed on 4/15/19.
- April 15-19: SPRING BREAK & Auditorium and Fitness Wing Renovations Begin. We will be under construction beginning April 15th.
- April 25, 26: Late Start to allow for 9th graders to participate in English SBAC assessments, and 11th graders to participate in Science State Assessments. April 26: RJA, GSA, & Masque are hosting a FREE Northern Stage production of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Debriefing and Pizza to follow. 3pm to 6pm. Please RSVP by clicking HERE!
- May 2, 3: Late Start to allow for 9th graders to participate in Math SBAC assessments & 12th graders to participate in U-Michigan Survey (9am on May 2nd only for seniors).
- May 3: TRY A MAJOR DAY at Vermont Tech. To participate email Sarah Loveless. She is putting together a group of students to attend.
- May 8-11: Thank you to all of the host families who have already volunteered to house All-State Musicians May 8-11! We still need 112 more beds. For two nights, you would provide bed, breakfast and transportation to U-32 for 2+ students. Morning drop-off by 8:45am, evening pickup at 9pm. If morning transportation for the students is an issue, we've coordinated with U-32 to make it possible for some of the All-State musicians to ride the daily buses that pass by the roundabout near MSMS to get to U-32. Please contact Hilary Goldblatt, hilaryo@mpsvt.org if you are able to host! Thank you for passing this email along to anyone you think could help out!
- May 6-17: AP Exams throughout the AP Exam Assessment Window.
- May 8-11: VT All-State Music Festival (MHS/U-32 HOSTING!)
- May 22: Annual MHS Art Show. This year's show will be held at The Vermont College of Fine Arts.
- May 23: MHS Student-Led Conference Day
- May 31: Empower VT Music Festival
- June 7: MHS Annual Awards Celebration
- June 14: MHS Class of 2019 Graduation
- June 17-20: Semester 2 Re-Takes
- June 21: Step-Up Day and Final Day of School
