SOLON AWESOMENESS!
The 3rd annual Race/Rally Against Racism is coming up THIS SUNDAY! This family friendly, social justice event hosted at Montpelier High School kicks off with a rally at 11am and a 5k starting at 11:30. Running is optional! There will be other highlights at the Rally - including speeches, music, food, several organizations tabling, and art making. Click here to learn more about the 3rd Annual Race Against Racism.
Homecoming Week is THIS WEEK!
Monday: Solon Swag
Tuesday: Twin Day
Wednesday: Beach Day
Thursday: USA Day
Friday-Class Colors
Friday night: Bonfire from 7-9 pm
Saturday: JV/Varsity Boys and Girls' Soccer vs U32 starting at 11 am!
Saturday night: Homecoming dance from 9 pm-midnight (chaperones start at 8:30)
Congratulations to Whitney Machnik for developing such innovative and personalized curriculum!! Last week, this PBS spotlight piece was published. Fantastic.Truly!
The Vermont Agency of Education shares the below definition of "personalization".
Personalization is “a learning process in which schools help students assess their own talents and aspirations, plan a pathway toward their own purposes, work cooperatively with others in challenging tasks, maintain a record of explorations, and demonstrate their learning against clear standards in a wide variety of media, all with the close support of adult mentors and guides.” (National Association of Secondary School Principals)
From the classroom level of promoting, and supporting, personalization, the spotlight piece does a wonderful job of capturing Whitney's approach and style in personalizing her courses/curriculum. Way to go! Proud Solon moment!
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| Mei and I twinning! |
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| Some awesome Mountain Biking Club pictures! |
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| MHS baseball team raising funds to get to Dodgertown, Florida in the spring |
- Seniors (and parents and guardians): This is to let you know that each senior at MHS has been pre-booked for a Solon Block in the library on Sept. 23,24, or 26 to discuss and receive materials regarding next steps in the college application process. If you have specific questions about your individual situation (whether college-related or not!) please always feel free to contact your counselor.
- We still have over 30 Chromebooks that are available on a first-come, first-served basis for students who don't have ready access to a computer at home for the completion of school work--the only requirement is this completed and signed agreement form.
- For more news, information, and pictures from various sporting events, check out the MHS Sports Update.
The MHS Fall Play is A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and will be performed on November 1st & 2nd in the newly renovated MHS Auditorium. Buy Tickets Here! Learn more about MHS Masque Theater on our website.
DISTRICT INFORMATION
COMMUNITY INFORMATION
- The 4th Annual Montpelier Fall Festival will take place on Sunday, September 29th from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM at Montpelier High School. Check out the details here: http://www.
montpelierfallfestival.com This is a family-friendly event that is open to the whole community. It includes a one-mile kids’ fun run, a festival with food and games and marketplace. We will continue the tradition of a family friendly kickball tournament.Entrance to the festival is $5 per person or $20 for a family of four. This is the biggest fundraising event of the year and we have a goal of $10,000! All proceeds from the Fall Festival benefit the parent groups at Union Elementary School, Roxbury Village School, Main Street Middle School, and Montpelier High School. Parent group funds are used to support school field trips, student enrichment activities, and teaching materials not covered by the Montpelier school budget. Start your fundraising today and win great prizes....check out all the event details here http://www. montpelierfallfestival.com and keep up to date by liking the Facebook Page www.facebook.com/ kidscupVT To learn more about Montpelier Fall Festival please contact: Adrienne Gil kidscupvt@gmail.com 404-308-0510 - Tabling at the Fall Festival: This is a great opportunity for students to raise funds by tabling at the Marketplace. For $25 you may sell goods, crafts, do a craft/game with the kids. Students in the past have sold baked goods, buttons, lip balms, used books(for all ages), really the sky is the limit. All of the proceeds you make you keep. For more information and to register please click the link https://www.
montpelierfallfestival.com/ 2019-table-rental Students and families can learn more about The Montpelier Fall Festival here https://www.montpelierfallfestival.com/
ENRICHMENT INFORMATION
- For a list of co-curricular opportunities this year, please click HERE for more information.
VTeen Leadership Weekend - register by Oct 25 Join us for a fun-filled weekend developing important skills and traits that will help you stretch and improve your leadership, communication, problem solving, teamwork and other transferable skills to take back to your club work, school and community. Space is limited to 50 participants. Open to youth in grades 7-12. Learn more and register here.
TRY for the Environment - applications due by Nov 8
Renée DeVore
TRY stands for Teens Reaching Youth and is an environmental leadership opportunity for youth in grades 7-12. It is a teen-led environmental education program with an embedded service learning component designed to teach environmental literacy and responsibility to younger youth. TRY for the Environment includes five program areas—energy FUNdamentals, waste solutions, food systems, forest and trees and 4-H20 —to connect young people to real-world environmental problems in which they can be key change agents helping to create real-world solutions. Learn more and apply no later than November 8. Check out a short video showcasing how TRY connects to student's PLPs and transferable skills.
Teen Science Cafes - Save the Dates The full schedule is now available for the 2019-2020 VTeen 4-H Science Pathways Cafes. The cafes are FREE and open to youth in grades 7-12. Planned by teens for teens these cafes are a free, fun way for teens to explore science, engineering and technology with local scientists, engineers and technology experts. All cafes include hands-on activities. To learn more watch a short video featuring the cafe on astrobiology.
Please contact Lauren.Traister@uvm.edu or 802-888-4972 x 402 with any questions. www.uvm.edu/extension/youth/
Principal, Montpelier High School
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