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Community Partnerships & Well-Being

An Update to the Shrewsbury Community from Dr. Jane Lizotte

Community Partnerships& Well-BeingAn Update to the Shrewsbury Community from Dr. Jane Lizotte

December 12, 2022 December 12, 2022

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“Our humanity is in need of all the goodness that comes from that ripple effect of connection.” “Our humanity is in need of all the goodness that comes from that ripple effect of connection.”

Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey

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Inside This Issue Inside This Issue

1. SPS Sleep Health Advisory Webinar TONIGHT from 7-8pm.

2. SPS Annual Report-Seeking to recognize extraordinary students and staff in our schools. Please consider submitting a nomination.

3. Thank you to DetecTogether for educating all SHS students on the importance of early cancer detection.

4. SHS Student Journalists Interview First Responders and SPS Alumni

5a. SHS Students Seek Career Exploration Opportunities

5b. SHS Career Fair Seeks Trade, Career, and Service Representatives on Tuesday morning, February 7th

5c. SHS Job Fair and Jobs for Students Website

6. SHS Volunteer Fair

6a. SHS Volunteers in Action

7. SPS Sleep Health Advisory Committee

8. Student Leadership in our Schools

8a. Student Voice Crews at the Elementary and Middle Levels

8b. SHS Town Meetings encourage student voice, while demonstrating respect for differing perspectives

8c. SHS students, Peyton Duke and Hardika Patel, share life stories focused on inclusion at Sherwood Middle School's Community Meetings Last Week

9. FREE PCA Certification and Training

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Sleep Health Webinar TONIGHT! Sleep Health Webinar TONIGHT!

Please join the SPS community and Dr. Judith Owens from Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, for tonight's LIVE webinar

Please join us TONIGHT from 7pm-8pm for a live webinar with Dr. Judith Owens, an expert on the sleep health of adolescents and children from Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Owens will speak about the research related to students’ sleep health and school start times. There will be a presentation of information and a Q&A portion. This timely presentation will precede recommendations for potential school start time changes for next fall that will be presented to the School Committee this coming Wednesday evening by the Sleep Health Advisory Committee. Use this link to join the webinar: https://shrewsburyps.zoom.us/j/82608980125

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SPS Annual Report Request SPS Annual Report Request

We are seeking nominations of extraordinary people and programming to feature in the SPS Annual Report for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 calendar years. The Annual Report celebrates faculty, staff, students and alumni who exemplify SPS's core values.

Click below to view the 2018 and 2019 report.

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Click HERE to submit your nominations and suggestions for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 report.

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SPS Strategic Priority: The Enhanced Well-Being of All SPS Strategic Priority: The Enhanced Well-Being of All

Thank you to DetecTogether for educating our high school students about early cancer detection. Click below to read DetecTogether's press release.

DetecTogether teaches Shrewsbury High School students to detect cancer early - DetecTogether

DetecTogether teaches Shrewsbury High School students to detect cancer early - DetecTogether

DetecTogether brought its 3 Steps Detect education program to Shrewsbury High School on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. The entire student body took part in this life-saving training, supported in part by the Michael Bodge Tribute Fund. Shrewsbury High School graduate, Michael Bodge, was 28 when he died of testicular cancer on April 27, 2019.

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Bryan Powers, Asa Floyd, and Beal School teacher, Heidi Richard, shared their stories of courage and hope.

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Students gathered with the special guests following the presentations.

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UMASS Amherst student and Worcester Academy graduate, Asa Floyd, shares his story, while his younger brother supported him from the front row.

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In the News In the News

At 7:15 a.m. on a rainy morning in the late fall, SHS students interviewed SPS alumni and Shrewsbury First Responders for the Shrewsbury School Journal. Below is the article and accompanying photos.

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Shrewsbury Fire Lieutenant, David Muntz and SHS journalist, Ananya Arvind

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Shrewsbury Police Officer, Jeffrey Svendsen, and SHS journalist, Vishnu Angiras

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Shrewsbury Firefighter, Michael Guarino, and SHS journalist, Jaisuria Satish Babu

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School Resource Officer, Alicia Brownell, and SHS journalists, Rebekah Powers and Faith Loizeaux

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Rebekah, Officer Brownell, and Faith

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Making new connections

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Officer Muntz brings his dog to the station for a visit.

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Officer Muntz and his wife are both SHS alumni.

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Officer Muntz at mile 7 of his Boston Marathon run last year

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Officer Brownell's photo from Floral Street School

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Officer Brownell stands next to the military police vehicle she once drove.

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Officer Brownell with her mom when she graduated from the police academy.

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Firefighter Guarino at his graduation from Naval Boot Camp at Great Lakes in September, 2006, months after graduating from Shrewsbury High School.

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Firefighter Guarino enjoys time with his daughter, Madison.

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Firefighter Guarino visits with Jaisuria Satish Babu.

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Officer Jeffrey Svendsen during his school days in the Shrewsbury Public Schools.

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Officer Svendsen at his graduation from Boylston Police Academy’s Mass. Criminal Justice Training Council on 2/19/21.

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Shrewsbury Police Officer, Jeffrey Svendsen meets with Vishnu Angiras.

Thank you to Liza Trombley, SHS Director of English, and these five SHS students, for contributing to this effort!

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SHS Students Seek Career Exploration Opportunities SHS Students Seek Career Exploration Opportunities

Please contact Ms. Angie Flynn, Director of School Counseling, and Mr. Sean Russell, SHS School Counselor, if you and/or the organizations for whom you work, offer internship, job shadowing, and other career exploration opportunities to high school students. We are actively seeking after school, school vacation week, and summer break experiences. Thank you for your consideration.

aflynn@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us

srussell@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us

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The SHS Career Fair Planning Team is seeking participants on Tuesday morning, February 7th. Please consider this opportunity, as we aim to provide a variety of options to students.

Please contact Kathleen Keohane, SPS Director of Alumni Development and Community Relationships, (kkeohane@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us), Jess Rice and Sean Russell, SHS Counselors, (jrice@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us, srussell@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us), and Angie Flynn, Director of School Counseling (aflynn@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us), if you are willing to participate or would like to learn more.

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SHS Job Fair and Jobs for Students Website Highlight Several Employment Opportunities Currently Available

Are you a high school student or community member looking for a job? If the answer to this question is YES, the Shrewsbury Public Schools has published a list of available jobs in our community. Every job listing contains a brief job description, instructions for how to apply for the job and the contact person. It is the applicant's responsibilty to connect with the employer and to apply for the job personally. This list will be kept up to date as much as possible. Please note that if you are under 18 years old, you must apply for a work permit. Instructions for how to apply for a permit are also on the Jobs for Students page. Questions? Please email kkeohane@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us.

The SHS Job Fair was a great success! The event was held on Thursday, November 17th, from 2:00-3:00 p.m. in the SHS Commons. Students and employers enjoyed interacting with one another..

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SHS graduate, Lucy Coombs, encourages students to apply for employment at AJ Tomaiolo's Restaurant.

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SHS graduate, Jeff Abbott, engages students regarding openings at Creedon Catering.

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SHS graduates, Stephanie and Michael LaCroix, promote work opportunities at Ski Ward.

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Salmon Health and Retirement is now hiring!

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The YMCA is seeking to fill a variety of positions.

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SHS Students Gather Applications for Employment

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SHS Volunteer Fair SHS Volunteer Fair

The SHS Volunteer Fair was held on Tuesday, November 15th. Thank you to SHS faculty members, Emily Bredberg and Denise Satterfield, for facilitating the work of the SHS Service Learning Board, to create this experience for students!

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SHS Student Volunteers in Action!

Thank you to members of the freshmen and sophomore classes (l-r), Tierney, Josie, and Sabrina, along with several SHS students, for spending several hours volunteering at this year's Turkey Trot for the Memory registration and race day events. YOU make a difference!

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The SPS Sleep Health Advisory Team Continues Important Work The SPS Sleep Health Advisory Team Continues Important Work

Please continue to tune in to School Committee meetings, as the Sleep Health Advisory Team prepares to share school start and end times with the community during THIS Wednesday evening's meeting, 12/14, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Over the past few weeks, representatives of each of the five Task Groups, provided information to the School Committee.

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Research Task Group (l-r Spring Street School Psychologist, Laura Braun-Lush, and SPS parent, Dr. Michael Cerio)

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Practices in Other School Districts Task Group (l-r SHS Director of School Counseling, Angie Flynn, Director of Nursing, Noelle Freeman, and Paton School Principal, Dr. Scott Mulcahy)

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Feedback from Stakeholder Task Group (l-r OMS Principal, Hallie Burak, SHS student, Sarah Anane, and Jane Lizotte, Asst. Superintendent for Community Partnerships and Well-Being)

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Child Care Task Group Representatives (l-r SPS parent and teacher, Guinevere Molina, and SPS parent, Sara Russell)

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Logistics Task Group Representatives (l-r SPS parent, Jennifer Parshall, and Asst. Superintendent for Finance and Operations, Patrick Collins)

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Student Leadership Highlights Student Leadership Highlights

SHS students, Peyton Duke and Hardika Patel, share stories of inclusivity at Sherwood Middle School's Community Meetings this week, as SMS focuses on acceptance and inclusion in December.

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Peyton and Hardika, SHS Sophomores

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Unified Sports offer opportunities to meet new friends

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Peyton and Jenny enjoy time together at SHS

The SHS Girls' Field Hockey Team welcomed Jenny, new Assistant Manager, this season!

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Student Voice Crews at the Elementary and Middle Levels Student Voice Crews at the Elementary and Middle Levels

Leading by example is job #1. Student Voice Crews are up and running at the elementary and middle levels! Thank you to the multitude of Student Voice Crew leaders for your dedication. Pictured below are Grade 4 students at Beal School who are participating in their first meeting and leadership training.

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SHS Town Meetings Encourage All Students to Ask Questions and Offer Insight to Student Leaders and SHS Administrators

Tuesday morning, November 22nd

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FREE PCA Training: We are grateful to local business partners, including Whitney Place at Westboro, for providing opportunities to train our youth. Please see below for information regarding Personal Care Assistant training during the upcoming winter break.

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