FRIDAY FOCUS

Wednesday, January 17 from 6:30 - 8:00pm

Register for the Event Here!

The Bureau of Special Education Appeals, which derives its authority from both federal and Massachusetts statutes and regulations (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; "IDEA"; MGL ch.71B; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973) conducts due process hearings and renders Rulings and Decisions concerning eligibility, evaluation, placement, individualized education programs (IEP), provision of special education and procedural protections for students with disabilities.

• To join an Informational Session: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/mediation-and-facilitation-informational-sessions
• To learn about BSEA Mediation: https://www.mass.gov/mediation-at-the-bsea
• To learn about Hearings at the BSEA: https://www.mass.gov/due-process-hearings

WCAI-NPR broadcasted live from the halls of Monomoy Regional High School earlier this week. They spoke with students, faculty, and administrators, and shared about some of the amazing things happening in our school. In case you missed the live broadcast, you can listen to the full show here!

Led by coaches, Larry Souza and Rich Oldach, the MRHS Robotics team participated in the Winter Classic VEX Tournament at Mashpee High School last weekend. This was the first tournament of the year - more than 30 teams from around New England participated! The teams competed in matches and skills challenges using both autonomous and remote-controlled robots designed and built by the students.

Thank you so much to the Rotary Club of Harwich-Dennis who donated the awesome new Interact Club t-shirts. Caroline Vitolo made the wonderful design that the club voted on for our shirts. In addition to the shirts, the Rotary members collected warm clothing donations and toiletry items for our collaboration with the StreetReach Homeless program in Hyannis.

We have several volunteers signed up to help at the breakfast at the end of January.

If anyone has large reusable bags, please bring them to Mrs. Casey in Guidance before Jan. 26. The homeless use the bags to gather items they need at the StreetReach event.

The annual alumni art show and concert was held at MRHS on Thursday, January 4. The show featured MRHS alums, the current Jazz Band, Concert Band, Select Choir, and grades 8-12 Chorus students. As always, it was a fantastic night filled with great music!

For those who missed the Alumni Concert, CLICK HERE to watch videos of each performance!

OCTOBER:

• Many members volunteered at the Cranberry Festival to help setup in preparation for all of the businesses.
• We also built spooky candy goodie bags for Monomoy Community Services for Halloween.
  

NOVEMBER:

• We hand-made lots of cards for veterans and personally delivered them to both Minglewood and Liberty Commons! This made all the veterans very happy! We even got to meet Ms. Howe's 95-year-old Father, Lt. Col. Charles F. Donahue (Photo below). He is a 3 war veteran- WWII, Vietnam & Korean War- who served in the Army for 20 years!
  

DECEMBER:

• A group of members helped out at the Holiday Bazaar at Harwich Elementary School.
• Also during the holiday season, nine students from Key Club volunteered to help out at the Elf Movie Event in the Chatham Orpheum Theater. Volunteers helped check kids in and passed out popcorn and other snacks during the movie. Everyone was decked out in their holiday gear and had fun helping out the kids!
  

• Key Club had two successful beach cleanups at Red River Beach and Harding's Beach within the last couple of weeks (Photos Below).
• We are planning to do one more Chatham beach cleanup before the semester is over. More information is soon to come.
• Extra help is always appreciated! The classroom code for those who want to join and earn service hours is JSMYDSX

Join us in the MRHS Library from 3:30 - 4:30 pm on select Tuesdays for Free Yoga Classes!

Students can take the Late Bus or get picked up afterward.

Classes are on the following dates:

• January 23 & 30
• February 6
• March 12, 19 & 26
• April 9 & 30
• May 7

Happy Chinese New Year!

Join us on Saturday, February 3rd to help celebrate the Lunar New Year! Learn to Play Mah Jong! Eat Delicious Food! Learn Chinese! And Have Fun!

We are looking for MRHS Students to volunteer and help with the event. This is a great opportunity to earn Community Service Hours! Contact Ms. Jones (mjones@monomoy.edu) to sign up!

• Ms. Wheaton has created a display at the circulation desk, and all of the books are ready to be checked out.

SORA Magazines

• As of January 1, 2024, our students now have access to digital magazines through SORA. All 280 magazine titles are available for simultaneous use and won’t count toward the total number of checked-out items.

Boston Public Library Resources

• Massachusetts residents over 13 are eligible to apply for a BPL eCard, which allows access to many multimedia online resources that our school does not offer. If you want to learn more about this, please visit the new page on our library website:https://sites.google.com/a/monomoy.edu/monomoy-library/boston-public-library-resources

The Bite student newspaper is proud to present our Website!

Please peruse the articles written by our amazing student journalists, and check back frequently for updates!

Junior meetings will be starting soon and continue over the next few months. Parents/Guardians are invited to attend an individual meeting with a school counselor to discuss individual plans. You will be contacted via email in the near future with the date and time.

Students in Grades 9 & 10 have all completed Career Interest Inventories in Naviance over the past few weeks. Please check in with your student and ask them to share the results with you!

Seniors, there are SO MANY scholarship opportunities. Take some time each week to check Naviance and apply for as many as you can!

For IMPORTANT and USEFUL information on Scholarships, Click Here!

January 30, 2024 - Jawsome B - Cape Cod Foundation

February 6, 2024 - Jawsome A - Monomoy Dollars for Scholars Presentation

To register/apply for the Cape Cod Foundation & Cape Cod Association Scholarships, Click Here!

Deadline is March 1 at 11:59 pm

Students are required to have all their supporting documents, including academic information, a letter of recommendation from a counselor, and a second letter of recommendation from a professional such as a teacher, coach, employer, etc., by the deadline. Please note that CCF uses the universal application which automatically pairs students with ALL the opportunities they are eligible to apply for based on the information they provide.

CCF Links for Staff & Students

• CCF Financial Assistance Overview
• 2024 Scholarship Listing
• CCF FAQs

Deadline: April 1 by 11:59 pm

Our partner, The Cape Cod Association, offers heritage-based scholarships for high school students who were born and currently reside on Cape Cod or the Islands. There is a separate application for this scholarship, but it can be accessed through the same online scholarship portal as CCF. Students are required to have all their supporting documents, including academic information and a letter of recommendation from a counselor.

CCA Links for Staff & Students

• CCA Website
• CCA FAQ page

Harwich Youth & Family Services presents the Parent Workshop Series, which covers a wide range of topics! The next discussion is on Thursday, January 18th - the event flyer is below under 'Community Events.'

Next Meeting: January 18

TWITTER: @MonomoyGuidance

INSTAGRAM: @MonomoyGuidance

Wishing you health and safety,

The MRHS Counseling Team

• Wed. 1/17
• V Boys Ice Hockey @ 2:30

• Thurs. 1/18
• Fr. Girls Basketball @ 2:30

• Fri. 1/19
• Fr. Boys Basketball @ 1:45

We will be having a meeting to introduce the new Head Boys Track Coach on Wednesday, January 24th, at 6:00pm in the MRHS cafeteria. All returning players, new players, and their parents are welcome to attend this meeting. We are excited to have Coach Syty join our staff!

• They must be purchased in advance as there will be NO Cash option available.
• Season passes for Basketball will be available at the games for $30 Cash only by the Booster Club.
• Save this link to buy your tickets for upcoming games: MRHS -MSB Ticket Sales

• Tickets are $5 for general admission plus a small service fee.
• Monomoy Students get in for free with student ID.

Please click the link to see the MRHS Performing Arts Department Calendar 2023-2024

Click here to access the 2023-2024 School Handbook:

https://mrhs.monomoy.edu/our-school/school-handbook

To report your child's absence, tardy, or upcoming dismissal please use the following link:

https://mrhs.monomoy.edu/attendance

Did you know? Past issues of the Friday Focus can be found on our website:

https://mrhs.monomoy.edu/news/friday-focus

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Phone: 508-430-7200

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