This Tuesday, January 24 (6:00 pm) there Joint Meeting of the Boards of Selectmen and Finance Committee. At this meeting Superintendent Dr. Bartholomew will be presenting on the current state of the budget and the impact of an override passing and not passing. This is a public meeting, and we encourage families to attend.

Whittier Regional Vocational Tech High School School Committee has an opening for a Merrimac representative. The term begins on April 1, 2023 and runs for three years. If interested, please reach out to Marianne Naffah in the Superintendent's Office at 978 363-2280, extension 132 or mnaffah@prsd.org.

• January 25 - End of Second Quarter/End of 1st Semester

• January 25 - Grade 8 Information Night

• January 26 - Start of 3rd Quarter/2nd Semester

• January 26 - MS Math Meet

• February 8 - Belonging Group: Full Day Training for students (Poet's Inn in @ Whittier Tech)

• February 13 - Grade Level Student Assemblies (Belonging) Grade 8 @ 7:45, Grade 7 @ 8:50

• February 13 - Whittier Tech Interviews (Afternoon)

• February 15 - Whittier Tech Interviews (All Day)

• March 2 - Grade 6 Parent Information Night @ 6:00pm

• March 10 - 15 - Grade 7 registration

We are excited to announce our 22-23 Project 351 Ambassadors! Tyler Stone, Lyla Travers, and Conor Price. On January 14th, Stone, Travers, and Price united with more than 425 Ambassadors and Alumni mentors for Project 351’s 13th annual Launch and Service Day in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. & Coretta Scott King. For more information about Project 351 and to view the official press release, click the link below.

• Project 351 Launch Day Media Advisory

The next School Council is scheduled for Monday, January 23, 2023 at 4:00 pm in the main office. At this time, the middle school is looking for parent/guardian representatives for this council.

Responsibilities would include:

• Attend 1 meeting (Monday afternoon) each month
• Adoption of educational goals for the school that are consistent with state and local policies and standards.
• Identification of the educational needs of the students attending the school.
• Review of the school building budget.
• Formulation of a school improvement plan that may be implemented only after review and approval by the Superintendent.

If you are interested in being a member of the School Council, please email Mr. Conant at tconant@prsd.org.

Whittier Tech will be sending over representatives on the following days/times to interview our 8th-grade students who have applied to Whittier Tech:

• Monday 2/13 - 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
• Wednesday 2/15 - 7:45 AM - 10:40 AM, 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM

Please be on the lookout for additional information as we get closer to these dates.

Below is a letter from Mrs. Millard regarding an upcoming presentation for high school students from Minding Your Mind.

The public Libraries have some teen programming coming up...

1. Youth Chess Tournament Grades 3-9 Saturday, February 4th from 11:30-4:30 at Merrimac Public Library Use QR code on attached flier to register. Any 10th -12th graders who know chess and would like to earn community service credits as monitors/judges, please reach out to Tracy Shaw at tshaw@merrimaclibrary.org

2. Teen Paint Party Grades 7-12 Wednesday, January 25th from 2:15-3:45 hosted by GAR Library in West Newbury but event is taking place at PRMHS Library. Open to only 12 students so gather your friends and plan to register early.

It doesn't matter which town you live in, you are welcome at any of these programs.

For more Information about programs or TAG (Teen Advisory Group), Contact your teen librarians at your public library for more information...

West Newbury-->Kelly Scott kscott@westnewburylibrary.org

Groveland--> Begen Daley bdaley@langleyadamslib.org

Merrimac-->Tracy Shaw tshaw@mvlc.org