Dear Parents & Guardians:
Wow! We are already halfway through the first trimester of the school year. As one can expect in Middle School, there have been a few hiccups along the way, but it has been a great start to the school year. With our faculty regularly reporting grades in Aspen (formerly X2) QMS no longer sends home paper progress reports. If you have not checked your child’s progress recently, I recommend that you do so this week. If you have any questions about your child’s progress or grades in an individual subject, please reach out directly to that teacher. If you have more global concerns about your child’s progress, I encourage you to reach out to their team as a whole. Each team has an email address that reaches every faculty member on that team (qms.colorteam@mansfield schools.com Example: qms.redteam@mansfielschools.com).
I want to commend everyone who arranged for and attended last Friday’s Fall Flannel Fest! Although the weather forced us inside, a great time was had by all. Our students had a wonderful afternoon of fun and they all did a great job in terms of meeting everyone's expectations. This was a great opportunity for our student community to come together! Thank you to the QMS Tri-M and Student Council for making this event a success!
On Friday, October 27th, our 8th grade students will attend a joint presentation by Mansfield High School, Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School, and the Bristol County Agricultural High School where they will learn about many of the public high school options they have. I encourage 8th grade parents and guardians to keep an eye out for updates from Ms. Martin regarding the transition to Mansfield High School. Additionally, for more information on Southeastern or Bristol Aggie, families are encouraged to check their websites regarding open house opportunities and application information.
Additionally, Southeastern and Bristol Aggie will present to our 7th grade students on the 27th as well. They will share with our 7th grade students what opportunities they offer and will also review admissions expectations as they do look closely at 7th and 8th grade. It is important that our 7th grade students know what is expected of them if this is an opportunity they wish to pursue.
I also wanted to share that over last week and this week, our sixth grade students are engaging in a team building activity through the Hockomock YMCA. This activity takes place using the YMCA ropes course in North Attleboro and has shown year after year to be a great way to help QMS sixth graders become more connected to the QMS community.
Lastly, we are excited for the first production of the year from QMS Drama Club. The Drama Club will proudly present “The Scheme of the Driftless Shifter” on Friday, November 3rd. For more information or to purchase tickets, please see the flier below!
Sincerely,
David McGovern - Principal
