MHS WEEKLY STAFF UPDATE

• Updates from Jason
• Dates to Remember
• Staff Solon Salutes Shout Outs
• Department Updates: Guidance Department & CBL
• Procedure Reminders & Helpful Links
• MRPS District Updates

Hello All,

I hope you are all well. I hope you had a nice weekend, Eclipse Day, and are enjoying the warmer weather.

It was a busy weekend at the Affolter/Gingold house. I saw my dad and mom on Saturday. We had house guests from Massachusetts for the Eclipse: a 4-year-old and a 3-year-old, a 6 month baby, two middle schoolers, and four adults. Whew! I forgot what it's like to have the young ones around. It was total fun!

Friday night, we saw the 12th Night, and what an amazing show! Our students are so talented, and I am always in awe of their acting, music (written by Callum), and performance. Thank you, Masque, Tech crew, Kianna, and Ally T, for a beautiful experience. It made my Night.

This week, although shortened, is never one for dullness at MHS. The Winooski Valley Music Festival is at MHS on Tuesday. Progress reports will be mailed out this week. Teen Jazz is on Wednesday during Solon Block! It's going to be a great week!

I'm sending this pre-Eclipse, just in case the entire world's power or internet goes off. I hope the experience is incredible! Wear your glasses, and have a great Monday!

Thank you for all of your work, time, and mentorship.

Best,

Jason

Entrepreneur Sara Blakely, the founder of Spanx, on failure:

"When my brother and I were growing up, my father would encourage us to fail. We'd sit around the dinner table and he'd ask, "What did you guys fail at this week?" If we had nothing to tell him, he'd be disappointed. The logic seems counterintuitive, but it worked beautifully.

He knew that many people become paralyzed by the fear of failure. They're constantly afraid of what others will think if they don't do a great job and, as a result, take no risks. My father wanted us to try everything and feel free to push the envelope. His attitude taught me to define failure as not trying something I want to do instead of not achieving the right outcome."

Source: Getting There

Edutopia Article of the Week

Important Happenings this week:

Monday 4/8/24

No School

Ellia C is out now until the end of the school year. Please reach out to Amanda or Lissa with student questions.

Tuesday 4/9/24

7:30 Planning Time

Winooski Valley Music Festival at MHS all day/night

Normal TA and Solon Block

3:15 PM Guiding Coalition

Wednesday 4/10/24

Emily T Out Day for PD

7:30-8:05 Staff Gathering in the Library- connection

8:30-3:00 Teen Lit Mob Field Trip to U32

12:50 Teen Jazz in Auditorium

1:45 Jason G at League Meeting until 4:00 pm

Thursday 4/4/24

7:30-10th grade EST

Potential New Student Shadowing MHS.

Normal TA and Solon Block

3:00 PM Jason G leaves for Dr. appointment

Friday 4/12/24

7:30 11/12 Grade EST

9:15-1:15 Field Trip to see Beatles at Barre Opera House

8:30-2:30 Advanced Manufacturing Day at VTSU Randolph Campus Filed Trip

1:00 Normal Solon Block & TA AND Senior Graduation meeting & VSAC Senior Survey in the aud during Solon Block

Reminders (To Do)

• G&W Calendar. With the snow day on 4/4- April has 8 Green and 8 White Days. I am inclined to leave it as it. Please reach out if we should adjust.
  
  
• On 4/15/24 MHS The Conversation is presenting "On behalf of the Conversation, I'm excited to announce consent educator Sarah Casper will be coming to our school April 15th to host an interactive consent presentation, "Consent Shakeup". This is designed to be an applicable and more nuanced version of the consent education most of you have already received. The course will be taught in two groups, block two and three (a green day). All seniors will be excused from the class they will be missing and sorted into two groups (stay tuned for your group) .

  This opportunity has been made possible with generous community member's donations. The MHS class of '68 has been instrumental in our fundraising, donating in the name of their classmate Robin Farnham, whose life was tragically taken in an act of domestic violence soon after her high school graduation. Our club has been fundraising and putting a lot of thought and time into this event and we are really grateful to be able to provide this experience for the class of 2024! Thank you for your participation!"

• Be Mindful. The MHS Clean Team has a lot going on until break. Every week we have an event at MHS, they are busy getting fields ready for spring sports, weekend events, Board Meetings, and normal cleaning. If there is anything you can do to help minimize the need or unless it's an emergency, let's hold off on the ask. Thank you for understanding.

• Caitlin B is starting on 4/29 to help while Ellia is out. Caitlin is a Social Worker and completing their internship at UES.

MHS has an opportunity to partner with Montpelier Alive, The Community Engagement Lab and others to be a part of the "Bridges Project." Please see the information below. Paul Gamble (Nick and Ben's Caregiver) will be meeting with us on April 10th at 7:30 AM to describe the opportunity in full.

Vita-Learn is sponsoring an series of AI-focused professional development events that will kick off with the Education + AI 2024 Summit on June 27. You can download a flyer here and learn more about it on their website: https://ai-vermont.com Space is limited, so if you are interested, register now! If your school is unable to cover the registration cost, Vita-Learn members can apply for funding support from Vita-Learn. You can get a sneak peek as well as a tour of Generator at the closing of Day 1 of Dynamic Landscapes, May 16.

Dynamic Landscapes, May 16-17 — registration is open! This year's agenda includes workshops to help you with the latest in AI as well as for teachers who need to build their confidence and skills with the Google suite, Seesaw, Kami, WeVideo and more! Please share this flyer with your teachers! Also, please note that I sent out a flyer previously that had incorrect dates on it…so, if you have one that incorrectly says May 18-19, please replace it with this one! Yikes!

MHS TA's are starting our own New York Times Style Connections Challenge. What your TA needs to do is this-

1. Use the link that provided as well as the shared doc where teachers/administrators can enter their Connection.

2. Have your TA make a COPY and create their own Connections, and include your TA NAME.

Share it with Jason so we can add it to our shared folder.

3. Jason will share the week's link each Tuesday morning with a brief Good Morning MHS Community blurb

4. Once we have enough Connections, we can begin.
5. Questions- please ask JK, Whitney, and Sue:)

• 4/13-5/11/24 3 French Exchange Students visit MHS
• 4/15/24 The Conversation Presents guest speaker on "Consent" for all seniors.
• 4/15 3:15 Laura and Gio at MHS
• 4/16/24 Silent Auction to raise funds for Sadie and Ally T field trip.
• 4/17/24 Egress Drill
• 4/29/24 Long TA No Solon Block
• 5/2/24 UVM Visit for students in grades 10 & 11 (Amanda & Lissa attending)
• 5/3/24 VTSU Try A Major Day Field trip
• 5/6/24 AP US Govt exam 8:00-12:00
• 5/7/24 AP Stats exam 12:00-4:00
• 5/8/24 AP English 8:00-12:00 & Comp Science exam 12:00-4:00
• 5/8-5/10 All State Music Festival
• 5/8 VPA Spelling Bee at MHS Auditorium 4:00-7:30 PM
• 5/9/24 AP Psychology exam 12:00-4:00
• 5/10/24 AP US History exam 8:00-12:30
• 5/11/24 or 5/25/24 Race Against Racism Date
• 5/13/24 AP Calc exam 8:00-12:00
• 5/14/24 Caregiver Webinar about Substance Abuse by Lucy S 6:30 PM
• 5/15 Shao Shan Temple Field Trip
• 5/15/24 AP Music Theory exam 12:00-4:00
• 5/16/24 AP Spanish exam 8:00-12:00
• 5/17/24 PIZZA FOR THE PEOPLE (adjusted schedule)
• 5/18/24 Music Chorus Field Trip to 6 Flags and performance
• 5/20/24 Laura and Gio at MHS 3:15
• 5/21/24 VT Young Playwrights Field Trip
• 5/23/24 MHS Spring Pops Concert 7:00 PM
• 5/30/24 MSMS Concert at MHS 3:00-8:00
• 6/7/24 Grades are due to Aaron for all seniors.
• 6/7 & 8 REN STAR ASSESSMENTS For grades 9, 10 and 11 in classes.
• 6/8/24 Junior Prom at Farm House Flowers
• June 14 MHS Senior Graduation
• June 17 MHS Celebration at NOA.
• June 19th, Last day of school- so far.
• September 28 from 12-4:00 MRPS PIE FALL HARVEST Celebration at the State House.

• How to use the interpretation service. Here is the document with the directions.
• 9th Grade Summative Calendar
  
• 10th Grade Summative Calendar
• 11 and 12 Grade Summative Calendar
• Learning Strategies Success Bank from Grade Level EST
• Recurring Meeting Schedule
• 23-24 Flex Block and Long TA Schedule (subject to change)
• 2023-24 MHS Bell Schedule
• MHS 23-24 Greenn & White Schedule
• MHS 23-24 Program of Studies
• MRPS 23-24 District Calendar (updated to reflect 4/8 tp 4/15 ER Switch)
• MRPS Curriculum Webpage
• MHS Staff Webpage
• How to Post a Ready Sub Absence
• MHS Hazing, Harassment and Bullying Information: If you believe you have witnessed or experienced discrimination, bias-based harassment, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, or bullying at MRPS, please report it to a school administrator as possible. If you do not feel comfortable reporting in person, please complete this reporting form. If you have any questions please contact MRPS Director of Social Emotional Learning & Wellness, Jessica Murray, at jessicamurray@mpsvt.org or (802)505-0435.

• MRPS has a District Blog; please sign up and learn about all the great moments at each school.

• Things to Check Out on the MRPS Curriculum Site.

• April 17- Next School Board Meeting at MHS 6:30 PM.

• April 30th- Second School Budget Vote.

Email: jasongingold@mpsvt.org
Website: https://www.mrpsvt.org/mhs
Location: 5 High School Drive, Montpelier, VT, USA
Phone: (802)225-8000
Twitter: @GingoldMHSvt

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