MVRHS Weekly Newsletter 4/2/18

• Kevin McGrath
• 7 years ago

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Student artwork displayed has been provided by this year’s painting and drawing and photography classes.

Announcements

• THIRD QUARTER CLOSES FRIDAY, April 6th.
• Coming up next week- the MVRHS Newsletter survey will test your insider knowledge about members of the MVRHS Staff!!!
• ANSWER to Last Week’s Riddle: I start with M and end with X. I have a never ending amount of letters. What am I? A mailbox .
• Host a Sharks player for Summer 2018: The 35 Sharks players are in need of families for their upcoming season to host them. The Sharks had 7 players drafted in the MLB draft. These host families are the most important part of the Sharks season and the boys will truly become part of your family. Many families still stay in touch with their Shark through the years.
  • If interested contact Russ Curran at (508)813-0380 or Russ.curran@mvsharks.com.
• After-Prom Party Planning every Wednesday from 6-7 PM in room 503.
• Martha’s Vineyard Family Planning will be visiting sophomore health classes over the next two weeks. While sophomores are in their unit on sexual health we continue to invite MVFP into class as a community resource; for information sharing, on infection testing procedures and many other reproductive health services. There will also be some flex time in the second week of April if any student is interested in seeking health services information.
• Dine to Donate for Minnesingers: Offshore Ale is offering a Dine to Donate on Thursday, April 5th from 11:30am to 8:30pm. Bring your coupon!
• Ambassadorship Day at the The John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum: The conference will take place on Friday, April 6th, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm. It will include lunch and several panel discussions with local politicians. Ms. Fairchild-Coppoletti will chaperone.

• WRITE NOW: The Fourth Annual Writers Week April 2-6, 2018: Writers Week is an exciting yearly event at MVRHS that promotes and celebrates writing. Sponsored by the English Department, the week includes writing activities and contests as well as visits from over 25 Island writers. It culminates in the Writers Week Coffeehouse organized by the Seabreezes staff during which student and Island writers will share their work. We encourage everyone to participate!

• SWEAR Retreat: 4/4 and 4/5: T he mission of SWEAR (Stand With Everyone Against Rape) is to educate MVRHS students on the myths, stereotypes, and repercussions of sexual assault and rape. The program is predominantly led by young men with the idea in mind that sexual assault is not just a women’s issue but a men’s issue as well. Participants are nominated by faculty and current members of the program and attend a two day training/workshop on 4/4 and 4/5. The workshop focuses on masculinity in our culture and the epidemic of sexual assault and rape. Following the training SWEAR members present an assembly to the junior and senior classes. The SWEAR program is run in collaboration with CONNECT to End Violence, our local domestic violence and rape crisis center. The retreat is co-facilitated by senior members of the program.
• 2nd Annual MV Job & Volunteer Fair: Saturday, 4/7 10AM-1PM in the cafeteria at MVRHS. 25+ Employers Hiring for Summer, Part time and Full time. Many Non Profits for volunteer opportunities. Put on by wehustleandthrive.com and the MVRHS Marketing Department, and sponsored by 4C’s & The Boathouse.
• Customer Service Seminar: Presented by India Rose of We Hustle and Thrive, there will be a 40 Minute training in customer service techniques. Participants will receive a certificate of completion employers at the Job Fair will recognize. Helps students get hired first, be better employees and make more in tips!
• EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS: We are beginning to receive many requests for students who may be seeking employment for the upcoming season. These employment opportunities are being posted in 3 locations
  • On the school’s website;
  • In the weekly newsletter; and
  • On the bulletin board located in the main hallway of the high school across from the main office.
    • If you would like to add to this growing list, please email your needs to Barbara-jean Chauvin

Employment Opportunities for Students

MVRHS provides this as a point of information for paid and unpaid on island opportunities for students. We make no recommendations or guarantees about the positions and employers listed here. MVRHS is not responsible for hiring, scheduling, and compensation for community job postings which are handled directly between the student and the employer. MVRHS does not guarantee job placement for anyone using this information.

The MVRHS website now includes updated opportunities for summer jobs, volunteering, internships, grants, travel and study abroad. Look for the buttons on mvrhs.org , or view them all at mvrhs.org/jobs . Check back often as we are adding more almost every day!

• Service Technician: John Allenbrook from Crane Appliance is looking for students that may be interested in learning how to be a service technician. This is something they would train for – John can be reached at 774-460-1501 .

• Daycare/After school help: Elizabeth Bonifacio from First Light Child Development is looking for after school help or even the possibility of a work study student to help in her daycare. Elizabeth can be reached at 508-693-0660. Elizabeth mentioned that 2 daycares are in the process of closing their doors so there is a big need for child care providers at this time.

• Nanny opportunities: A family is in search of a fun and responsible high school student who likes taking care of kids. Local family with kids aged 8 and 12 looking for a high school student with a driver’s license, good references, babysitting experience, and perhaps CPR training to assist us this summer as a nanny. It would be a part-time (approx. 25 hours a week) with a set schedule. Contact Elle at 508-560-1213.
• Seasonal merchandisers: Coca-Cola and the facility in Edgartown need some seasonal merchandisers which would be a great opportunity for high schools students who are 18 years or older and have a vehicle and clean drivers license. Contact Susan Garrett at sgarrett@ccnne.com.
• Merriman Chimney Services: We are looking for graduating seniors who are interested in training to become certified chimney sweeps/technicians and masons. We work with continual inspections and maintenance of Chimneys, heating system flues and dryer vents to ensure that our homes are safe. In addition, we repair masonry, rebuild chimneys and fireplaces as well as work alongside with local plumbers and heating businesses.
  • If interested contact Hannah from Merriman Chimney Service at 508-693-2182

• MV Habitat Kids: Polly Hill’s mission is to inspire Island children to become habitat stewards and leaders of environmental stewardship within the Vineyard community. Each of the MV elementary schools has a habitat patch that was student planted; the habitat patches are examples of stepping stones that act to reconnect habitat that has been fragmented by development. At the end of the school year, students collect native plant seeds from each of the habitat patches and send them to Polly Hill Arboretum to be grown into mature plants. High school students would help to take care of the native plants at each habitat patch throughout the growing season, as well as to create kid-friendly labels for each plant species. The plants are to be sold to the public as a part of Polly Hill’s annual native plant sale.

  • 10 weeks/5 hours a week ($14/hr)
• Summer Teller: Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank is interviewing summer teller candidates. Qualified candidates are eligible to earn scholarship money with multiple year summer employment. Please contact Susan Dostal at 774-310-2034 if interested in applying.
• Check out more jobs, internships, and community service opportunities here

Brennan Srisirikul

Please come hear Brennan speak about his life as a man with a disability, a representative of the LGBTQ community and someone who strongly believes in inclusion, diversity and equality. Brennan’s also an actor in musical theater.

Brennan dreams BIG! His story will move and motivate you as well as make you laugh

Tuesday, April 10th 9am-9:40am (Flex period) in the Library.

Also: G period (following Flex) for any interested classes.

If you’re interested please visit/contact: Kevin McGrath, MVRHS Librarian

For more information about Brennan visit his website.

Upcoming MCAS Testing

ENGLISH MCAS testing for 10th graders will take place this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. There will be a breakfast for the 10th graders in the cafeteria from 7:15-7:45 Tuesday, March 27th to kick off the MCAS testing!

Vineyarder of the Week

This week we interviewed Patrick Flaherty, sophomore student who skis competitively.

What activities do you participate in?

Skiing and Sailing.

How did you get involved in skiing?

My parents. My whole family skis so I grew up learning how to ski. I have been skiing since I was 5 years old.

Where is your favorite place to ski and have you been anywhere exciting for the sport?

Berkshire East is my favorite place to ski, and I have skied in Austria.

Who inspires you?

My grandfather. He was a ski instructor who, along with my dad, has coached me and has helped me become a good ski racer.

Which events do you do?

I do slalom, grand slalom, and super grand slalom. Slaloms is a single person race, skiing for the fastest skier from top to bottom wins.It’s a sport that requires great courage and skill in equal measure; strength, agility, balance and technique. The slalom race is one of the most technical disciplines consisting of single poles as the gates. The grand slaloms consist of double poles with a flag between them. Unlike the slolems, the gates are larger and course is longer than the slolems. Athletes must use aggression, strength, and agility to make their way down the shorter courses. The super grand slalom is a speed dominate event with similar gates to the Grand Slalom. The course has larger turns and uses the terrain of the slope, the set will often be set to control the athlete’s speed coming into more difficult sections. It features long, sweeping high-speed turns on courses that have vertical drops only slightly less steep. It is a bigger (longer) course than traditional slalom.

What do you do in your free time?

Hang out with friends, workout.

How do you prepare for a race?

I look at the course first. We go in order of bibs (1-80) and whoever has the fastest time wins. I usually place around 30th. Many of the kids I race against go to ski academies and train every day.

ENRICHMENT OPTIONS IN FLEX THIS WEEK

Writers Week – Enrichments Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday!

Write Now! Interactive Creative Writing Lab with Dani Fletcher and Spencer D’Agostino – Available Tuesday through Thursday . Students and staff will meet in the PAC lobby to experiment with language and create word-based art in different forms, such as visible-only-in-rain sidewalk poetry, giant word-tile “magnetic poetry”, group story writing, ekphrastic response and more. Push the bounds of your love of words and experiment with different media in one or all of these interactive experiments with language. ** Sign up for English/D’Agostino**

Business Club

Every Tuesday during Flex, Business Club and DECA members meet in room 101 with Mr. Jakusik. ** Sign up for Business/Education, DECA**

Uproot Meeting

Meeting every other Tuesday in Room 112 (Mr. Graves’ room). CONNECT to end violence group, Uproot: Students Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. **Sign up for Title 1/Uproot **

Emerge

Skills and support group for girls who need help coping with life’s challenges. MUST PRE-REGISTER with Amy Lilavois to sign up.

Teen Council Meeting

Meeting once a month in the RJO/ACR area. Ryan Schwab-Doyon, Director of Alex’s Place at the YMCA will be here to discuss the future of the teen center with students. **Sign up for Title 1/Teen Council **

Meditative Coloring

Meditative coloring is a great way to destress and relax. Wednesdays. **Sign up for Ms. DeOliveira RM 115**

Customer Service Seminar

40 Minute training in customer service techniques. Participants will receive a certificate of completion. **Sign up for Business/Education, Customer Service**

Strive

Strive is a new organization created for women in business. Meet in room 101 every Thursday with Mr. Jakusik. ** Sign up for Business/Education, Strive**

Peer Tutoring in Room 203 with Mr. Lavers TUESDAY through FRIDAY

Peer Tutoring with Mr. Lavers will be in Room 203 during FLEX time. Mr. Bonneau will be in Room 113. **Sign up as usual for Mr. Lavers, but note the change in room**

Read On!

Haven’t got time to read? Come to the library on Fridays during Flex and READ! This enrichment is being offered to give you a time and place to sit down with a good book and just read. Nothing else is required except a desire to immerse yourself in a book of your choosing. If you haven’t found such a book, yet, we are here to help you find one.

**Sign-up under English – Read-on!**

Board/Card Game Flex with Ms. Braillard

Have any interest in learning how to play Cribbage? Or do you want to play a good old fashion board game like Monopoly? Sign up for Board/Card game flex with Ms. Braillard on Fridays . If you have a particular game you would like to play you are welcome to bring it in. ** Sign up for Math- Board/Card Game Flex, in the CADR**

BEATMAKING IN 513:

Make your own beats and experiment with hardware drum machines and synths with Mr. D’Agostino in room 513. No experience necessary! ** Sign up for English/D’Agostino**