MVRHS Weekly Newsletter 4/30/18

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

Announcements

• Take the new “how well do you know your MVRHS staff” Quiz !!!
• Harvest of the Month: is wild edibles. The tasting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 1st. Being prepared is watercress chimichurri over chickpeas . The recipe includes the following ingredients: watercress, chickpeas, garlic, sherry vinegar, olive oil, honey, salt & pepper.
• After-Prom Party Planning: every Wednesday from 6-7 PM in room 503.
• Principal’s Coffee: Tuesday, May 1 at 8:00am.
• Project Vine Cornhole Tournament: Project Vine will be hosting its annual cornhole tournament and board sale this Friday, May 4th. It costs $40 to register a team of two and $20 to register yourself and Project Vine will pair you with a teammate. You can register on the Project Vine Website . Food will be offered for $10 a plate, served up by our Chopped for Charity winners, sophomores Jason Rivers and Henry Warner!
• Robert’s Tuxedo: Robert’s Tuxedo on campus May 2nd & May 3rd measuring for Prom Tuxedos.
• Year End Concert in the PAC! Thursday, May 3rd at 7 pm – choruses, band, jazz band, and orchestra along with selected solos/duets and MVRHS’s own rock band – Era of Good Feelings – will present their year end concert in the PAC. Come enjoy the music!
• Career Pathways- Andrea Dellorusso Campbell: After working for many years as a mechanic for McIntosh Motors on West Tisbury Road in Edgartown, Ms. Andrea Dellorusso Campbell is now the owner of a new auto repair business, Andrea’s Auto. This new venture is located at the same site of what was once McIntosh Motors. After graduating from Norwich College, a military school in Vermont, Andrea joined the Navy, where she received training as an engineer, and was assigned to the U.S.S. Kearsarge, an 844-foot amphibious assault ship. Ms. Campbell is eager to share her knowledge of automobile repair and maintenance. She teaches classes at Adult Community Education (ACE) Martha’s Vineyard where people take her course to learn how vehicles work, and how to talk to the mechanic when it doesn’t.
• Big Shout Out to Staff Member: A big shout out to Brooke Hardman Ditchfield for her performance as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at the Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.
• SWEAR Assembly : A huge thank you to CONNECT to end violence (MVCS Program), our amazing staff leaders, Matt Malowski & Amy Lilavois, and especially to our SWEAR leaders for talking to the Junior class about such a difficult, but vitally important topic to discuss: sexual assault.

• 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!

• Humphreys : Humphreys Bakery & Sandwich Shop is looking for part-time counter service help and a part-time sandwich maker. Call Donna at 508-395-3684.
• Bluewave Body Company: Small, on-island business that makes and sells their own line of handcrafted bath, body and cosmetic products is currently looking to grow their business and have some opportunities that would be perfect for a student internship, work-study, independent study credit or for college resume and art portfolio building. Applicants should already possess the basic skills required for the tasks. Should know how to create Instagram stories and create art/text for advertising in the appropriate software. Interested students should contact Gwyneth Wallace at info@bluewavebodycompany.com .
• Henderson Drywall: Brian Henderson is looking for someone that might be interested in helping part-time or full-time, or even possibly a work study. Brian does drywall and construction. He can be reached at 508-654-2061.

Upcoming MCAS Testing

Vineyarder of the Week

This week we interviewed Kyle Crossland, the new horticulture teacher and assistant baseball coach

What do you do here at the high school?
I am the CTE horticulture teacher.

Where did you grow up? What high school did you go to?
I grew up in Oak Bluffs and went to MVRHS. I graduated in 2001.

Where did you go to college and what for?
I went to UMass Amherst for environmental design and horticulture and ECOSA Institute for Ecological Design in Arizona.

How did you get involved with horticulture?
When I was a kid my father had a nursery and I grew up running around, doing little jobs, and fell into the family business.

What made you decide to come and teach at MVRHS?
When I heard that Mr. Wojtkielo was retiring and that the job was open, I thought it would be a really cool job opportunity. I used to coach Babe Ruth Baseball and thought it would be great to combine the two.

What is your favorite part of teaching at MVRHS?
Really getting to know the students, I love the greenhouse and the environment.

Do you participate in any other activities in the school?
I am a Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach.

How many years have you been playing/coaching baseball?
I have been playing my whole life, and I have coached off and on for about 6 years.

What is something that most people don’t know about you?
When I was in college, I traveled to India and spent 6 months there.

50th Anniversary of the Minnesingers

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Minnesingers founding and they are celebrating with a reunion of all former Minnesingers, along with this year’s Minnesingers, in the spring concerts May 12/13. If you are a former Minnesinger, and would like to participate, please let Nancy Rogers know asap. If you know any former Minnesingers, please pass the word along.

For those on Facebook, there is a group page – “MVRHS Minnesinger 50th Reunion” – to which you can request membership. Also, there is an events page you can go to – “MVRHS Minnesinger 50th Reunion Concerts” – to let us know whether or not you can come.

Here is a link to SurveyMonkey, which would be preferable to the paper survey.

Performances: Saturday, May 12, 7pm and Sunday, May 13, 3pm. Rehearsal: Saturday 9-12; lunch 12-1; run-through 1-3. Get together Friday night @ The Loft!

Last Week’s Athletics

4/23
Boys Baseball: Home against Sandwich @3:15

4/24
Boys Lacrosse: L against Bishop Stang 18-12 Boys Baseball: W against Saint John Paul II 3-2 Girls Lacrosse: W 22-6 against Bishop Stang Girls Softball: Away against Bourne @3:45 Girls Tennis: Win against Foxborough 5-0

4/25
Boys Tennis: Home against Barnstable @3:00

4/26
Track: L against Bishop Feehan

4/27
Boys Tennis: Away against Coyle @ Cassidy @2:45 Boys Lacrosse: L 17-5 against Plymouth South

4/28
Girls Lacrosse: W 19-10 against Nantucket

4/29
Boys Lacrosse: Home against Manchester Essex @11:30

This Week’s Athletics

4/30
Girls Tennis: Home against Coyle & Cassidy @3:00 Girls Softball: Away against Excel High School @4:00 Boys Baseball: Away against Saint John Paul II @3:15

5/1
Girls Tennis: Home against Sandwich @3:00 Girls Lacrosse: Home against Bishop Feehan @3:00 Boys Tennis: Away against Sandwich @4:00 Boys Lacrosse: Away Against Bishop Feehan @4:00

5/2
Girl Softball: Home against Barnstable @3:15 Track : Home against Bishop Stang @3:00
Boys Baseball: Away against Dennis-Yarmouth @4:00

5/3
Boys Tennis: Home against Dennis-Yarmouth @3:00

5/4
Boys Baseball: Home against Bishop Stang @3:15 Girls Softball: Away against Bishop Stang @3:30 Girls Lacrosse: Away against Barnstable @4:00 Girls Tennis: Away against Bishop Stang @3:30

5/5
Track: MSTCA Freshman/Sophomore Meet Small Schools @ 9:00

5/6
Boys Baseball: Home against Nantucket @12:30 and @2:30

ENRICHMENT OPTIONS IN FLEX THIS WEEK

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**

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

Book Publishing Workshop
Tuesday, May 1st . Are you writing your own book? Are you interested in publishing? Learn how easy it can be to self-publish your novel, children’s book, collection of poetry, short stories, cookbook, or anything you dream up. You can even sell it on Amazon for profit. In this hands-on workshop you’ll take the first steps toward publishing your book. ** Sign up under Library/- Book Publishing Workshop **

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

Prom Committee:
Tuesdays : Any junior students interested in helping to plan this year’s prom sign up meet in Jakusik’s room (101) to discuss topics such as decorations, where pictures will be taken and more! ** Sign up for Business/Education, DECA**

Center for African Studies:
In these sessions, we are looking in depth at Africa, and all its historical, political, geographical, religious, and cultural elements. Each session will be a study of a slice of life in an African nation, how people live, how people work, and how people thrive in the varied regions of one of the great continents of the world. Every other Wednesday . Starts: May 2, 16, 30, June 13. ** Sign up for Social Studies/History – Meet in History Department – Rm. 507**

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**

Interesting Career Pathways
On Thursday, meet Andrea Dellorusso Campbell, the owner of a new auto repair business, Andrea’s Auto. Andrea will discuss her interesting career pathway. ** Sign up for Work Study/Andrea Dellorusso Campbell**

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**

Best Buddies
Room 111 for Flex on Friday . Students from 8th grade will be visiting! Depending on the weather, we’ll have some fun either outside or in. ** Sign up for Special Education -Best Buddies **