MVRHS

Martha's Vineyard Regional High School

MV Gazette: New Principal Joins Students for Walk Through Island History

Ninth grader Emily Hewson had just finished reading her peers the plaque outside the Overton House, the former home of a civil rights political leader and one of the stops on the African American Heritage Trail, when the field trip took an unusual turn. “It seems we have lost the principal!” Elaine Weintraub, history teacher and a founder of the African American Heritage Trail, announced. The high school freshmen craned their heads around one another to see if, in fact, the principal was missing. He was. - See more at: http://mvgazette.com/news/2014/10/11/new-principal-joins-students-walk-through-island-history Read More / Leia mais

The Hungry Heart

The documentary film The Hungry Heart--on prescription drug addiction and youth will be showing on Martha's Vineyard on Oct 10th at 7:30pm. Don't miss the award-winning film about opiate addiction that is taking New England by storm. THE HUNGRY HEART Friday Oct 10th, 7:30pm MARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM SOCIETY, Vineyard Haven FOLLOWED BY A Q AND A WITH DIRECTOR BESS O'BRIEN and other local panelist SEE A TRAILER OF THE FILM AT WWW.THEHUNGRYHEARTMOVIE.ORG Sponsored by the Martha's Vineyard Times Tickets $12 ($9.00 members) To view a trailer of the film and to find out more information about how to use the film in your community, your organization, your school and as a training tool go Read More / Leia mais

The Innovation Club’s Maker Faire New York Trip

posted by Chris Connors During the weekend of September 19 -21, members of the MVRHS Innovation Club traveled to Maker Faire in New York City. The group was invited by the Maker Faire organizers to give a presentation about their project, The Two Week Electric Kart on the Make: Education stage. They spoke as a panel for 30 minutes about the experience of creating an electric kart in two weeks on a shoestring budget in time for this Spring’s Cape Cod Maker Faire. During their time at Maker Faire, students worked on many personal projects. While they did these projects, they demonstrated their problem-solving techniques and answered questions from the public. Cal Howard programmed a maze Read More / Leia mais

Beach Clean-Up

posted by Natalie Munn Last Saturday, Sept. 20th, many of our students joined with hundreds of thousands of volunteers at 5,583 locations around world for the 29th annual Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. It is the world's largest single day volunteer effort to clean up our beaches, lakes, and rivers. Held at the Vineyard Haven Harbor, the Beach Clean Up was organized by our own Katrina Lakis as part of the MVYLI. Our students from the MVironment Club, as well NHS, some Minnesingers, and others, came ready to collect and catalog trash. Every piece of trash was tracked and counted, and it will be included in the annual index of global marine debris. Of the 4579 items Read More / Leia mais

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