posted by Chris Baer, Art, Design & Technology Department Chair Congratulations to the following students for their successes in the 2014 Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards: Gordon Moore, Anna Reinthaler, Jack Yuen, Savannah Trudelle, and Jessica Sonia won Gold Keys - the highest prize awarded. Their work will go on to New York City for national competition, and will be displayed in a special exhibit at Boston City Hall for the month of March. Gordon actually won two Gold Keys, together with three other awards. Anna, Jessica and Savannah also won multiple awards. Be sure to wish them good luck in the national competition! Taymon Brown, Sarah Alexander, Charlotte Benjamin, Read More / Leia mais
Come see Cats at the Performing Arts Center!
Feb. 13th & 14th: 7:30 PM Feb. 16th & 17th: 2:00 PM Read More / Leia mais
NEASC Final Report Available
NEASC (The New England Association of Schools and Colleges) has released their report following their visit to MVRHS last year. NEASC Letter to Principal Steven Nixon NEASC Final Report Read More / Leia mais
Ms. Adrienne Forgette Honored with Journalism Education Association’s Rising Star Award
Congratulations to Ms. Adrienne Forgette on being named a 2014 Journalism Education Association Rising Star! Read more about it at the Vineyard Gazette. Read More / Leia mais
January’s Engineering Design Challenge: Noise-Reducing Headphones
Each month, students have an opportunity to compete in a monthly engineering meet as part of our Engineering Challenge Program. At the meet, they are issued a design challenge, and they work in teams of 2-3 to meet that challenge. After 45 minutes, the designs are evaluated, and the meet winners are determined. All members of winning teams accumulate points over the season and are thus eligible to become grand winners of the Challenge. The January Challenge was to create noise-reducing headphones. Students were given 45 minutes to assemble their headphones, and they then had to place the headphones on a box that simulated a person's head. The headphones had to stay in place without being Read More / Leia mais
Sk8board design and construction in Coogan’s class
Fleix Reagan and Toron Deluz, students in Mr. Brendan Coogan's class, put this together. Read More / Leia mais
Scenes from the 4th Annual Brazilian American Friendship Lunch
The lunch which is an annual event is intended to build understanding and create opportunities for meaningful dialog between our student communities. It is based on a simple concept that each Brazilian-American student invites a student or a teacher from the larger culture to be their guest. The meal is a traditional Brazilian lunch and the organizing committee decorate the dining room, send out invitations and provide music. It has always been a really meaningful and important day for the students who organize it, and we were very excited to be presenting this for the fourth time. -Elaine Weintraub Photos by Gabby da Silva. Read More / Leia mais