Miscoe Hill Newsletter

Attention Grade 8 Parents/Guardians - A Message from Nipmuc

We are excited to welcome incoming freshmen and their parents/guardians to visit the Nipmuc campus for the annual Nipmuc Showcase. The Nipmuc Showcase highlights how our school’s academics, extracurricular opportunities, and student life are helping students to tap into their curiosities and blaze a trail to their futures. The Nipmuc Showcase will take place on Tuesday, January 10 from 6pm-8pm with the inclement weather date being Thursday, January 12.

Incoming students and their families will have the chance to connect with our students and teachers to ask questions, tour the facility, and experience first-hand what life and learning look like at Nipmuc. The showcase will begin with opening comments by Mr. Clements and Mrs. Moran at 6pm in the Nipmuc auditorium.

We hope that you can join us for this event to explore Nipmuc and get excited about the journey into high school!

Nipmuc Regional High School

Last call to send in your baby pictures for the yearbook. Please email Miscoe Yearbook.

No PTO Meeting in January

We have decided to give everyone a winter break and cancel our January monthly meeting. February will be back in session (meetings held 2nd Monday of each month) and we will try to alternate some zoom meetings in with the live ones for the remainder of the year.

Stay tuned for an exciting opportunity for SUPERBOWL SQUARES, more info to come!!

Please click here to see Boys Basketball schedule.

Please click here to view Girls Basketball Schedule.

Students will be dismissed at 11:20am this Friday, January 13.

There is no school Monday, January 16 for Martin Luther King Jr Day.

5th Grade Winter Band & Chorus Concert

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 (Snow date 1/19)

Miscoe Hill Gymnasium

Concert start time: 7:00pm

Student arrival time: 6:15pm

6th Grade Winter Band & Chorus Concert

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 (Snow date 1/19)

Miscoe Hill Gymnasium

Concert start time: 7:00pm

Student arrival time: 6:15pm

All students should arrive in concert attire (white on the top/black on the bottom). Please direct any band questions to Mrs. Lauren Amitrano or chorus questions to Miss Alyssa Parsons.

The PTO needs a logo and we know one of the Miscoe students will be our designer! The PTO is holding a contest for their logo. Any student is welcome to submit a design by Jan 15. Submissions can be given to the office drawn on a 8.5x11 paper or submitted electronically to ptomiscoehill@gmail.com.

Calendar Dates:

Freshman Application opens >>>> October 1st

Application online at https://www.valleytech.k12.ma.us/domain/22

or go to BVT website > Admissions

Acceptance Notifications >>>>> Late March

Freshman Application will reopen after initial notifications are sent

Interviews (virtual) – January/February/March

Parent Orientation/Placement Testing – Saturday, April 1st for accepted

Notes

• Hardcopy & Spanish/Portuguese applications available

• BVT will contact Sending Schools for grades, attendance, discipline, recommendation for Grade 7 & first 2 terms of Grade 8

• Applications received after January 15th will be handled after initial notifications are sent in late March

• Contact Student Services regarding special needs

• See BVT Website for details on the Admission Process & Interview Resources (Interview Anxiety & Sample Interview Questions)

Contact BVT Admissions Office at admissions@valleytech.k12.ma.us

or (508)529-7758 x3020 with any questions you may have.

• Monday, January 9- School Committee Meeting @ 7
• Tuesday, January 10- Nipmuc Showcase
• Thursday, January 12 Nipmuc Showcase Snow Date
• Friday, January 13- Early Release @ 11:20
• Sunday, January 15- BVT Admissions Deadline
• Monday, January 16- Martin Luther King Jr Day, No School
• Tuesday, January 17- 5th Grade Concert
• Wednesday, January 18- 6th Grade Concert
• Thursday, January 19- 5th &6th Grade Concert Snow Date
• Monday, January 23- Term 2 Ends
• Tuesday, January 31- Term 2 Grades and Comments posted in PowerSchool

Registration for the spring season is open until April 1st.

Parents Learning with Parents (PLP)

FREE Virtual Speaker Series for ALL CAREGIVERS of students in K-12

STARTS in OCTOBER 2022

The bryt Family Engagement Team warmly invites you to participate in our Live Monthly Caregiver Speaker Series

Learn from community members with expertise in areas most requested by parents.

IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW:

● Parents/caregivers are not on camera -- only the speaker is

● Parents/caregivers have the option of typing questions into chat

Need additional supports? check out our Family Support Resources and free weekly virtual support groups

2022-2023 SCHEDULE. All events will be recorded, each link will take you to the recording of that event.

January 18th, 7pm- Parenting While Grieving. Helping yourself and your child cope with grief and the grieving process. Speaker: Dr. Jessica Griffin, PysD. Executive Director of the UMASS Children Trauma Training Center Link: https://youtu.be/QyLQyZhYs0c

February 8th, 7pm- Adolescent Substance use- what every parent needs to know about substances, use, and how to support kids. Speakers: Lisa Blanchard, Chief Clinical Officer of Spectrum Health services Link: https://youtu.be/dme0495hwtU

March 15th, 7pm -Ready [or not] to Launch: Preparing for your Child’s post-high school chapter Speakers: TBD Link: https://youtu.be/8zCDIg18V6k

April 26th, 7pm- Parenting Kids and Teens on the Spectrum Speakers: TBD Link: https://youtu.be/lE_vNaSXJ2k

May 10th, 7pm- What Your LGBTQIA++ child most needs from you Speakers: TBD Link: https://youtu.be/IVyEldgzLXU

The PTO accepts flat donations all year long! We would appreciate contributions of any amount to fund activities, materials and events throughout the school year. The best part? 100% of money earned through a flat donation will go directly to the PTO to enhance our children's school experience!

It's easy - just scan the QR code or send a check into school made out to Miscoe PTO!