MST Weekly Update

Good afternoon to all of our MST family members.

As 2023 comes to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone who is celebrating the holidays a wonderful holiday season.

Next week is vacation week. School is scheduled to resume on Tuesday January 2, 2024 and it will be a White Day. Wow, it's so hard to believe that it is 2024. Somebody said to me today that we are nearly a quarter of the way through the 21st century! It seems like yesterday we were worried about the beginning of the century and Y2K.

This will be a good week for our students to relax if they are all caught up on work, and if they are behind, they can hopefully take some time to get work completed so that they are back on track. After the break, we will be looking at all of the students who have late arrival and early dismissal, and if they are significantly behind, they will be scheduled to be in the building to catch up on work rather than coming in late or leaving early.

This week, students in Cosmetology participated in the annual holiday tradition, Anything But Hair: Students were tasked to use unconventional materials to create a hairstyle on a manikin as well as paint the manikin faces and create a promotional display board for marketing their skills.

There was also a Nail Art Display. Students were asked to create 5 nail art designs and a promotional display for marketing their skills.

Congratulations to this year's winners:

Anything But Hair

1st place Jennifer Hernadez, Memorial

tied 2nd place: Aaron Patten, MSTHS & Faithe Lisee, MSTHS

3rd place: Caitlin McPhee, Goffstown

Nail Art Display:

1st place, Kamdyn Curran, Goffstown

2nd place, Olivia Hines, Goffstown

3rd place, Bella Constantine, Bedford

Mr. Lord's video classes spent the couple weeks leading up to the holiday break in the spirit of the season. Learning Multi-camera production. Students shot a scene from the movie "Elf" taking turns playing characters from the movie, operating cameras, microphones, and other production equipment and then learned how to edit in multi-cam mode in their video editing software. A link to a student example is attached below

https://youtu.be/dhsyrT_TiLU

Attention Class of 2024! We have received word that the FASFA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) will open on December 31st, 2023 instead of earlier as had been planned. Please make sure you start your FASFA ID (how to video using this link How to Create an Account and Username (FSA ID) for StudentAid.gov (youtube.com)) in the next few days because it takes 3-5 days to process. Granite Edvance is available to help families navigate the application. You can schedule an appointment through this link https://calendly.com/graniteedvance

This year, all NH seniors are required to complete the FAFSA form, or file a waiver form, in order to receive a diploma. After the vacation, I will have a form that needs to be completed stating the date you submitted the FAFSA form, or stating that you request a waiver from the FAFSA. As soon as that form is available, we will distribute it to all of the members of the Class of 2024 and I will include it in a future newsletter.

This information about Tutor.com has also been shared with all students. This is a great opportunity for our students.

Do you wish you had access to a tutor to help explain a problem to you when you are working at home? Would you like someone to check over an essay for you before you turn it in? Would you like some assistance preparing for the upcoming SAT exam so that you can do very well on it? Maybe you just have a question about an assignment that you need answered before you can move on. Well, now you can have access to a tutor 24 hours per day/7 days per week through Tutor.com

Tutor.com provides on demand tutoring, SAT preparation, essay reviews, college planning and more. And the best part is that it is FREE!

All Manchester students can access Tutor.com through their Clever account. The service is completely free. The links below will give you information to get started.

• Connect with a Tutor Now

• Writing Review Drop Off

• Scheduling a Session

Please feel free to take advantage of this opportunity whenever you need to.

The National Honor Society will be collecting winter clothing for those students who may be in need of warm items. All items of clothing can be dropped off in room B135.

Online Yearbook Sales have begun! All yearbook purchases will occur through Jostens directly. Additionally, there are customizable advertisements for our seniors, please be sure to take a look at this memorable option. https://www.jostens.com/apps/jcom/router.mvc?affiliateId=2304923

Weekly School Menu

Saturday, December 23rd-Monday, January 1st-December Break

Monday, January 15th-Martin Luther King Day- No School

Tuesday, January 23rd-Presidential Primary Election Day-No School

Thursday January 25, 2024-End of the 2nd quarter/1st semester

And looking way ahead....

Friday, May 10, 2024-Prom from 6:30-10:00 at the The Farmhouse at Candia Woods

Saturday, June 15, 2024-Graduation from 8:00AM to 9:00 AM at the SNHU Arena. No tickets required.

That's all for this week! Have a great weekend.

Timothy Otis-Principal

Email: mst@mansd.org
Website: mst.mansd.org
Location: 100 Gerald Connors Circle, Manchester, NH, USA
Phone: 603-624-6490
Facebook: facebook.com/manchesterschooloftechnology

The mission of the Manchester School of Technology is to foster a safe and respectful learning environment while cultivating academic and technical competency, career success, and social awareness.