Miscoe Hill Weekly Update

Every week, the Weekly Hybrid Learning Communication Chart will be shared with parents on Monday. This chart will allow for adults supporting students to understand the learning following:

• Learning objectives for the week
• Specific materials needed
• What special resources will be used instructionally.
• Information regarding how to access teachers.

Please click below to access this week's Hybrid Learning Communication Chart.

Cohort 1 - Since November 3 is Election Day and no school, Cohort 1 will attend school on Monday, November 2 and Wednesday November 4.

Cohort 2 - Will be asynchronous on Wednesday, November 4 and attend school on the their regular schedule of Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6.

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If you missed picture days last week in school, you may go to Morin Studios located 14 Pine Street, Milford on November 4 from 10-5. Please call (508) 473-0211 to make an appointment.

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Miscoe Hill is proud to continue its partnership with the American Student Assistance to support our Inspired Innovation Program and Center. ASA has provided funding for the creation of the Inspired Innovation Center, which helps their study on the impact of creating and career exposure programming for middle school students.

ASA will occasionally visit Miscoe Hill to observe our programs, talk to students about Inspired Innovation programming, and take pictures of the student work in action. They have asked that we share this consent form with families so they can use photos or quotes in their publications.

Additionally, we are seeking parents who might be interested in participating in one of our Inspired Innovation Center career panel interviews. Interviews will be held via Zoom to discuss aspects of your career, the training or education needed for your field, future trends in your area of expertise, and what students can be doing now to prepare for a career in your sector. If you are interested in participating or taking a more active role in the Inspired Innovation programming, please fill out this form. There are a wide variety of opportunities depending on your availability.

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We are thrilled to announce registration is open for the Girls STEM Summit LIVE 2021 - a new, live, online format! This year's Girls STEM Summit LIVE 2021 will take place on two half-day Saturdays: Saturday, April 3rd, and Saturday, April 10th, from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM, both days.

Jr.Tech is passionate and committed to inspiring the next generation of female STEM professionals and helping to close the Gender Gap in STEM careers. That is why Jr.Tech steadfastly researched, transitioned, and is committed to bringing a LIVE online summit via Zoom due to today’s challenging in-person restrictions.

Students will be experiencing the same exciting STEM learning as they have in years past. They will hear a keynote from a leading STEM female professional, experience four featured STEM career topics, and hear from college experts on advice and tips on applying to a STEM college degree program.

Details:
Who: Girls in grades 8 - 12 interested in exploring STEM fields and career choices
What: #GirlsSTEMSummitLIVE2021
When: Hosted online two Saturday mornings via Zoom
Dates: Since the summit will be online, it has been split into two half-day sessions.
Saturday, April 3, 2021, 8:30am - noon and
Saturday, April 10, 2021, 8:30 am - noon.
Fee: $65
Register here: https://juniortech.org/girls-stem-summit-live-2021/

"eCYBERMISSION Club:
eCYBERMISSION is a free national web-based STEM competition open to all students in grades 6-9. Students will work remotely via Zoom in teams of 3-4 students from Miscoe to identify a problem in their community, solve it following science and engineering principles, and communicate their work online to judges comprised of researchers and engineers working for the Department of Defense (DoD). Teams can identify problems from a wide list of mission areas including: (1) Alternative Sources of Energy; (2) Environment; (3) Food, Health & Fitness; (4) Forces & Motion; (5) National Security & Safety; (6) Robotics; and (7) Technology. Students will collaborate virtually with their team to perform all of the tasks necessary to complete their Mission Folder, including either developing and conducting an experiment or designing and building a prototype. Each team works with an adult Team Advisor who is there to assist and coach them, but students also have access to an online network of expert DoD researchers and engineers from across the country who are excited to offer virtual help. eCYBERMISSION Club will run November through February, and meet once a week afterschool entirely via Zoom. Rina Manser (Miscoe Hill Sixth Grade Teacher) and Michael Manser (Mechanical Engineer at the Natick Army Labs) will serve as team advisers. This is our third year offering eCybermission Club at Miscoe. Last year two sixth grade Miscoe teams won First Place and Honorary Mention at the state level! Parents of interested students should contact: michael.j.manser.civ@mail.mil for more information."

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The PTO is starting an online ONLY fundraiser.. We are keeping this open until 12/4/20. Meadow Farms is replacing our Yankee Candle fundraiser but is the same company who started Yankee Candle many years ago. Meadow Farms offer- candles, wrapping paper, cookies dough & desserts, gifts and much more!!!

All students working remotely, either on their asynchronous days in the hybrid model, or those who are in the stand-alone remote model, should log into their Miscoe homeroom teacher's Zoom link between 8:10 and 8:25 to be marked present for daily attendance. This will assist in accurate state reporting. Homeroom teachers are identified in students' schedules on PowerSchool.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that universal free school meals and COVID-19 meal service flexibilities (grab and go, parent pick up, etc.) have been extended through June 30, 2021. The Department encourages all students to take advantage of these meals so that children will have nutritious food and to help keep school nutrition programs running.

The state Department of Housing and Community Development has centralized information about resources for families struggling to make rent or mortgage payments due to COVID-19 at www.mass.gov/covidhousinghelp.

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Please click on the below links to learn more about the BVT Admission Process.

The MA travel guidelines say anyone entering our state from a high risk state (most states out of the northeast) must quarantine for 14 days or have a negative PCR COVID test. The test has to be administered 72 hours before entering MA or they can have a negative test after they arrive. Once they have a negative test, they can stop their quarantine. The ma.gov website has specific info about this.

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NEW***

All students Grades k-12 will be required to receive an influenza (flu) vaccine for school attendance by December 31st, 2020. (unless they have a medical or religious exemption)

During the COVID-19 pandemic, influenza vaccine will be especially critical to reduce the overall impact of respiratory illness on the population, protect vulnerable populations from severe illness, and decrease the overall burden on the healthcare system. (Center for Disease Control)

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is committed to better serving communities by learning about their experiences through the COVID-19 Community Impact Survey. The survey will help DPH learn about needs across the state so the agency can plan resources and supports. The survey takes about 10-15 minutes to complete. It is for anyone ages 14 and older and is completely anonymous. It is offered online in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Haitian Creole, and Vietnamese. The survey is available at: www.mass.gov/COVIDsurvey.

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This year due to circumstances, the only people allowed at the field are one family member per child and personnel. This rule is for all home and away meets. You must wear a mask and follow social distancing guidelines. Spectators will only be allowed to watch the race on the field between the baseball and softball field. Thank you for your cooperation!

No bus passes are being issued during hybrid learning due to bus capacity.

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