Miscoe Hill Newsletter

At 4:30 this past Friday we sent out a prompt for students to update their iPad to the latest iOS. This update will help their iPad function better and prepare it for next month's MCAS. This update is mandatory so please do not ignore this important task.

This update can be handled one of three ways. We've listed them in the order of preference.

1. They plugged in their device before 4:30 Friday and let the update happen automatically already.
2. They accepted the update when they saw the prompt pop up on their screen.
3. Do the update yourself or a family member ASAP.

If your student is in Gr. 5 or Gr. 6, they may need to remove some apps or photos in order to have enough space on their iPad to complete the update. If they have any issues with the update, please email the help desk ASAP.

Thursday, March 17th at 3:15PM in the lower gym the Miscoe Boys and Girls Basketball teams will be taking on Miscoe staff! Tickets are $5 and will be sold at lunch for students starting today. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door. Family is invited to come watch them battle it out as well. Family must purchase their tickets at the door only. Who will you be cheering on?!

Monday, March 21, 2022

6:30 pm Start, 7:00pm Speaker Begins

In-Person at Nipmuc and Virtual via Zoom (https://mursd.zoom.us/j/88253684496?pwd=QVHT3B2bEJDN1dDcE94ZUorcnhJZz09)

Join us for the March MURSD SEPAC meeting, featuring a special guest speaker, Steve Lilly-Weber from the Bureau of Special Education Appeals. Steve will speak about the mediation process when families and the school are in disagreement about special education services for a student. Please come with your general comments and questions around the process of mediation! We will also be reviewing some of the recent programming organized by the district and covering some other topics. For more information or to be added to the SEPAC mailing list, please reach out to mendonuptonsepac@gmail.com.

Steve Lilly-Weber has been meditating with the Bureau of Special Education Appeals since 2004, currently covering the Bureau’s Central Region, which consists mostly of school districts in Worcester County. He also provides facilitation and training services across the state.

His presentation focuses primarily on the nuts and bolts of Mediation, for example, defining characteristics of mediation, when to request, how to request, how to prepare, who participates, role of the mediator, what happens during the mediation. In addition, he will discuss an additional dispute resolution process offered through the Bureau, the Facilitated Team Meeting.

The next meeting will be Monday, March 21st at 7:00 in Miscoe teacher’s room # 224

Come join us for the launch of this new, exciting Club at Miscoe Hill School!

Kickoff Meeting: Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Time: 2:45pm

Miscoe Room #223 (8th Grade Wing)

Contact: Mrs. Schwartz

mschwartz@mursd.org

NIPMUC FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE

SAVE $20 ON EARLY REGISTRATION STARTING MARCH 1ST!


Nipmuc NFL Flag Football - 1st-10th Grade!
We are very excited for Fall Flag Football Early-Registrations to begin! Yep, August is right around the corner! Lol! The Nipmuc NFL Flag Football program is for co-ed Fall 2022-2023 Grades 1-10. Early registration will save you $20 per player! We will also have a Spring Flag Football Clinic again this year so the kids can build skills while getting in some early Flag Football Fun! See Below.


Spring Flag Football Skills Clinic – Current Grades K-9

NFF will host a Flag Football Skillz Clinic on (2) Saturday’s, May 14th and Saturday the 21nd! The Clinic will run 2 days, from 3-6pm @ The Miscoe Middle School Back Football Field in Mendon, MA. We are also working with NYBaseball to ensure there will not be any game conflicts with the events.

This is a great pre-season training option with speed/agility drills, Passing, Wide Receiver skills and much more! Not to mention all the fun the kids will have! We highly encourage players from all levels to participate as this will help develop and improve skills from last year and especially for those who are new!

Pro QB & WR Trainers
Coming Again This Year for one of the clinic days! We will have professional QB/Wide Receiver Coach Trainers from Academic Elite Football as well so your child won’t want to miss this!!

Cost is $55 total per player. This includes admission to both days and a Nipmuc Flag Football Skills Clinic Shirt!

For more information go to nipmucflagfootball.com



The 2022 Flag Football Season – Fall Grades 1-10

We can’t wait to get started! The 2022 Season will start in the first week of August and will go all the way through the end of October. Early registration discount goes from March 1st-31st. Regular registration this year is $205 minus the $20 early registration discount. So if you do it early its $185! Registration includes an NFL Reversible Jersey and shorts! Player Evaluations will most likely be at the end of July, 1st week of August. Practice begins in August locally in Mendon and Upton. Games start in September and are held on Turf Fields & Under The Lights @ The NEBC!

For more information and to get registered go to: nipmucflagfootball.com

Please also consider volunteering to be a coach or assistant coach. Last year we had a great turnout, but this year we expect our numbers to increase quite a bit! We will need coaches in order to handle the amount of kids so please consider volunteering!

Nipmuc Flag Football

• Monday, March 21- 8th Grade Semi- Formal Planning Meeting
• Monday, March 28- School Committee Meeting

MCAS Dates:

• Friday, April 8 - Practice Test
• Tuesday, April 12 & Wednesday, April 13- ELA MCAS
• Tuesday, April 26 & Wednesday April 27- Math MCAS
• Monday, May 9 & Tuesday, May 10- Science and Technology MCAS (Grades 5 and 8 only)
  

Sports being offered are for 7th and 8th grade only. The following sports are Baseball, softball and Track and field.

Please click here to register.

Amazon 2023 is currently open for enrollment to current 6th and 7th graders. ***NEW*** With permission from Miss Holloway, current 8th graders may also register for this trip! I know many families have been nervous about traveling due to covid which is why I am extending this rare opportunity. I believe we are already in a much better place health and safety wise and I expect things should be even better (if not normal!) by next year. If you missed out on this year's trip due to covid you have one last chance to sign up and experience the adventure of a lifetime!

Miss Holloway will host an informational meeting on Wednesday, March 16th at 7 PM via Zoom if you would like to learn more. I will have pictures to share of our most recent adventure, feedback from parents and students that have traveled with us, and all of the information for our next Amazon Adventure! Sign up by March 23rd at explorica.com/Holloway-7078 and use code TRAVEL0Y to lock in the current price! Please email lholloway@mursd.org with any questions.

We have a new fundraiser; we now are collecting textiles for recycling! If you do any early spring cleaning over the February break, please think of us for donations!

2021-2022 Yearbook are for sale now!

Price per book: $35

Ordering End Date: 04/15/2022

Instructions to purchase a year:

Important information - If you are ordering for more than one child, please order for each child separately. Enter the first child’s information and on the next page you will see “add another child” before you checkout.

1. Go to www.coffeepond.com
2. Go to order central and select yearbooks
3. Enter the password Miscoe22 and select: on-line order and continue
4. Enter your child’s name, grade and the book quantity
5. Enter your email under Contact and select add to cart
6. If you have another child to order for, please select order for another child, if not, you can finish checking out

*Please note: The option to select “Mail-in order forms” will be an option up to 1 week before the Online ordering due date

2020-2021 yearbooks can still be purchased for $35. You can also purchase books from past years at discounted prices:

2019-2020 $30

2017-2018 $20

Please email Ms. Tinio at atinio@mursd.org if you are interested.

The Nipmuc Warriors club will be hosting Jim Grants annual golf fundraiser. It will be held at Shinning Rock Golf Course. It is a 18 hole course with all the amenities that are needed for us to be successful. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to help The Warriors' Club to support the needs of the high school, middle school athletes and Hall of Fame committee .
The foursomes are filling up so if you are interested please contact warriorsclub@mursd.org ASAP.
Everyone can help make this a great success. Can you sponsor a hole, donate a raffle item or auction item, donate money, or just buy a raffle ticket.
You don't have to be a golfer to help but you can help be the backbone of our efforts. Join us in some capacity.