MST Weekly Update
November 17, 2023
Good afternoon to all of our MST family members.
Monday November 13th was the first day of the second quarter. First quarter report cards have been posted in Aspen and paper copies of the report card will be distributed to the students next week in their Advisory. An explanation of the report cards is provided below.
Next week is a two-day school week, Monday and Tuesday only. As next week is so short, the next weekly update will be sent out on Friday, December 1st. I wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at MST.
A big thank you to the Class of 2027 for organizing a food drive for Thanksgiving. Students and staff at MST were asked to bring in non--perishable food items. The school responded by donating over 700 items! These items will be used to make 20 Thanksgiving food baskets with the help of students from the National Honor Society and staff donations that funded the purchase of 20 turkeys and other food items. Any leftover items will be added to the inventory of MST's food pantry.
Our Criminal Justice Class is proud to announce a newly sworn in NH Trooper for Troop B, Isaiah Acquaye. Isaiah was a full-time student at MST, Class of 2017, who completed Ms. Dobmeier's Public Safety CTE program (now Criminal Justice) while at MST. He enlisted in the Marines upon graduating. When he returned home, he used his college transfer credits to begin his Criminal Justice Major at NHTI.
Isaiah is an amazing young man who saw what MST had to offer and chased his dream!
Congratulations to you Isaiah, we are very proud of your need to serve. STAY SAFE!
When report cards are issued soon, most of the grades will be similar because at this point in the year, the level of competency is 1 for most, if not all of the classes. In a competency system, the total progress is reported for each marking period. Think of a 1 as being 1/3 of the way to a completing a competency, a 2 is about 2/3 of the way, and a 3 means that student has met competency. When all competencies are a 3 or better for a course, credit is earned. If a student goes above and beyond, a 4 may be earned in a competency. In reality, the MST-HS report card is really a progress report of where your child is at that moment in time.
The first report card is the most confusing as the 1 could mean they have not done any work, they have done little work, or they may be on track to earn credit. That is why the teacher comments are so important. The comments will tell you how your child is performing at this time in each class.
PLEASE NOTE that if your child is in a CTE class, that class will have a traditional letter grade.
Please see the attachment below for a further explanation.
If you are driving your child to MST in the morning, we ask that you follow a few basic procedures so that everyone can remain safe. In recent weeks, several people have commented as to how there have been many near misses in the morning as cars pass others that are dropping off students.
- If your drop off is a routine one with your child just getting out of the car quickly, please just pull forward, drop off your child and wait for any cars in front of you to do the same before leaving. Make sure that your child looks carefully before exiting the car and crossing the road. DO NOT PASS any cars dropping off students.
- If you need a bit longer to take items out f the car, change drivers, etc., please turn into the lower parking lot and drop your child off there so that you are not holding up the flow of traffic.
In the past, we have blocked off the road in the morning and had all cars go through the lower parking lot. If the situation continues in front with cars passing those that are dropping off students, we will be doing that again.
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
Manchester School of Technology
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.
