Miscoe Hill Weekly Update

Welcome February! Report cards will be posted on February 8. You will find a copy of our REVISED hybrid schedule below for your information. This week is a B week. Please note that Cohort 1 is in school on Thursday and Cohort 2 is in school on Friday.

Please congratulate these six fifth and sixth grade artists whose artwork will be on display in the 2021 MAEA Youth Art Month exhibit. Typically held in Boston, due to the pandemic, this year's exhibit will be virtual. The exhibit will be posted March15, 2021 on the Massachusetts Art Education Association’s website: massarted.com/youth-art-month and will remain posted through April. Follow this link to read more about the artists and their artwork: https://monalisaliveshere.me/2021/01/28/celebrating-youth-art-month-2021/

Congratulations to the following 7th and 8th Grade Miscoe Hill students, for having their artwork selected: Grace Joseph, Julia Lenfest, Emma Lynch, Kylie French, Andrew Moses, and Finn Lozeau. The exhibit will be posted March15, 2021 on the Massachusetts Art Education Association’s website: massarted.com/youth-art-month and will remain posted through April.

Ordering is now open for the Miscoe Hill 2020-2021 Yearbook.

Price per book: $35.00

Place your order by: 04-16-21

For more information on how to place your order, please click the link below.

BVT Interview Update

All applicants will be receiving an email from BVT with their scheduled virtual interview date and time. Interviews will be scheduled for February 16th during vacation week.

To help you prepare for your BVT interview, please reference the attached documents.

If you have any questions or concerns about the interview process, please contact the Admission Office at 508-529-7758 x3020 or acolonero@valleytech.k12.ma.us.

We wish you the best of luck and we are here to support you.

This is a program designed to help students who are struggling with organization and work-completion. It will be especially helpful during the unique circumstances of this school year.

W.I.N. After School Program Update - Please note the change in time and place: W.I.N. will start immediately after school and run until 3:45 in Ms. Joyce's classroom, Room 220. Don't forget to bring a snack!

UPDATE FOR THE WEEK OF FEB1-5---WIN will be meeting remotely tomorrow at 2:30 and WEDNESDAY (rather than Thursday) at 11:30. I will not keep the kids too long as I know it will be 2 straight days of on-screen-learning, but, I do want to check in and help :) Please note the change in days is for this week only. Kids can join by using the zoom link below; they can find it also on the WIN Google Classroom page I have encouraged them to join (the code is gbsv6xz in case they need it).

The basketball games scheduled for 2/2 are postponed until 2/3

2/4 games - Boys @ Miscoe 4:30 and girls at Douglas at 4:45

This 90 minute workshop will provide advice for having real conversations with your child to foster a positive online experience for your family, with suggested restrictions and rules.

If your New Year's resolution involves being active, getting outside more or supporting your community, please sign up for the NYS Shamrock Shuffle Virtual 5k!

Invite your contacts and make it a friendly competition while helping to support youth softball in Mendon and Upton!

Details can be found at www.nipmucyouthsoftball.com

Miscoe Hill Middle School is taking part in a wonderful fundraiser for Mendon and Upton. This winter, we are selling firewood for $10.00 a bundle. All proceeds will help benefit people in our communities that may need financial assistance throughout the year.

If you would like to purchase wood and support this fundraiser, please email Bill McInnis at wmcinnis@mursd.org to make arrangements. Students (who will be wearing masks and adhering to COVID-19 protocols) will carry bundles of wood to your car and place them in the trunk.

If you or anyone you know needs wood to help defray the cost of heat, please let us know. We would be happy to donate to you/them directly.

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The following are the DPH guidelines for those who have been exposed to COVID-19:

All close contacts should be tested but must self-quarantine, consistent with the guidance outlined below:

• At least 7 days, provided that all of the following are satisfied:

• They are tested (either polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or antigen test) on day 5 or later from their last exposure to the positive individual and receive a negative test result

• They have not experienced any symptoms up to this point

• They conduct active monitoring for symptoms through day 14, and self-isolate if new symptoms develop

• At least 10 days, provided that all of the following are satisfied:

• They have not experienced any symptoms up to this point

• They conduct active monitoring for symptoms through day 14 and self-isolate if new symptoms develop

• No test is necessary under this option for the purposes of exiting quarantine

• At least 14 days after the last exposure to the person who tested positive, if:

• They have experienced any symptoms during the quarantine period, even if they have a negative COVID-19 test; or

• They are unable to conduct active monitoring of symptoms

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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Every week, the Weekly Remote 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.

The Mendon-Upton Regional School District would like to take the opportunity to share photos of students engaged in learning. We request your permission for the District to photograph or record and to identify your child for possible use in school-related posts to social media, local newspaper features, newsletters, the SCHOOL YEARBOOK, and television.

Please fill out this Photo Permission Form only if you DO NOT want your child photographed.