News from the Middle

Medway Middle School is excited to invite all of our families to our Curriculum Night which is scheduled for Tuesday, September 19th starting at 6:00 pm. This adult-only program is an opportunity for families to meet their child’s teachers and learn about their child’s curricular program. On Tuesday, your child will bring home a schedule that will be specific to their grade level/team. We encourage families to take a photo of this schedule so that you can have it with you on Open House Night. We wanted to provide you an overview of the evening and share some other important information.

Parking

We expect that parking will be challenging this evening and encourage families to travel in one vehicle and to carpool with other families, if possible. When parking, we also ask that you refrain from blocking entrances/exits and that you are mindful of blocking other drivers in. We appreciate your cooperation.

Allied Arts Teachers

Medway Middle School is proud to offer a range of curricular activities, in a variety of areas for our students. Allied arts teachers are eager to meet you and share information about their curricula with you. We encourage you to visit the cafeteria, where all allied arts teachers will be stationed, at the designated time to learn more about our course offerings.

Today, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released MCAS Accountability results. These results help our school determine how we performed in relation to targets set for us by DESE. Medway Middle School will continue to examine this information, along with grade, content area, class, and individual student results to plan for further support and interventions for our students.

Our faculty will be engaging in structured meetings to review both MCAS data as well as the beginning-of-year diagnostic data. These meetings, which will occur at the team and department level, will inform our instructional practices as well as support teachers in setting both student learning and professional practice goals.

You will receive a copy of your child’s MCAS results within the next few weeks. These results represent achievement during the most recent MCAS assessment. In addition to the MCAS Results providing information about your child’s proficiency in achieving standards, they also provide information about how well our school helps students meet the state standards. These results are then used to assist us in making improvements to our curricular and instructional programs. When these results become available, we encourage you to review the MCAS report carefully and to reach out to your child’s teacher or the Middle School office if you have any questions.

We’d like to share a concerning trend known as the "One Chip Challenge." This challenge has gained popularity among young people and poses serious health risks, which you should know. The "One Chip Challenge" involves consuming an extremely spicy and potent chili pepper chip. Recently, the challenge sickened ten middle school students in Holliston and, sadly, was a precursor to the death of a student in Worcester. For more details about the challenge and it’s health effects, please find a letter from the Director of Wellness linked here.

We are pleased to launch the Medway Middle School Clubs and Activities Site. Families are encouraged to view this site to learn more about our Clubs and Activities, find links to Club and Activity pages, or to learn more about our advisors and club meeting times. Please feel free to reach out to any of our advisors if you have questions about any of our clubs and activities.

We are pleased to announce that the Medway Middle School Late Bus will return to service on Monday, October 2nd, Students who are staying afterschool for organized afterschool sports clubs or activities may ride the late bus. Additionally, students who have arranged to say afterschool with a teacher may also take the late bus. The Late Bus will run on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday afternoons.

Students who intend to ride the late bus home from school will receive a late bus pass from their coach , teacher or advisor. We expect that the late bus will depart Medway Middle School between 3:15 and 3:30 during the first week of service while routes are established.

'SUP Medway with the help of multiple community partners is launching a new program for Medway middle school age youth: Friday Night Done Right.

This is a FREE drop in program on specific nights where parents get a few hours "off" and youth can enjoy pizza, sports, crafts, music, and social time. Some nights may also feature age appropriate movies, inflatables, visits from a certified therapy dog, etc.

2023 Dates for Friday Night Done Right:

Friday, Sept 29th

Friday, Nov 10th

Friday, December 15th

Time:

6:0 pm - 8:00 pm

Location:

High school cafeteria & back patio

Registration and Chaperones:

Click here for student registration.

We are also looking for adult chaperones from 5:30-8:30 pm. Please click here to volunteer as a chaperone.

Please take a moment to review the MSPTO meeting dates for the 2023-2024 school year. We encourage all families to attend at least one MSPTO meeting this year.

September

September 25- School Closed- Yom Kippur

October

October 2- Middle School Late Bus Begins

October 2- First Community Service , WEB, Yearbook and Robotics Club Meetings 2:00-3:10 pm

October 3- First Green Team Meeting 2:00-3:10 pm

October 3- & 10 Jazz Band Auditions 2:00-3:10 pm

October 5- First Comic Book Club and Science Fair Club Meetings 2:00-3:30 pm

October 9- School Closed - Indigenous People's Day

October 10- First TADA Meeting 2:00-3:10 pm

October 17th- First Student Council Meeting 2:00-3:10pm

October 18- Early Release Day- Professional Development

October 26- First Math Club Meeting 2:00-3:10pm