A reminder that this year’s calendar includes four late start days (9/23, 10/28, 1/17, 3/31). The first late start day is Friday, September 23. These days are in addition to traditional Early Release days and will be used for Staff Professional Development, similar to Early Release days. Your child’s school day will begin 2 hours later on these days, buses will run two hours later, Before School Programs will be open only for currently enrolled ESAP participants, and lunch and afterschool activities will continue as usual.

Fall Sports are underway! Find all the schedules here. You can follow any team and receive updates by email or text. You can also receive reminders before each game and create a link to your Google Calendar.

Communications Test

We are conducting a test of the MPS communication system on Wednesday, Sept 21 at 4 pm. All parent/guardian and staff emails, cell phone numbers, and home numbers in our system on September 21 will receive a TEST MESSAGE from MPS at that time. If you do not receive the TEST MESSAGE through the contact information you believe we have on file, it’s imperative that you inform us. We will send a feedback form through your principal’s weekly email, this blog, and on our website in the days after the TEST MESSAGE is sent.

Milton Glows Gold

Milton Glows Gold kicked off this week in MPS! Many students and staff have signed up to join Run/Walk/Ride. Our goal is to pledge 15,590 miles walked/biked/run in October, one mile each for every child diagnosed with cancer this year. Sign up now and be sure to join your school’s team!

Katie Greer at MPS

We are pleased to welcome Internet Safety Expert Katie Greer back to MPS on Wednesday, September 28 at 6pm at Milton High School for Raising Digital Natives: What’s New? What’s Now? What’s Next? This presentation is open to all Milton parents and guardians.

Health Screening Updates

Massachusetts General Law, chapter 71, section 57 with related regulations 105 CMR 200.000 mandates that school nurses do periodic screenings of vision, hearing, growth (height and weight), and posture. Bill H.4056, section 97 requires schools to conduct annual verbal screenings (SBIRT) for substance use. Pursuant to these regulations, MPS nurses screen students according to the following schedule:

• Vision: Grades PK-5, 7, and 10
• Hearing: Grades K-5, 7, and 10
• Growth (Height and Weight/BMI): Grades 1, 4, 7, and 10
• Postural (Scoliosis): Grades 5-9
• SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment, more information linked here): Grades 8 and 10

Parents/guardians will be notified if a vision, hearing, or postural screening requires further evaluation. Included in this notification will be a request for a report from your healthcare provider of their findings so that the nurses are aware of any problems which may interfere with learning and can accommodate any needs that are identified.

Parents may choose not to have their children participate in any or all screenings. Please notify your school nurse in writing by October 1, 2022 if you wish for your student to opt-out of a screening. This must be done annually.

If your student is receiving treatment for a vision, hearing, or postural concern, please provide Shannon Aikey, saikey@miltonps.org with current medical documentation of their condition.

Instrument Lessons

Instrumental Lesson slots are still available! If your student is in grade 4 and above and you were unable to register for music lessons, please reach out to program director Rebecca Damiani at rdamiani@miltonps.org to find out which instruments still have available time slots.

MPS Community News & Events page

Our seniors will be taking the SATs, our juniors and sophomores will be taking the PSATs and our freshmen will be able to participate in a Digital Citizenship Workshop at MHS or participate in a Day of Service in the community. Watch your emails for more details to come!