Milton High School Weekly Updates
1/5/2024
Important Dates to Remember
January 12- Early Dismissal
January 18 - Post Secondary Planning Night 6:30pm
January 23- End of Term 2
Feb 2-4 MHS Theatre Festival
MHS Theatre Winter Festival
We hope you will join us for an exciting weekend of theatre with our Winter Festival, Feb 2-4 at Milton High School! Our students have three separate theatre offerings:
- Nora's Lost, a 30 minute play about familial love and memory
- Student-directed ten minute plays
- SIX! Teen Edition, the tony-award winning British pop musical that tells and reimagines the stories of the SIX wives of Henry VIII.
Don't miss out on seeing these talented students! (*Recommended for those age 12 and up). The details and schedule can be found below. Tickets can be purchased at this link.
MHS Post Secondary Planning Night
Please join the MHS School Counseling Department for their annual Post Secondary Planning Night on Thursday, January 18th, from 6:30-8:30 pm in the MHS Auditorium. Families will have the opportunity to listen to sessions pertaining several topics which include College Testing: ACT vs SAT, College Admissions for Public and Private Colleges, Services for Students with Disabilities and how to pay for college.
The evening is targeted to parents and guardians of students in Grades 8-11 but all are welcome to attend. We hope you will join us for this valuable evening as you begin to think about your child’s post secondary plans.
Eustis Estate Field Trip
American Experience students recently went on a field trip to the Eustis Estate, a mansion in their own backyard of Milton, built during the Gilded Age. American Experience is a team-taught humanities class where juniors learn about American Literature and U.S. History in tandem with Mr. Young and Ms. Kelley. Students recently studied the history of the Gilded Age while reading short stories, essays and poetry from that period. Students were able to bring that history to life by exploring the 18,600-square-foot mansion, designed for the newlywed couple, W.E.C. Eustis and Edith Hemenway. AMEX students not only enjoyed stories of the Eustis family that lived there but were enlightened by an exhibit about the Chestnut family, domestic staff that left a musical and political legacy in the Boston area during and after the Gilded Age. After leaving the mansion, the class also hiked the grounds and paths of the estate.
Pierce Players Present Anastasia!
Pierce Players will perform its production of Anastasia for the Milton community on January 18th and January 19th at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, January 20th, at 2:00 p.m. in the Pierce auditorium. The students in the cast and crew are doing a marvelous job with this show, and they are looking forward to a packed house! Tickets can be purchased using this link.
Summer Program Info Night
The Pierce PTO is hosting a Summer Program Night on January 11, from 6-8pm in the Pierce cafeteria. Several businesses will be available to discuss anything summer from camps to memberships to internships for children of all ages, K-12. We have Girl Scouts, Goldfish Swim School, Milton Art Center, Everwood Day Camp, Milton Public Library Summer Reading Program, Zinkerz Camp, Youth Football and Cheer, Code Wiz, Freckle Face Yoga, Cooking with Miss Debbie, Impact Taekwondo, Riverside Theatre Works, Squantum Yacht Club Youth Sailing Program, School of Rock, PEDALHEADS, and more attending. Students are welcome to attend.
Food Service - Chipotle Chicken Fajitas
Our NEW Chipotle Chicken Fajitas at Milton High were a HIT! This mouthwatering lunch features tender chicken strips, bell peppers, and onions seasoned with fajita spices, served over a bed of fluffy rice and beans and topped with shredded cheese. Catch this on the menu again on January 18!
Free COVID Tests
State sponsored COVID test kits have arrived! Each kit contains 2 tests with instructions for use. Please send your student in with a written request of how many kits you would like sent home and students should bring the note to the school nurse.
Community Service & Employment Opportunities
Are you looking for community service opportunities? Throughout the year you will be able to access any community service opportunities here. There are already several opportunities available for students to volunteer. Get involved now! If you are looking for employment or internship opportunities this page will be updated throughout the year.
Milton Sports for All is offering Candlepin Bowling and we need your help!! We are looking for high school students to help with scoring and bowling with students in grades 4-8! This event is always held at Cunningham Hall on Wednesday afternoons starting January 10th- March 27th. If you can help out from 4:30-5:1 or 5:30-6:15 or both then please sign up! Please email us at msfavolunteers@gmail.com. A fun time is always had by all!
MFE Annual Appeal
An education from the Milton Public Schools is the foundation for excellence for all of our students. Together with your support, the Milton Foundation for Education (MFE) has been building this critical foundation for nearly 30 years. Last year, generous supporters like you funded over $100,000 to Milton Public Schools through teacher grants, district-wide initiatives, and student scholarships. Over the years, the MFE has distributed over $4,000,000 to support more than 50,000 students in all six Milton Public Schools.
The success of the MFE truly depends on families and friends like you. Your generous gift will allow the MFE to continue investing in groundbreaking initiatives and enrichment opportunities that inspire our teachers and every student in Milton, inside and outside the classroom. Every dollar donated to the MFE helps spark innovation and energize the learning experience for students and educators in Milton. We now have even more opportunities to make a lasting impact. As we start the new year, for the love of education, our teachers, students, and community, please consider making a gift today.
The work MFE is able to do is only possible with your donations. Thank you for your partnership and support. We wish you and your family a very Happy New Year!
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery for Juniors and Seniors
MHS will offer the ASVAB on Friday, January 12th. ASVAB stands for Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, which is a great career assessment tool that can help you identify which career areas best suit you. Because this is an aptitude test, it doesn't just tell you what you are currently good at. It also will tell you what you may be good at learning. You may know nothing about electronics, but your scores may say you have the ability to learn electronics. The ASVAB does not obligate you to anything. It is just a test used by the military to determine whether you are qualified to join and what area or areas you would excel in. Whether you are interested in the military or not, School Counselors encourage you to sign up and take this free career test! Students should come to School Counseling to sign up by Wednesday, January 10th.
Senior Class Resources
Class of 2024 Senior Activities
The Class of 2024 is getting ready to graduate! We know what you are thinking - we can’t believe it either!
At MHS, Student Government, their advisors and MHS administrators organize most of the major events - prom, senior week, awards nights, and graduation. Parents and guardians are charged with organizing just a few events in the week leading up to graduation on Sunday June, 2.
Student government has polled the senior class and a few events have risen to the top of their wish list. The week before graduation is a busy one with awards nights and graduation rehearsal, and it’s a short week with Memorial Day that Monday. With that in mind, we are hoping to organize lawn signs for all seniors, a fun “field day” afternoon for them on Wednesday or Thursday (May 29 or 30), a Senior Walk/Clap out through the four elementary schools on Friday (May 31) and a Senior Lunch back at MHS on Friday (May 31) at noon.
Please take a look at the sign up genius linked here to see if you can help out with one of the events or activities. More details and a Senior parent/guardian volunteer meeting will follow later this month.
Please reach out with any questions. We look forward to sending off the Class of 2024 in style!
Michelle Cardoza (ashergreta@gmail.com), Megan Renaud (megmont26@yahoo.com) and Stephanie O’Keefe (sastruck1@aol.com)
2024-25 FAFSA is Available
The 2024-25 FAFSA is now available! Your school counselors encourage all families with college bound seniors to complete it as soon as possible at fafsa.gov, though keep in mind that there may be some periods of downtime, as well as waiting rooms, during this first month of the form’s availability. For anyone needing help with the FAFSA, there are virtual events offering one-on-one expert assistance. Anyone interested should access the links below for more details and to register:
- FAFSA Festival: Wed, Jan 24th, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Log in anytime during this two-hour block to be paired with a financial aid expert
- FAFSA Day events: Join a Monday session offered once a month from February until May to get FAFSA questions answered
Who's Who at MHS
Principal Karen J. Cahill, kcahill@miltonps.org
Vice Principal Ngoc Tran, ntran@miltonps.org
Vice Principal Brian Mackinaw, bmackinaw@miltonps.org
Nurse Shannon Aikey, saikey@miltonps.org
Administrative Assistant Jenn McCullough, jmccullough@miltonps.org
Adminstrative Assistant Tyler Urso, turso@miltonps.org
Milton High School
Email: kcahill@miltonps.org
Website: https://www.miltonps.org/mhs/
Location: 25 Gile Road, Milton, MA, USA
Phone: (617)-696-4470