REMINDER: This Saturday, October 27 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day! PYDC and the Plymouth Police are partnering with the New Testament church to host a Health Symposium that includes a Rx Drug Take Back event. Bring your unused/unwanted medications to New Testament Church from 9am-2pm - no questions asked! There will be guest speakers and local resources available. All are welcome!

We had a busy week at the preschool. Students were continuing to learn about fire safety and we had a special visit from the Plymouth firefighters. Students learned about pumpkins and had fun opening them up and exploring the insides. With the cold weather upon us the students bundled up and had fun on our playground with the play houses. Halloween is just around the corner and with that students played went “trick or treating” with their toys and doll houses, that were decorated as haunted houses. In Miss Gabby’s class the students enjoyed a number of fine motor activities., beading pipe cleaner pumpkins and ripping tape to make mummies.

Erin Donavan's 2nd grade end of unit celebration - Readers Growth Spurt.

Hedge School Kindergarten students in Mrs. Fligg's and Mrs. Cotti's classes walked to the North Plymouth Fire House this week. They have been learning about community helpers and fire safety. Our local firefighters talked to the children about their fire gear and what all the buttons and gadgets do on their fire truck. They even were able to sit on the fire truck! Thank you North Plymouth Fire House!

Manomet Elementary held their Annual Pumpkin Contest today, with the most contest submissions ever! Not only were there so many pumpkins but the creativity was outstanding. Choosing a winner is going to be very difficult! Great job to all that participated!

This week, the 5th graders at NMES took a walking field trip to the Harlow House. Students were able to make candles in bee's wax and bayberry wax, weave yarn and spin wool into yarn. The tour of the Harlow House was a favorite of many 5th graders, and learning how to start a fire and grind corn were other highlights. We are so fortunate to live in an area with such rich history. And, at NMES, we feel especially lucky to be within walking distance to so many wonderful historical sites.

The recently formed Allegro Band met for their first rehearsal this week. Students were accepted into the ensemble after completing a successful audition. These dedicated musicians will perform an advanced repertoire during before-school rehearsals at 7:15 AM every Thursday morning. These skilled musicians were able to sight-read their music and demonstrated that they are going to be an outstanding musical group!

Last Friday's interactive presentation with Dr. Jeff Cukor from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) and the fourth year Biomedical students from Plymouth North and Plymouth South High School was a great success. Dr. Cukor introduced challenges for the students to work through regarding Emergency Room design. Working groups of students created Emergency Room designs with a focus on a specific emergency group, for instance, pediatric emergency, trauma, adult emergency, etc. The group was able to also see and interact with three EMS EMTs from the MMA , Jeff Perez, Emma Sullivan, and Kyle Slydziewski. The EMTs showed the group how the design of the ambulance worked for optimal function. They also talked about the training involved in becoming an EMT and what the job was like. It was a very engaging field trip/workshop.

Last week female students from both North and South's construction related shops attended a Construction Career Day in Falmouth with Mr. Ventresca (Plumbing Instructor) and Ms. Kelleher (Co-op Coordinator). It was sponsored by MassHire & Cape and Islands Workforce Development Board.

Plymouth South was very pleased to be awarded the "Go Gold Trophy" for collecting the most money to support childhood cancer. Many thanks to all staff, students and athletes who made the contributions!!