Milton High School Weekly Updates
2/9/2024
Important Dates to Remember
Feb 19-23 Vacation
Feb 29 MHS Program of Studies Night
Student Shout Outs!
Tatum York-A MHS senior, Tatum York, created an AI project aimed at creating an artificial intelligence capable of identifying cyberbullying instances and assigning them to appropriate subcategories. Her findings across models was the under-detection of gendered cyberbullying. Even with the aid of artificial intelligence derogatory language and sentiments targeting women go unnoticed on social media platforms. Her findings highlight the importance of addressing gender-based cyberbullying through heightened awareness, dialogue, and the creation of inclusive online spaces. She hopes this research might initiate conversations and advocate for greater visibility and respect for women online. Tatum presented her research to the Girls Who Code club and the AP Computer Science Principles class. Check out her presentation here.
Melina Zullas-Congratulations to Melina Zullas for winning a New England Scholastic Press Special Achievement Award for Localizing a news story. Melina's article, "The Poster at MHS: Did Frederick Douglass really come to Milton?" won for its localizing a National story, in that it elevated MHS's hidden connection to an African American hero! Yes, Melina, Frederick Douglass did indeed speak at MHS! And you have spoken, too! Congratulations.
MHS Robotics - Our students had a great time and did a great job at the Canton Robotics Competition last weekend. The improvements the students made between the first and second competitions helped them score more points. The team (Captains Colin Truong and David Mitchell, and team members Ethan Hale, Sofia Serpa, May Fundling, Aidan Leschuk, Nathan Chan, Daniel Winterberg, Morgan Xu, Dobie Illich, Ethan Avignon, Antonio Campos, Avery Squiciarino, Sofia Nitolo, Delia Neugebauer, Ilya Kushnarev, Sara Khan, Owen Crowley, Nicholas Pulgini ) and Ms. Valdez were grateful that Mrs. Tom and Mrs. Cahill were able to stop by and cheer them on!
Mason Pellegri - With his win this week, the 130th of his career, Mason Pellegri becomes the all-time winningest wrestler in Milton High School history! Congratulations to Mason!
Model UN - The MIlton delegation to the BOSMUN had a very successful weekend. As a delegation, they were able to achieve the prestigious Outstanding Large Delegation Award and individually 8 of the 16 delegates were honored with awards! (Sydney and Lawson: best delegate, Alex, Sam and Ida: outstanding delegate, Ida: outstanding delegate, Rory, Rachel and Orla: honorable mention.) Congratulations to MUN Advisor Mr. Borde and delegates Alex McEttrick, Tucker Korman, Sam Boucher, Rory Martin, Sydney Burns, Ida Zoll, Rachel McNulty, Jackson Wagner, Gabby Beaudoin, Orla Crosse, Vivienne Renaud, Kevin Gomes, Adam Cheairs, Leo Waldbaum, Will Malec and Lawson Beaudoin!
Calculus Project Term 2 Awards - Congratulations to April Pichardo, Andy Ramkissoon, Adaora Nkanyimuo, Odera Nkanyimuo, Avaya Queen, Jordan Joseph, Donna Gauvin, Kevbe Egodogbare, TCP Term 2 Award winners! Read all about these accomplished students here.
MHS Theatre - Congratulations to the cast and crew of last weekend's Winter Festival Shows, Six:Teen Edition, Nora's Lost and the 10 Minute Student Directed Plays!
MHS Athletics
Spring Athletics Registration is OPEN! Be sure to register for your spring sport as we are just one month from tryouts. If you have already registered for a sport this year, all you need to do is update your registration and add the spring sport. Do not forget to click the "Submit Registration" button to complete the process. Additionally, all physicals need to be up-to-date in order to try out. Please check the Spring 2024 Cleared List to ensure we have an updated physical (within 13 months).
Register here. Please contact Laura Conachy with questions.
MHS Track: The Bay State Conference Championships is a tough meet, as the BSC is the best track conference in Massachusetts. Our athletes made themselves and their coaches proud by putting up some impressive results. The meet started with our hurdlers and 55 meter dash athletes throwing down 11 PR's in the first 45 minutes of the meet and ended with the boys and girls 4x400 teams each blazing to season's best times and the boys winning track and field's marquis event, with the fourth best time in Massachusetts thus far this year. In addition to those things, those who were present got to see many of our athletes excel! In total, at the end of the day we set 22 PR's and four of our relays set season bests. When the competition gets tough, MHS Track knows how to show up! Highlights of the meet can be found here.
Girls Varsity Basketball: Girls Varsity Basketball welcomed the 3rd and 4th grade Metro teams to last Friday's game. The younger players showed up in force to cheer on our Varsity players in a nail biter OT loss! Thanks to Coach Kyle West and Athletic Director Mike Bierwirth, along with the players, for welcoming the Metro program!
MPS Logo Process
As you may have seen in the recent update from the Superintendent, we are beginning the process of looking at our district and school logos, keeping our mascots but reimagining them in ways that are uniquely MPS. We know that each school identifies with and takes pride in their individual mascot and as part of this process we hope to unify the school mascots and logos under an umbrella district logo.
With that in mind, we'll be asking students for their input this month, with a few questions about what their mascot means to them and an invitation to draw their school mascot. We want to hear from students in each of our schools about the qualities they want to see in their mascot, what it might look like, and what it should represent about their school. This is just one of many ways that we are working to engage our students in being a leading voice in their education. Giving students voice and leadership is a key to establishing a culture that is welcoming, engaging, and impactful.
Term 2 Report Cards
Term 2 report cards for MHS students have been posted in PowerSchool.
The report card can be found in the Document Library in PowerSchool. Here is a link to instructions on how to access documents through your PowerSchool Family Portal. This is only available on the web and not the app.
If you are not able to access your account on the web and you have the app on your phone, you can go to Classes (at the bottom of the page) click on Q2 (at the top of the page), and see second term grades.
MHS Student Initiatives
Class of 2025 Valentine's Day Fundraiser!
Want to send something special to your someone special on Valentine's Day? Look no further! The Class of 2025 will be selling Candy Hearts at all lunches to be delivered last period on Valentine's Day.
Each box is $2 and you will have an opportunity to write a special message to your recipient.
Junior Class: NACAC National College Fair Boston
The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) invites students, parents, and counselors to explore the college search process at the NACAC National College Fair in Boston held on Thursday, May 2, 2024 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. and Friday, May 3, 2024 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. The fair will be held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
Highlights of this year's fair include Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) focused areas, workshops covering topics such as college essays and financial aid, and access to the College Advising and Financial Aid Center.
Register for free early to take full advantage of our MatchMaking feature *What is MatchMaking? At the time of registration, students will select the attributes that are most important to them in a college. They will then receive an email that best matches them to the specific colleges and universities based on the criteria they provide. They will then reference this email on the day of the fair to connect with their best matches!
Students planning to attend should REGISTER ONLINE HERE and print their personal barcode to bring to the fair. This will allow Colleges and Universities to scan your barcode and put you on their mailing lists. In addition, the fair will provide students with an excused absence verification form to bring back to Milton High.
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!
Innovative Pathways-Schools to Careers
Innovative Pathways allow students early insight to careers that suit their interests and abilities and encourage paths that they may not otherwise have discovered. Our partners, School to Careers and MassHire, provide Milton students opportunities to forge these discoveries. Both will help connect students with local employers in specific industries for our Internship Program and help to offer real life work experiences for our students in our Career Readiness class.
Click here for specific programs that may interest you. This will be updated as more opportunities are confirmed. Contact Joyce White with any questions jwhite@miltonps.org.
Senior Class Information
All Senior families should have received a Senior Update last week with information on activities, events, scholarship information and more. The update is linked here.
FAFSA Help and Delays
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education along with uAspire have partnered to provide FREE FAFSA support. uAspire is here to help you and your students navigate the FAFSA changes happening this year. We are reaching out to share a few updates and resources related to the Better FAFSA and timeline implications that will impact our students. We thought it was important to acknowledge all the changes and challenges, to share what we are learning, and to continue to work together in support and advocacy for students and families.
The environment we are in is changing daily and the lack of information and shifting timeline are frustrating for all of us. Thank you for supporting each other and supporting the uAspire team as we do what we can to support our students and communities. I am also including resources for students and counselors as we navigate the FAFSA changes that can also be found on our website: uAspire.org/DESE For Students: uAspire will present virtual webinars on the 2024 - 25 FAFSA process. We will also have a webinar targeting what steps students will need to take place after submitting their FAFSA. Please share and for students and families to register at our links below.
February 27th
5:30pm - 6:30pm ET
Next Steps After submitting FAFSA
April 2nd
4 - 5pm ET
Families should be aware that the FAFSA processing delays will delay student financial aid packages, sometimes into April. Please read communications from your student's colleges to find out about financial aid awards and possible changes to the deposit deadlines.
Senior Scholarships
The MHS Senior Scholarship Application is now available. By taking five to ten minutes to complete this brief survey on Naviance, you will automatically qualify for almost a hundred scholarships sponsored by local families and organizations. Also make sure that your Senior Portfolio is thoroughly completed, as we occasionally send that to scholarship donors who want to find out more about you, and also review it ourselves. To find the scholarship application, log onto your Naviance account, go to the blue circle with your initials in the top right corner, Surveys From Your School, and "MHS Senior Scholarship Application 2024" will appear. Complete this survey by midnight on Friday, February 16th to qualify!
There are also a handful of scholarships with separate applications available for your consideration. They can also be found in Naviance (highlight the Colleges tab, see Scholarships and Money on the right, and select Scholarship Search). There are currently a handful of scholarships posted, with many more to be added in the next few weeks. Copies of the scholarships can also be found in the School Counseling Office.
The Scholarship Selection Process:
- The process varies according to the stipulations of each individual award.
- Actual selection is performed in several different ways: representatives from some organizations select their recipients from the application forms; some are selected by a high school faculty ballot; some groups prefer the scholarship co-chairs to screen appropriate candidates.
- There are scholarships that are chosen independently, such as those voted by the faculty, department and club awards, and organizations that simply inform us of their recipients.
- This process is complex, yet is carried out in a professional, fair, and unbiased way.
The culmination of this effort is Senior Awards Night, which we will hold on Tuesday, May 28th. This is the occasion when town organizations, service clubs, scholarship donors, and the faculty recognize seniors for scholarship, service, and participation at Milton High School and the community.
Please send any questions our way, and good luck!
Sincerely,
Senior Scholarship Co-Chairs
Scott Devlin and Jennie Beliveau
Financial Aid Workshops
MEFA offers some excellent workshops for families navigating the college and financial aid process. Click the links to register for upcoming webinars:
- Applying for College Scholarships: Tues, March 5th at 6:30 p.m.
- Financial Aid 101: Wed, March 13th at 6:30 p.m.
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