It's hard to believe that October is already upon us. We have been fortunate to have such a successful start to the school year with our students actively participating and engaging in all aspects of the Millbury Memorial Junior-High School experience!

We ask that you continue to urge your students to get involved in something of interest to them. We offer so many opportunities for students and our hope is that your student will find something that they gravitate towards. If they have a particular area of interest that maybe we don't have a club or activity for, please encourage them to come to see me and we can work to make that a reality!

We are looking forward to having conversations with our families at our upcoming Parent/Teacher conference which is the first of two for the school year. Please be on the lookout for information about the event which will be shared shortly with the community!

As always, thank you for your continued support and partnership!

Regards,

Chris Lowe

Millbury Memorial Junior-Senior High School is proud to congratulate the Class of 2023's very own, Vanessa Muturi, on her academic honors from the CollegeBoard's National Recognition Programs, which help students stand out during college admissions and connect them with universities nationwide helping them meaningfully connect to colleges and stand out during the admissions process. Colleges and scholarship programs identify students awarded National African American, Hispanic, Indigenous, and/or Rural/Small Town Recognition through College Board’s Student Search Service.

Students who may be eligible have a GPA of 3.5 or higher and have excelled on the PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT10, or earned a score of 3 or higher on two or more AP Exams; and are African American or Black, Hispanic American or Latinx, Indigenous, and/or attend school in a rural area or small town.

Eligible students will be invited to apply during their sophomore or junior year and will be awarded at the beginning of the next school year. Students will receive their awards in time to include them on their college and scholarship applications.

“We want to honor the hard work of these students through the College Board National Recognition Programs. “We hope the award winners and their families celebrate this prestigious honor and it helps them plan for their big future.,” said Tarlin Ray, College Board senior vice president of BigFuture.

We are so proud of Vanessa and her efforts throughout her years as a student at Millbury Memorial Junior-Senior High School. We extend our deepest congratulations to her and her family on receiving this award!

Voting for the project starts on October 4 and goes through October 18. A winner from each of the 3 States (Massachusetts, Georgia, and Pennsylvania) will be announced on OCtober 19 after the voting window has concluded. Voting is unlimited so we ask that everyone tries to vote as often as they can.

We will be promoting the voting window throughout its duration so please be on the lookout for regular updates about the project!

We will be sharing more information with the community in the upcoming weeks and months to share what this will look like moving forward!

Please be on the lookout for more information. In the interim, you can read more about the Innovative Pathway Programs here.

I am happy to finally share that we are fortunate to be converting our weight room into an updated fitness center. We have been working with a variety of groups in order to make this a reality.

The current weight room will be receiving a makeover with updated equipment, flooring, a turf-inlay, updated audiovisual equipment, new windows, etc. The project went out to bid several weeks ago and we are happy to have a contract in place.

We are looking to have renovations begin around Christmas break.

A special thank you to everyone that is involved in the amazing opportunity for our school!!

Please see the email that was sent by School Resource Officer, Keith Gasco, on September 29, 2022.

Hello Millbury Families,

This email is a follow-up to my automated call you received earlier today. Today we practiced a lockdown drill at (Elmwood, Shaw, Millbury Jr./Sr. High School). Specifically, this lockdown drill is done to practice what to do in the event of an emergency or threat to safety.

Again, this was just a drill and no actual threat or emergency occurred. I encourage you to talk with your children about today’s drill and the importance of the drills in relation to school safety. If you or your child has any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at any time at kgasco@millburyschools.org

What is a Lockdown Drill?

Lockdown drills are opportunities for students and staff to practice what to do if there is an active and immediate threat of violence in the school. In accordance with A.L.I.C.E. protocols, students and staff have various options for staying safe, including locking and barricading classroom doors, relocating to another part of the school or evacuating the school entirely. To enable everyone to remain safe, no one will be allowed to enter or leave the building until the drill is completed.

In the event of an actual emergency, it is critical that families keep the following in mind:

• Please do not come to your child’s school campus. The area around your child’s school will be flooded with first responders from Millbury and surrounding towns, as well as the State Police. Your presence will make their jobs more difficult and potentially create problems for emergency vehicles trying to access or leave the site.

• In the event of an actual emergency evacuation, the reunification spot for the Millbury Public School District is the Blackstone Valley Cinema De Lux 14, located at the The Shoppes at Blackstone Valley. This is where you should go to await the arrival of your children, in the event of an actual emergency.

• Please avoid calling school offices. If there is an actual emergency, office staff will be actively engaged in A.L.I.C.E. protocols as well as maintaining communications with law enforcement officials. They will not be able to field additional phone calls.

• Please do not immediately believe information posted on social media unless the post is from school or law enforcement officials. Correct and timely information will be disseminated through our automated system as soon as possible.

• Please make sure that your contact information on record with the school is current so that you can be reached without delay in the event of an emergency.
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Keeping our school safe and secure for all students and staff involves the participation of the entire school community, and we thank you for your help in keeping our school safe.

Thank you,

School Resource Officer

Keith Gasco

Our current system requires our Attendance Clerk, Mrs. Kim Reumann, to make individual phone calls home for each student who is marked absent by their first block teacher each day. Next week, we will start sending automated messages to all parents/guardians of those students marked absent by 9 am.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the contact information we have on file, please contact Kim Reuman, our Attendance Clerk, at 508-865-5841 or email kreumnn@millburyschools.org.

TERM 1 (45 Instructional Days)

August 31st 2022 - November 4th 2022

Grades close for midterm - Friday, September 30, 2022

Progress Reports - ready for viewing Tuesday, October 11th

Term 1 ends: Friday, November 4th, 2022

Report Cards - ready for viewing Monday, November 14th

Please see the email that was sent out by guidance director, Stephanie DeLucia, regarding the upcoming PSAT day for our students. This will be taking place on October 12.

We ask that parents or students contact the Guidance office directly if they have questions. As always, thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation.

The Guidance Department

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to the class advisors, Ms. Lauren Hinchey or Mr. Steve Economos.

Students will complete hands-on activities in small groups, take part in a Q&A with a panel of Saint-Gobain employees, have a tour of the company, and enjoy lunch with participating employees. This will be an excellent learning experience that will focus on the education and skills necessary for success within an array of STEM careers in today's workforce.

The dates will run from October 17 - 20.

If you are interested in ordering, please see one of the members of our Senior Class or reach out to the Senior Class advisors, Mrs. Sherrie Morin and Mr. Andrew Johnson.

As usual, we will be sharing links to join the virtual meetings the day prior to the event taking place.

Please be on the lookout for more information over the next two weeks.

The students will be watching the Blindside and enjoying some popcorn and refreshments during the showing!

Field trip forms will be shared out in class. Please be sure to have those forms into Mr. Bastien ASAP.

At the previous September Shop Friday, our students learned the skills of Wood framing for flooring and wall construction.

We apologize as we are still finalizing our Trunk or Treat date for the 2022-2023 school year. Due to a scheduling conflict, we had to adjust our original date. We will be sharing out additional information with the community shortly but wanted to provide you with the two dates and times to serve as a placeholder. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sunday, October 30 from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Students are allowed to dress up for the last period event, but cannot wear masks that cover their faces entirely.

The Class Advisors, Mrs. Morin and Mr. Johnson, will be sharing more information with the class via Google Classroom.

An informational flyer will be shared out during the month of October so please be on the lookout for more information!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Class of 2026 advisors, Mrs. Chloe Przygoda and/or Ms. Lindsey Briggs.

For families new to our school or families that have yet to sign up for our Parent Portal Access, please check out our portal website which provides necessary information around how to access and use the portal. We have provided narrated tutorial videos on how to use the feature. Please check the link out here.

If you are still having difficulties, please reach out to Ms. Dearborn, our guidance department administrative assistant, at jsizer@millburyschools.org for more assistance.

Be on the lookout for more gear that will be available during the year through fundraisers and extra-curriculars!

The Millbury Public Schools ensures equal employment and educational opportunities for its employees and students and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity (M.G.L. c. 151B and 151C, Title VI, Title VII, and Title IX), or on the basis of disability (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973/ADA) or homelessness. In addition, the Millbury Public Schools does not discriminate against its employees on the basis of age (M.G.L. 151B/ADEA) on the basis of veteran's status, or genetic information.