What a great first week back at Milton High! Our Student Leaders and Advisors did an amazing job welcoming all new students at orientation on Monday. Thank you!!

For the first 2 days our students were able to see all of their teachers to review school and classroom expectations for the year. We held assemblies for all 4 grades to review expectations for student learning at MHS so all of our students can have a successful year ahead!

This week's newsletter contains a lot of back to school notifications so please take a few minutes to read through. Thank you!

The Milton High School bell schedule can be found here. We will continue with a 7 day rotating schedule which will have an advisory period built in every day. We are keeping a 4th lunch in our schedule to help with overcrowding in the cafeteria during lunches. Our lunch schedule can be found here and will be updated if necessary.

As always our schedule, events and calendar updates can be found on Plus Portals.

The MHS Homework Club is always a good place to go after school and get work done. The Homework Club meets in the MHS Library from 2:30-4pm and is open to all students Monday-Thursday! It starts this Tuesday, Sept 6th! Hope to see you there!

Fall Musical Auditions for Beauty and the Beast will start on Monday, September 12! Please take a look at our AUDITION PACKET if you are interested in auditioning along with information on when you can meet our new Theatre Directors! It is going to be a great year for our Theatre Program and I can't wait to see the fall show!

More details to come but please save the date of Thursday, September 15th starting at 6:30pm for our Open House. All parents/guardians are invited! This is a great night to listen to classroom expectations and goals for the year. As we get closer to the date, more details will be made available.

Hayward Studios will be doing MHS pictures on September 7th and 9th during English class. If you would like to order school pictures from Hayward please use this order form.

A message from Hayward Photography:

All photography will take place outdoors. In the event of inclement weather, our photographers will make every effort to photograph the students using a doorway or overhang.

All photographs will be shipped directly to each student’s address as provided on their order.

We instituted a ‘prepayment system’ in 2020 for parents to order and pay online to reduce student/staff handling of several papers and payment materials coming into school. We can still accommodate parents who prefer to pay using cash or checks. Payments can be mailed to or dropped off at our office at 26 Eliot Street, Milton, MA 02186. Online Orders are preferred and strongly recommended.

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!

Join industry experts Matt Carpenter, Peg Keough & Ryan Callahan (Harvard Financial Aid Director) to learn all the Do's & Don'ts of financial aid (even if you won't be eligible)! September 14, 2022 at 7 pm.

Just register here to attend the seminar and to receive a recording and slides if you can't make it live.

You will learn:

1. How this works and how/where your student will receive discounts
2. Where is your student likely to receive scholarships?
3. How do we get discounts even if we won't qualify for
financial aid?
4. FAFSA Do's & Don'ts (and 2023 changes!)
5. Business & Homeowner Do's & Don'ts
6. What Divorced/Separated Families should know

Parents/Guardians of juniors are reminded that updated physical exams and a new immunization requirement is in effect for school entry in September. All juniors are now required to receive a booster of the Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (state-mandated as of Sept. 2020). If you have not sent in an updated physical with this additional immunization listed, please do so before September 6, 2022. Should you have any questions, please email Mrs. Shannon Aikey, School Nurse, at saikey@miltonps.org

Nursing Updates for All Families

Covid-19 Information September 2022: Please see this link from MA DESE for details on COVID testing in schools. MPS will not be providing in school testing or supplying at home kits as these programs are no longer offered at no cost by the state. Please see this link for quarantine and isolation guidelines. The CDC has updated its guidance for people who know they have been exposed to COVID-19.

The joint early childhood & K-12 guidance for students and staff has also been updated to reflect the updated CDC guidance on exposure and isolation in these settings. This guidance is further acknowledgment that, while COVID-19 is still with us, for a majority of people, COVID-19 no longer severely disrupts their daily lives.

Need lunch menus? They are always posted on the MPS Food Service website linked here. As a reminder, Massachusetts has extended free school meals for all students through the 2022-2023 school year. This means that one breakfast and one lunch each day will continue to be served at no cost to all students!

Our Director of Food Services has also asked that we share these documents with families in regards to our Free and Reduced program and application.

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.

The first Football Game is next Friday, Sept 9th at 7:00pm as the Wildcats host the reigning Division IV State Champions, Scituate Sailors. There is no admission charge for any home regular season contests this year.

Please welcome our new coaches to the MHS Athletics staff.

• Courtney Chester is our new Fall Cheerleading Coach. Courtney cheered at Curry College and won a National Championship coaching with the Colonels in 2019. Kerin Cox joins her as the JV Assistant. Kerin cheered at Providence College and brings a ton of coaching experience!
• Genevieve Connelly returns to coach with the Cross Country Program, having run as a Wildcat during a great stretch in program history from 2015-2018. Genevieve continued her running career as a Stag at Fairfield University.
• Molly O’Toole joins the staff as our new Dance Coach for the Winter 2022-23 Season. O’Toole won 8 straight State Champions as a member of the Braintree Dance Team, serving as their captain in two seasons. O’Toole studied and performed Jazz, Tap, and Ariel Dance at the University of New Hampshire.

Upcoming SEPAC Events: SEPAC reps will be present at each of the upcoming Back to School nights. Look for our table!

Thursday, September 22 "Does Your Student Need a Tutor, a Coach, or a Therapist?" a FREE WEBINAR by Signet Education Thursday, September 22, 2022, 6:00pm - 7:00pm EST Register Here

Tuesday, October 11, 6:30-8:30, Parent Speak Meeting , Place TBD This is an important meeting to kick off our year. The board will meet in person to hear from parents as we continue to shape our agenda for the '22-'23 year. Board elections will be held after this meeting and the new board will be installed Monday, November 14. Please come and be part of this essential parent advocacy and support group.

Please take a minute to look read the latest updates from our Central Office.

A Message from Acting Supt Janet Sheehan

Comprehensive Health Education Program

Letter to Parents/Guardians for Asbestos Management

Letter to Parents/Guardians for Integrated Pest Management Program

MPS School Calendar 2022-2023