January 13, 2023

Good evening MHS families,

I want to provide a few reminders to everyone for the upcoming week. As a reminder, Monday is a holiday and school is not in session. The following week, there will also be an early release day on Wednesday, January 25th. Students will be dismissed at 11am and lunch will be served.

While last week's newsletter did not contain much new information to start the new year, there is new information below, so please take a look.

Have a great weekend!

We are currently still waiting to lock in a date for Graduation 2023. We have recently been in contact with representatives from the Xfinity Center, and while we could not lock in a date, priority dates were requested. We have requested June 4th, 5th, 6th, and 1st as priority dates, in that order.

While we cannot provide a set date at this time, we hope the information provided is helpful.

Our annual College Planning Night will take place in person on Thursday February 2, 2023 at 6:30 in the Mansfield High School Auditorium. We will have a panel of admissions representatives from area colleges both public and private. Please mark your calendars and we look forward to seeing both students and parents at the event. While this program is geared to members of the Class of 2024 it is open to all grades.

MHS students’ artwork will be on display at the Mansfield Public Library for the month of January. The artwork on display is created by students from grades 9-12 that are enrolled in Art 2, Advanced Studio Drawing, Portfolio Preparation and Watercolor and Beyond.

The attached photo includes Kerry McIntyre- Visual Arts Teacher and Stacie Hooper- Youth Services Librarian.

Student exhibits include:

Michaela Ng, Sophie Curry, Mackenzie Murray, Marissa Medeiros, Kye DeAngelis,

Jenna Iglehart, Melina Boudway, Jillian Koppy, Lily Devlin, Mia Almeida, Tori Walsh,

Norah Puleo, William Kirley, Rosie McIntyre, Isabelle Cervasio-Dyer

Time is running out to order your yearbook!
Go to www.yearbookordercenter.com (our school number is 5468) to order your book online. Yearbooks will only be available to order until January 20th. There may not be any books available in June so order now. Any extra books that may become available to be sold in June are $90 so order now to save!

Ads: Celebrate your senior! Advertise your business! Buy an ad in this year's book. Go to https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/product/yearbook_ads to order. The absolute final deadline to order is February 24th.

The yearbook staff is collecting senior flashbacks! Flashbacks are photos of groups of students at school events from kindergarten to 11th grade! Email your photos to yearbook@mansfieldschools.com The deadline for flashback submission is February 14th.

In an effort to combat the ongoing challenge of vaping within our school (and others), please take a look at and utilize the various resources provided below to learn more about vaping in order to start/continue the conversation with your child. Making progress in this area is a group effort, and we want to provide support for families at home with these resources.

General Info:

What parents need to know

Quick Facts about vaping

Vaping and the impact of Covid

Vaping can't harm teens?

Information on Quitting:

How to quit

This is quitting

Nicotine withdrawal and how to cope

MHS is proud to announce that we will participate in the Seal of Biliteracy this year. This program is offered to any student who demonstrates proficiency in English and any other language. Please take a look at the letter attached for further information and reach out to Mrs. Carolina BiBiase, World Language Department Chair with any questions.

Seal of Biliteracy Letter

We recently received a call from Gillette Stadium regarding their updated event schedule. They informed us that our original prom date of May 6th has been bumped for event purposes, and we want to communicate the new date as quickly as possible in order for everyone to plan accordingly moving forward.

We have rescheduled the prom for juniors and seniors to Friday, May 26th 2023 from 6-10pm.