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Friday notes is a weekly update from Superintendent Gary E. Maestas on the happenings within the Plymouth Public Schools.
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Plymouth Public Schools School Committee Meetings:
The next Plymouth School Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 6th, 2010 at Plymouth Community Intermediate School. The meeting starts at 7:00 P.M.
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Weekly Quote:
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.
~Etty Hillesum
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Blake Planetarium News
Blake Planetarium Presents...
"Come Stargaze With Us!"
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
7:00 - 8:00 pm
See the moons of Jupiter
Learn the major Fall/Winter Constellations
Experience Galaxies and Nebulae
Join us for stargazing and telescope viewing after a "Primer for Stargazing" in the planetarium theatre.
Admission Donation: $5.00
Call 508-830-4470 or Email mares@plymouth.k12.ma.us for Information and Reservations.
Those with reservations are recommended to arrive by 6:45 pm.
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Unified Arts News:
DECEMBER EVENTS:
December 1st
PCIS 7th grade Ranger Chorus to perform for the Plymouth Women's Cub 12:30pm @ St Mary's Parish Center
December 3rd
PCIS Vocal Jazz Ensemble & Vocal Point performing at Festival of Trees @Plimoth Plantation
December 3rd
The High School Band will be leading Santa to the Memorial Hall the Tree Lighting Ceremony tonight!
December 4th
PNHS/PSHS/PCIS/PSMS Junior District Auditions (jr. jazz included) to Marshfield Furnace Brook Middle School
December 7th
PCIS Chorus Concert in the Gym 7pm
December 11th
Fed. Furn. Treble Chorus with The Philharmonic @ Memorial Hall 8:00pm
December 12th
Fed. Furn. Treble Chorus with The Philharmonic @ Memorial Hall 3:00pm
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Manomet Elementary News
Miss Amanda Crosby's 1st grade class at Manomet Elementary School recently held an Author's Celebration. Each member of the class wrote and published a book about themselves entitled, "A Small Moment ". These books were then shared with parents and friends in the school library!
Riley Robertson shares her book with her mom
 Annie Yaeger, Catherine Duane, Liam Wright and Adam Easter take turns sharing their books.
013- Conor Martel sharing his first published work!
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South Elementary News
An Annual Tradition
On Monday, November 22nd, twenty-five members of the Plymouth South High School football team arrived at South Elementary School at noon to take part in an annual tradition. Within a short period of time the football players fanned out to all of South Elementary School's first and third grade classrooms to read aloud to students. Students read about the first Thanksgiving, about the Pilgrims and about football. The younger students, who were in awe of the tall young men who read aloud, had the opportunity to ask them questions about playing sports and attending classes in high school. This event was a win-win for the big kids and the little kids.
Upgrades to the SES Playground
South Elementary School students arrived on Monday, November 29th excited to see trucks at work on the Rainbow Playspace. The arrival of the trucks and work crew signaled that the long-awaited upgrades to the site were about to happen. Workers from Forte Landscaping and O'Brien and Sons installed a Vertical Ascent, a Summit Climber, a Wiggle Ladder a Sound Chimes Panel and a free-standing set of Bongo Drums. The workers also upgraded the area around the swings.
South Elementary School's students and staff are most grateful to the members of the SES PTA for raising the funds to support the improvements. The PTA is grateful for the support from the school's parent and business communities.
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Plymouth North High School News
PNHS Robotics
The PNHS \PSHS Robotics Season Starts
This marks the beginning of the 17th year of the Plymouth Robotics Program. This program exists through the generosity of a yearly grant from Entergy Corporation/ Pilgrim Nuclear Station and the effort of the student competitors.
The first of two planned regional competitions will take place Saturday at the Solomon Mall in Marlborough Ma. This competition is being hosted by the Assebet Valley Vocational Technical School under the direction of Bryant Laflamme. Assebet will be previewing a newly constructed combat robot arena.
The Assabet arena is modeled after the original 12' octagonal arena designed and built by students enrolled in the PNHS engineering program.
The PNHS arena served as the official arena for 3 national combat robot events held in Kansas City MO, 2010, and Miami Fla. 2008-2009. This arena was the catalyst for the creation of a regional combat robot league.
As a result of this grass roots initiative a set of "Official" arena plans have been created and will be distributed nationwide through the SolidWorks Education webstite.
15 of more than 25 students who worked on the design and construction of this arena are now enrolled in undergraduate engineering studies at competitive colleges and universities. These include Dartmouth College, Cornell, WPI, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Wentworth and others.
Two PNHS robots are currently under construction and a third design is being developed for the 2011 games. The PNHS Robots Anarchy Team of Derrick Salvucci, Dan O'Rourke and Cam O'Dwyer, is a redesign using existing robot DNA. PNHS Team Screwed Up consists of Nick Taormina, Jason Gardner, Frank Aguiar and Sean Serrilla.. These young engineers are working on a second attempt at a breakthrough design idea for a vertical spinner robot based on the 2001 PNHS robot, "Reactore" which was featured on the TV Show BattleBots Season 3. These robots are shown in the photos below.
Plymouth South high School under the direction of Mr. George Ayers is also fielding combat robot competitors for the Saturday games. PSHS is developing robot designs for future events. The PNHS and PSHS programs have enjoyed a cooperative and competitive engineering relationship for over 10 years. Each has earned their share of engineering excellence awards in an effort to provide challenging engineering experiences for the students of the Plymouth Community.
Season's Greetings!
Plymouth Children need your help this Holiday Season... Your donation of cash, new toys, or clothing will put a smile on a child's face. Help us bring the magic of the holidays to children. Please bring your unwrapped gift to the library and see Mrs. Latosek. We will give you an ornament to write your name on which will help decorate our bare tree. Show your kindness and compassion, and let's fill that tree.
Project Impact Students sell bracelets and cards at PNHS.
Dani Diaz, of Project IMPACT is surrounded by friends in the PNHS cafeteria . Dani Diaz displays the hand-made thank you cards made by the Project IMPACT group. Students personalize and send cards to anyone at PNHS to show appreciation to them. Also visible in the picture are bracelets with either "Eagle Pride", or "You Make Me Choke, Don't Smoke inscribed on them. The proceeds from both the cards and the bracelets will be used to purchase Christmas presents for a needy family from the PNHS community. Project Impact was able to raise $91.00 through this effort.
Students go to Patriots Place for Sportsmanship Summit
Juniors Katelyn Petrell, Robin DuRoss, Bobby Savoia, Jen Wilson, Pat Horgan, Casey Walsh, as well as Coaches Kim Allen and Eric Foley participated in the 17th Annual MIAA Sportsmanship Summit at Gillette Stadium on November 19th. The key topics for student-athletes was "Defining Moments", "Respect", and "Be the Best".
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SOPHOMORE PLANNING NIGHT
Know Your Pathway to Success !
DATE: Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010
TIME: 6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
PLACE: PSHS CAFETORIUM
The Guidance Department at Plymouth South High School welcomes all parents and guardians to attend our Sophomore Planning Night (students also invited). The topics for the evening will be:
The High School Transcript
Graduation/College Requirements
Career/College Planning
Maximizing your Potential
Early Financial Planning for College
We look forward to your participation in this important information session!
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Holiday Food Drive
Administrators, staff and students at Cold Spring Elementary, Federal Furnace Elementary, South Elementary and South Middle School worked in conjunction with the members of the Plymouth Women's Club to conduct a very successful Food Drive. On Monday, November 22nd, members of the Women's Club picked up boxes of food and brought them to the Greater Plymouth Food Warehouse. According to Sylvia Dovner, President of the Women's Club, students and staff from the four schools donated 2,351 pounds of food. According to the Resource Manager at the Warehouse, 2,351 pounds of food translates into 1,767 meals.
Members of the Women's Club extend their sincere thanks to the students and staff of CSES, FFES, SES and PSMS whose efforts will make a real difference in the lives of many families.
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Borders gives schools free $15 gift cards!
The much discussed documentary "Waiting for Superman," which offers a harsh portrait of the country's public schools, has inspired a promotional collaboration among the Borders Group superstore chain, an education fundraiser and the publisher of the movie's companion book.
On Dec. 4 and Dec. 5, any Borders customer making an in-store purchase, whether of a book or a bagel or a latte, will receive a $15 gift card to donate to a public school of choice through DonorsChoose.org, an Internet-based charity.
Anyone purchasing the book "Waiting for 'Superman': How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools" will receive a second $15 card. The companion text was published by PublicAffairs, part of the Perseus Books Group, which along with Borders and DonorsChoose.org announced the campaign Sunday.
For all questions related to this offer, you must contact Borders directly.
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PCIS News
The Joyal Capital Management Foundation will be hosting its annual $100 for 100 event at Dick's Sporting Goods in Plymouth on Saturday, December 4th from 8:00 - 10:00 am. The PCIS staff nominated over 90 students for this event and 54 of our students were selected to receive a $100 gift card to Dick's. The students will receive their cards at the event on Saturday. Over 20 staff members from PCIS have volunteered their time on Saturday to help out at the event.
Good things are happening for the students of Plymouth!
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Plymouth South High School News:
Congratulations to the following PSHS students who have been accepted into the Southeastern District Music Festival: Jordan Holt/Chorus and Melissa Jaworski/Band. The following accepted students were also recommended to audition for the Allstate Festival in January: Katie Ozelius/Chorus, Emily Richard/Orchestra, Nathan Rogers/Band and Zachary West/Band.
Tuesday, December 7th there is a meeting for parents of sophomores at PSHS. We will review college planning, student schedules, early financial planning, and much more. We encourage students in grade 10 and their parents to attend. It is at PSHS at 6:30 p.m.
The annual holiday bake sale is currently taking place at the Southside Café. All orders for the holiday must be submitted by Friday, December 10th. Don't miss out on items like flourless chocolate cake, eggnog cheesecake, and much more! All orders must be picked up by 12:30 PM on Thursday, December 23rd.
The National Honor Society Induction is Monday, December 13th at 7:00 p.m. Invited students will be notified shortly and we encourage parents to attend this wonderful night!
Congratulations to girls soccer player, Cayla Thomas who was recently selected as a Patriot Ledger all-star, Boston Herald all-star, and Boston Globe all-star. Great job Cayla!
Recently four of our students attended the MIAA Wellness summit. The students who attended from PSHS were: Ryan McLaughlin, Todd Bazaruski, Annie Deloid, & Chelsea Smith.
Our first quarter honors breakfast is next week! The breakfast will be held Tuesday, December 7th at 7:30 am for students in grades 9/10 & Wednesday, December 8th at 8:20 a.m. for students in grades 11/12. We hope that all parents of invited students can attend! |
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Gary E. Maestas, Ed.D Superintendent
Plymouth Public Schools
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