Thursday, February 16, 2023

Our Black History Month person of the day is Frederick Douglass:
Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. He rose to fame with the 1845 publication of his first book The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, written by himself.

Tonight is opening night for the Loy Norrix play “Almost, Maine!” The show starts at 7:00 pm in the auditorium. Make sure to see these humorous stories of love and magic in the deep woods. Tickets are $5 for students and $8 for adults. Do not miss it!

Green school will meet today in room B14 after school. All are welcome!

AAC will be open today from 230-330 in the following rooms; English in k1, math in the library, science in C17, and esl support in k5w.

Sword and Board will meet today in C16 from 2:30-3:30

Teachers, check your emails for WIDA test passes. Please send students to their respective testing rooms with the passes. A follow up email with student names and their testing rooms will be sent daily. Please bear with us this week as we must ensure that all ELs, Bilingual and Multilingual students take the test. Thank you for your support.

Boys volleyball practice will be tonight at 7:30-9:30 in the gym see you then!

CTE/EFA/EMC applications are due tomorrow Friday, February 17th, If you’re interested in applying for a program, please contact your counselor or look in the counseling google classroom for instructions.

It is time again for the Women’s History Month Door Decorating contest! Third period classes will be competing against each other for the best door celebrating women of the past and/or present. Doors need to be completed by the end of the day on Monday, February 27th for judging. Doors will be posted on social media and the winning class will have lunch provided by Mr. Aguinaga on Friday, March 3rd.

It is lacrosse preseason! Both lacrosse teams are conditioning at Milwood Middle School Mondays through Fridays from 7-9 pm. Both lacrosse teams are gearing up for the spring season and are looking for new players to join the team. Come to Milwood Middle to learn lacrosse. Everyone is welcome to join. Contact seniors Sophie Grover or Josh Kane for more information.

Attention Juniors: This week, we will be meeting with our Junior students to help them update their Educational Development Plan or EDP for short. This plan consists of identifying career goals, saving multiple career choices, learning about different career pathways, and creating a plan of action. The Educational Development Plan is a requirement by the State of Michigan. The days that we will be meeting with students will be: today February 16th, or Tuesday February 21st in the Auditorium. Please look for an email with the day and time of the week that you will join us. Please make sure that your Chromebook is charged for this meeting.

Attention graduating Seniors. If you have an interest in speaking at your commencement ceremony, you need to sign-up in room B-18 by Tuesday, February 28th.