489 Winthrop Street
Medford, MA 02155
(781) 393-2387
3000 Mystic Valley Pkwy
Medford, MA 02155
(781) 393-2228
On Friday February 3rd, Patriots’ Day at the Andrews, 8th Grade Math Lab students made posters rating NFL teams from 1st to 9th based on data. The Patriots have been the best team in the NFL from 1999 to 2011 based on number of wins per season. The posters summarize nine teams’ data with box-and-whisker plots. The winning poster was made by Kisha Marrero and Courtney Burpee.
Please join us for these two programs, which are aimed at parents of middle school-aged youth.
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Congratulations to Jadwiga Tamburini (Grade 9, Medford High School), Isabelle Bears (Grade 8, Andrews Middle School) and Zofia Tamburini (Grade 8, Andrews Middle School) for being accepted by audition into the Northeast District MMEA Junior Chorus.
The students will rehearse and perform under a guest conductor at the Massachusetts Music Educators Association Festival Concert at Lowell High School on March 17.
Fewer than half of the nearly 1,000 students from the region who auditioned were accepted to participate in this prestigious event.
All are welcome to attend the Friends of the Medford Family Network’s ever popular ice cream social at the McGlynn School on February 11 from 1-3pm.
As part of the festivities we are planning to offer both a bake sale table and a “cake walk!” Remember musical chairs from when you were a kid? It’s like that but the winner gets cake or other delectable baked good prizes!
We need volunteers to help us out by providing some delicious treats for our cake walk and bake sale. Do you make a mean apple pie? Does your pumpkin bread make grown men cry? Or can you add eggs and oil to a box of brownie mix? Then you are just the person we need! If you can provide a treat for our ice cream social please contact Friends Board member Amanda Dameron at amanda@amandadameron.com.
For more information please see www.medfordfamilies.org.
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Andrews Middle School
3000 Mystic Valley Parkway
Principal Paul D’Alleva
Open House Thursday, March 8
6:00-8:00pm
McGlynn Middle School
3002 Mystic Valley Parkway
Principal Jake Edwards
Open House Thursday, March 15
6:00-8:00pm
Check out the latest offerings from Medford Community Schools. Click each link for more information and registration details. Information available to download as PDF file or view on Scribd.com.
Both the Medford School Committee and City Council unanimously approved a $3.3 million technology upgrade for our schools.
A huge thank you goes out to the technology committee for their nearly two years of work and to all of the parents, students, school staff, community members, and others who supported this project.
The technology upgrade is part of a larger capital improvement bond for the city that includes several important projects.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony on Monday, January 2, 2012, Mayor Michael McGlynn said the following about the technology upgrade:
“This year, our schools will begin a major upgrade of its technological capacity. This initiative addresses all the key components recommended by the technology advisory committee and sets a foundation for an ongoing commitment to effective teaching and learning, including:
A wireless network throughout the district allowing for state of the art work stations for all teachers.
Wireless mobile computer carts allowing interactive classroom instruction and projection capabilities linked to the internet.
Libraries with additional workstations to accommodate group research along with additional computer labs to enable differentiated instruction.
Additional devices at all schools enabling universal access to all learners and administrative workstations upgraded to handle data management and reporting.
This 3.3 million dollar investment will allow our students to become familiar with the online course requirements, and facilitate their access to the expanding digital world.”
The $3.3 million investment includes district-wide wireless; new teacher/specialist computers and printers; new projectors K-12; new computers (and more of them) in our libraries and additional computer labs at each school for teachers to use; wireless device carts at each school; and one student computer in every classroom.
Upgrade Information
Mustang Softball Winter Clinic
The clinic will be run by MHS Head Varsity Coach Jack Dempsey and other MHS coaching staff. It will incorporate the fundamentals of hitting and fielding.
The clinic is open to all girls in grades 7 to 12. It will be held on the following Thursday nights from 7-9pm: 1/19,1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 3/1, 3/8,3/15 and the following Saturdays from 10-11:30 am: 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 3/3, 3/10 and 3/17.
Mustang Softball Sunday Youth Clinics
The clinics will be run by the Medford High School Softball coaching staff and varsity players. They will teach the basic fundamentals of hitting, bunting, fielding, base running & pitching. To be held at the Medford High School gym on Sunday’s- January 22nd, February 12th and March 11th from 1pm to 3pm.
The clinic is open to girls from grades 2-8. Be sure to bring bats, gloves, and sneakers!
Free public skating at LoConte Rink will take place at the following times for the season:
Admission is free. Skate rentals $5.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
10AM-12PM
Saturday
7PM-9PM
Sunday
2PM-4PM
Please note: Any changes to the schedule due to high school hockey will be posted here and on the LoConte Rink page.
Medford’s Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) invites all parents and guardians of children in special education to the following events. We would like to thank our school principals, special education staff and general education staff for supporting and hosting SEPAC-sponsored events.
Click here to visit the SEPAC webpage for more information.
Event: Basic Rights in Special Education
Date & Time: Wed, April 4, 2012 7pm-9pm
Location: Medford High School Library, Medford High School, 489 Winthrop St (Route 38)
Additional: A Basic Rights workshop is held annually for families with children in special education.
Registration: Registration is required. To register, contact Kathy at 781-956-8770 or kaluia@comcast.net.
We are now able to dedicate one of the school phone numbers to an attendance hotline, 781-393-2228 x7731. In the morning, we will not answer phone calls that go to extension 7731- this extension will be dedicated to absence phone calls.
Any general phone calls, especially in the morning, should go to 781-393-2228, and if no one picks up, extension 7730. This the first time we are utilizing an attendance hotline and we thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
By calling the attendance hotline at 781-393-2228 x7731, we will not send out an automated phone call due to your child’s attendance.
Your call does not excuse your child’s attendance though. A doctor’s note, bereavement, judicial matter, or religious holidays are days that excuse your child’s attendance.
Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, students that miss 15 days unexcused will be subject to retention in grade level. All matters of retention due to solely unexcused absences can be appealed to the principal.
This report card contains information required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) for our school and district including teacher qualifications, student achievement on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam, and school/district accountability.
Click below for information about our MCAS Restructuring Letter 10/1/10
Click below for information about our new Power 2 Save Program. This information is also availiable on our Enviromental links page.
January Power 2 Save Theme Computers
February Power 2 Save Theme The 3Rs
March Power 2 Save Theme Dust & Dirt
April Power 2 Save Theme Earth Day
Attention all Andrews families, please look for this letter with your child’s report card. There will be a biographical sheet attached when you receive this letter with the report card.
Click below for a copy of the AMS IParent Letter
