Posture Screenings for Grade 9

Medway Public Schools

Department of Nursing Services

Christine Babicz RN, MSN

Nurse Leader Medway Public Schools

School Nurse Medway High School

02/27/2014

Dear Parent/Guardian,

The physical education teachers and I will be conducting the Annual Postural Screening on the students in the 9^th grade over the next few months.

The purpose of this screen is for detection of early signs of spinal problems in children grades 5-9.  It is not a diagnostic service but a program to identify young people who should have further medical evaluation.

If your child has unusual findings, you will be notified and asked to take your child to his/her physician for evaluation.  The majority of students exhibit no findings.  If nothing unusual is found, you will not be notified. 

Female students are asked to bring a 2 piece bathing suit top, sports bra, or halter top, and shorts to school on the day of the screening.  This type of clothing permits more accurate observation of the back. 

As always, you have the option of “opting out” of the screening.  I will need all requests to have your child “opt out” of the postural screening by March 12, 2014. In addition, if I have a copy of your child’s physical exam with documentation that a screening was completed at your physician’s office from August 2013 to present date, your child will not be screened. 

If you have any questions, please contact me.  Thank you.

Sincerely,

Christine Babicz

88 Summer Street

Medway, MA 02053

508-533-6643x5108

508-533-3246 fax

cbabicz@medway.k12.ma.us

Grade 8 Student and Parent Orientation Follow-up

I'd like to thank the almost 300 middle school students and parents/guardians for joining us last night for our Orientation. The night was a great success, and I want to give a special thanks to the 2017 Class Officers and Student Government representatives how spoke about their experiences and gave tours throughout the night.

As promised, here are links to the presentations and handouts from the night:
Opening Slideshow
Agenda and contact information
Elective Course Offerings
Student Services Presentation
Humanities Presentation
STEM Presentation
Athletic Handout

Grade 8 Student & Parent Orientation

Dear Parents, Guardians, and Students of the Class of 2018,
We wish to extend your first official welcome to the Medway High School!  Now that you are more than half-way through your eighth grade year, we are looking forward to your becoming a part of our high school community in September.  Medway High School is a wonderful place, designed to meet the needs of students of all abilities by providing a rigorous academic program, in addition to a broad range of elective offerings, and numerous extra-curricular opportunities.

This event is for all current grade 8 students and their parents.

So that you may learn about the high school, the MHS administration, staff, and students are presenting a program on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, beginning at 6:30 pm in our auditorium. This is an opportunity for you to ask questions about the high school and the many options that will soon become available to you.  

The administration, educational leaders, and athletic director will each give a brief overview of the ninth grade experience, and also talk about course expectations and the differences between levels at the high school.  You will then break into smaller groups and have an opportunity to tour our facility and hear from faculty and students about our many exciting academic, elective, and extra-curricular programs. 

Please be aware that this event involves guided tours of the building. Our building is large, and I recommend that comfortable shoes be considered. The event concludes by 9:00 pm.

Turning 18

If you are or will soon turn 18 years of age, here is a helpful document produced by the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General to explain many of the responsibilities that come along with being a legal adult: HERE.

Course Selection Day Approaches

Course selection day for students in the classes of 2015, 2016, and 2017 is Monday, Feb10 (weather permitting). On that day, students will receive a color-coded sheet similar to the links, below, that they will bring to their teachers to initial their recommendation. It is also the opportunity for students to indicate their elective courses and alternate courses (alternate courses are scheduled if the student is unable to be enrolled in their chosen elective course).

The links to the forms, below, are to assist students and parents, and are to be used only for planning purposes. The core courses entered into the database are based on teacher recommendation, as recorded on the aforementioned color form that will be handed out to students on February 10. Once the recommendations and elective selections are input, parents can review them for accuracy. An email will be sent once their are ready for review.

For Classes of 2015 & 2016:
Here are links to the documents:
Page 1: Core/Mandatory Classes
Page 2: Electives 
 or you can download the PDF of both by clicking here. 
For Class of 2017:

Page 1: Core/Mandatory Classes
Page 2: Electives
or you can download the PDF of both by clicking here.

For Class of 2018:
[Under Construction- check back Feb 25]

More information on course selection is located on earlier blog posts, but here are a few to help:

Student/Parent presentation
2014-2015 Program of Studies

Dance Feb 13

There is a dance scheduled for February 13, from 7-10PM. For more information on our dance procedures, please check out the Student Activities link on the high school web site. Look under Events.

Grade 9-11 Course Selection Assemblies

On February 4, students in grades 9-11 will be attending assemblies during the school day to review the course selection process. To view the slideshow that they will see, click HERE. It is a slightly altered version of the presentation to parents last week.

Just a few other details regarding course selection:

Course selection day is Monday, February 10.

Grade 8 Parent/Student Orientation & Course Selection Night is February 25.

Vandalism at Turf Field

February 3, 2014

Dear Medway High School Community,

We are angered and sorry to share that the Medway High School press box and concession stand at the turf field were vandalized this past weekend.  Medway police are investigating, which involves fingerprinting the area and reviewing security videos. To support this process, we are asking for your helping in identifying those responsible.  If you have any information that you think may help, please contact Medway Police, Mr. Pearl, our Athletic Director, or Dr. Dias, MHS Principal.

Our facilities remain in outstanding condition due to the hard work of our custodial and maintenance staff, as well as the respect that students, staff, and the community consistently demonstrate when on campus. As respect is a core value at MHS, incidents such as this are particularly concerning.  

Sincerely

Medway High School Administration

Medway Police: 508-533-3212

Mr. Pearl: rpearl@medway.k12m.a.us   508-533-6643 x5120

Dr. Dias: ddias@medway.k12.ma.us   508-533-6643 x5104