Safety & Security Update

September 24, 2018

Dear Members of the MPSD Community,

As many of you are aware, the Marshfield Police were tasked with searching for a shooting suspect earlier this evening.  Due to the proximity of the search to some of our schools, those buildings near the search site went into a Shelter in Place per coordination with the Marshfield Police. 

All schools were locked down and no one was allowed to enter or to leave.  When it was deemed appropriate, the Marshfield Police Department coordinated the evacuation of those buildings with our staff.  Students and adults present in those buildings were escorted out of the building with the assistance of the police.

The largest group of students and adults were at the Marshfield High School as there was an athletic event and various practices taking place.  All of the students and adults showed great patience and composure throughout the event.  We also had students at the South River School for practice and adults were at the Martinson Elementary and Furnace Middle Brook Schools.  They were all terrific as well in dealing with the Shelter in Place and were successfully evacuated in a safe and secure fashion.

There was tremendous coordination with the Marshfield Police Department throughout the evening, even as they dealt with the issue at hand.  I want to thank the entire police department and our staff who were at each of the impacted schools for all of their efforts.  I also want to thank our students, the adults in attendance and all of the parents, along with our friends from Duxbury who were in attendance for a game, who all worked together as we safely evacuated the buildings.  It was a tremendous team effort and it was comforting to see our safety protocols work effectively when put into action.

If there is any new information to share on this matter, I will send out when appropriate.  For our students, in light of the ongoing events around town, all homework due tomorrow and tests and quizzes assigned for tomorrow will be postponed by a day. 

Thank you and have a good & safe evening.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey W. Granatino

MPSD Wall of Honor Ceremony- October 18th @ Haddad's

On October 18th, the MPSD will host a dinner/ceremony for the district's inaugural class of the Wall of Honor. This year's inductees are Nancy Currie & John Putnam. Here's a link to the event page if you would like to attend. We hope you can make it. https://www.mpsd.org/cms/lib/MA02212716/Centricity/Domain/4/Wall%20of%20Honor%20invitation.pdf …

Ventress Memorial Library Update

Here's a note from the Director of the Ventress Memorial Library, Ms. Marcoux:

Hello to all Marshfield library-cardholders!

The Ventress Memorial Library is closing the book on overdue fines! We are
excited to announce that we are going fine-free beginning in September (National
 Library Card Month): general overdue items will no longer accrue fees. We
determined as a library that we wanted to open up the opportunity for as many
passionate readers and library users to borrow our materials as possible. After
the success of removing fines for senior citizens in the last few years, it was
an obvious choice to eliminate the barrier of overdue fines for all of our
materials.

You might be wondering--what does this mean for me? Books, DVDs, puzzles, and
CDs from the Ventress Memorial Library will accrue no overdue fines.

Patrons will still be charged for books that are marked as LOST (length of

time) or DAMAGED. The fines for LOST items may be removed if items are returned
in good condition within a year.

The Library will still charge fees for lost or damaged items, and materials
requested and/or checked out from other libraries in our network will accrue
fines if they are late. Museum passes and special equipment checkouts (such as
hotspots, Kindles, or ukuleles) will still incur $5/day fines when they are
returned late and rental books will incur a 25 cent fine per day when returned
late.

We are so looking forward for what removing overdue fines from books, CDs,
DVDs, and puzzles will mean for our patrons! We are glad to be able to offer
this opportunity to more easily check out library materials without incurring
fines to our community.

September is a special month for many reasons: it is National Library Card
Month around the country, it is the start of the school year here in our town
of Marshfield, and it is a time to remind parents and caregivers that a library
card is the most important school supply of all. In celebration of National
Library Card Month, we will ALSO be offering unconditional amnesty to Marshfield
 youth for the entire month of September--during the month of September only,
everyone age 17 and under who owes fines and/or charges for lost items and
comes to the library to borrow materials will be given a clean slate. The
library will include current students aged 18 and older in this special
September amnesty.  The Ventress Memorial Library would like every child in
Marshfield to have a library card!

Now is the perfect time to get a new Marshfield library card if you don’t
currently have one, and to take advantage of our National Library Card Month
celebration and get your children’s fines cleared if they have any items
outstanding on their accounts! We’re looking forward to seeing you at the
Ventress Memorial Library all September long!

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Best wishes,

Cyndee

Cyndee Marcoux

Library Director

Ventress Memorial Library

15 Library Plaza

Marshfield, MA 02050

781-834-5535

2nd Annual Teacher Appreciation Game- September 29th

2nd ANNUAL TEACHER APPRECIATION GAME!

The MHS Girls Soccer Team would like to invite all of the teachers of the MPSD to
watch our game versus Pembroke and to be recognized for having such a positive
impact within our community.

Location: James G. Anderson Field at Marshfield High School
Date: Saturday, September 29th, 2018
Time: Snacks and refreshments start at 1:30, Kick-off at 2:15

At halftime, we ask that you come on to the field at the 50 yard line so we can take
a picture of all of the players and teachers. Please RSVP to Dominic Centorino at
dcentorino@mpsd.org by Thursday, September 27th so we can plan accordingly. We
look forward to seeing you!

2018-2019 School Year Opens

We are so excited to greet our students and staff this week as we begin the 2018-19 school year.  While you have probably received information from your individual schools, we wanted to pass along some general information that may be of assistance.

 Opening Dates:  The school year began for all staff on Tuesday, September 4^th.

Classes will begin for students in grades 1-12 on Wednesday, September 5^th.

Classes will begin for kindergarten on Thursday, September 6^th.

Classes will begin for preschool on Friday, September 7^th.

The first few days of school will be warm so please make sure your children are dressed appropriately and bring water.

Bus Routes- Here is a link to our district website which give you all of the district’s bus route information- https://www.mpsd.org/cms/lib/MA02212716/Centricity/Domain/4/2018-2019%20Bus%20Routes%2018.08.27.pdf

School Start Times- Please remember that the GWS, DWS and EWS are now “late schools”.  The MES and SRS are now the “early schools”.  The start times remain the same for the FBMS & MHS. 

MHS                           7:15-1:47

FBMS                         7:50-2:20

SRS & MES                8:20-3:00

DWS, GWS, EWS      8:50-3:30

All other school time related information can be found on the district website under each school’s link.  https://www.mpsd.org

The following is the link to the district’s conference calendar:  https://www.mpsd.org/cms/lib/MA02212716/Centricity/Domain/4/2018-19%20Conference%20Calendar%208.15.18%20FINAL.pdf

The following is the link to the district’s academic calendar:  https://www.mpsd.org/cms/lib/MA02212716/Centricity/Domain/4/2018%20%202019%20Academic%20Calendar%20-%20After%20Labor%20Day.pdf

School Breakfast at FBMS & MHS- The School Committee voted last month to establish a breakfast program at the Furnace Brook Middle School and Marshfield High School.  This will be available on a daily basis.

Breakfast will cost $2.00 for students and $2.50 for adults. 

The school breakfast will meet all federal nutrition requirements.

High Five Friday- September 14th

On Friday, September 14^th, he MPSD in conjunction with the Marshfield Fire and Police Departments will begin the school day with a “high five Friday”.   Members of the Police & Fire departments will greet students at all seven schools with high fives to start the school day.

That evening, at the Varsity Football game, the high school will then recognize both the fire and police departments at their annual 1^st Responder’s Night.  Members of the town’s fire and police department will be honored at a ceremony prior to the game against BC High.

Proceeds from the ticket sales that evening will go to the foundations set up on behalf of Weymouth Police Sgt., Michael Chesna and Ms. Vera Adams from Weymouth MA who were slain earlier this summer.

YRBS Survey Results

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results for 2018 were presented last month to the School Committee.  Our Director for Comprehensive Health, Ms. Marybeth Battis, coordinates the survey process with the district's 7th, 9th and 11th grade students on an annual basis.

Here is a link to this year's results:  YRBS Survey 2018