MEF Road Race- March 19th!!

Less than one month until the South Shore's Premier Road Race, the Sixth Annual Marshfield St. Patrick’s Day 5K on Saturday March 19th!

In the past five years over 12,500 runners, walkers and crawlers have descended on Brant Rock in Marshfield, a great time has been had by all, and every penny of the over $320,000 raised has gone directly to the Marshfield Education Foundation to fund worthwhile educational programs and initiatives in the Marshfield Public Schools!

Register here!  https://racewire.com/register.php?id=5026  Don’t delay in registering; everyone that registers by February 13, 2016 will receive the outstanding long sleeve race shirt free with registration!

Please check out our race website: http://marshfieldstpatricksday5k.com, where you will be able to find all the information on the race.

Don’t forget to like our Facebook race page: http://www.facebook.com/Patty5k for up to date race information and share our event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1523919561252464. Please let everyone know you’re attending and forward to all your friends!  You can also follow the race on Twitter at https://twitter.com/StPatricksDay5K

Thank you to our Official Vehicle Sponsor, Quirk Cars!

Looking forward to seeing you on March 19, 2016!!!

National Engineers Week

National Engineers Week will be celebrated February 21-27, 2016 at schools, universities, companies, afterschool programs and in households across the United States.  Did you know that engineers dream up creative, exciting and practical solutions and work with other innovative and inspiring people to invent, design and create things that matter in the world?  Do you like to be creative, invent, help people solve problems and make a difference in the world?  Then explore engineering by doing a simple, hands-on engineering activity (see flyer and/or visit http://www.discovere.org/our-activities), meet an engineer in your community, or check out local engineering programs through the various STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) programs at your school, Boys & Girls Club or local public library.  National Engineers Week is sponsored by DiscoverE, a national foundation of over 100 non-profits and organizations whose mission is to sustain and grow engineering through outreach, education, celebration and volunteerism.  Let’s Make a Difference. 

Putting for Patients- March 19th

Putting for Patients is an 18 hole indoor mini golf course that will take place on Saturday, March 19th, 2016 from 12-4 PM in the gym.  All proceeds from this event will benefit the Jimmy Fund. The cost for students and children is $10 to play and $15 for adults to play. In addition to the golf course, there will also be music, arts and crafts, face painting, caricatures, and snacks that are all included in the cost. 

MHS Student Council Executive Board Visits Dana Farber

The following update was provided by Student Council President, Caitlin Madeiros:

Over February vacation, a few members of the Student Council Executive Board went to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston for a tour and to learn more about the Jimmy Fund. We learned about the history of the Jimmy Fund as well as the progression of cancer research. It was amazing to see how an organization that started so small in a doctor’s basement could grow into the large well-known organization it is today. On our tour, we learned about many different areas of the hospital and saw all the displays that create an environment of hope instead of the uneasy feeling that often comes with a hospital.  This visit helped put a lot of problems and obstacles in our lives into perspective.

MHS Drama Club Presents "..And Others"-Thursday, February 25th

The Marshfield High School Drama Club Proudly presents their METG State Drama Festival Entry …And Others by Dennis Bush.

This 35 minute Drama will be performed for the public on Thursday February 25^th at 7.00 and $7.00 tickets can be purchased at the door.

..And Others is a journey into the mind and memory of 26 year old Amanda as she discovers the reasons behind her dissociative identity disorder.

The show’s content deals with mature subject matter and is not recommended for children under 15 years old.

Marshfield FACTS Receives Support from Kiwanis

 
At the Kiwanis meeting on Thursday, February 4, Marshfield Kiwanis President Mike Seyffert and Kiwanis member Dick Stetson presented Marshfield FACTS with a check for $2500. The funds will be used to pay a professional grant writer to assist in the Marshfield FACTS application for a federal Drug Free Communities grant.

Marshfield FACTS (Families Adolescents and Community Together Against Substances) is Marshfield’s community coalition for substance abuse prevention, a group of residents collaborating on ways to promote mental and physical wellness and prevent addiction in town.  The coalition is made up of parents, health care professionals, school department staff and administrators, representatives of town, county and state government, representatives from civic groups, faith leaders and other concerned citizens.

Marshfield Kiwanis has demonstrated serious commitment to addressing addiction in Marshfield. The club organized the “Klubbing Out Addiction” golf tournament in September to raise money for prevention efforts, donated flags for the Overdose Awareness Day candlelight vigil in August and helped fund the October performance of Drug Story Theater at Marshfield High School. By working together, Marshfield Kiwanis and Marshfield FACTS hope to bring a Drug Free Communities grant to Marshfield.

As described by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, “The Drug-Free Communities Support Program (DFC) is a Federal grant program that provides funding to community-based coalitions that organize to prevent youth substance use.  Since the passage of the DFC Act in 1997, the DFC Program has funded more than 2,000 coalitions and currently mobilizes nearly 9,000 community volunteers across the country. The philosophy behind the DFC Program is that local drug problems require local solutions.  With a small Federal investment, the DFC Program doubles the amount of funding through the DFC Program’s match requirement, to address youth substance use.  Recent evaluation data indicate that where DFC dollars are invested, youth substance use is lower.  Over the life of the DFC Program, youth living in DFC communities have experienced reductions in alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use.”

 

School Open Tuesday with 2 Hour Delay

Good evening. This is Superintendent of Schools, Jeff Granatino, with an important message.  Due to the projections of continued light snow through the evening, and the work that still needs to be done overnight and in the morning, we will have a 2 Hour Delay to the start of the school day tomorrow, Tuesday, February 9th.  This determination has been made in consultation with our DPW and town safety officials. 

If overnight conditions are more challenging than projected, there could be a change to this determination in the morning, but for now, Marshfield will have school Tuesday, with a 2 hour delay.

With the delay, there will be no AM Pre School or AM Kindergarten and the District's "Inclement Weather" bus stops will be in effect (http://www.mpsd.org/files/_GJJPS_/01dd3b93a814eeb03745a49013852ec4/Inclement_Weather_Bus_Stop_Changes.pdf)

Thank you and please drive safely tomorrow.