Medway Middle School

Workshop to Support Medway Middle School Student’s Study of Shakespeare

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Medway Public Schools
Armand Pires, Superintendent
45 Holliston St.
Medway, MA 02053

 

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Workshop to Support Medway Middle School Student’s Study of Shakespeare

MEDWAY –Reading Shakespeare for the first time is often a challenge, but students at Medway Middle School will get a helping hand at deciphering the Bard’s famous works this week.

On Thursday, April 25, seventh grade English Language Arts (ELA) students will participate in an interactive workshop by Shakesperience Productions, Inc., a nonprofit theater company, based out of Connecticut. The workshops will be held during ELA class times in the auditorium.

During the workshop, actors will help students familiarize themselves with the basics of reading and performing Shakespeare’s plays. Students will learn about literary devices and language as they explore the spoken word and act out famous scenes.

Students were given a packet prior to the workshop that includes excerpts from plays including “Hamlet,” “Macbeth,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and “As You Like It.”

The interactive workshop was generously funded by the Medway Middle School Parent Teacher Organization.

“We want students to understand that while Shakespeare’s works can be challenging, they can also be fun,” said Medway Middle School Principal Craig Juelis. “This workshop will give students the tools they need not only to comfortably read and understand Shakespeare’s works, but to enjoy these plays and appreciate their literary value.”

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Medway Middle and High School Music Programs Earn Honors at Statewide Competition

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Medway Public Schools
Armand Pires, Superintendent
45 Holliston St.
Medway, MA 02053

 

For Immediate Release

Friday, April 12, 2019

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Medway Middle and High School Music Programs Earn Honors at Statewide Competition

MEDWAY — Superintendent Armand Pires is pleased to announce that the Medway middle and high school band and chorus programs took home several top honors at the recent Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association (MICCA) Choral and Concert Festivals.

The statewide competitions were held on April 5-7 at various high schools across the state.

In total, there were 178 ensembles, over 8,700 student musicians who participated in the Concert Festival and over 4,000 student musicians who took part in the Choral Festival.

The results for the Medway ensembles were as follows:

  • Medway High School Concert Band – Bronze
  • Medway High School Mixed Chorus – Silver
  • Medway High School Treble Chorus – Silver
  • Medway Middle School 8th Grade Concert Band – Bronze

The 8th Grade Concert band played under the direction of Doug Dufrense. The MHS Mixed and Treble Choruses were led by Kendra Nutting. And the MHS Concert Band played under the direction of Amanda Webster.

“We saw tremendous performances by our middle and high school music programs this past weekend,” said Assistant Superintendent Gabrielle Abrams. “Our student musicians and singers practice throughout the year to hone their skills and our instructors work very hard bring out the amazing enthusiasm that we see out of our music department every year.”

MICCA encourages and supports the development of elementary, middle and high school performing ensembles. The competitions over last weekend also included marching band, solo and ensemble performances, all of which were judged by highly qualified adjudicators.

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Medway Middle School Students Honored by School Committee

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Medway Public Schools
Armand Pires, Superintendent
45 Holliston St.
Medway, MA 02053

 

For Immediate Release

Friday, April 12, 2019

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Medway Middle School Students Honored by School Committee

MEDWAY — Medway Middle School Principal Craig Juelis and the Medway School Committee are pleased to announce that the committee recognized five students last night for their accomplishments throughout the school year.

At the Medway School Committee meeting on Thursday night, April 11, eighth graders Lile Simmons, Mia Hsieh, Isabelle Basso, and seventh graders Alexandra Montana and Sinead Bergeron were all given an Award of Excellence certificate and were recognized by the committee members for their work.

“We were thrilled to be able to honor these outstanding students for their great work, both in and out of school,” Medway School Committee Chair Diane Borgatti said. “Each one of them is a shining example of the type of education our students receive at Medway Public Schools and it was a pleasure to host the kids at our meeting last night, along with their families and Principal Juelis.”

Simmons was nominated as the school’s Project 351 Ambassador by the 8th grade teachers. This year’s Project 351 community service project was a Cradles to Crayons clothing drive to gather clothing for children in need. Simmons organized the drive at Medway Middle School and, with the help of her friends, successfully publicized the drive throughout the school.

Simmons is also involved in community service projects outside of school, helping to care for seeing eye dogs.

Hsieh organized a fundraiser for Type 1 diabetes research for the second year in row.

This year’s fundraiser was a March Madness 3-on-3 basketball tournament for students. Hsieh and her supporters organized the tournament into two brackets (Grades 5-6 and Grades 7-8), as well as recruited students to help sell concessions and referee each game. A total of 26 teams signed up to compete in this year’s tournament. About $700 was raised with the proceeds going to JDRF, a diabetes research organization.

Hsieh has worked with School Nurse Colleen Langille on educating students about Type 1 diabetes by providing information on bulletin boards around the middle school.

In addition, last year she organized a bake sale at the school.

Montana earned first place at this year’s science fair with her project entitled: The Meaning of Meow: How Cats Communicate.

Bergeron tied for second place in the science fair for her project entitled: If You Build It, Will It Fly?

Basso’s science fair project tied for second place with her project called, Can the Brain Feel Pain?

Students who participated in the Science Fair worked with advisor and 8th Grade science teacher Larry Brown to identify a topic of interest and pursue either a research or experimental project. Over the ensuing 10 weeks, they continued to meet to conduct research and gain advice from Brown in order to compete their projects. The Science Fair was held on Jan. 24 and the students’ projects were judged with Montana, Bergeron and Basso receiving top honors.

“What a nice evening for these hard-working students to be recognized and honored by the school committee,” Principal Juelis said. “These five students represent just a small sample of the amazing work being done by our students at Medway Middle School each and every day.”

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