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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’s Burke-Memorial Elementary School Holds Annual Heritage Day Celebration

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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]

Medway’s Burke-Memorial Elementary School Holds Annual Heritage Day Celebration

MEDWAY – Burke-Memorial Elementary School Principal Amanda Luizzi is pleased to share that second grade students recently participated in their annual Heritage Day celebration.

On Thursday and Friday, April 4-5, the second graders were able to share their heritage research projects with their families, followed by a celebration in the cafeteria. The celebration included poems and songs celebrating different heritages. The guests then gathered in “Heritage Hall” (the Burke-Memorial gymnasium) to sample food items from around the world.

“Participating in this celebration each year allows our students to learn about and appreciate their heritage and what helps makes them who they are,” Principal Luizzi said.

As a special addition to this year’s Heritage Day activities, the second grade classes partnered with the Revels organization. Revels, located in Watertown, explores and celebrates the traditions of world cultures through theater and music.

Revels hosted a six-week program with the second grade students. Each class met with Revels actors and musicians to learn about and practice a traditional Mummers play. Mummers plays are seasonal folk plays originally performed by troupes of actors from the British Isles, but later expanded to other parts of the world. Each second grade class performed a Mummers play as part of Heritage Day this year.

The Revels partnership was made possible by a Medway Foundation for Education grant, written by second grade teachers Megan Munger and Marybeth Curran.

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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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Medway’s Burke-Memorial Elementary School Officially Opens In-School Food Pantry

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

 

For Immediate Release

Friday, April 5, 2019

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

Medway’s Burke-Memorial Elementary School Officially Opens In-School Food Pantry

MEDWAY — Superintendent Armand Pires is pleased to announce that a ribbon cutting ceremony was held today to officially open the Burke-Memorial Elementary School’s new in-school food pantry for students in need.

“Now that the pantry is open, we hope we can begin to offer assistance to some of our students in need and provide them with food to bring home over the weekend,” Superintendent Pires said. “We are thrilled to be working alongside the folks at the Medway Village Church Food Pantry and will be relying on their expertise as we move forward.”

Superintendent Pires, Burke-Memorial Principal Amanda Luizzi, Medway Public Schools Wellness Director Ryan Sherman and Medway Village Church Food Pantry Director Susan Dietrich gathered at the pantry Friday morning to launch the new program.

The pantry will be staffed by parents, students and community volunteers working alongside volunteers from the Medway Village Church Food Pantry.

This past summer, Medway Public Schools officials partnered with representatives of the YMCA and the Medway Village Church Food Pantry to create a program that would supply students in need with food for the weekend.

In January, Stop and Shop awarded Medway Public Schools a $1,600 grant to help build shelves, purchase backpacks and buy food for the new program.

The optional program will start by serving a group of about 15 students. Those students will be among 50 to 70 children who are eligible for free and reduced lunches at the school.

Each week, volunteer staff will put backpacks full of food together for the select students who will benefit the most from the program. Those students will go to the pantry before the end of the school day on Friday and will receive backpacks filled with simple foods that students can eat on their own, like granola bars and apple sauce, as well as meals they can prepare with an adult, like a pasta dinner.

Those interested in volunteering can email Ryan Sherman at [email protected].

Those interested in donating food items to support the new program can do so by leaving bags marked “Food Pantry” at the church office of Medway Village Church at 170 Village St.

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