Baccalaureate This Evening! |
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Baccalaureate, the Upper School awards ceremony, will take place this evening, Friday, June 11, at 5:00 p.m. over Zoom. This ceremony recognizes the outstanding performance and contributions of students in Grades 9 – 11 and will feature remarks from Student Council President Ryan Hinshaw and National Honor Society representative Maya Shore. Graduating seniors will be recognized during Commencement. Please join us to celebrate the accomplishments of our students!
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Join Us Virtually for Commencement on Sunday! |
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Congratulations — in advance — to the MPH Class of 2021 on your impending graduation. We look forward to celebrating you all this Sunday, June 13, at 2:00 p.m., and are pleased that each of you will be able to enjoy some “in person” support from a few family members and/or special friends.
For those who plan to attend the ceremony virtually, it will be livestreamed via YouTube, and you may access it here.
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Register now for MPH Summer Programs! |
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MPH offers a variety of summer programs, including day camp (grades Pre-K – 8), athletic camps (grades 1 – 8), enrichment courses, Driver Education, SAT Preparation, and a College Application Essay course. Programs begin June 28. For additional details and to register, please visit our website or call the Summer Programs Office.
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Bike Club Enjoys Sweet Fruits of Its Labor |
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At an impromptu final Bicycle Club meeting during tutorial last Friday, club members put some white wall balloon tires on their custom trike and test rode it in the school's parking lot. Clearly, it was a lot of fun to ride! |
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Senior Thesis Projects (STPs) Inspire! |
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The Senior Thesis Project (STP), a Grade 12 requirement, allows students to take on research projects that have deep personal meaning to them and provides a unique opportunity for them to learn and grow through the project management and the self-direction that is required in such a large undertaking. The conclusion of the STP typically includes the student’s presentation to the MPH community about their research experience and findings. Given the unusual circumstances last spring and this, that particular format wasn’t possible, and yet a few seniors requested the opportunity to present to at least a small audience. While in-person attendance at these presentations was necessarily limited in order to uphold MPH’s health and safety protocols, the chosen topics — and the presenters themselves! — were nonetheless compelling, and some seniors opted to have their presentations recorded. If you are interested in checking any of these out, click here!
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Recorded presentations include the following:
Ryan Hinshaw: Littera Scripta Manet: The Need for a Student Record Archive at MPH
Hannah Jin: AI Music and How Do We Understand It
Maya Shore: Teaching Inclusivity and Intersectionality in the Feminist Agenda: Comparing the Suffrage and #MeToo Movements
Victor Attah: Hip-Hop, Hedonism, & Holiness: Kierkegaardian Philosophy in the Work of Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar
Max Fung: Hope, Money, and the Buffalo Bills
Angel Holligan: The Future Is Financial: Implementation of Financial Literacy In Our Country’s Educational System
Katie Sullivan: Leadership in the Suez Canal Crisis
Genevieve Morrow: Eating Disorders in School and at Home
Farouq Alsalih: Horror-Comedy: The Evolution of a Silly and Sometimes Scary Genre
Keara Dreyfuss: Introverts and Extroverts in the Education System: Teaching for All Personality Types
Natalie Storie: Slave to the Scale: How Do Social Media, Diet Culture, and Celebrities Influence How Teens See Their Bodies?
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Promgoers Enjoy Beautiful Night at NBT |
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Juniors and seniors had the chance to don their favorite “finest” — and socialize with their classmates (safely!) on Monday night at the Junior/Senior Prom. The NBT Bank Stadium venue certainly amplified the fun factor, and thanks to the generosity of some parents, late-evening fireworks provided beautiful closure to the night. Dinner and dancing (to the students’ own playlist via the stadium’s surround sound!) certainly occupied a big part of the night, but so did corn hole contests and a raffle with prizes. Click here to view additional photos.
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Gratitude! Thanks to Ms. Bentley-Hoke for spearheading organization of the prom this year, with a lot of support (she will tell you!) from Ms. Palmer, Ms. Hogan, Ms. McBennett, and Ms. Yeager. The student Prom Committee was industriously led by Anna Abrams, along with Agnes Coleman and Natalie Storie; these young ladies also received some much-appreciated setup help from Ryan Kinane and Gabe Pasniciuc.
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Big shout-outs as well to Mr. Smorol, who helped make the NBT venue a possibility, to the generous anonymous parents who supported the festivities with fireworks, and to all of the faculty and staff who donned their own formal wear and volunteered to provide an adult presence (and who probably had just as much fun!): Mr. Montas, Mr. Leclercq, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Morrison, Ms Perryman, Ms. McBennett, Mr. Cardamone, Ms. Kuo, Mr. Twomey-Smith, Ms. Hogan, Ms. Yeager, Ms. Dwyer, and Mr. Zlomek.
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Red Cross and American Cancer Society Team Up to Make Urgent Pitch for
Blood Donations
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From an email recently received by MPH’s Nurse Christine:
“The Red Cross is seeing fewer blood and platelet donors give as the nation begins to climb out of this pandemic. This downturn comes at a time when the Red Cross continues to see strong demand for blood products by hospitals. This June, the American Red Cross and the American Cancer Society have teamed up to encourage people across the country to Give Blood to Give Time. Together, everyone can do their part to help ensure loved ones have the strength and support they need as they undergo cancer treatment. According to the American Cancer Society, many patient visits and procedures were forced to be delayed or canceled early in the pandemic to reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19. As procedures resume, blood products will be critical for cancer treatments. . . .
There simply aren’t enough people donating regularly to meet the ongoing need. The Red Cross is asking for eligible donors to schedule an appointment and for all to help share this message of critical need. For questions regarding eligibility or for alternative donation sites near you, please call 1800-RED-CROSS. Thank you.”
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Our graduating seniors garnered the spotlight in Wednesday’s edition of Syracuse.com. The article includes a list of members of the Class of 2021, as
well as interviews with Student Council President Ryan Hinshaw and Senior Class President Lucas Brundin.
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And . . . If you missed it last Friday evening, a story
about MPH’s innovative in-person Fiddler on the Roof Jr. production made the “Tell Me Something Good” news spot on Syracuse’s local Channel 9! You can see the story here.
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End of Year Snapshot Review by Light and Magic |
While last Wednesday’s All School Meeting was technically our “penultimate” virtual all-school gathering, it would be the last such of the school year for Upper Schoolers. With that in mind, Light & Magic provided their last meeting intro, which was essentially a snapshot of…well…Snapshots from this extraordinary stretch of time. Their montage highlights one story/headline/image from each 2020-21 issue of the e-newsletter that has kept us all not only informed through the year, but also “connected” in many ways — when a sense of connection has perhaps never felt more necessary. Thank you again, MPH’s Light & Magic — for pulling this together, and for all of the ways in which you’ve enriched our gatherings this year!
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Final Reminder (at least via Snapshot!) from the Health Office
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Please schedule your student’s yearly physical and necessary vaccinations now to avoid a mad dash in August and September. New students in all grade levels, and current students who will be entering Grades K, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11, are required by New York State to have a physical on file in the Health Office two weeks before the start of school. There are also specific vaccinations required for Grades K, 6, 7, and 12. Please communicate with your child’s health care provider or the school nurse if you have any questions about what is due or whether your child will need a physical. Thank you!
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Just for Fun: “And That’s a Wrap!”
No, wait! That’s a Dinosaur RAP!
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For a smile, raise the volume on your device to catch the tail end (pun intended!) of this “dinosaur rap” created by a few of Ms. Foster’s Grade 7 science students. Their dissolving into giggles alone will be certain to evoke a grin.
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