Milton Public Schools November update

Thanksgiving Food Drives

Thank you to all who organized and donated to recent food drives at each of our schools. Many in Milton and beyond will benefit from your generosity. We wish all in the MPS community a restful break this week.

MPS Holiday Gift Drives

Elementary: Milton Public Schools has partnered with My Brother’s Keeper and the Milton Residents Fund to ensure all Milton Families in need have a wonderful holiday season.

Drop new, unwrapped toys or $25 Target gift cards to a collection box in lobby of any elementary school from December 4th-7th.

Pierce: Each year our school counselors identify Pierce families in need and collect gift cards to be distributed to them for the holidays. This program, Families Helping Families, provides an opportunity for your family to bring a little bit of holiday spirit to another family at Pierce Middle School in the most anonymous and quiet way.

Gift cards can be brought to the the main office by Friday, December 15. We recommend gift cards to stores such as Star Market, Shaw’s, Stop & Shop, Target, and Old Navy but of course we will accept gift cards from all stores.

Milton High School: MHS collects gift cards and distributes them to MHS students in need during holiday season. If you would like to support Teens in Need., please drop $25 gift cards to the MHS front office by Friday, December 15. These gift cards will given to Milton High School students through MHS Administration and school counselors.

Thank you for helping us make the holiday season a little brighter for our Milton neighbors!

MHS Key Club Coat Drive
What? Donate new or gently used coats!
When? December 2, 2023 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Where? Main entrance of MHS
For who? 2023 Coats for Kids and Families!

Seussical the Musical!

Thank you to the two thousand plus who came to see Seussical this weekend! MHS Theatre is so grateful for the amazing support. Bravo to our talented cast and crew on another fantastic production!

MHS Football – Let’s Go Wildcats!

Congratulations to the MHS Football Team who will compete in the MIAA D3 State Championship at Gillette! on Thursday, November 30 at 8:00 p.m.!

MHS Debate Win

In a first for MHS Debate, John Griffin and Ben Neugebauer won the Novice Tournament last weekend! Ida Zoll and Sydney Burns won the highest speaker award for the varsity team and Ben, John, Ida, Sydney, along with Kevin Gomes and Leo Waldbaum, all received state bids for the State Championship in March. Congratulations to MHS Debate!

MHS National Honor Society Induction

Congratulations to MHS students Myah Cenafils, Nora Cox, Neve D’Arcy, Katherine Drozdick, Garet Glenn, Lucas Hartford, Maggie Henry, Alessandra Lyons, David Mitchell, Meghan Mylod, Ani Phung, Owen Quirion, Hoa Tong, Ava Regan, Tatum York and Lily Yuen, the newest members of the National Honor Society!

Success at MMEA Eastern District Senior Festival Auditions

On Saturday, November 4th, the Milton Music Department hosted the MMEA Eastern District Senior Festival Auditions at MHS. Over 1,000 students from 30 surrounding communities auditioned to be considered for acceptance to the festival. Emily Bohlin, Nate Brown, Atticus D’Alessandro, Ruby Dolgon, Lucy Hays, Julia Mangum, Fedor Myshkin and Florian Zoll were accepted to the Festival and Nate, Atticus and Lucy were also recommended to audition for the MMEA All State Festival in January! Bravo to our MHS Music Students!

Project 351 Ambassador

The Commonwealth’s Project 351 celebrates the ethic of service, youth leadership, and the unifying and uplifting power of community. Pierce eighth grade student Faith Kelley has been selected as Milton’s Project 351 ambassador. Through her yearlong ambassador journey, Faith will represent Milton in a variety of leadership roles and community service projects. Congratulations, Faith!!

Pierce Model UN Success

The Pierce Middle School Model UN Team participated in their first conference on Saturday 11/18/23. They all performed very well even though for most of the team, this was their first conference! The delegation of Germany, represented by Thinh Tran and Bennett Wu performed so well that they were awarded the Best Delegate gavel, the highest award you can receive. Congratulations to all!

Veterans Day in our Schools

Thank you to all who attended our Veterans Day events. We are grateful to the many Veterans in our community and thank them for their service.

Animal Adaptations and Bioengineering Project

Pierce FUSE I and FUSE II students worked on a project for STEM Week where they created a prosthetic for a marine animal which was harmed. They learned what a prosthetic is and how animals can adapt to their environments, they researched their particular animal and how the injury would affect it, and finally designed and built their prosthetic.

A Peek at Preschool
Preschoolers are busy learning about buildings and tools this month. We think they are both cute and talented students!

AP European History

The Senior AP European History Class participated in a Reformation Brunch in which they took on the role of a historical figure from the Reformation time period. They had to create a seating arrangement as a group and socialized with one another in character sharing the impact they had on the reformation.

November brought student celebrations, reading buddies, running clubs, book fairs, STEM projects, and much more to our schools!

After a big win on Saturday, the MHS Football Team has advanced to the MIAA Division 3 Super Bowl for the second consecutive year! They will take on Walpole on Thursday, November 30 at 8:00 p.m. at Gillette Stadium. The link to purchase tickets will be available later this week and will be in Principal newsletters and posted on our website.

Congratulations to Coach Dembowski and the entire team!

As we look ahead to the Winter Season, we are able to celebrate many of our fall teams! See below for updates with more to come in the weeks ahead.

Congrats to the Field Hockey team for making it through the 2nd round of the MIAA state Tournaments. They had an exciting win in Scituate in Round 1 but suffered a tough loss to Hingham in Round 2.

After a successful season, the girls soccer team suffered a tough first round loss to Scituate in the Division 2 playoffs. Despite the disappointing loss, there are many things to be proud about for this young team.

The MIAA Team Sportsmanship Award was awarded to the Girls Soccer Team. They received this honor as they exemplified the tenets of good sportsmanship to the highest degree. Additionally, they excelled in teamwork, fairplay, ethics and community service.

Kevin Gorham, Varsity Girls Coach, was awarded the Bay State Conference Coach of the Year.

The MHS Girls Volleyball team defeated Holyoke 3-0 in the preliminary round of the playoffs but were defeated by Canton in the next round.

Despite mounting a 2-0 comeback in their first round playoff game against Masconomet Regional, the boys soccer team lost in the final minutes of this thrilling game.

Congrats to the Swim and Dive Team for an incredible MIAA D2 State Championship Meet at MIT. The Boys won the meet for the first time ever and the 400 freestyle relay team broke the meet and school record.

Golf finished a strong fall season with solid team play and impressive individual play.

Both MHS Cross Country teams competed in the Division Championships and the Girls Cross Country Team also competed hard in the Division 1 State Championship this past weekend to finish off their great fall season. Congrats to all our runners.

MHS Cheer competed in the finals on Sunday. While they didn’t medal, they performed very well at the competition.

Congratulations to our Fall Bay State League All Stars; Ava Regan, Mary Kathryn Maloney, Johnny GIllooly, Malcolm Frank-McKnight, Lauren Cooper, Noelle Gorham, Sahra Zauls, Cara Facey, Maddie Hunt, Jonny Osinksi, Abdallah Hassan!

November 11 was National Letter of Intent day. Congratulations to Senior Tommy Mitchell as he signed his letter to play baseball at Elon University. Best of luck to Tommy at Elon!

Who’s who at MPS

Superintendent, Dr. Peter Burrows – 617-696-4808, [email protected]

Asst. Supt. for Curriculum & HR, Dr. Garth McKinney – 617-696-4811, [email protected]

Asst. Supt. for Finance and Operations, Dr. Glenn Pavlicek – 617-696-5041, [email protected]

Director of Student Services, Danielle Wetmore – 617-696-5040 ext 5572, [email protected]

Transportation Coordinator 617-696-5040 ext 5510, [email protected]

Milton Community Schools Director, Martha Sandoval – 617-696-5040 ext 5544, [email protected]

Food Service Director, Natalia Perez – 617-696-4470 ext 5514, [email protected]

Director of Nursing, Kim Coughlin – 617-696-4470 ext 5517, [email protected]

Athletic Director, Michael Bierwirth – 617-696-4470 ext 5515, [email protected]

Student Registrar, Sarina Burke – 617 696-5040 ext 5516, [email protected]

Family Outreach Liaison, Marti O’Keefe McKenna – 617-980-7343, [email protected]