MHS Bulletin for 05.07.09

  • Seniors: Your guidance counselor has a new listing of colleges still accepting applications.
  • Advanced Placement Exams are underway.  Students taking exams are reminded that they must bring a #2 pencil and a ballpoint pen on the day of their test, and that cell phones are NOT allowed in the testing room.  Students scheduled to take morning exams should report to the testing location by 7:45 and students taking an afternoon exam should eat at first lunch and report to the testing location by 11:45.  Students who arrive late will NOT be allowed to sit for the exam.  NO EXCEPTIONS.  All students will report to the library for testing except for US History on Friday (Room 245). Today, students will take English Lit in the morning and French Lit in the afternoon.  Students taking AP Exams are expected to attend school the full day, and will only be excused from classes missed which take place during their exam.
  • Attention!  Anyone who missed the Poetry Jam this weekend can still get a copy of the Anthology of all the poems in the show, including Princesse’s original works.  They are available for $5 in the main office or in room 211 before and after school.  Proceeds will go to a summer camp scholarship for Saraphina Revelus.

  • Community Service: Milton Hospital is looking for junior volunteers. Call the hospital        at 617 696-4600 x1199.  Pine Tree Brook is looking for volunteers to assist residents with assorted tasks there. Please contact Mr. Connor at 617 698-2403.  Two to three students needed for Saturday Tennis program now underway at Kelly Field from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.  No tennis skills needed. Contact Mr. Dimanno at pdimanno@townofmilton.org.
  • Senior Prom tickets will be on sale through Friday, May 15 in Ms. Yifru’s room (116) before and after school for $55 per person, cash, checks payable to Milton High School.
  • Seniors:  If you have Book Money Obligations, please see Mrs. Kelly in the main office with your checks as soon as possible.  Also, for those of you who have Outstanding Library Obligations, you must see Mrs. Ronan at the Circulation Desk before school, Monday-Friday, or after school Monday-Thursday 2:19-2:40.
  • Attention Seniors: Caps & Gowns are in! You can pay for your cap and gown in Ms McDonough’s Room (118). The cost is $20 until May 8th; it will go up $5 a week after that.
  • Photography Club meeting after school today.
  • Step Squad practice today and tomorrow.
  • The GSA will be sponsoring a Day of Silence on Friday.  Students may take a vow of silence to commemorate the silence faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.  GSA members will be distributing stickers Friday morning to those who would like to participate at the main entrance and at the field house entrance.
  • The Poetry Club will be meeting this Friday after school in Room 211. We will have our weekly open mike. New members are always welcome. Come hear your peers share original
  • verse. Come share your own. Jam poets bring your anthologies for signing.
  • Get ready to board the international flight of fashion this Saturday at 7:00 pm!  Boarding passes will be on sale for the Fashion Show at all 3 lunches.
  • Two graphing calculators were left in the Library after the AP Calculus Exam on Wed.  They can be picked up in guidance.
  • In partnership with Boston University’s Dept of Archaeology, the Wakefield Estate will host two 2-week summer hands-on archaeological excavations for high school students at the historic Wakefield Estate in Milton. Please call the Wakefield Estate, 617-333-0924. Application deadline May 15.

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