Dear Parents/Guardians, Important happenings at the MHS: (2/16/2021)
Spring Athletics: The spring registration portal will be open as of 02/17/21. To be eligible, students must:
Complete and submit an online registration for spring athletics.
Have a valid sports physical on file with Nurse Housman. (Note: Sport physicals need to be approved by our school
physician once submitted.)
Complete and submit a COVID-19 Health History Update Form to Nurse Housman.Be and remain in good academic
and behavioral standing.
Early submission is highly recommended to allow for adequate processing time.
Key Dates for Spring Sports:
Baseball HS: 1st Practice Starts: 04/01/21, Opening Day: 04/19/21 (03/26/21:Start date for pitchers and catchers
only)
Softball HS: 1st Practice Starts: 04/01/21, Opening Day: 04/19/21 (03/26/21:Start date for pitchers and catchers
only)
Track HS: 1st Practice Starts: 04/01/21, Opening Day: 04/19/21
Boys Tennis HS: 1st Practice Starts: 03/26/21, Opening Day: 04/19/21
Note: MS sports will begin practicing the same date as HS. However, opening day will vary from HS. If you have any
questions, please contact the main office.
Senior Night: Senior night for boys basketball and co-ed cheer will take place on 02/26/21. South Amboy MHS will be facing off against East Brunswick Vo-Tech. at 7:00pm. The event will be live streamed free through NFHS Network.
PTO Online Book Fair: Save the Date - begins 2/22/2021. Please see attached flyer.
6th and 7th Grade Yearbook Photos: we have LifeTouch coming on 2/22/2021 from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm, and on 1/23/2021 from 1:00pm top 7:00 pm. Parents, please go to Parent Access and use the conference scheduler to select a time to have your child’s photo taken. Each time slot for photos is three minutes long. Our Nurse will be present and greet all students while ensuring all necessary precautions are taken. Covid forms should be completed ahead of time online. Parents scheduling their children understand that he/she will be traveling to the Middle/High School and back. Students will enter via the auditorium entrance. Students should come at the specified time.
Senior Slideshow: we are now working on the senior slideshow! We need baby photos photos - one per senior - for the slideshow. Please email your child’s baby photo to one of the following seniors by 2/22/2021:
Nala Gawroriski: [email protected]
Morgan Schuck: [email protected]
Soraya Pina: [email protected]
Lili Poland: [email protected]
Jshontelle Hulslander: [email protected]
Submit Important Photos: please consider submitting photos that we can look to include on our yearbook. Any significant events such as the first virtual day of school, our first snow day of this year, or any other event that was meaningful and unique to this 2020-2021 school year. I have attached a document with directions for uploading. Eshare photo directions.pdf
Covid Questionnaire: although we are not yet returning to in person instruction, the district requests all parents to complete these daily.
Please check your email often. Emailing is how we will reach out to you most of the time. Teachers will use this as a first line of communication regarding your child’s academic progress. If you receive an email, please reply so the teacher knows you have read the email. If not, the teacher will need to then call you.
Check Parent Access: please check your child’s progress in Parent Access regularly and email his/her teachers if you have any questions.
Looking ahead:
2/22/2021: PTO Online Book Fair begins and runs through 3/7/2021
2/22/2021: BOE meeting
2/22/2021: 6th and 7th grade photos: 8:00 am to 12:30 pm
2/23/2021: 6th and 7th grade photos: 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm
3/1/2021: Return to hybrid instruction. The District-wi
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Dear Parents/Guardians,
Important happenings at the MHS:
The Website: our district website is up and running again.
First Semester Honor Roll: please visit my earlier Principal’s page posting to view all of our honor roll achievers.
Students of the Month for January: we reinstituted our student of the month program for 2021. These are students in each grade level that are selected based on character, school spirit, and academic integrity. For January, we are happy to announce our winners. See attached photo. Pictured in a virtual classroom setting are: From left to right: top row: N. Tavarez-Miranda (grade 12), J. Wells ( grade 9), S. Roessle (grade 6), M. Thomas (grade 8). Bottom row: A. Carter (grade 10), D. Hortillas (grade 7), and C. Applegate (grade11). Students of the Month January 2021.jpg.pdf
Athletic Event Live Streaming: As you are aware, we have secured live streaming for our athletic activities. The live streaming, at first, had a lot of technical issues. The company providing the service was able to address these issues last week. They have given our school a letter apologizing for the problems initially encountered. The company has agreed to refund anyone who has already subscribed for the service as well as provide the service free to our school community. In order to receive a refund, parents should contact the company directly; here is their email address: [email protected].
Parent/Teacher Conferences are set for 2/10/21 and 2/11/21; both will be short session days for our students. This is important: each teacher will send you an email for the virtual meeting by the end of the day on Monday, 2/8/21. The email will be sent to you, using the email address we have in Genesis, as well as your child’s school email address. The teacher will send you a Google Meet link in the email. You will click on that link at the date and time of the meeting using your child’s email address. Please do not use your own email address. Our system will only work with school email addresses. The link will allow you, in essence, to enter the teacher’s room. The teacher may have a meeting before yours and a meeting after. If you arrive early, the teacher will be notified, kind of like knocking on the door, but he/she will not allow you entrance until the specified time. Once he/she is available, you will be admitted to the meeting. Once your time is complete, each meeting is five minutes, you will leave to allow another parent to have his/her meeting with the teacher. There is a one minute break in between each meeting time.
Submit Important Photos: please consider submitting photos that we can look to include on our yearbook. Any significant events such as the first virtual day of school, our first snow day of this year, or any other event that was meaningful and unique to this 2020-2021 school year. I have attached a document with directions for uploading. Submit Photos with eShare.pdf
Covid Questionnaire: although we are not yet returning to in person instruction, the district requests all parents to complete these daily.
Please check your email often. Emailing is how we will reach out to you most of the time. Teachers will use this as a first line of communication regarding your child’s academic progress. If you receive an email, please reply so the teacher knows you have read the email. If not, the teacher will need to then call you.
Check Parent Access: please check your child’s progress in Parent Access regularly and email his/her teachers if you have any questions.
The PTO Virtual Book Fair is coming on 2/22/2021. More details to follow as the date approaches.
Looking ahead:
2/12/21 - 2/15/21: schools closed for President’s Weekend.
Week of 2/22/21: Marking Period three interims available
3/1/2021: return to hybrid instruction. Re-entry Committee will review as the date gets closer
3/5/2021: short session day for staff in-service
Please reach out to the school if you have any questions.
Thank you and stay well,
Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians: Now that the first half of the school year is over, I want to ensure we celebrate all of our Honor Roll Achievers for the fall semester of 2020-2021. Earning the distinction of honor roll is no easy task; here are the criteria we follow: to be eligible for the Honor Roll a student must have an 88% average with no more than two 85% grades. Any grades below 85 would exclude the student.
You will see listings by marking period, please click on each to view Honor Roll student names.
Marking Period One:
Middle School Honor Roll Students for Marking Period One.pdf
High School Honor Roll Students for Marking Period One.pdf
Marking Period Two:
Middle School Honor Roll Students for Marking Period two.pdf
High School Honor Roll Students for Marking Period Two.pdf
A congratulations to all of our honor students.
Thank you, Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians:
Our Marking Period Two report cards are now available in Parent Access.
While we have many excellent, hardworking students in our building, each marking period only a certain percentage earn the distinction of attaining the level of honor roll.
I am attaching the lists of honor roll students for Marking Period Two for the Middle School and the High School.
A congratulations to all of our honor students.
Middle School Honor Roll Students for Marking Period two.pdf
High School Honor Roll Students for Marking Period Two.pdf
Thank you,
Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians:
Due to the snow this week, there will be a change in lunch pickup times: Tuesday's pick-up will move to Wednesday.
So this week, lunch pickup will be:
Wednesday from 12:00-2:00 p.m. and 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Thank you,
Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians, Important happenings at the MHS: (2/1/2021)
Report cards for marking period two will be available this week. I will send a notification once they are on Parent Access.
Parent Teachers Conferences are set for 2/10/21 and 2/11/21; both will be short session days for our students. You may login to Parent Access to schedule a conference with any of your child’s teachers at this time. Please do so by this Thursday, 2/4/2021, so our staff can prepare. This is important: each teacher will send you an email for the virtual meeting. The email will be sent to you, using the email address we have in Genesis, as well as your child’s school email address. The teacher will send you a Google Meet link in the email. You will click on that link at the date and time of the meeting using your child’s email address. Please do not use your own email address. Our system will only work with school email addresses. The link will allow you, in essence, to enter the teacher’s room. The teacher may have a meeting before yours and a meeting after. If you arrive early, the teacher will be notified, kind of like knocking on the door, but he/she will not allow you entrance until the specified time. Once he/she is available, you will be admitted to the meeting. Once your time is complete, each meeting is five minutes, you will leave to allow another parent to have his/her meeting with the teacher.There is a one minute break in between each meeting time.
Parent/Teacher Meetings, what should I ask? There are a multitude of questions a parent might ask; here are some simple guiding questions I recommend:
Is my child performing at grade level?
What are my child’s strengths? Weaknesses?
What can my child do to improve academically?
What can I do to help my child improve academically?
Athletics: A reminder that our South Amboy MHS website is your one stop for all sports related inquiries and correspondence. Here is the link for your reference: http://mhs.sapublicschools.com/athletics If you visit the site and still have a question, please call the school so we can assist you.
Covid Questionnaire: although we are not yet returning to in person instruction, the district requests all parents to complete these daily.
Please check your email often. Emailing is how we will reach out to you most of the time. Teachers will use this as a first line of communication regarding your child’s academic progress. If you receive an email, please reply so the teacher knows you have read the email. If not, the teacher will need to then call you.
Check Parent Access: please check your child’s progress in Parent Access regularly and email his/her teachers if you have any questions.
The PTO Virtual Book Fair is coming on 2/22/2021. More details to follow as the date approaches.
Looking ahead:
2/10/21: short session - evening parent/teacher conferences
2/11/21: short session - afternoon parent/teacher conferences
2/12/21 to 2/15/21 - schools closed for President’s Weekend.Please reach out to the school if you have any questions.
Thank you and stay well,
Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians of Eighth Graders,
Eighth grade cap and gown photos are in. You can pick them up at the main office of the Middle/High School.
Please contact the main office for more information.
Thank you,
Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians,
We were notified late last night by Wardlaw-Hartridge School that they will not be playing our JV boys today at 4:00 pm, they had to cancel.
The varsity boys basketball game scheduled for 5:30 pm today being held at the MHS gymnasium against Wardlaw-Hartridge is still on.
Thank you,
Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians, Important happenings at the MHS:
Athletics: A reminder that our South Amboy MHS website is your one stop for all sports related inquiries and correspondence. Here is the link for your reference: http://mhs.sapublicschools.com/athletics If you visit the site and still have a question, please call the school so we can assist you.
Photos for The Yearbook: Please consider sharing your memories from this year; it was certainly different. We are looking for special, unique memories our school community might like to have considered for inclusion in our yearbook. Please see the attachment that was included with my weekly email for uploading directions.
Yearbook Photos for Grades 9, 10, and 11. Please schedule your child now!!!. LifeTouch will be taking yearbook photos for our high school underclassmen on Thursday, 1/28/21, (between 1pm and 7pm) and Friday, 1/29/21, (between 8am and 2pm). Parents please go to Parent Access and use the conference scheduler to select a time to have your child’s photo taken. Each time slot of photos is three minutes long. Our Nurse will be present and greet all students while ensuring all necessary precautions are taken. Covid forms should be completed ahead of time online. Parents scheduling their children understand that he/she will be traveling to the Middle/High School and back. Students will enter via the auditorium entrance. Students should come at the specified time. Once we complete the high school underclassmen, we will schedule grades 6 and 7.
Marking Period Three starts on Wednesday.
Parent/Teacher Conferences: we will have evening conferences on 2/10/21 and afternoon conferences on 2/11/21; both days will be short sessions for our students. We will open the conference scheduler the week of 2/1/21. I will send out a notification when the conference scheduler is available in Parent Access.
Please check your email often. Emailing is how we will reach out to you most of the time. Teachers will use this as a first line of communication regarding your child’s academic progress. If you receive an email, please reply so the teacher knows you have read the email. If not, the teacher will need to then call you.
Check Parent Access: please check your child’s progress in Parent Access regularly and email his/her teachers if you have any questions.
Looking ahead:
Week of 2/1/21: marking period two report cards will be available.
2/1/21: Schools scheduled to begin in person instruction following the Purple and Gold Day schedule.
2/10/21: short session - evening parent/teacher conferences
2/11/21: short session - afternoon parent/teacher conferences
2/12/21 - 2/15/21: schools closed for President’s Weekend.
Please reach out to the school if you have any questions.
Thank you and stay well, Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians of 9th, 10th and 11th Graders: Yearbook Photos for Grades 9, 10, and 11!!!
LifeTouch will be taking yearbook photos for our high school underclassmen on Thursday, 1/28/21, (between 1pm and 7pm) and Friday, 1/29/21, (between 8am and 2pm).
Parents please go to Parent Access and use the conference scheduler to select a time to have your child’s photo taken. Each time slot of photos is three minutes long. Our Nurse will be present and greet all students while ensuring all necessary precautions are taken. Covid forms should be completed ahead of time online. Parents scheduling their children understand that he/she will be traveling to the Middle/High School and back. Students will enter via the auditorium entrance. Students should come at the specified time.
Please help us get these photos taken. We want to include everybody.
Thank you,
Dr. McCabe
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