October Upper School PAC Re-Cap

Saturday, 24 October 2009

Greetings Upper School Parents:

As promised, here is the re-cap from October’s upper school PAC meeting.
Revised study hall rosters for the remainder of the Fall Trimester began last week and will continue though mid-November, after which the upper school faculty will review comments and grades from the first term.

Last week, the upper school student body heard a presentation on the SkyStream 3.7 residential wind turbine, an initiative sponsored by the students in the fall Global Realities class. After viewing a series of informational videos on the merits of wind power as a viable “green energy” source, we all went outside to inspect a full version of the turbine, which was mounted on a trailer as part of the presentation.

For Sunday early risers, tune in at 8:30AM to WHIO Channel 7 and watch the MVS Academic Challenge Team notch another victory in the televised annual High-Q tournament.

Thanks to those stalwart soccer fans who cheered the boys varsity soccer team to a 5-0 victory over Xenia Christian! The 3rd round of the division III regional tournament will be played at Franklin Stadium on Tuesday, 27 October, at 5:30PM with Rams taking on the Brookville Blue Devils.

This Thursday, October 29, as a soothing lead-in to fall term exams, we are honored to welcome the Modigliani Quartet from France, as they perform for us in the Alumni Theater. For more information about this critically acclaimed chamber ensemble, visit their webpage at: http://www.modiglianiquartet.com/home_en.html

Friday, 30 October, the MVS Diversity Council is sponsoring a dance, titled “Monster Mash,” from 7:30-10:30:PM in the Alumni Theater. Student attendees should consider “appropriate” costumes and dance styles.

The exam schedule will be posted early this week on the upper school homepage of the MVSchool website. Exams are scheduled for Tuesday-Thursday, 3-5 November, with Friday, 6 November being a school assessment day, designated as College Visitation Weekend.

Considering all the media coverage relating to precautions for H1N1 Swine Flu, I remind you of the protocols and procedures established by MVS: http://www.mvschool.com/news-and-events/news-archive/296-school-administration-adopts-h1n1-protocols. In this age of heightened flu awareness, I encourage you to hedge on the side of caution, especially in the interest of allowing your child the necessary at-home recuperation time if she or he is experiencing multiple symptoms of Influenza Like Illnesses (ILI). Of particular concern, if your child has a fever, she or he must remain away from MVS until fever-free for 24 hours. As before, if your child is ill, please phone the upper school office by 8:30AM so we can accurately record daily attendance.

Student H1N1 inoculations, for those who submitted parent permission forms, will be provided on Monday, 9 November. Details regarding time and location will soon follow.

Jeff Wolfsberg, drug education and wellness specialist, will return to MVS this fall during the week of 9-12 November. We have arranged for Jeff to address a special evening parent gathering, titled Teens and Substance Abuse: How to Keep Your Teenager Safe and Yourself Sane, on Wednesday, 11 November in the Alumni Theatre; the event will begin at 7:00PM with a brief Parents Association Meeting. To RSVP for this informative meeting, kindly register via the following weblink: http://www.jeffwolfsberg.com/parents/miami/. We look forward to seeing you there.

Relating to carpool drop-off and pick-up, please remember that the middle lane is for moving traffic departing from campus; if you need to stop, for any reason, please pull into an available parking spot or into a stopping lane.

All previous e.mails and reminders sent from my office are listed in the archives of my MVS Blog, through which I invite you to submit any comments or questions at: http://wagnersmvsblog.blogspot.com/.

With sincere regards,

Sam Wagner
Head of Upper School