Titan Times Issue 2 Vol 6

A message from Ms. Sabs

The month of May marks the beginning of summer and a time of testing for our school community, but also the realization that our school year is coming to an end and seniors will be graduating, moving on to their new endeavors soon. Thank you to all of our New Mission Titans for creating the content that makes up our newsletter every month. Check out this month's edition of the Titan Times and see how our students and staff have kept busy through multiple events, honoring our school culture and celebrating our students' successes.

Students in our GSA club planned and participated in the Day of Silence. Club members as well as students who signed up to support wore lanyards with the following prompt:

"Today is the Day of Silence a national student-led movement highlighting the silencing and erasure of LGBTQ+ people. 82% of LGBTQ+ students have experienced first-hand harassment or bullying in their school. 71% of students reported that their classrooms did not include any LGBTQ+ topics. More than 30% of LGBTQ+ students reported missing school because they felt unsafe or uncomfortable. Over half of all LGBTQ+ students of color experienced in-person victimization based on race/ethnicity. I am participating by abstaining from speaking on the #DayofSilence. Please respect my choice today to honor the Day of Silence in the hope that soon we will all have a voice that is heard. "

Staff and other students of the school community supported by wearing swag in support of the LGBTQ+ community and by respecting those who chose to silence their voices.

Senior Internship Program

Biotechnology Highlight

New Mission and Eli Lilly have partnered to offer mentoring support to our Biotech 1 students. As part of the mentoring program, the students visited the Eli Lilly campus in Cambridge for a day of activites and a competitive rebranding for the mentoring program; now called Lilly's New Mission Mentoring Program.

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Sunland by Colin J.R. Flannagan

a continuation...

Mael took a look at the distance, the sun was beginning to drift into the night as a meek wind sieved the sands off into the distance and unto other hills and the cavern while scorpions wandered around small holes in the cliff sides, seeking shelter from the wind and the radiant burning sun. The shadow watched in the distance from the caves, eyeing him closely as he became compelled again to voyage eastwards and into the night. The blanket of night splattered with dots of shades of white and purple lovingly smothered the sky, like a mother hugging her child. Mael walked eastward, with the Shadow trailing him. He was too invested in his lifelong mission to reach the east to notice the presence of the Shadow. He passed arches of clay and spire-mountains of terracotta By the time of around 3 AM, Mael had reached a reg (a desert pavement of rocks) Despite knowing that these parts were dangerous at day and that he did not know how large it was, he still walked across it, heading eastward once more. His feet felt unaffected by the innumerous red stones on the floor; he did not feel blood drip down his feet; he did not feel his ability to put pressure on his feet go away. He paid little attention to the surrounding masses of stone. He kept walking, determined to get over this reg by sunrise. He pushed onward and onward, treading along the pebbles at a steady pace despite his hastiness to get back to a flat desert. His clothes gained no tatters and his body felt no fatigue. He remembered reading books about people like him, and about the anatomy behind them, but he quickly got back to his mission The Shadow was intrigued by how this man could walk endlessly without stopping, sweating, or feeling any sense of tiredness and desire for rest. Mael wandered like a puppet being controlled by strings. Eventually he started stumbling. And not much later, he collapsed. The last thing he remembered seeing before it all turned to black was a dark shadow looming over him. He wasn't dead, at least not yet. He dreamed about an otherworldly force sucking the life out of innocent children in a grotto. A strange dream, but tame, and contained within the soles of his mind. Before he knew it, he felt himself waking up, but he was still surrounded by the darkness of night. He was alive, and felt nourished, but how? Mael got up and eyed his surroundings, dazed and confused before moving onwards towards the east amongst the dotted stars in the midnight sky… Little was he aware... the dark shadow had implanted in him what it needed for its genius plan. He headed eastward for another quarter-day, till it almost was time for the sun to rise. He then stopped before a camp, and decided to hide in the darkness and scout the situation.

Our Early College Scholars visited MassRobotics this past month. They enjoyed learning the work that goes on behind the scenes of the robotic industry, but also interactive with Penny, the Lab assistant.

New Mission visits

Mass Robotics!

Penny and Ricky

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Please remember to keep your student home if they are not feeling well, wash hands, keep safe distances. Please get your COVID and Flu vaccinations as well as your Booster. See the attached Winter illness Letters and translations.

COVID

If your student tests positive at home please call the school and let us know. In order to return to school after testing positive for COVID see the following protocol.

* Test on Day 5 (the day you test positive is considered day zero). If the result is negative your student may return to school on day 6 and wear a mask up to and including day 10. If positive, remain home and test as often as you can and return when negative or return on day 11, whichever comes first.

Please send in updated vaccination records if you have not done so already as well as an updated physical exam.

**Any Student that is playing a sport needs to have an updated physical exam. If your student has had COVID after the most recent exam he/she will need to be cleared to play. Please see the attached Return to play form.

Medications

If your student requires any medication at school please contact the School nurse and make a plan for medication drop off.

*Any students with Asthma should have an Asthma Action Plan at school from their Doctor as well as an extra inhaler in school for emergencies. Please send in asap if you have not already done so.

*Any student that requires an epi-pen for an allergy please send one into school with the action plan if you have not already done so.