Titan Times vol 3 Issue 7

A message from Ms. Sabs

Welcome All!

To our returning Titans and our newly acquired Titans, welcome. This school year brings new and exciting opportunities, but more importantly it brings success. Remember to be the best version of you yet! To always be a TITAN in every aspect of the word. Be Tenatious, be Integral, have Tolerance, achieve Academic Excellence, and overall be Nurturing to those around you. Let’s bring out the best in all of us and collaboratively reach success.

Happy School Year 2023-2024!

Latinx/e Heritage Month

September 15th-October 15th

Latinx/e Heritage Month takes place September 15 to October 15. It is a time to recognize and celebrate the many contributions, diverse cultures, and extensive histories of the American Latino community. This is celebrated nationwide through festivals, art shows, conferences, community gatherings, and much more During this month we also celebrate the independence of several Latin American countries, including: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua on September 15th, Mexico on September 16th, and Chile on September 18th.

Miguelangel Marchan

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Carlos I. Noriega

Elizabeth Acevedo

Ellen Ochoa

Julia Alvarez

Eugenio Derbez

Selena Quintanilla

Julia Mejia

America Ferreira Cesar Chavez

Guillermo Del Toro

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Hello New Mission!

I’m Ms. Castillo (Ms. C) and I’m the new School Librarian this year! I’m excited to be part of New Mission this year, and starting up our library together. My vision is for us to build a space that belongs to all, and for everyone to feel seen and welcome, but above all, for everyone to always have a great book to read.

Libraries are for everyone!

I’m looking forward to seeing you all!

Hola New Mission!

Soy Ms. Castillo (Ms. C) y este año tengo el honor de ser la nueva Bibliotecaria de la escuela! Estoy feliz de ser parte de New Mission y empezar a construir nuestra biblioteca juntos. Mi vision es para la biblioteca es crear un espacio juntos para sea para todos. Que todos se sientan vistos y bienvenidos, pero sobe todo que todos

siempre tengan un buen libro para leer.

Las bibliotecas son para todos!

Estoy emocionada en verlos a todos!

Sunland

by Colin J.R. Flannagan

a continuation...

Remeber Colin’s amazing story Sunland? Want to keep reading this amazing story? Here is where we last left off:

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...

About the author: Colin J R Flannagan is a 9th grader at New Mission High School He does not know when he started to find an interest in writing, but he has written for 3 or so years He has written many stories over those years, with the majority of them being short stories He enjoys adding his love and interest of ancient weapons like spears into his stories to make it more diverse and intriguing. He says that one of the most defining traits of his writing is utter violence. He doesn’t really know how action became an important part of his writing, but he still really enjoys adding it, creating massive displays of horror. He says his favorite author is H.P. Lovecraft due to the amazing descriptions provided and the enamours horror that dwells beneath the pages. He doesn’t really know what his favorite genre is though despite his enjoyment of Lovecraft’s works, which fall into the category of horror.

**Stay tuned for more. Check out our monthly student writing submission for more creativity.

EARLY COLLEGE AND CAREER PATHWAYS

Here are some highlights of our tenatious EC scholars at the Summer Fab program with Wentworth.

FUN FACT: Our program welcomed over 100 new Early College Scholars, marking the beginning of year two for the program. This year our veteran scholars are off to their college campus for class, visiting the Wentworth and Umass Boston campus three times during the week. What an exciting time to celebrate!

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A Summer of

This summer several of our Biotech students took part in various internships exposing them to new skills and a scientific environment. Here are some images of their amazing experiences.

HEALTH CORNER WITH NURSE SHANN

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.

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.

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.

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