Titan Times | vol. 3 Issue 5

March madness refers to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men’s and women’s basketball championship tournaments. The single-elimination tournaments begin each March and consist of fields of 64 (for the women’s tournament) and 68 (for the men’s) teams that qualify either by winning their conference title or by being chosen as an at-large entry by the NCAA’s selection committee.

The month of February represented a month of culture! Thanks to the amazing work of Ms. Ali with assistance from Mr,

In our at-home game versus the Ohrenberger and with 2.2 seconds left, we were able to sub Donovan Casey, a seventh grade student in our ABA program into the game. Donovan has been practicing with the middle school boys team for a couple of weeks and we wanted to make sure that

before the season ended he was able to play in a game and we were able to make that happen on Monday, March 27th. With 2.2 seconds on the clock with an assist by Edward Pena, Donovan was able to score his first basket of the middle school season. The shot brought the house down and ended the season with a celebration. Congratulations to the boys basketball team on the win!

Every day for D block, Yariel attends Mr. Maher's math class. This is a new opportunity for Yariel since he is in the ABA based classroom for the majority of the day. Yariel has incredibly strong math skills and is able to show them in Mr. Maher's class with the support of Ms. B! Yariel is a star student for our ABA program. He seeks out inclusion opportunities like attending the science fair, he is a hard worker with school wide vocational tasks, and he is kind to everyone he meets. Go Yariel!

Special Shoutout: Just Brew IT!

Our in house ABA coffee team provided freshly brewed coffee for our 2nd annual Career Day. It was such a pleasure to collaborate with Robert! We are looking forward to more inhouse brews from our favorite barista!

THANK YOU ROBERT!

On

Boston PIC Career Specialist, Mikayla Konopka, sat down with New Mission Senior, Sarah, to hear about her Summer internship experience at the Boston Children's Hospital High-School Healthcare Program.

Sarah worked in the childcare department where she supervised children during their indoor and outdoor activities. During the day, Sarah worked with the lead teachers to support the children in their day to day activities and assist during lessons and playtime. Sarah also worked with college interns and was able to network with her coworkers at the daycare, expanding her professional network. Frequently, Sarah also participated in Zoom meetings with other high school interns to participate in workshops about Microsoft Office skills, college planning, healthcare career panels, and end of the summer presentation projects.

In the future, Sarah hopes to go enroll in a college nursing or health-care related program, with the goal of becoming a midwife. During her internship, Sarah was able to attend a workshop on labor and delivery and connect with one of the teachers at the daycare who is in school studying to be a midwife.

Sarah stated that her summer internship increased her communication skills by working with children and their teachers. Her favorite part of the internship was working with the children and she is planning on returning this summer as an intern again. Sarah hopes to continue interning at Boston Children’s while she is in college as well. Reflecting on her experience, Sarah’s advice to other students is to participate in internships or summer programs to solidify your career interests and gain professional skills. Especially in healthcare, there are many programs that are great to participate in to gain relevant experience.

Thank you for sharing your internship experience Sarah! I know many will enjoy learning more about the healthcare summer internships!

Layla and Robert at the State House

This past month our Early College Scholars, Layla and Robert, attended an Early College Legislative Briefing alongside our Head of School, Mr. Thomas. Here, they are posing great smiles with our BPS superintendent, Mary Skipper.

by Colin J.R. Flannagan

a continuation...

He knew it was around 9 AM in the day, due to the position of the sun. He stood up and walked eastward, the land where the sun comes from every morning. The only things he carried was his dignity, willpower, and the clothes on his back. His breath was silent, like a creature in the night. His heartbeat made an unhearable sound. He had become one with the dunes; with the sands of eternal dance. His mission was to travel east; it drove him like a car with fuel brought down by the heavens. How far, he did not know. Where he wanted to be, he did not know. But something pulled him eastward. Like a string dragging a marionette, controlled by something beyond it. The shadow in the sands watched intently. The flesh it saw was weak, it would not do. But perhaps, this feeble creature might lead to greater things. The shadow slinked across the sand, but only the scorpions knew what it really was. Mael strode through a rough, carmine cavern, filled with a soft brass sand and a dozen pebbles. The golden sunlight of the evening glistened through the top and unto the sand, sifting to the sides as he dragged his feet through, mesmerised by the bronze view of the eastern distance. He soon made it to a cliffside, above the sea of eternal dunes and near a small spearhead plateau in the distance...

Colin J.R. Flannagan is an 8th 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.

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.