Dear MCSM Families,
Due to severe weather MCSM PA will be held virtually only. Tuesday January 9, 2024, please see info below.
Agenda
Tuesday January 9, 2024 @6pm virtually only
6:00pm-Robin Real-Time Parenting Tips
6:45pm Children Aid Society-Sex & Dating in The Digital Era: What This Means for Our Youth
Topic: Zaida Santiago's Zoom Meeting
Time: Jan 9, 2024, 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Zaida Santiago
Parent Coordinator
Manhattan Center for Science and Math H.S.
212-876-4639 Ext. 1491
Happy New Year MCSM community!
The Parent Association is excited to share the new MCSM school merchandise website! https://mcsm2024.itemorder.com/shop/home/
The order deadline is SUNDAY, JANUARY 21st at Midnight for delivery by Mid-February. Items will be delivered to the main office for students to pick up in school. All tops can be personalized with your last name for an additional $10 fee. Take this opportunity to show your school spirit!
MCSM PA Steering Committee
mcsmpta@gmail.com
Happy Holidays from all of us here at MCSM! Thank you for making our school community such a great one. See you all on January 2, 2024!
The ASR students have been busy with their research projects both in and out of school, but this morning they took a break and gathered with parents and faculty to celebrate the beginning of the winter holiday. Everyone enjoyed breakfast and relaxing with each other as they shared in the excitement of the upcoming New Year.
The Bilingual Club hosted their annual Secret Santa Gift Exchange!
We wish the MCSM Family a happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year!
Mr. Grinchy.. Guilty or Innocent? On Thursday, December 21 and Friday, December 22, Ms. Wolf's Forensic Science Periods 3 and 7 conducted a mock trial of the People of Who-ville v. the Grinch. Students were separated into roles of the prosecution, defense, defendant, jury, court reporters, witnesses, bailiffs and the Who-ville press. The prosecution and defense presented evidence and interviewed our witnesses Cindy Lou and Max in our courtroom. The jury in period 3 found the Grinch... NOT GUILTY on charges including burglary, trespassing, criminal mischief, and harassment. Hats off to the Grinch's defense team for a job well done! Period 7's trial was held on recess until today ay 1:30 pm as new evidence was presented in court without discovery and our interviews of witnesses were getting quite toasty!
On Wednesday, December 20th, Ms. Drmacich and Ms. Rubin took 45 students to see a play on Broadway.
Appropriate, is written by American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and stars Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll and Elle Fanning. Some students had never been to a play on Broadway and were so excited to have a chance to experience this. Thank you to all the admin who helped make this trip possible!
On December 20th, AP Haraguchi-Combs & Winchester took the Japanese Club (日本語部)on a field trip to The Japan Society, where we learned to create ukiyo-e (浮世絵) wood block print art; a famous example of this is Katsushika Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" (北斎葛飾-神奈川沖浪裏) which was created by stamping a serious of carved woodblocks, one for each color found in the image. After the workshop, our students experienced a cultural dinner at Japanese BBQ restaurant Gyu-Kaku, where they BBQ'd at their tables which had grills built into them.
Join us for our December Town Hall tonight at 5:30pm
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First Annual Holiday Market was a smash success and a fun time was had by all. Thanks for supporting our clubs!
Thank you to all who donated toys for our Toy Drive to benefit Community Schools District 4! Although we only collected for a short time, the impact on the community will be felt for a long time.
Math & Science teachers hard at work during our department meeting yesterday!
Ms. Drmacich's NYC History class went on a field trip to the Lower East Side on Friday December 15th. Students had a chance to try different foods and walked lots!
Students completed projects about different immigrant groups who settled in the LES in early 1900s prior to the trip. The field trip started at Taiyaki where students had ice cream in fish shaped waffle cones. The next stop was Russ & Daughters where students tried babka, bagels and lox. The field trip ended at the Pickle Guys where students tried different flavored pickles - fill, half-sour, horseradish.
The halls have been Holiday-ed and we are almost ready for a schoolwide vote! Here is Mr. Valletutti's French Class's room, 115. There are many more to look at so start thinking of your favorites!
MCSM PA meeting December 12, 2023 @ 6pm in the library was inspirational and motivational. Please view the recording and slides on reliance strategies for families by Rachel Handler with an access link on Jupiter.
On December 8th, Ms. Drmacich's Government classes had the opportunity to have a special class speaker via Zoom, Ed Lopez-Soto. Mr. Lopez is professor at Cornell Law School and Chief Counsel for the Rochester City School District. Lopez grew up in East Harlem and attended Cornell University. As a young law student, Lopez was hired in 1976 by the House Select Committe on Assassinations to reinvestigate the 1963 murder of President John F. Kennedy. Students created questions that were sent to Mr. Lopez before the discussion. Lopez shared his experiences of traveling to Cuba to interview Fidel Castro, traveling to Mexico City, interviewing mobsters and digging through top secret documents of the CIA. Lopez was responsible for writing the Lopez Report for the Commitee . The House Select Commitee concluded "on the basis of the evidence available to it, that President Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy."
Our guest speaker and students hard at work during our Hour of Code!
For Energy Climate Action Day, Ms. Richter and Ms. Wolf's Earth Science class went to the roof to learn about renewable energy and experiment with solar panels. Our class now understands how solar panels work!
A fun and fabulous Spirit Week came to an end yesterday with Disney Day (aka Character Day) here at MCSM! Students and staff alike showed their School Spirit every day of the week. Looking forward to the next one! Thanks to all who participated.
MCSM is seeing DOUBLE today for Twin Day! So much fun...MCTV and the yearbook will have more pictures but here are just a few....
