MTHS Guidance Newsletter
Fall 2025
Fall 2025
Welcome to the Fall Edition of the Guidance Newsletter!
See below for what's been going on in guidance and what's to come.
💛 Love, Your MTHS Guidance Team💙
What's Going on in the Guidance Office?
Counselors visited English 12 classes September 24-25, 2025 with a rep from OCC. We discussed Naviance, Future Pathways, College Applications, transcripts, etc. You can find the presentation here. Senior Record Review letters were also sent home.
Interested in Culinary Arts or Design and Visual Communications?? Talk to your counselor about visiting a center on the following dates:
Culinary Arts: 10/27, 11/3, 11/10 (AM or PM)
Design & Visual Communications: 10/30, 11/13, 11/20 (AM or PM)
Also, OCVTS will be holding an assembly for current sophomores on December 9th. The application for admission will open in January.
Current seniors have been invited to Instant Decision Day! Please have your child check their email for more information.
Tuesday, October 14
6:30pm-7:30pm
Students from OCC will be hosting a Q&A panel at the Manchester Branch. Teens who attend will earn service hours for asking any questions they may have about college. Ages 16-18. You can register here!
Our teachers have been invited to nominate students of the month for September and October. Student of the Month Breakfast will be held on October 30, 2025.
October 15, 2025
Freshman Seminar Trip to OCC
October 21-23, 2025
Parent/Teacher Conferences
October 24, 2025
MP 1 Honor Roll Photo
October 27-31, 2025
Red Ribbon Week
October 30, 2025
Student of the Month Breakfast
November 11, 2025
Fall Blood Drive
November 12-13, 2025
Field Testing
December 3, 2025
ASVAB Testing
December 4, 2025
Instant Decision Day
December 9, 2025
OCVTS Presentation for 10th graders
Shannon Findlow
9th-12th Grade: A-D
sfindlow@mtschools.org
Extension: 3513
Kristen Gannon
9th Grade: E-L
10th-12th Grade: E-J
kgannon@mtschools.org
Extension: 3524
Rachel Kelly
9th Grade: M-R
10th-12th Grade: K-P
rkelly@mtschools.org
Extension: 3522
Dana Simonelli
9th Grade: S-Z
10th-12th Grade: Q-Z
dsimonelli@mtschools.org
Extension: 3514
Ms. Eckert - jeckert@mtschools.org
Google Classroom Code: sz5hcxc
Screen Time & Technology Article: Learn how to help kids use screens in a healthy way
When should kids be introduced to screens? Is all screen time the same? How much is too much? Answers to these questions will vary from family to family and kid to kid. But research-based guidance can help inform your decisions.
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