Greetings Mashpee Middle-High School students and families!

My name is Ms. Brady and this is my second year as Principal of Mashpee Middle-High School (MMHS). We're going to have a great school year!

Pictured left to right: Ms. Melby, Ms. Brady, and Mr. Markarian

Building Administrators

Ms. Brady, Principal: bbrady@mpspk12.org

Mr. Markarian, Assistant Principal 7-9: smarkarian@mpspk12.org

Ms. Melby, Assistant Principal 10-12: rmelby@mpspk12.org

Additional Administrators

Mrs. Kett, Director of School Counseling: lkett@mpspk12.org

Mr. Looney, Director of Career and Technical Education (CTE): mlooney@mpspk12.org

Mr. Triveri, Athlectic Director and PE and Wellness Department Head: mtriveri@mpspk12.org

Ms. Finn, English Department Head: afinn@mpspk12.org

Mrs. Brodie, Math Department Head: kbrodie@mpspk12.org

Dr. Soares, Science Department Head: ssoares@mpspk12.org

Mr. Brodie, History and Social Sciences Department Head: bbrodie@mpspk12.org

Mr. Rumberger, World Languages Department Head: trumberger@mpspk12.org

Important Upcoming Dates:

• November 26-28, Wednesday-Friday: NO SCHOOL. Schools are closed for holiday.
• December 5-6, Friday-Saturday: MMHS's own Blue Falcon Theater Company performs The Outsiders! More information to follow.
• December 8, Monday: Half Day. MMHS has an 11:45am dismissal.

Important MMHS Information:

• Students can enter the building at 8:09am.
• Classes start promptly at 8:20am.
• Dismissal is at 2:50pm.
• MMHS has a rotating schedule with a dropped class each day. Here is a copy of our daily schedule: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mUwCGovdHGpNwTbxrATB4G4PzeghtDX5/view?usp=sharing

Athletics Information:

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Everyone is a winner when there are donations and a little friendly competition!

Please consider donating non-perishables and the "suggested items" listed on the flyer here at MMHS! When dropping off or picking up your child, we will have carriages outside of the main entrance where you can drop items. Please only put items inside the carriage and don't leave things on the ground. Carriages will be outside of the main entrance to our school during regular school days.

Please only leave items when carriages are there! We will be accepting items until morning drop-off on November 20th! We're having a little friendly competition to see which school can collect the most items: KCC, Quash, or MMHS. Help MMHS win!

MMHS needs your help! Please complete NEASC Family Opinion Survey

This school year, MMHS is beginning the self-reflection process for the renewal of our NEASC Accreditation. NEASC stands for New England Association of Schools and Colleges and they partner with schools to “co-create the future of education through purposeful accreditation focused on high-quality learning for all students.” This impacts students because, when colleges and universities review potential student applicants, they can feel confident that students who attended a NEASC accredited school will be ready for a rigorous educational experience. While MMHS is already a NEASC accredited school, we must cycle through the accreditation process every 10 years.

MMHS will be in the NEASC Accreditation process from now through March of 2028. This year, we begin with the self-reflection process in which NEASC assists us in gathering data from all stakeholders. We then use that data to engage in a full staff self-reflection process based on the NEASC Standards, which I've attached to this message for your review. Please consider taking the time to complete our MMHS NEASC Family Opinion Survey linked here: https://surveys.neasc.org/s3/CPS-2028-Family-Survey?id=39

The family survey is estimated to take about 10 minutes to complete, and your answers are completely anonymous. The results of the survey are collected by NEASC, not the school or the district, and NEASC delivers the data to the school in summary form only. There is absolutely no way for us to know how you answered. The family survey has been professionally translated by NEASC from English into Arabic, Bosnian, Haitian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Respondents can choose their language preference from a pull-down menu above the title on the welcome screen to complete the survey in these languages.

As the principal of MMHS, it is my goal to move our school forward in positive ways, and I truly need your feedback and the feedback of students to accomplish this. I would greatly appreciate your participation in this process! Please consider taking the time to complete the survey linked above.

It has been an absolute honor to work with you over the last year and a half, and I look forward to our continued partnership moving forward into the future!

In partnership with the Wampanoag Tribal Education Department, I'm excited to share the following opportunities with our MMHS students:

• Dual Enrollment Students: Cape Cod Community College will be offering a FREE and HYflex Spring semester course titled An Introduction to Indigenous Education. While Indigenous students are encouraged to apply, this opportunity is being offered to all MMHS dual enrollment students. See attached flyer and check in with your school counselor for more information.
• Through the Indian Education Grant, Mrs. Renee Lopes-Pocknett is available to provide tutoring services to our Wampanoag students. If you're a Wampanoag student and need some extra help, you should check in with Mrs. Renee!

We're excited to offer these amazing opportunities to our students and we hope you consider participating!

Thank you, Pat Flynn, for sharing this amazing story!

On Saturday, October 11th, Scouts from Troop 36 in Mashpee were on a hike up Mount Lafayette, and the Franconia Ridge Trail in NH. This is a 9.3 mile loop trail with an elevation gain of over 3,800 feet. After successfully reaching the summit and enjoying the view on a stunningly spectacular Fall day, they were returning to the base of the mountain.

Halfway down, they encountered a family with a teenaged daughter who was exhausted, dehydrated, and had such bad muscle spasms in her legs she couldn't walk more than a foot or two at a time. The family had already been helping her down through the rough terrain for over an hour, and were also feeling the effects from the steep climb and their own exhaustion. The sun was setting and it would be dark soon.

This is when two of the older Scouts, Mashpee High School Seniors Jack Borowski and Brodie Perry, with the support of the rest of the troop, helped assist her down the mountain in the dark for the next two hours, getting her and the family safely down the mountain and back to their camp at the foot of the mountain. These Scouts exemplified the goals of Scouting by helping other people at all times and being prepared.

Thank you, Jack, Brodie, and the rest of Troop 36 for your bravery!

On behalf of Nadja Carbone, the Mashpee Youth Soccer Organization President, I am sharing the following opportunity. As the only feeder program to the MMHS Soccer program, their top priority is to encourage and increase girls’ participation in soccer within Mashpee. The MYSO Spring 2026 registration is now open, and they're hoping to reach more families and students who might be interested in joining.