Martinsville High School

Last night we had the chance to honor our Senior volleyball players during their last home game of the season! 🏐 ❤️🤍 Congratulations to these amazing student athletes! 🏐 Ma'Layah Brown 🏐 Shi'Mora Brown 🏐 Natalie LaPrade 🏐 Nayti Patel 🏐 Makayla Warren

Today was a perfect day for a field trip! 🍂 Our PHES and AHES fourth graders traveled to Fairy Stone State Park today to plant the native black willow trees they have been sprouting in their classrooms thanks to the Dan River Basin Association's Streamside Trees in the Classroom. Students spent the whole day outside at the park, immersed in all things nature. Besides planting their trees, they also learned about the important role riparian buffers play in protecting our waterways, the geology of fairy stones, played a trivia game, and more! Our MHS AP biology students also got in on the fun, preparing and facilitating some creative activities for the younger students! Thank you to all of our amazing high school students, teachers, and community partners who came together to make this day possible for our young learners!

Today was a perfect day for a field trip! 🍂 Our PHES and AHES fourth graders traveled to Fairy Stone State Park today to plant the native black willow trees they have been sprouting in their classrooms thanks to the Dan River Basin Association's Streamside Trees in the Classroom. Students spent the whole day outside at the park, immersed in all things nature. Besides planting their trees, they also learned about the important role riparian buffers play in protecting our waterways, the geology of fairy stones, played a trivia game, and more! Our MHS AP biology students also got in on the fun, preparing and facilitating some creative activities for the younger students! Thank you to all of our amazing high school students, teachers, and community partners who came together to make this day possible for our young learners!

The official portraits are finally in, so please join us in congratulating this year's Homecoming royalty! 👑 Queen Nayti Patel and King Trey Gravely Princess Keara Carter and Prince Cayden Walker

It's Homecoming in Martinsville! 🏈 ❤️🤍 We want to see your Bulldog Pride! Share your photos and videos from tonight's game and homecoming celebrations by tagging MCPS or using #BulldogPride or #MartinsvilleHOCO23. We'll be watching social media and may feature some of our favorite posts on our Facebook and Instagram accounts! Show us your school spirit and give us a look into all the fun happening tonight! Let's make this a homecoming to remember. Let's go Bulldogs! 🐾🐾🐾

Today is the 20th day of school! Students who have missed two or more days by this point in the school year are considered chronically absent. It's never too early to start building the habit of good attendance! Children who are chronically absent in preschool, kindergarten, and first grade are much less likely to read at grade level by third grade. Students who cannot read at grade level by the end of third grade are 4 times more likely to drop out of high school. #AttendanceMattersVA #schooleveryday

Start planning your future! MHS will host the VACRAO College Fair on Monday, September 11 from 6-8 p.m. in the MHS Commons. This is the perfect opportunity for MHS students to learn more about the colleges and universities in our region and what they have to offer potential students! The College Fair is open to all, but MHS students and their families are strongly encouraged to attend.

Please remember that MCPS will be closed on Monday, September 4 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Classes will resume Tuesday, September 5.

On his last day of work, MCPS would like to thank Officer Shane McPeek for serving has our SRO for over a decade. Officer McPeek has worked at both Martinsville Middle School and Martinsville High School and has played played an integral role in school safety improvements during his time with us. Thank you, Officer McPeek, for keeping our students and staff safe! We wish you the best in your retirement!

MHS will enhance safety and security measures for all spectators attending varsity football and varsity boy's basketball games beginning this Friday, September 1. The following measures will be in place moving forward: ➡️ All spectators will pass through metal detectors as they enter the sports venue. 🎒 Book bags will not be allowed into the venue. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation!

Our JV and Varsity volleyball squads served up back-to-back victories last night in their first home games of the season! 💪 We're so proud of these student athletes for their teamwork, communication, and competitive spirit! Both teams play at home again tonight, taking on Morehead. Let's pack the stands and cheer our Bulldogs on to another victory! A-C-E! 🏐 🐾 #BulldogPride

It was amazing to see so many smiling faces this morning on the first day of a new school year! Thank you to the Martinsville Sheriff's Office, Police Department, Martinsville Fire & EMS, and city council members who joined our staff and school board members in welcoming our students back to school! It was a great way to kick off the Year of Endless Possibilities here at MCPS! Students, your MCPS family missed you! We can't wait to see what you will achieve this year!

Curious about the upcoming school year? 🍎 🏫 MCPS is hosting a district-wide open house for all schools on Wednesday, August 9 from 12-7 p.m. This is a great opportunity for students and their families to meet teachers and staff, visit classrooms, learn about the upcoming school year, and get to know their school! ✉️ Each school will send out information to families regarding their specific open house procedures. 👉 To learn more about open house, visit our Back to School page on the MCPS website: https://www.martinsville.k12.va.us/page/back-to-school-2023-2024

Planning to participate in sports during the upcoming school year? 🏈 All student athletes must complete a physical. 🎾 MCPS will offer sports physicals on Wednesday, July 19 from 8:30 until 11:00 a.m. at the Martinsville High School gym. ⚽ The cost is $10 per person. 🏀 All paperwork must be completed prior to arriving at the gym for your physical. Paper copies of the VHSL Physical Form can be picked up in the MHS office. An online form can be downloaded here: https://www.vhsl.org/vhsl-physical-form/

Graduating Class of 2023: For those of you who will begin college or university this fall, please be sure to visit www.parchment.com to order your final transcript if you have not already done so. To receive a free transcript, you must place your order on or before July 21, 2023. After that date, Parchment's usual fees will apply. Please ensure that you send your final transcript to the college or university you will be attending.

Just because the academic year is over doesn't mean our teachers aren't hard at work! Last week, teachers from across the division came together for a full week of curriculum work to prepare for the upcoming year of learning. So what exactly is curriculum work? Teachers and instructional staff are working together, collaborating across disciplines, grade levels, and even schools, to examine data from this school year to adjust their pacing and build assessments to help improve the learning experience and monitor student progress throughout the next year. (As you can see from some of the expressions in the photos, some teachers handle the pressures of curriculum work better than others. Hang in there, Mr. Hackenberg!)

Wow! Congratulations to our MMS Odyssey of the Mind team! They placed 7th overall in the World Finals and 2nd in Spontaneous! 🌎 These students have worked so hard and we were proud to have them represent MCPS on a global stage.

In honor of Rooster Walk weekend, we wanted to share a little story. This is Sara Kasey, a human resources specialist here at MCPS. A 2010 graduate of Martinsville High School, Sarah holds a special place in Rooster Walk's history as the very first recipient of the festival's Penn-Shank Memorial Scholarship! Each year Rooster Walk awards the scholarship to an outstanding Martinsville High School senior to honor the memories of the two MHS alumni for whom the festival and the scholarship are named. Sara used her scholarship to attend Randolph College, where she majored in psychology with a minor in business administration with the goal of entering the human resources field. Fast forward to 2019, when we were fortunate enough to welcome Sara back into our MCPS family as an employee. It's truly a full-circle moment for her as the office she now occupies was once her kindergarten classroom when she was a student at Druid Hills! Join us in celebrating Sara's achievements and the incredible opportunities that Rooster Walk provides for the next generation of Martinsville students.

That's a wrap on the 2022-2023 school year! As we bid farewell to another year of growth, learning, and memory-making, we want to take a moment to thank everyone- parents, students, teachers, and staff- for making this yet another amazing year at MCPS. Just 82 days until the 2023-2024 year begins!

MCPS families: Tomorrow is the last day of the 2022-2023 school year! Please remember that MCPS will dismiss students 3 hours early tomorrow (Wednesday, May 24).