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Superintendent McKeon's Newsletter, September 19, 2025
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Important Back to School Dates

On June 10, 2025, Superintendent Murphy hosted our annual Retirees Reception to honor our teachers and staff who are retiring at the end of the school year or early fall. Congratulations to everyone and THANK YOU for your many, many years supporting the students of Mansfield! We wish you all the very best!

Town of Mansfield Honors GSA Students On Thursday, June 5th the Mansfield Democratic Town Committee honored high school seniors Grace Kim and Emily Freeman at the raising of the PRIDE flag on the Mansfield South Common for their staunch and vocal advocacy in making Mansfield High School a more inclusive community. In addition to receiving a monetary award, both students spoke eloquently about the school’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) , their own experiences, and the importance of acceptance. This well-deserved recognition acknowledges how these students have elevated the conversations around identity, empathy, and allyship in our school and community. Congratulations, Grace and Emily!

The high school Tri-M Music Honor Society has been selected by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) as the 2024-2025 State Tri-M Chapter of the Year for Massachusetts. Only one chapter per state gets awarded this honor each year. Congratulations to our high school music honor society students and advisors Ms. Colombo and Mr. DeJoy!

On Tuesday evening, Superintendent Murphy and MHS Principal Booth hosted the 3rd annual Future Teachers Signing Ceremony. To emphasize the importance of the teaching profession, a Future Teacher Signing ceremony for students from our Class of 2025 who intend to become educators is held every year. Events like these are more common when a high school student decides to play a particular sport at a particular college or university, but we want to call the same type of attention to future educators. Congratulations to Amy, Sophie, Caroline, Willian, Meghan, Jacob, Isaac, Jenna, Audrey, Annie, and John and THANK YOU to the many educators who attended this event to support our students.

The District Art Show is TONIGHT at Mansfield High School from 6-8 pm. Come support our students and enjoy beautiful art.

Registration for the 2025 Mansfield Summer Institute is underway. You'll find popular courses from past years including Kick Off to K, Step Up to 3rd Grade, and Jumpstart to 6th Grade. We have plenty of new courses to offer including Popstar Palooza, Cool Clay Crafts, Yarn Barn, Rowdy Robots and more! Before and after care options are offered as well. Click the link for more info. https://www.mansfieldschools.com/page/summer-institute

Inaugural Healthy Youth Summit Student representatives of the Mansfield Health & Wellness Advisory Council, Megan O'Neil, Abby Zukowski and Ava Redding attended the First Healthy Youth Summit hosted by the Healy-Driscoll Administration with school nurses Christine Harrison and Christine Dooling. The summit focused on building healthy relationships with peers, family, and community members, fostering personal growth by developing tools and the confidence to navigate relationship challenges in a healthy way, and how to become a positive community leader to guide others toward healthier relationships. Over 300 high schoolers attended and supported the launch of the Department of Health's RESPECTfully Campaign which focuses on platonic and romantic healthy relationships. The launch includes a new website with resources for youth to learn more about healthy relationships, signs for them to look out for, and how to talk about relationships with those they care about. https://www.mass.gov/respectfully

The Mansfield High School Visual Arts department is proud to announce that 11 students have had their artwork chosen for the Juried Student Art Exhibition “The Future is Now,” at the Morini Gallery at the Mass Arts Center in Mansfield. The following students will have their artwork shown: Eleanor Cates, Sophie Curry, Mischa Ferguson, Emily Freeman, Alheli Gomez-Moreno, Marissa Medeiros, Michaela Ng, Declan O’Brien, Meg Olson, Rishita Phanse and Olivia Posk. The work was chosen by a jury panel to be displayed at the gallery, along with work from students at Norton High school from May 8th to June 25th, and will be on display for the general public which includes theater and concert-goers. There will be a Student Artists Reception on June 8 from 11-1 with awards being presented at 12:30.

Mark you calendar for the District Art Show on Wednesday, May 14 at Mansfield High School from 6-8 PM.

MHS International Night, May 6th @ 6:30 PM - all are welcome!

Nourish to Flourish Free Meal Program will be offered again this summer by the West Side Benevolent Circle. This program is open to all Mansfield children 18 years old and younger. Please register with West Side to take advantage of this program. https://5il.co/3dnw7

MANSFIELD SUMMER INSTITUTE Registration for the Summer Institute is underway! Our five week summer enrichment program will begin on June 30th. The Summer Institute is full of exciting athletic and enrichment courses for children going into grades K-8. Before and aftercare options are offered as well. Please click the link below for registration details! https://www.mansfieldschools.com/page/summer-institute

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The Town of Mansfield will be holding Public Information Sessions on the FY26 Budget and Tax Override which will be on the April 30th Town Meeting agenda. The schedule for these sessions are: Wed, April 2: 10:30 am Council on Aging Center Wed, April 9: 7:00 pm MHS Auditorium Thur, April 10: 7:00 pm MHS Auditorium Sat, April 12: 1:00 pm MHS Auditorium