Morse High School

Attention all families: Please take this 5 minute survey from The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital. Even if you completed the survey last year, we need your participation again! Everyone who completes the survey will be entered into a prize drawing and five lucky winners across the state will each receive a $100 Amazon gift card for their personal use AND if you win, our school will receive $1,000. Other schools are participating, so the more families from our school who complete the survey, the greater our chance of winning $1,000! Contact information for the prize drawing will be collected at the end of the survey and will not be connected to your survey responses. All survey responses are anonymous. Click the following link to begin the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2021FamilySCHSagadahoc Thank you for considering!

The Story of 826 High Street is now available to watch on YouTube! This documentary is the unique cinematic story of Morse High School’s community and traditions at 826 High Street as the students and staff transition to a new school location in 2021. WATCH IT NOW: https://youtu.be/7s_VDTkg-rg

10/19/21 Daily Announcements: https://bit.ly/daily_announcements

Mr. O'Leary invites the entire RSU1 community to William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Wednesday through Friday, October 27th through the 29th. Wednesday's performance is at 3pm, and Thursday and Friday's performances are at 6pm. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. We are performing outdoors, right in front of the new Morse High School. This is NOT your grandmother's Hamlet! Come one: come all! The show is only 75 minutes without intermission. We will see you in the theatre, outdoors, in less than two weeks!

Attention Morse Students: This Friday, 10/15/21, is the last day to drop a year-long or first-semester course without a record of the course posting to your transcript. Any dropped course after 10/15 will post as a withdrawal pass (WP) or a withdrawal fail (WF).

Since we do not have school on next Friday or Monday, we need to make the following adjustment to the schedule in order to avoid a full week without having some classes: Tuesday, October 12 will follow a Friday class schedule, rather than the normal Tuesday schedule. Thank you!

10/1/21 Daily Announcements: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BAbbe1XLRL4lrnDAJ7OJUZmxwwJJ7KmYzEVti7JtISw/edit?usp=sharing

Spirit Week Rally games!

MORSE & BATH TECH OPEN HOUSE! Thursday, September 30th from 5-7 PM. Student Services will also be hosting a post-secondary informational session at 6 PM in the auditorium.

Spirit Week starts on 9/27! New this year -- each class will be building a float on Monday and Tuesday! Please see COVID-19 procedures and protocols in the case of a positive case following the Homecoming dance in the news feed, screens at school, and Brightspace.

Order your 2022 Morse High Yearbook by 10/29/2021 to receive a $10 savings! Now $40! Go to jostensyearbooks.com to place your order or students may go to room 140 with cash or check made payable to Morse High School.

The Morse and Bath Tech open house has moved from this Thursday to Thursday, 9/30, from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Likewise, the class of 2022 post-secondary planning information session has been moved to Thursday, 9/30, at 6:00 in the Montgomery Theater. COVID protocols will be in place for both events, including mandatory masking, social distancing, and room capacities.

The Woolwich early morning bus #20 route has been updated. Please see the bus schedule for more up to date information on bus stop locations and times for this route. https://5il.co/xb8t

The Bath YMCA is hiring, please see the attached image!

Please see attached letter from Principal Varney regarding the upcoming school year: https://bit.ly/3sNDgGF

For this year's bell schedules, please visit: https://mhs.rsu1.org/o/morse-high-school/browse/249329

2021-22 Bus Schedule: https://5il.co/xb8t

We need your help! Even though all meals are at no charge, our District benefits immensely from the data that is gathered from the Free & Reduced Meals Applications. We are asking that all families in RSU1 please complete the Free and Reduced Meals Application for the 2021-22 school year. As always, the information we receive is confidential. Based upon the information we receive in these applications, RSU1 can qualify for the following: Title I Funding (extra federal funds for districts that qualify) After-school Program Funding Special Education Funding Much more – things like grants, debt forgiveness, etc. If we don’t receive these applications from families, some of the programming at your child’s school could be negatively impacted. You can fill out the paper application or complete the application online by going to: https://www.nlappscloud.com/ and searching for “RSU1” under Maine Schools. Thank you for helping us continue to receive this important funding by completing the Free & Reduced Meals Application! If you have any questions, please contact: Tim Harkins Food Service Director, RSU1 (207) 443 6601 ex.114 tharkins@rsu1.org

Please join us for the SET FOR SUCCESS event on Saturday, August 28th from 10am to 2pm at the New Morse High School (826 Shipbuilder Drive in Bath) gymnasium! We hope to see you there! For more information on Set for Success, visit: https://www.midcoastyouth.org/set-for-success/

If your Morse student has not been vaccinated against COVID-19, now is an excellent time to complete this before school starts in September. Students who receive their first dose by August 13, will receive their second dose by the time school begins in September. Students who are fully vaccinated (14 days after their second dose), will not need to quarantine and miss school if they are a close contact of COVID-19. Mid Coast Hospital Walk-In Clinic is currently offering free COVID-19 vaccines Monday - Friday 4-7 p.m. They are located at 22 Station Avenue, Brunswick, ME 04011. No appointment is required and the clinic is open to everyone of all ages. Pfizer vaccine is available for those 12 years of age and older and Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine is available for those 18 years of age and older. If your student has already received the COVID-19 vaccine, please be sure to share a copy or picture of the vaccine card with their school nurse. Woolwich Central School rsherwood@rsu1.org Bath Middle School dhixon@rsu1.org Morse High School/Bath Tech kbarter@rsu1.org