Part of our district's new Strategic Plan, Learning & Leading, envisions creating more connections between our schools, for both students and staff. This vision was on display on Friday, December 12th, 7th grade students of Sandwich Middle High School teachers Ms Silvestri and Ms Strano visited Forestdale to read to Mrs. Duvall's Kindergarten and Ms Moynihan's 1st grade classrooms.

It was a great experience for both the Forestdale and SMHS students. Please enjoy the photos at this link: Reading Pictures

On Friday morning, December 19, the Oak Ridge String and Guitar Ensembles performed beautiful holiday music for senior members of our community at the Center for Active Living. The ensembles also got to spend some quality time with the audience over breakfast! Many thanks to Oak Ridge Instrumental Music Director Ben Healy for putting together this performance. A special thanks also to Assistant Principal Dr. Mary Kate Stevens for lending her musical talents on the violin!

Tuesday, December 9th, marked the 67th day of the school year, and thus Forestdale students and staff celebrated it by embracing their inner 6-7.... As always, a good time was had by all...

On December 12 Sandwich Middle School students took on real-world challenges through the One8 Student Solve, an immersive experience that connects classroom learning with real-world problem solving. During the event, students worked in teams alongside industry and community mentors to tackle authentic challenges and develop creative, thoughtful solutions.

Partnering with the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC), a nonprofit organization that raises funds for cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, students explored mission-driven challenges related to community engagement and large-scale event planning, gaining insight into how problem solving and innovation support meaningful impact.

One student team was mentored by Mr. Kevin Sareault, a 30-year Pan-Mass Challenge participant and Chair of the Sandwich School Committee, whose long-standing commitment to PMC offered students a powerful perspective on leadership, service, and perseverance.

SMHS’s participation highlights the school's commitment to applied learning, community partnerships, and preparing students to see themselves as capable problem solvers beyond the classroom.

Congratulations to the top three contestants in Friday's "Poetry Out Loud" poetry slam at Sandwich Middle High School They are: Breanna Prindle (1st place); Lilian Feth (2nd place); and Lily Martin (3rd place). As school-wide winner, Breanna will go on to represent SMHS at a regional competition in February (as she did last year!).

Poetry Out Loud is a national program where high school students across the country participate in a dynamic poetry recitation competition that is designed to improve their public speaking skills, help build confidence, and teach them about literary history. To all of the SMHS students who participated... you all showed grace, artistry, and bravery!!

It has been an outstanding weekend for Sandwich Middle High School's Knights Theatre Company (KTC) in putting on its fall production, Lewis Carroll's classic "Alice in Wonderland." There is ONE remaining performance, a matinee today at 2:00 pm. Come and see this family friendly show and support our talented performers. Tickets are available at the door- $10 for adults and $5 for students.

It's a short week this week... Full day on Monday and half day of classes on Tuesday, 12/23. Holiday break will be from Wednesday, December 24 through Friday, January 2. May you and your family have a joyous and peaceful holiday season!