By Peyton Dauley
This Wednesday, March 6, the Class of 2021 will be hosting Mashpee’s annual talent show. Starting at 6:30 in the auditorium, this year’s show offers twenty acts, with twenty-eight students participating across all grades.

​The talent show provides a variety of acts each year, and that trend has swept into 2019’s event as well. This year, they range from singing, to guitar-playing, to even a combination of a few classic acts.

By Peyton Dauley
On January 15, Mashpee Middle High School will be hosting its first Science and Engineering Fair for aspiring S.T.E.M. students from grades 7 to 12. There will be about twenty-five projects at the fair and nearly seventy students involved.

The fair is coordinated by Mrs. Soares, and students each have a specific advisor from the science department to guide them in creating their projects. Last Tuesday, Mashpee students met with Woods Hole scientists after school in the library to discuss ideas and develop their own experiments, hypotheses, and designs. Many students were also able to register their projects online, and review the guidelines of the fair.

​The experiments all seemed to be unique in design, ranging from junior Ashley Keleher’s question of “How has the population of Purple Martins increased in Cape Cod over the past 10 years?” to Aldona Casey and Stella Bold’s study on the local environment.

By Peyton Dauley
​On Memorial Day, residents of Mashpee gathered in the Veteran’s Garden across from Town Hall to honor the veterans and active members of the military from their town. The ceremony started at 10:00 on Monday morning, and proceeded for half an hour.

Mashpee Middle-High School’s band started the event with a performance of “Armed Forces on Parade,” which features songs representing all the branches of the military. Also from Mashpee High, graduating senior and valedictorian Celia Krefter performed the National Anthem as Boy Scouts lowered the flag to half-mast. 

By Stella Bold
Tuesday evening at around 6:00 pm the Mashpee High School Chamber Choir, Concert Band, Mashcappellas, Strings, and Jazz Band played a two hour long concert in the school auditorium both to showcase a year of work and also to send off the musically involved seniors in the best way they know how.

The concert, organized largely by Mr. Troyanos and Ms. Keller, went smoothly, and the only real issue was a brief technical problem relating to the keyboard before the chamber choir began, luckily this lasted less than a minute. After the quick fix the choir did three pieces, the second one, “I See the Light,” from the movie Tangled, having solos from seniors Shane Barrows and Ambrosia Ward; as well as Jessie Rullo and Kylie Harrington.

By Stella Bold
​The winner of the 2018 Mashpee Middle High School talent show was Morgan Peters, also known as the The ZYG.

When asked how he thought his original rap performance went, Morgan replied, “I’ve been [rapping and drumming] a lot. I started doing that over the summer. I honestly didn’t think I would win. There are a lot of talented people over there.” However, he did win and the freshman said he will perform in the talent show again. 

In second place was eighth-grader Peter DeFrancesco who sang a comical Bo Burnham skit called “Repeat Stuff,” and played piano for the piece as well. In third was a five membered girl group consisting of Clara Signs, Krista Signs, Caroline Shields, Hannah Shields, and Anna Josselyn who sang and played accompanying instruments for the song “Always Be My Baby,” by Mariah Carey.

By: Sarah McNamara
MMHS teachers deserved an A+ as they beat Mashpee students 40 to 22 in Michael Barrows Student versus Staff basketball game.

At the beginning of the game it seemed as if it would be a close game, but quickly after the teachers took control of the game the students fell into an offensive funk.  Ms. McCuish and Ms. Alves dominated defense getting many steals. They were then able to dish it off to offensive threats Mr. Leader and school resource officer Calhoun. It became apparent that the MHS students weren't going to be able to hang with the teachers as they extended their lead by nearly twenty points by the end of the game.

Senior basketball captain Michael Barrows decided that hosting a student versus staff basketball game would highlight the importance of sports promoting community. Michael said, “I think sports are very important to students and having the students play teachers would bring the community together.” All the funds collected were donated to the Mashpee Family Fund which acts as a financial aid to Mashpee families.

By: Sarah McNamara

The Mashpee Middle High School class of 2018 held senior exhibition night on Monday, April 2. Students displayed posters and gave short presentations describing their senior projects or school-to-career internships.

By Letícia Medeiros
Despite the erratic weather of March, spring is here. And along with it, came the much awaited spring musical.

This Friday, Saturday and Sunday an amazing cast with students from the Quashnet and Mashpee Middle High School will be presenting the musical “The Little Mermaid” in the MMHS auditorium. The first show is Friday (3/23) at 7 PM, and the following are Saturday (3/24) at 2 PM and 7 PM, and Sunday (3/25) at 2 PM. Tickets are available clicking here or at the door, and prices range from $7 to $12 dollars.  

This Saturday, March 3rd, is a lucky day for anyone looking to replace their mattresses.

​The Mashpee High School Music Department will be hosting a mattress sale to raise funds for their programs. The event will be happening at Mashpee High School, in the cafeteria from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and prices range from $289 to $499. An additional $50 off is also available with the coupon pictured above, which also has more information on the fundraiser.