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Medfield High School Improvement Plan: Continued Focus on Student Life

This is part 10 of an 11-part series that takes an in-depth look at Medfield High School's 2010-2011 academic year; goals for 2011-12 academic year; new curriculum offered in the fall; a pilot program; student life and the transition to a new principal.

Editor's Note: Medfield Patch will take an individual look at each theme in Judy Noble’s end of year report at the high school and will also take an in-depth look at goals for the 2011-12 academic year, new curriculum being offered in the fall, an advisor-advisee pilot program taking place, student life and community involvement and the transition from Noble to Robert Parga as Medfield High School principal. This is part 10 of our 11-part Medfield High School series.

Student life, perhaps the most crucial part to any school’s overall success, is a focal point of the academic community at .

“Our students continue to contribute to multiple organizations,” said former high school principal Judy Noble. “The most recent fundraiser that our students participated in is a fundraiser for the tornado ravaged area of Massachusetts. As a matter of fact [in June] I signed a check to go to Monson that the students had contributed from their lunch periods.”

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At Medfield High, academic and athletic excellence is a result of not only hard work but support from faculty and fellow students  - the makings of an effective, active and positive student life.

“Our student body, the families of Medfield are very giving and [tornado relief fundraiser is] just another example of that,” Noble said. “Members of the senior class  [Class of 2011] this [past] year continued to participate in community service projects.”

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To encourage the growth of an active student life, Noble said for the past two academic years, seniors have had the opportunity to use their last two days of school as “community service days.”

“Last year they did some beautification projects around the school and this year they reached out to various organizations throughout the community and had students at the senior center, had students work at the town highway department and had students at the town library,” Noble said. “We had students at several different churches that needed some volunteer labor and I think it was a very successful time judging from the comments we got back from those folks who utilized the students.”

Noble said the comments were overwhelmingly positive from both the students participating in the service and those receiving the service and she hopes it is something that will continue to be apart of Medfield High School’s student life.

“I hope it is something that grows at Medfield High School,” she said. 

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