Ms. Mia Parviainen

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Wilmington High’s Evander Ragsdale Receives Prestigious Writing Award -- wilmingtonapple.com/2024/05/07/stu…. #WilmingtonMA

Hi #WHSWriters! Bennington College has opened entries for their Young Writers Awards. Grade 9-12 students can enter in poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Deadline: November 1. See the link for details: bennington.edu/ywa

The NCTE has released the prompt for the 2024 Achievement Awards in Writing. The contest is open to sophomores and juniors; WHS can submit one entry. Interested students can see me for more info. #WHSWriters ncte.org/awards/achieve…

Here's a Hallamark movie I want to see... She's a teacher fighting the misuse of standardized test data. He's a psychometrician who always believes the data. After a long panel for determining cut scores, where they fight over multiple questions, will they find common ground?

Here's the info for Summer Reading 2023 (grades 6-12). Happy reading, everyone! docs.google.com/document/d/e/2…

Last summer, I prompted Craiyon to draw Nicholas Cage in a Shakespeare play. The results were like an ambitious fever dream that loosely resembled reality. AI has improved a lot since then. This is miles ahead. Fellow English teachers, what say you?

and support students to better understand, protect, and maintain their own mental health. The contest is open to all middle school and high school students grades 6-12. The submission deadline is Friday, April 21, 2023. See the link for details: cdn.ymaws.com/mahealthcounci…

Hi #WHSWriters! May is Mental Health Month! To celebrate, the Massachusetts Health Council (MHC) and Massachusetts Association for Mental Health (MAMH) present the 2023 Mental Health Matters: Student Expression Contest. This annual event is designed to promote mental wellness 1/

Local Scholarship Opportunities For Wilmington Graduating Seniors (2023 Edition) -- wilmingtonapple.com/2023/03/11/loc…. #WilmingtonMA

Just started reading Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories. I've got 50+ mysteries to keep me guessing. #WHSReaderLeader

A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued tomorrow with up to 6 inches of snow predicted for the area. Due to concerns with road & travel safety, all schools in WPS will be closed on Tues., Feb. 28

Hey #WHSWriters! The America Library of Poetry has a contest that runs from now until April 30. If you have any poems that you'd like to be considered for publication, see the link for details. libraryofpoetry.com

Today, students in @MsBee3072 English 11H class led a discussion on Zora Neale Hurston's story "Sweat." The students discussed themes, symbolism, etc.

During Mrs. Estrada's B3 class, I listened in on a Socratic seminar as students discussed themes in Dead Poets Society and how it relates to other coming of age stories. Students will be reading some criticism of the film next.

On Friday, I observed Ms. Nardi's B1 seniors work on research in preparation for some presentations. Students were working on annotated bibliographies, evaluating sources for bias, and choosing slide templates that suited their topics. Then...

BREAKING: #WilmingtonMA School Committee votes 6-1 for new school start times to begin with the 2023-2024 school year. Wildwood: 7:45-1:15 Boutwell: 8:30-2:00 Shawsheen: 8:30-2:50 Woburn: 9:05-3:25 North: 9:05-3:25 West: 8:30-2:50 WMS: 8:05-2:30 WHS: 8:05-2:35

All schools in WPS will be closed today. The current snow is more than anticipated,much heavier & more forecasted to come.

Congrats to Ali and Emma, who entered the Young Writer’s Twisted Tales Mini Saga contest and were selected to have their stories published in the Twisted Tales - US Escapades anthology coming this spring! Roll Cats @SuperWPS @WilmingtonApple @editortowncrier @WilmingtonPS

A group of WHS English teachers is reading & discussing The Shining in February. We'll see if it makes the cut for the new English 12: Horror, Mystery & Crime course... #WHSReaderLeader

Today I saw Ms. Welch's English 11 students talk about poems from American literature. Groups created digital collages to represent main ideas in the poem, discussed key lines, and explained how each poem related to the Romantic movement.